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Learn to garden at the 2008 Community Teaching Garden
A few spaces still available - call Jim at 861-4769 for details

 
CTG07The Community Teaching Garden at Ethan Allen Homestead is a hands-on gardening program designed to teach beginners how to plant, cultivate, harvest, and preserve fresh organic vegetables. Since the program begain in 2003, more than 80 participants have completed the 20-week organic gardening course.

2008 classes will be held at the CTG site on Monday and Thursday evenings from May 12 to September 29. Classes begin at 7:00 p.m. in May, June, July, and August, and at 6:30 p.m. in September.

CTG-JillThe 2008 course fee for the Community Teaching Garden is $120 per person if sharing a raised bed, or $200 per person for an individual raised bed. The course fee covers 40 class sessions of instruction, seeds, plants, supplies, water, use of garden tools and compost-enriched raised beds, and all the delicious fresh produce participants can grow. Scholarships covering up to 50% of the course fee are available for limited income participants.

The Community Teaching Garden program is geared toward adults ages 18 through seniors, with special consideration given to gardeners in limited income situations. Participants garden in individual and group raised beds. Like the UVM Extension Master Gardener program, CTG graduates also make a volunteer commitment to use their gardening skills in service to the community.
 
studentsFBG's director Jim Flint has served as the lead instructor for the CTG since 2003. For additional information on the Community Teaching Garden and how to apply,  please visit the links below:

2008 Community Teaching Garden Application Form.
Community Teaching Garden site plan and design
Read quotes from 2007 CTG participants

Community outreach programs

Project GEOS: Gardens, Empowerment, Outreach, and Sustainability

Throughout the year, FBG provides tools, materials, and planning assistance to enable and empower individuals and groups to start and sustain neighborhood, youth, school, and community gardens.

Burlington gardens that have received support and technical assistance from FBG include the Roosevelt Park Neighborhood Garden, the Buell Street Neighborhood Garden, the Archibald Street Neighborhood Garden, and the McAuley Square Garden.
 
   

A site located on the corner of North Street and Mansfield Avenue in Burlington supported a community garden for more than 20 years prior to the construction of the McAuley Square housing development. In 2003, FBG worked with residents of McAuley Square to create a new neighborhood garden area with 16 raised beds, fencing, and an underground water system.


If you have an inspiration for a garden in your Burlington or Winooski neighborhood, please contact FBG. FBG also maintains a garden tool bank which makes free loans of tools to groups involved in community greening and beautification projects. Learn more via the links below:

Neighborhood gardens in Burlington
Greenbelt gardening in Burlington
Ideas for using recycled materials

Sponsors for FBG's education and outreach programs 

Grants from the Jane B. Cook 1992 Charitable Trust, Harris and Frances Block Foundation, George W. Mergens Foundation,
Morris and Bessie Altman Foundation, and Ben and Jerry's Foundation have supported FBG's outreach efforts to create, enhance, and preserve community-based garden sites that are accessible to underserved residents.

Grants and major gifts from the Sid and Cecelia Lance Family Foundation, the Vermont Community Foundation Sustainable Future Fund, the Merchants Bank Foundation, and Gardener's Supply have provided underlying support for FBG's Community Teaching Garden program at Ethan Allen Homestead.

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