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Burlington Gardens & the Vermont Community Garden Network
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CTG 2008
Application Form
Read quotes from 2007 CTG grads
CTG site
plan and design
CTG 2007 photo
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CTG 2007 photo story
Burlington
Free
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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
 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 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.
 The
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.
 FBG'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
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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,
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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