Our 2020 Garlic Crop Is Planted
On the beautiful first Saturday afternoon in November 2019, we planted our 2020 garlic crop. But it all began in 2018. Back …
Community Garden Seeks Food Scraps & a Compost Team
We have built it. Will they come? Compostville at the Garden at 485 Elm was built in 2018 and 2019 with help …
Healthy Garden Boundaries
This is a hospitable garden. Neighbors, friends, family, and clients of the onsite business are welcome here. Anyone can ask to visit …
First Frost Changes Everything
Montpelier finally had its first frost warning: thirty-one degrees. The garden grows down by the North Branch of the Winooski River. Here, …
Volunteers Help Make This Garden Grow
In two hours, three positive, productive, and skilled volunteers erased several hours’ worth of work from the hardworking gardeners’ docket. In contrast …
Floral Interlude
Liz le Serviget, the garden’s flower goddess, as seen by photographer and fellow gardener Irina Markova.
Afternoon among the Herbs
On a gorgeous September afternoon, we experienced delicious and clinically helpful herbs. Our guide was Diana Baron, a clinical herbalist intern at …
Discoveries beyond the Garden Fence
The wild-growing area beyond the garden fence was mowed lawn until 2015. That’s when we partnered with Friends of the Winooski River …