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Vermont
Community
Garden Network resources
The
Vermont Community
Garden Network (VCGN) is
facilitated by Friends of Burlington Gardens as part of its statewide
outreach. The VCGN
currently includes more than 750
individual members representing more than 150 Vermont communities.
The VCGN
builds upon the joint
resolution passed by the Vermont legislature in 2004 to support the
expansion of community, youth, and school gardening movement
statewide.
Vermont
Community Garden Network e-newsletters
Vermont
Community Garden Network e-newsletters and
announcements are published and distributed via a text
only newsletter. There is no cost to subscribe, though
contributions are greatly appreciated.
To subscribe
to the VCGN e-newsletter, please send an email to Jim Flint with
your name, mailing address, phone # and your affilliation if applicable
(e.g. organization, school, garden project, club, or group.)
The
VCGN mailing
list is maintained by Friends of Burlington Gardens with email and
address information protected via FBG's privacy
policy. FBG also
maintains a VCGN Member
Directory, sorted by last name, updated annually.
Federal
funding for school community gardens
Senator
Bernie Sanders has announced the securing of federal funding to
establish a state-wide, school-based summer gardening initiative that
teaches Vermont children and youths how to grow fresh produce using
land on or adjacent to school campuses. Friends of Burlington Gardens
will administer the statewide pilot
program as a model for similar programs in other states. For more
information click on school
community gardens.
Successful
Community Gardens Mini-grant Program
The Successful
Community Gardens Mini-grant Program began in 2008 and
has already helped to establish 18 new community gardens in Vermont.
The
program is made possible through generous grant funding from the
Vermont Community Foundation and the Jan and David Blittersdorf
Foundation. The program is currently between grant cycles. New grant
cycles are announced via the VCGN e-newsletter.
VCGN
mini-grant programs
 The
Vermont Community
Garden Network Mini-grant Program began in 2006. Since its first grant
cycle, 188 mini-grants totaling $43,000 have been awarded to support
community-based gardens in Vermont.
In 2009, 24 mini-grants averaging $250
each provided reimbursements for raised bed timbers, top soil,
compost,
garden signs, fencing, and water systems used for food gardens at
Vermont public schools. Click the link for a list of the 2009
VCGN Mini-grant Award Recipients.
VCGN mini-grant recipients from past
years are listed at the links below:
2008
VCGN Mini-grant recipients - community based gardens
2008
VCGN Mini-grant recipients - school based gardens
2008
VCGN Mini-grant recipients - Burlington school and youth gardens
2007 VCGN
Mini-grant recipients -
community-based gardens
2007 VCGN
Mini-grant recipients -
school-based gardens
2006 VCGN
mini-grant
recipients - community and school gardens
The VCGN Mini-grant Program is currently between grant cycles as we
await federal funding to
support mini-grants for school community gardens. New grant
cycles are announced via the VCGN e-newsletter.
VCGN
T-shirts now available
Help celebrate and support the community and school
garden movement in Vermont by ordering a new VCGN t-shirt today!
T-shirts are heavy duty 100% cotton and are available in adult small,
medium,
large, and extra large sizes.
Shirts are just $12.00 + shipping and make a great gift!
Click the link to download
an order form.
VCGN
Conferences and Symposia
2008 Community
Gardens for Vermont Conference web page
2008 Vermont School
and Youth Garden Conference
web page
photo
collage from
the March 10, 2007 VCGN Symposium
photo
collage from the
February 24, 2007 VCGN Symposium
photo
collage from the
February 17, 2007 VCGN Symposium
photo
collage from the
February 3, 2007 VCGN Symposium
photo collage from the February
4, 2006 VCGN
conference
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Burlington
Gardens & the
Vermont Community
Garden Network
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PO Box 4504
Burlington,
Vermont
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