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Burlington Gardens & the Vermont Community Garden Network
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enhancing, and preserving community gardens for all
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Community
Teaching Garden links
2009 CTG application form
Frank Way Memorial Scholarship Fund
CTG photo story - Class of 2008 (pdf)
Read quotes from 2008 CTG grads
CTG site
plan and design (pdf)
Corn Roast and Veggie Ball
2009 CTG.2 application form
New Discovery Garden Photo Story
CTG photo story - Class of 2007 (pdf)
Burlington
Free
Press article, 9/3/07
CTG photo story - Class of 2006 (pdf)
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2009
Community
Teaching Garden - hands-on gardening course for adults
Just 2 spaces remain in the course - apply
today!
 The
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 began in 2003, more than 100 participants have completed
the 20 week organic gardening course.
2009
classes will be held at the CTG site on Monday and Thursday evenings
from
May 4
to
September 28. Classes begin at 7:00
p.m. in May, June, July, and August, and at 6:30 p.m. in
September.
 The
Community Teaching Garden 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.
The
2009 CTG course fee is $120 per
person if sharing a raised bed, or $200 per person for an individual
raised bed. The course includes 40 class
sessions of instruction, seeds, plants, supplies, water, use of garden
tools and raised beds, and all the delicious fresh
produce participants can grow.
 To apply
for the 2009 Community Teaching Garden, click on the link below
2009
Community Teaching Garden Application Form (Word doc)
(Please note that the four remaining class spaces will be filled
quickly!)
Limited
income CTG participants can receive scholarship assistance through the Frank
W. Way Memorial Scholarship Fund.
FBG's
director Jim Flint has served as the lead instructor
for the CTG since 2003. To learn more about
the Community Teaching
Garden, please visit the
links below. For questions, call Jim at 861-4769.
2008
Community Teaching Garden Photo Story (pdf)
Quotes from
2008 Community Teaching Garden graduates (pdf)
 Seven graduates of the 2008 Community
Teaching Garden will take part in the CTG.2 Program, which takes place
in the central area
of
the New Discovery Garden at Ethan Allen Homestead.
To learn more about the CTG.2 Program, click
on the link below:
2008 New
Discovery Garden Photo Story (pdf)
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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,
the Burlington Boys and Girls Club Garden, the Sara Holbrook Youth
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
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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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Friends of
Burlington
Gardens & the
Vermont Community
Garden Network
180 Flynn Avenue Studio 3
PO Box 4504
Burlington,
Vermont
05406-4504
802-861-GROW
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