ShareMRV Victory Garden & Farm Stand

Hi all 👋 We have an exciting new project on the horizon and need your support to achieve the final steps! With 200 new members we will be able to create a growing & learning space within our new community greenhouse. Help us to meet our goal by becoming a member today!

Follow the link in our bio to learn more and join as an individual, school, and/or business. ...

We are delighted to begin a new partnership with @huertasvt, thanks to a Farmer Resilience Grant we recently received through @nofavermont.

The Huertas Project is a community-based food security project that enables Latino/a migrant farmworkers and families living on Vermont’s dairies to access culturally familiar and local foods through cultivating kitchen gardens.

VGN will be providing technical support through the growing season, focusing on soil fertility, pest management, season extension, and climate resilient growing practices. We`ll also be providing useful supplies such as soil amendments and row covers, and capturing a handful of videos in Spanish to share this work more broadly among Huertas participants.

Photo credit goes to Naomi, thank you for the lovely capture! In the photo, Carolina from VGN is chatting with Epimenio, a gentleman originally from Chiapas who`s been working on dairy farms in Vermont for over a decade. Epimenio talked about his favorite hot peppers "chile manzano, con las florecitas moradas". Carolina recalled those peppers with purple flowers from her days managing urban agriculture programs in Mexico City. Naomi, Huertas Co-Director, took the sticker label off of a manzano pepper that Epimenio showed us. We are all now on a mission to figure out how to grow manzano peppers locally.

We eagerly await sharing more of our partnership work in the coming months! ...

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is often thought of as an approach solely for farmers, but these strategies are also useful for gardeners. During this workshop we will discuss how to select and appropriately apply various low-tech strategies (e.g. selecting resistant varieties, using row cover, planting dates, etc.). We will focus on some of the most prevalent vegetable pests, including flea beetles, leaf miner, Colorado potato beetle, cucumber beetle, swede midge, and leek moth. Come prepared to share your own experience managing pests in your garden!

This workshop will take place at the SeedSong Victory Garden in the Tommy Thompson Community Gardens, located in the Intervale in Burlington, VT.

Register at the link in our bio! ...

Putting starts or seeds in the ground is great, but with a good understanding of soil health and fertilization your crops will thrive!

In this workshop we will go over the basics of building healthier soils and fertilization techniques for common garden vegetables. We will focus on low cost efforts using stuff you might find around your household or nearby wild areas. We will also go over and answer any questions about products you can buy to help fertilize your garden.

Sign up at the link in our bio 🌱 ...

Cool spring temperatures are ideal for growing many beloved crops, while others will need a little extra warmth and protection from potential frost.

Join us for an exploration of row cover thicknesses, plastic and biodegradable mulch to warm up soil, tarping techniques to eliminate weeds, and peek inside our DIY low tunnel.

These simple season extension techniques require minimal investment in materials to achieve a gardener`s dream of harvesting luscious spring greens, getting an early start on brassicas, and prepping soil to welcome warm season crops in a few weeks.

Register at the link in the bio 🌱 ...

Looking for a fun volunteer activity for yourself, your family or a group of friends? Join us on April 29th at one of a dozen school and community gardens across Vermont for our annual DAY IN THE DIRT.

🌱Follow the link in our bio to sign up! 🌱

Work may include building garden beds, spreading mulch, planting pollinator plants and other spring garden tasks! No special skills required and tools are provided. Get your hands dirty and maybe learn something too - fun for all ages and abilities!

All fundraising supports participating gardens and VGN’s state-wide grant programs. ...

longer days
warmer weather
sun shining
flowers popping
snow melting
birds singing
trees budding
rivers flowing
gardeners prepping

All signs of Springs arrival 🪷 which begs the question...what are you looking forward to growing in your gardens this season?! ...

We are kicking off our Garden Like a Farmer workshop series with a pruning workshop on Thursday from 5-7pm!
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Join us as we meander through fields and gardens at the Intervale to learn all about pruning alongside Jacob Holzberg-Pill. .
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Participants will have an opportunity to both observe and practice pruning of multiple types of fruit trees and shrubs.
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All workshops in this series are FREE, thanks to a collaboration between @intervalecenter, @agroecology_uvm, @skinnypancake, and @btvparks
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Registration is required to receive confirmation of our meeting location.
Link in bio to register, or visit www.intervale.org/calendar ...

JOB OPPORTUNITY ALERT 📣

Addison county residents and county neighbors, do you have some time in your schedule and a passion for gardening and helping others? Follow the link in our bio and apply for our Addison County Garden Coordinator position today 🌱 ...

We`ve already mailed out 196 bundles (that`s 5,880 individual seed packets!), each containing a variety of vegetables, herbs and flowers. And we still have more bundles ready to go to the post office! If you would appreciate receiving a bundle, please follow the link in our bio to request one. We will continue to mail seed bundles through the end of March, or until supplies last. ...

We are thrilled to once again be hosting our annual Seed Swap in person!
Everyone is welcome, including experienced seed savers and newbies, young and old, container gardeners and homesteaders. Come as you are and bring seeds if you have seeds to exchange. We will have plenty of commercial seeds to share as well for folks arriving without seeds of their own. We will provide small envelopes and labels.
@fletcherfree @btvparks @vt.gardens ...

With snow on the ground, it is the perfect time of year to begin planning your garden-filled summer ahead ☀️ and just in time! Our team is expanding as we gear up for this year’s growing season. We have a couple different internship 🌽 and part-time job🌶opportunities. Follow the link in our bio or go to our website to read more about each position 🌱 ...

Are you growing food collectively with others in your community, or interested in getting something started? Join us for this two part training on how to....

Manage a collective garden
Define your garden principles & goals
Build resources and relationships
Engage and foster community
Design an accessible and productive garden

🌱Register at the link in our bio!
🌱Open to everyone
🌱Sliding scale ...