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Links to mini-grant programs

2011 Federal Funding for School Community Gardens in Vermont

2008-2010 Successful Community Gardens Mini-grant Program
















Toolkit for community and school garden organizers

Publications and plans from Friends of Burlington Gardens & VCGN members (click links)

garden resourcesPlanning checklist for organizing a community or school garden

Fundraising strategies for your community or school garden

Sample community garden guidelines from Burlington VT

Sample community garden guidelines from Brattleboro VT

Photo sampler of allotment style community gardens in Vermont


Sample lease agreement from the Archibald Neighborhood Garden

Sample gardener agreeement from Archibald Neighborhood Garden

Sample site design for a 50 ft x 50 ft neighborhood community garden

Sampler of creative community and school garden signs in Vermont

Minimizing produce pilfering: strategies for community gardeners


Flynn School Garden10 best practices for sustaining school and community gardens

Plans for building a raised bed gardens with 4 x 4 cedar timbers

Succession planting calendar for raised bed school gardens

"From the Garden Recipe Book" with photos of garden foods

Keys to success: how to develop a sustainable school, youth, or community-based garden

10 challenges to sustaining a youth garden and how to meet them


fort.ethan.allenCreating Community Garden Networks

New Directions in Sustaining School Gardens

Design and plans for building a Classic Indoor Garden

10 steps to collecting and publishing a book of gardener stories

Seedfolks and Vermont Reads classroom activities

Guide to Lake Friendly Lawn Care and Grounds Maintenance

Thirty five years and growing: A history of community gardening in Burlington, Vermont

Buell StreetResolutions in support of community gardening

2002 City of Burlington Vermont resolution

2004 joint resolution of Vermont legistlature

Information on statewide garden projects

Directories of community-based gardens in Vermont


Fenway GardensConnecticut Community Gardening Association

Knox Parks Foundation Hartford CT

New Haven Land Trust New Haven CT

Westport Community Gardens Westport Ct

Boston Natural Areas Network Boston, MA                                                                                                                                                           Photo: Fenway Gardens, Boston
Fenway Victory Garden Boston MA

Northampton Community Garden  Northampton MA

Somerville Community Growing Center Somerville MA

Worcester County Community Gardens Massachusetts

Nuestras Raices Worcester MA

Urban Garden Resources of Worcester, Worcester MA

Gilsland Farm Audobon Center Falmouth ME

Cultivating Community Portland ME

Yarmouth Community Garden Yarmouth ME

Southside Community Land Trust Providence RI
Recommended web site resources

Community Garden Toolkit, published by University of Missouri Extension

Setting up and running a school garden, published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Sample registration form for a community garden

From Neglected Parcels to Community Gardens: A Handbook, by Brian Emerson

American Community Gardening Association
   Starting a community garden
   What good is community greening?
A resource guide for information on urban community gardens

Cornell University Garden-Based Learning

Cornell University Vegetable Gardening Resources

Iowa State University Extension
    Harvesting and Preparing Vegetables for Exhibit

National Gardening Association
    Mapping out the Schoolyard

Recommended books for garden organizers

Patchwork: stories of gardens and community
by Beret Halverson and Jim Flint

Digging Deeper: Integrating gardens into schools and communities
by Joseph Kiefer and Martin Kemple

Schoolyard Mosaics: Designing gardens and habitats
by the National Gardening Association

City Bountiful: A Century of Community Gardening in America
by Laura Lawson
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