On September 4, Friends of Burlington Gardens will award up to ten $500 mini-grants to support the development of new allotment style community gardens in Vermont to open in May, 2010.

To download application guidelines, click on Summer 2009 Successful Community Gardens mini-grant application







The Jan and David Blittersdorf Foundation has generously provided a $10,000 grant to Friends of Burlington Gardens to support the Summer 2009 Successful Community Gardens Mini-grant Program.

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

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, and Down to Earth Community Garden (St. Albans).

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 (see photo above), and Worcester Community Garden.

If your Vermont town or city is ready to start a new community garden, please read over the application guidelines and contact FBG's executive director Jim Flint for technical assistance. Draft proposals are due August 1, 2009!