Every year, we donate plants to many projects that support garden education and food security in our community. This year, because of the generous donations made by our customers via our Grow it Forward Fund, we have been able to donate exponentially more plants, and have even been custom growing plants specifically to donate them to various projects.
the many gardens related to the VT Community Garden Network and Housing Vermont
senior living gardens via HANDS
the City of Burlington's Plants 4 People Program
numerous Victory Garden efforts in Huntington, Burlington, and Williston
the scholarship fund to the Burlington Area Community Gardens
the enterprise gardens of New Farms for New Americans via the Association of Africans Living in VT.
the Meals for All program of the Vergennes Boys and Girls Club
the majority of the field transplants for the “People’s Farm” project of the Intervale Center.
we will be donating a portion of our June sales to Soul Fire Farm in support of their goal to create “equity in access to land, sustenance, and power in the food system”, cited from their strategic goals, which you can find here. . Leah Penniman and her team do work that is incredibly inspiring, and we encourage you to learn more here.
Many of these projects are regular partners in our plant donations program, but this year, because of the many generous contributions into our "Grow it Forward" fund and because of the City of Burlington's Plant for the People Initiative, we have been able to reach many new gardeners with free plants for local food production. So thank you. Every bit helps, and just the fact that people can get outside and grow their own food feels very meaningful right now.