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Vermont Community Garden Network

BIG NEWS!

This year, we are officially changing our name from Friends of Burlington Gardens to Vermont Community Garden Network, which has been the name of our statewide program since 2006. This reflects our mission to support the hundreds of garden communities across the state. Meanwhile, our established local programs continue to provide fun, hands-on garden education in Burlington and offer models for the rest of the state and beyond.

In the coming month, be on the lookout for a new logo, a new website, more information about the state's vibrant network of community and school gardens, and new ways for garden leaders to connect to and learn from each other!

The Vermont Community Garden Network (VCGN) was started by Friends of Burlington Gardens as part of its statewide outreach. VCGN includes more than 1,400 individual members representing 200+ Vermont communities.

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 Bulletin
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Vermont Community Garden Network Bulletin provides garden-based news, resources, and events for community, school, and neighborhood gardeners and garden organizers all over the state on a monthly basis. For more frequent updates and a fun way to post your own news, garden photos, videos, and events, check us out on  Facebook and  Twitter.

To subscribe to the VCGN Bulletin, enter your email address in the box at left or email VCGN with your name, mailing address, phone number and your affilliation if applicable (e.g. organization, school, garden project, club, or group.)

We welcome comments and suggestions for the VCGN Bulletin. Send your garden news and events to share with our growing network of more than 1,400 school and community gardeners all over the state. Please include a web page link to help direct readers to the information source.

VCGN Bulletin Archive:

March 2013
March 2013 - Grow It!
February 2013
January 2013
December 2012
December 2012 - Annual Appeal
September 2012
July 2012
June 2012
May 2012
April 2012
March 2012
January 2012
December 2011

October 2011

September 2011
August 2011
June 2011

Federal funding for school community gardens

Senator Bernie Sanders secured 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 administered the statewide pilot program as a model for similar programs in other states. Forty School Community Gardens around the state received technical assistance and up to $1,000 for tools and infrastructure improvements. For more information, including photos and reports from the schools, click on School Community Gardens.

VCGN mini-grant programs Flynn beds

The Vermont Community Garden Network Mini-grant Program began in 2006. Since its first grant cycle, $43,000 in mini-grants funds have been awarded by Friends of Burlington Gardens to support 188 school and community gardens in Vermont. The program was made possible through generous funding from The Bay and Paul Foundations and the Ben & Jerry's Foundation. 

Thanks to a generous Irene Recovery Fund grant from the Vermont Community Foundation with additional support from the Episcopal Diocese of Vermont, FBG offered a new grant program  in 2012 to help rebuild flooded gardens. Click here for more information.

VCGN mini-grant recipients:

2012 Garden Flood Relief Grant Recipients
2011 School Community Garden Grant Recipients
2009 VCGN Mini-grant Award Recipients- school based gardens
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.

Successful Community Gardens Mini-grant Program

The Successful Community Gardens Mini-grant Program began in 2008. Since its first grant cycle, $10,000 in mini-grant funds have been awarded by Friends of Burlington Gardens to help establish 20 new allotment style community gardens in Vermont. The program was 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 will be announced via the VCGN e-newsletter.

Photostories of VCGN Garden Site Visits

September 2010 site visits to 17 school and community gardens across Vermont
August 24, 2010 site visit to 20 school and community gardens in Northern Vermont
August 13, 2010 site visit to nine school and community gardens along Route 7 and Route 22A
July 25, 2007 site visit to ten school and community gardens in northern Vermont

VCGN conferenceVCGN Conferences and Symposia

Community & School Garden Track at NOFA-VT Winter Conference

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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