VGN offers garden workshops on varying topics throughout the season. The best way to keep in touch and hear about workshops as soon as they are announced is by following us on Instagram (@vtgardens) and by signing up for our monthly newsletter (scroll down to the footer of this webpage to join our mailing list).
If you are interested in hosting a VGN workshop in your community, please email carolina@vtgardens.org and we’ll send you our menu of workshop offerings and fees.
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We are proud to offer many opportunities to share our expertise on garden-scale food production.
We have at least one workshop scheduled every month from March through October!
Scroll down to view the calendar for our Garden Like a Farmer workshops series.
Keep scrolling down to read individual workshop descriptions and registration notes.
- Garden Like a Farmer Workshop Series – Tools, tips & techniques for gardening with climate resiliency in mind, inspired by lessons we’ve learned from the farming community and adapting our practices to the garden-scale.
- Monthly workshops will take place at community garden sites in the Burlington area.
- Free for everyone thanks to funding from the City of Burlington’s Conservation Legacy Fund!
- Workshops include access to gardening materials for participants to take home, for example: row cover to protect from frost, hoops & staples to properly secure row cover, pest id cards, planting date charts, packets of seeds, and more!
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Upcoming Workshops
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Pest Management – Tuesday, May 12, from 5:30-7pm, Seedsong Collective Garden, Intervale, Burlington
Join us for a hands-on workshop to identify common pests in vegetable gardens and make a strategic management plan. We will explore how to select and appropriately apply various low-tech strategies such as: selecting resistant varieties, attracting beneficial predators, using row cover, and shifting your planting dates. 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 scout for pests and share your own experience dealing with pests in your garden!
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Stay tuned for more updates and event listings for Summer and Fall!
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