Safe Community Gardening in the Time of COVID-19
Gardening here this season means adhering to the COVID-19 rules. Our new garden health and safety team devised them to support three …
Gratitude: UVM TREKkies transform the garden!
Volunteers worked here in the garden all day. It was part of their three-day, peer-led orientation adventures for incoming first-year students at …
Putting the garden to bed
Two beautiful weather days meant two productive work days at The Garden at 485 Elm. …
Late fall garden work day
Earlier in the gardening season, building infrastructure overlapped with planting and harvesting. On this rainy day late in the gardening season, breaking …
Fall in the garden
The tomatoes are all picked, the plants pulled and composted. The onions and potatoes are all dug up and stored in a …
Thinking Outside the Garden: Riverfront Protection & Invasives Management
The Garden at 485 Elm grows on a property that has 400 feet on the North Branch of the Winooski River. The garden’s 1/4-acre is on higher …
2nd Gleaning, Twice as Much
This is the second gleaning in The Garden at 485 Elm’s partnership with Community Harvest of Central Vermont. The first gleaning in …
Om-nom-nom
Pardon us for talking with our mouths full. That’s where things are at — bursting with ripeness and fresh flavor. We did …
Work Day!
In the garden, every day is work day. But when we convene as a group, we get a lot done together. And …
Young Hacks Academy: Thinking Outside the Garden
On July 22, The Garden at 485 Elm’s garden coordinator, Cindy Delfino, led a session at Young Hacks Academy in Montpelier. Cindy …