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Friends of
Burlington Gardens & the Vermont Community Garden Network
creating,
enhancing, and preserving community gardens for all
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2007 Annual Report and newsletter
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Our vision for Vermont
Friends of Burlington
Gardens envisions a
local
food
system where Vermonters of all ages experience the benefits of
community gardening and become
healthier through improved diets, exercise, and positive social
interactions.
Our mission
- to increase public access to community
gardens
and
community gardening resources
- to develop outreach, education, and
service-learning
programs to sustain community gardens
- to ensure that underserved groups have equal
access to community
gardening opportunities
- to cultivate political support for
community gardening through networking, advocacy, and activism
How
we accomplish our mission
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Through citywide and statewide advocacy, we
help people to envision and support a thriving network of
community-based
gardens accessible to Vermonters of diverse ages, abilities, and
cultural
backgrounds.
- Through partnerships with Master
Gardeners, nonprofit organizations, parks and recreation departments,
schools and colleges, and civic and faith-based groups, we work to
empower people through gardening.
- Through the
www.burlingtongardens.org web site, we share information and
resources, locally and globally, to foster a supportive
climate for community gardening.
- Through local and statewide workshops,
trainings, and
networking, we offer technical assistance to individuals and
groups working to establish sustainable community gardens.
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Through garden-based education and outreach
programs, we help
the people of our city and state build self-reliance and
interdependence through community gardening.
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Through support of anti-hunger initiatives, we
encourage gardeners to give back to the community by sharing their
garden
produce, skills, knowledge, and dedication with others.
Our History
In
the fall of 1992, four Burlington Area Community Gardens board members
formed "Friends of Starr
Farm
Community Garden" to establish and coordinate a one acre community
garden in Burlington's New North End.
In 1996, Friends of Starr Farm Community Garden evolved into "Friends
of
Burlington Area
Community Gardens" (FBACG) to support the expansion of community
gardening in Burlington. From 1996 to 1999, the volunteer group
helped to found the Children's
Discovery Garden, Rock Point Community Garden, and the Wheelock Farm
Community Garden.
Friends
of Burlington Area Community Gardens incorporated in 2001 as a
grassroots 501 (c)(3) nonprofit
organization and began work in 2002 to strengthen the community garden
system in Burlington.
FBACG
shortened its name in 2003 to "Friends of Burlington Gardens" (FBG) and
expanded outreach to
include community, neighborhood, school, and accessible gardening
projects in Burlington.
The Vermont
Community Garden Network (VCGN) was established by FBG in 2005 to
support community and school garden projects across Vermont. The
success of
the statewide initiative prompted Friends of Burlington Gardens to move
in 2006 to a new headquarters at 180 Flynn Avenue
in Burlington's South End.
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Friends of
Burlington
Gardens & the
Vermont Community
Garden Network
180 Flynn Avenue Studio 3
PO Box 4504
Burlington,
Vermont
05406-4504
802-861-GROW
www.burlingtongardens.org
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