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2010 Garden Calendar & Special Events
Friends of Burlington Gardens
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We encourage you to bookmark this page as updates and new events are added during the year.

Winter

  January 2010
  • 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.
 February 2010
  • February 13-15:  NOFA Vermont Winter Conference at the University of Vermont including dozens of workshops for organic farmers and gardeners. FBG executive director Jim Flint will present the workshop, "How to Start and Sustain a Comunity-based Garden," Saturday, Feb.13 from 3:45 - 5:00 p.m..
  March 2010
  • March 3:  Town Meeting Day in Vermont - be sure to cast your vote!
Spring
  • March 20:  9:30 a.m to noon - Organic Vegetable Gardening 101 Workshop - Robert E. Miller Community and Recreation Center, Burlington. Cosponsored by Burlington Area Community Gardens and Friends of Burlington Gardens. Presented by Jim Flint. Pre-register by calling Burlington Parks and Recreation at 864-0123 or register at the door on the day of the workshop. Sliding scale cost $5 - $15. Registration begins at 9:00 a.m. Free seeds for participants. Door prizes too!
  • March 20:  6:00 p.m.  to 9:00 p.m. - Community potluck supper and film showing of The Garden  First United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 21 Buell Street, Burlington. This 2009 documentary about the 14-acre South Central Farm in Los Angeles follows the plight of a group of urban farmers to save their community garden from development. The film is unrated and contains brief strong language. Admission is free. Please bring your own place setting and a dish to share for the potluck supper at 6 p.m. The showing at 7 p.m. is cosponsored by Friends of Burlington Gardens and the FUMC Justice and Social Concerns Team. 

April 2010
  • April 16: 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.  Info session to learn more about the 2010 Community Teaching Garden.  Riverside Apartments Community Room, Burlington. Light refreshments provided.
  • April  27: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. - Organic Vegetable Gardening Workshop - Robert E. Miller Community and Recreation Center, Burlington. Cosponsored by Community Health Improvement at Fletcher Allen and Friends of Burlington Gardens. Presented by Jim Flint. Pre-register by calling 802-847-2278.

 May 2010
  • May 4:  Horse drawn plowing at the new Healthy City Youth Farm at Hunt Middle School; 8:00 a.m. - noon
  • May 8:  10th Annual Spring Plant Sale to support neighborhood community gardening in Burlington. Sponsored by Grow Team ONE (new location in Old North End TBA), 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
  • May 10 & 11: Bucket brigades at Hunt Middle School to construct Healthy City Youth Farm beds; 8:00 a.m.- 2:30 p.m
  • May 30:  Cheer on the FBG relay team of Kit Perkins, Jackie  Liebman, Bart Westdijk, Jon Flint, and Jim Flint as they run in the Vermont City Marathon and raise pledges to support the Community Teaching Garden and the Healthy City Youth Farm. Go team!
  June 2010
  • June 5 & 6:  Champlain Valley Sweet Potato Slip Sale at Red Wagon Plants in Hinesburg! 10 a.m to 6 p.m. each day.  Pick up some great plants for your garden; 100% of proceeds from sweet potato slip sales support FBG's garden-based education and outreach programs. Hundreds of slips to be sold!

Summer

  July 2010
  • July 10: New Event!  Burlap Bag Benefit Sale at 180 Flynn Avenue to support the Healthy City Youth Farm. 2,000 burlap coffee bags will be sold in 20-bag bundles. 9:00 a.m. - noon with free GMCR fresh coffee!

  • If you're leaving for vacation, ask a friend to harvest your crops and contribute surplus vegetables to support Plant a Row for the Hungry. Visit your garden frequently and enjoy the bounty of  your efforts.
  August 2010
  • August 27: Youths and adults -- bring the best of your veggies and flowers to the Champlain Valley Fai between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m.  Exhibit books are available through the Fair Office if you call ahead earlier in the month.  Receive ribbons and cash premiums for exhibiting your garden produce!
  • August 28:  Face to face vegetable judging for youth garden exhibits at the Champlain Valley Fair. Judging sessions are at 1 p.m. for children ages 7 to 10, and 3:30 p.m. for ages 11 to 14. Youth exhibitors who bring in their vegetables on August 27 and sign up for a judging session on Saturday will receive free admission to the fairgrounds on August 28. For tips on exhibiting vegetables at the fair, click on http://web.extension.uiuc.edu/vegguide/exhibiting.cfm.

Fall

  September 2010
  October 2010
  • October 2:  Cleanup work project at the Community Teaching Garden; 10 a.m. - noon
  • October 16: Time to put your garden to bed and spread fresh compost for next year. 
  • October 31:  Happy Halloween to Vermont gardeners!
  November 2010
  • November 25:  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.
  December 2010
  • December 1: Friends of Burlington Gardens Annual Board Meeting
  • Happy holidays to all!

Calendar and event listings for partner organizations

Gardener's Supply Seminars:  http://www.gardeners.com/seminars

Friends of the UVM Horticulture Farm:  http://www.friendsofthehortfarm.org/FOHFCalendar.html

Vermont Garden Events / Perry's Perennial Pages: http://www.uvm.edu/~pass/perry/events.html.

Branch Out Burlington:  http://www.branchoutburlington.org/volunteer/calendar.htm
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