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Community Teaching Garden

2010 CTG YouTube Video

CTG site plan and design (pdf)

Frank Way Memorial Scholarship Fund

 
CTG staff
Denise Quick
Denise Quick is the lead teacher for the Community Teaching Garden. She is a UVM Extension Master Gardener and teaches biology and nutrition at the Community College of Vermont.

 




Community Teaching Garden Program at Ethan Allen Homestead and the Intervale

Check out the Teaching Garden blog!

* The program is full for the 2013 season *
Call for info (802) 861-4769

CTG SiteThe Community Teaching Garden is a fun, hands-on beginning organic gardening program. Participants learn how to plant, cultivate, harvest, and preserve fresh vegetables in a supportive learning environment. Classes are held twice a week from May through September.

New! We have added a second Teaching Garden site at Intervale in partnership with Burlington Area Community Gardens. Participants can enroll for the full program at Ethan Allen Homestead or at the new site.



Community Teaching Garden 2010Classes at the Ethan Allen Homestead are on Monday and Thursday evenings.

Classes at Tommy Thompson Community Garden are on Wednesday evenings and Saturday mornings. A special instruction-only option is available (see below).

To learn more about the CTG program, click the link to the 2010 CTG YouTube video.

The full-season CTG course fee is $130 per person if sharing plot, or $220 per person for an individual plot. The course fee includes weekly instruction and a copy of The Vegetable Gardener's Bible by Edward Smith, all seeds, plants, supplies, water, use of garden tools and raised beds, garden potlucks, and all the delicious fresh produce participants can grow and eat. Plots are approximately 80 sq ft. Limited income applicants can apply for scholarship assistance to cover up to half of the CTG course fee thanks to the Frank Way Memorial Scholarship Fund.

The instruction-only option is for gardeners with plots outside the Teaching Garden. The cost is only $60 for one basic gardening workshop per week (Wednesdays) for the whole summer. Email info@burlingtongardens.org for more info.

CTG.2 program at the New Discovery Garden


New Discovery GardenThe CTG.2 Program is an intermediate level gardening program open to graduates of the Community Teaching Garden. The CTG.2 program takes place in the central area of the New Discovery Garden at Ethan Allen Homestead. The class focusses on honing garden skills and applying these skills to help build strong, vibrant communities.
    
For more info about the Community Teaching Garden, please contact us at (802) 861-4769 or via email.


The Community Teaching Garden is made possible through generous grant support from
the Sid and Cecelia Lance Family Foundation and the Forrest and Frances Lattner Foundation.


Tom and KarenCommunity Teaching Garden archives from recent years


2012 CTG blog
2011 CTG photostory (pdf)

2009 CTG YouTube Video

2008 CTG photostory (pdf)
2007 CTG photostory (pdf)
2006 CTG photostory (pdf)

 
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