Workshops

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 calendars for our Garden Like a Farmer series and for workshops in the Greenhouse at Landry Park. 

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!

 

• Greenhouse Events – Monthly workshops, drop-in demos, and community events  focus on seed starting, seed saving, season extension and growing culturally meaningful crops.
  • All events will take place in the Greenhouse at Landry Park, in Winooski.
  • Free for everyone thanks to funding from the Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program!
  • Select workshops will include language interpretation for non-English speaking community gardeners.
  • In addition to workshops, event listings below also include Drop-In Demos (stop by for hands-on learning with our Greenhouse Team) and Community Events (celebrating seasons and sharing abundance).

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Upcoming Workshops 

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Garlic Planting – Tuesday, October 6, from 5:00-6:00pm
at Family Room Collective Garden, Burlington

Join us to learn about the nine-month long process of growing garlic. We will discuss different types and varieties of garlic, where to source seed, and best growing practices around fertility, harvesting and storage. We will work together to plant several beds of garlic that will be overwintered for next summer’s harvest. Help us close out the gardening season and learn about the joys of growing garlic!

Free! Please register here to save your spot!

 

 

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Community Seed Cleaning – Saturday, October 24, from 9am-12pm in the Greenhouse at Landry Park, Winooski

Although this isn’t a formal workshop, we do think participants will learn a lot about seed saving… by actually doing the meaningful work with your hands and helping us clean our 2026 seed harvest.

We appreciate your RSVP to plan accordingly.