Time to
order your seeds and plan ahead for
spring gardening!
Order a quality Vermont
Indoor Garden in time for spring seed starting. FBG offers
six models
to choose from, all made in the U.S. from high quality materials and
sold at affordable prices.
March 4:
Applications posted on line for the 2008 Community
Teaching Garden at Ethan Allen Homestead
March
8:Community
Gardens for
VermontConference
at Vermont Technical College in Randolph, 9 a.m.
to 3:30 p.m. Click the link to visit the conference web site.
April 12:Vermont School and
Youth Garden Conference at Vermont
Law School. 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Click the link to visit the conference web site and
download a registration form..
April
26: Basic organic gardening workshop at Ethan Allen
Homestead led by Jim
Flint;
register through Lisa Coven at Burlington Parks and Recreation, 863-0420
May 1-8: Dig and divide perennial
flowers and
herbs to donate
to the FBG Perennial Plant Sale. Bring plants to plant sale
headquarters
at 33 Tracy Drive for potting. Call FBG at 861-4769 for details.
May 3: Green-up Day in Vermont.
Pitch in to
help cleanup gardens and neighborhoods. FBG will exhibit at the Green
Up Day tent at City Market in Burlington.
May 10:FBG's 8th Annual Plant
Sale at
33
Tracy Drive in Burlington. 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.. Hundreds
of locally grown perernnials. Gates open promptly at 8
a.m. Click on the link for directions
and information.
May 31:FBG Sweet
Potato Slip Sale at
33
Tracy Drive in Burlington. 8 a.m. - noon. Freshly shipped sweet
potato slips are available and ready for planting. Proceeds
benefit garden-based outreach and education
programs. For more information contact Jim Flint.
June 2008
Summer
July 2008
July & August--If you're
leaving for vacation, ask a friend to harvest your crops
and contribute any surplus to Plant a Row
for the Hungry. Visit your garden frequently and enjoy the bounty
of your efforts.
August 2008
August 22: Bring out the best
of your veggies and flowers to the Champlain Valley
Fair between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. Exhibit books are available
through the Fair Office if you call ahead earlier in the month.
You can receive ribbons and cash premiums for exhibiting!
August
25:
FBG's Growing Places
Annual Summer Newsletter mailed to supporters.
Fall
September 2008
September
13:
Corn Roast Dinner and Veggie Ball at Ethan Allen Homestead, Burlington. 5:00 - 9:00 p.m.
September
29: Last evening class session at the Community Teaching Garden
Time to put your garden to bed and spread
fresh
compost for
next year.
November 2008
November
27:
On Thanksgiving Day, enjoy being with friends and family and reflecting
on the goodness of the earth and
the bounty of fresh wholesome food provided by Vermont farmers and
gardeners.
November
30: Friend's of Burlington Garden's Annual Meeting at the
Friends
Meeting House, Burlington. 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
December 2008
December 1: FBG's Annual Fund
drive begins to
raise support for community and neighborhood gardening efforts. Please
be
generous in supporting our mission. Click
here to make an on line contribution.
Happy holidays to all!
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