In the summer 2009 grant round, Friends of Burlington Gardens awarded mini-grants of $500 each to support the development of ten allotment style community gardens in Vermont:.

The Summer 2009 mini-grant recipients are:

Bolton Valley Community Garden
Duxbury Community Garden
Gardner Park Community Garden (Newport)
Growing Together Community Garden (Hinesburg)
Hartland Community Garden
Thetford Community Garden
St. George Community Garden
Shepherd’s Hill Community Garden (Woodstock)
Starksboro Community Garden                              Photo above: Huntington Community Garden, Sept. 2009
Stony Brook Community Garden (Stockbridge)
                                                                            

The Jan and David Blittersdorf Foundation provided a $10,000 grant to Friends of Burlington Gardens to support the Summer 2009 Successful Community Gardens Mini-grant Program. Click the link to view a photocollage of mini-grant recipients.


For the spring 2009 mini-grant cycle, $500 mini-grants were awarded to:

Metro Way Community Garden (Barre)
Bristol Community Garden
Otter Creek Community Garden (Middlebury)
Townshend Community Garden
Worcester Community Garden.

For the fall 2008 mini-grant cycle, $500 mini-grants were awarded to:

Morgan Spring Community Garden (Bennington)
Macrae Farm Community Garden (Colchester)
Huntington Community Garden                             
Newport Community Garden                                  Photo above: Townshend Community Garden, June 2009
Down to Earth Community Garden (St. Albans).

The Vermont Community Foundation provided a $10,000 grant to Friends of Burlington Gardens to support the Fall 2008 and Spring 2009 Successful Community Gardens Mini-grant Programs.

Congratulations to all of the groups that have established new community gardens with support from the Successful Community Gardens Mini-grant Program!