Friends of Burlington Gardens :: Vermont Community Garden Network

Group gardens and neighborhood gardens in Vermont

Within the Vermont Community Garden Network, the "group garden" category is a "catch all" for a diversity of garden projects and settings involving groups of people working together to grow food in community. A group garden may involve a neighborhood or housing project, an agency serving youth, seniors, immigrants, or people with disabilities, or the members of a faith-based community. A group garden may be communal in nature, where group members work together and share in the harvest, or a mixture of individual plots and common areas. In the directory below, group gardens are arranged alphabetically by county, with links to articles or web sites provided when additional information is available about the project. Please email additions or updates to the Vermont Community Garden Network organizer, Jessica Hyman.

Garden Project, Town, Contact, web link	County	Details and Programs
MiddSummer Camp Organic Garden / Middlebury Janet Cornell, Middlebury Area Summer Lunch & Recreation	Addison	raised bed vegetable gardens in conjunction with an adventure-based summer camp serving children entering 4th - 6th grade
Walden Community Garden / Monkton web site link	Addison	Alternative high school garden program in rural setting.
Sunrise / CAT-TV Community Garden / Bennington Deborah Federhen, Sunrise Family Resource Center	Bennington	raised bed gardens at preschool center
Children's Garden (Cobleigh Library) / Lyndonville Martha Tack or Barbara Irwin, Master Gardeners	Caledonia	small children's garden at library tended by Read and Weed Club
4-H Community Garden Project / Lyndonville Kristie Briggs, UVM Extension, article link	Caledonia	raised bed 4-H youth gardens at the Caledonia County Fairgrounds
Archibald Neighborhood Garden / Burlington Melissa Stiebert & Jessica Hyman, Grow Team ONE web site link	Chittenden	multiple raised bed gardens on a vacant lot adjacent to H.O. Wheeler School; land is owned by the Visiting Nurse Association;
Buell Street Neighborhood Garden / Burlington Helen Dechtiar, coordinator	Chittenden	fenced garden with raised bed plots gardened by neighborhood residents and students
Burlington College Garden / Burlington Joshua Lambert, student coordinator	Chittenden	large vegetable garden plot adjacent to Burlington College; natural driftwood fencing
Garden of Beauty / Burlington Burlington Boys and Girls Club	Chittenden	small vegetable and flower gardens adjacent to Burlington Boys and Girls Club swimming pool
East Village Community Garden / Burlington Chet Bielawski, East Village Co-housing	Chittenden	terraced neighborhood community garden with beds serving residents of East Village Co-housing; site does rainwater harvesting from rooftops
Community Teaching Garden / Burlington Jessica Hyman, director, Friends of Burlington Gardens, web page link	Chittenden	20 week educational garden program at Ethan Allen Homestead serving 20+ beginning gardeners, with a focus on adults
Family Room Garden / Burlington VNA Family Room	Chittenden	large group garden program at Ethan Allen Homestead serving families with young children, including many recent immigrants
Cathedral Square Garden / Burlington Paula Fitzpatrick, Cathedral Square Senior Living	Chittenden	raised bed senior vegetable and flower gardens established in 1980
Heineberg Senior Center Garden / Burlington Gail Moreau, director	Chittenden	raised bed vegetable and flower gardens in front of Senior Center
Waterfront Community Garden / Burlington Justine Macris, coordinator	Chittenden	four raised bed gardens for kids and families at affordable housing project on Burlington's waterfront near Depot Street
Woodbury Daycare Children's Garden / Burlington Michaela Maestas, director	Chittenden	preschool vegetable gardens at neighborhood home daycare center; also accessed by other local daycares and preschools
Milton Youth Garden / Milton Nancy Abernathey, coordinator	Chittenden	raised bed gardens are located at Milton Family Practice; the focus of the project is on health, nutrition, and diabetes prevention
VYCC West Monitor Barn Community Garden / Richmond Vermont Youth Conservation Corps	Chittenden	vegetable gardens in back of the West Monitor Barn to be used to grow food for summer programs
Shelburne Meadows Community Garden / Shelburne Peg Rosenau, coordinator	Chittenden	neighborhood community garden with 10 raised beds serving the 14 units in the Shelburne Meadows affordable housing community
Helping Hands Community Garden / South Burlington Paige Jensen, coordinator	Chittenden	fenced garden plot in front of the South Burlington Lutheran Church located along Williston Road; produce donated to the Food Shelf
Family Teaching Garden / South Burlington Charlie Nardozzi, National Gardening Association	Chittenden	summer intergenerational gardening program adjacent to South Burlington Community Garden
Plant a Row for the Hungry Garden / Williston June Jones, UVM Extension Master Gardeners	Chittenden	large vegetable garden plot at the Williston Community Garden providiing fresh produce for local food shelves
Winooski Community Peace Garden / Winooski Nina Ridhibhinyo, coordinator	Chittenden	site with raised bed gardens established in 2008 behind the building housing the Winooski Community Center and Winooski YMCA
Montgomery Community Gardens / Montgomery Center Rolf Anderson, coordinator, web site link	Franklin	garden-based education and farm to school programs for youth and families take place at the Breezy Acres Farm Community Garden and the Little Rock Pond Community Teaching Garden
Senior Way Garden / St. Albans Jim Coutts, director, Franklin County Senior Center	Franklin	summer vegetable garden project with seniors in cooperation with UVM Extension Master Gardeners
CHSVT-NWSCF Community Garden / Swanton Barb Hagen, Correctional Instructor	Franklin	six acre farm style garden run by students of the Community High School of Vermont at the Northwest State Correctional Facility campus
Champlain Islands Time to Grow Garden / South Hero Kathleen Hazen, Champlain Islands Parent-Child Centers	Grand Isle	preschool and children's garden and outdoor learning area serving families with children birth to age ten
Green Solutions Community Garden / Johnson Russ Weis, Johnson State College	Lamoille	garden located in back of the College Apartments providing fresh produce for students and the JSC food service system
DCYF Community Wellness Garden / Morrisville Ifetayo White, Division of Children Youth, and Families	Lamoille	raised bed gardens serving intergenerational clients of Lamoille County Mental Health Services
Barton Senior Center Garden / Barton Brenda Sargent and Frank Fischer, coordinators	Orleans	site established in 2008 on town land behind the Barton Library; garden includes individual and group plots for seniors
Hillside Community Garden / Chelsea Kimberly Hotelling, coordinator	Orange	community vegetable garden serving families and children of Hillside Homes; partnership with Chelsea Family Center
Tranquil Gardens / North Troy Amy Robinson, board president	Orleans	community and botanical gardens in planning stages
Greensboro Early Leaning Center Garden / Greensboro Bend Kelly Frost, director	Orleans	preschool children's garden integrated into curriculum and nutrition education
Our Community Park / Greensboro Bend Lynette Courtney or Carol Schminke, Master Gardeners	Orleans	community park on town land with vegetable and flower plantings; used by school, residents, early education program
Highgate Apartments Community Garden / Barre Garden managed by Highgate Nonprofit	Washington	neighborhood and children's garden maintained by residents of Highgate Apartments; program with cooking & field trips.
Kids in the Country Sensory Garden / East Dover Caitlin Cosgrove, Head Teacher	Windham	preschool children's garden with flowers and vegetables
The Collaborative Community Garden / South Londonderry Jennifer Flannery, Director	Windham	large fenced gardens providing summer programming for children attending Flood Brook Elementary School
Bethany Birches Garden / Plymouth Althea Derstine, Bethany Birches Camp	Windsor	raised bed gardens integrated into summer program and dining hall meals at Bethany Birches Camp serving at risk youth
Giving Garden / Norwich Kim Holzberger, UVM Extension Master Gardeners	Windsor	two 20 ft x 20 ft plots at the Co-op Community Gardens in Norwich used for Plant A Row Program supplying local food shelves
Lincoln Street Garden / Springfield Tom Hall, UVM Extension Master Gardeners	Windsor	raised bed gardens providing vegetable gardening program for developmentally handicapped clients of Lincoln Street, Inc.
The Haven Community Garden / White River Junction Catherine Hoyle, coordinator	Windsor	raised bed gardens for families and children at the Upper Valley Haven, a homeless shelter and food shelf ;

The community garden directory is updated during the fall and winter months.
If you wish to have your group or neighborhood garden listed in the directory, please email the VCGN coordinator Jessica Hyman.

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