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Vermont Community
Garden Network
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 450
individual members representing more than 120 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.
VT-GARDEN-NET
email list
To subscribe
to VT-GARDEN-NET, 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.)
Subscriptions are free.
The VCGN
mailing
list is maintained by Friends of Burlington Gardens. Email and
address information is protected via FBG's privacy
policy. Vermont Community Garden Network newsletters and
announcments are published and distributed via the
VT-GARDEN-NET email list. Information
is included for
upcoming gardening events, garden-based resources, and professional
development
opportunities. FBG maintains a VCGN Member
Directory sorted
alphabetically by last name. The directory is updated periodically
during the year.
VCGN
mini-grants
 For
2008, Friends of
Burlington Gardens has secured funding to provide technical assistance
and mini-grants for community and school garden projects in the
Burlington area and across Vermont.
Thanks to support from The Bay and Paul Foundations, Ben & Jerry's
Foundation, and Ronald McDonald House
Charities, a total of $15,000 in mini-grants will be awarded May 29
through three mini-grant programs. The mini-grant application deadline
was April 16, 2008. For more information, click on 2008
mini-grant programs.
2008
VCGN
statewide conferences
The 2008
Vermont School and Youth Garden Conference was held April
12, 2008 at Vermont Law School. The conference was organized by Friends
of Burlington Gardens, Food
Works, and 4-H Growing Connections. For
program details, click on the link to visit the school
and youth garden conference
web site.
The Community
Gardens for Vermont Conference was held March 8, 2008 at Vermont
Technical College with 55 people participating. The conference offered
multiple workshops
co-presented by community garden organizers from across the state. For
program details, click on the link to visit the community
garden conference web site.
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.
Vermont Community Garden Network links
VCGN
Photo Tour featuring ten VCGN garden sites visited on July 25, 2007
2007 VCGN
Mini-grant recipients -
school-based gardens
2007 VCGN
Mini-grant recipients -
community-based gardens
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
2006 VCGN
mini-grant
recipients - community and school gardens
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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