This Month In The Garden

Seed Diversity is Food Security

Whether you're saving seeds from a favorite pepper in your own garden or advocating for the availability of more bio-regionally adapted seeds, seed saving is a climate action to protect food security and one we are leaning into at Vermont Garden Network.

"Agricultural biodiversity is not something we simply store. It is something we participate in. A seed may remain alive in a freezer for a century, but its fullest value is realized when someone plants it. When someone tastes it. When someone observes how it responds to a changing environment. When someone decides, among all the other options available, “This one is worth saving and growing again.”

-- Read full Foodtank Op-Ed

Organic Seed Alliance guide

Read NYTimes article

Overwintering Greens Workshop

September 10th

Join us for hands-on learning in our Greenhouse at Landry Park. Learn how to extend the harvest season. Sponsored by the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education grant. FREE!

Perennials Workshop

September 15th

Join us for our 2nd to last workshop in the Garden Like a Farmer series sponsored by the City of Burlington Conservation Legacy Fund. FREE!

Learn More & Register

Champlain Valley Fair Vegetable Winners

We volunteered to judge youth vegetable growing at this months fair. Supporting young gardeners is not only essential but so much fun. We also entered some of our own Collective Garden veggies and took home some blue ribbons!

Perennial Club Membership Perks

In honor of our 25th anniversary, we collaborated with Skida to offer some cool garden veggie swag to recurring donors. Support VGN and treat yourself to the new Gather buff and/or brim hat.

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