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The Healthy City Youth Farm is in the middle of its first successful season at Hunt Middle School. Summer months were full of fun and exploration as 15 middle and high school students earned wages while pulling weeds and trying new foods. Now that school is in full swing, we are organizing weekly taste tests in the school cafeteria highlighting produce from the 1/2 acre farm.  Want to join us?

We need help farming, cooking, and sampling the produce during the school day. Please be in touch!

Jenn McGowan, 310-9506

Don’t miss these two great opportunities to fill your yard, garden, or neighborhood with flowers and food:

Burlington Permaculture is holding its Spring 2010 Fruit Tree Giveaway from 4-6 p.m. Sunday, April 25, at the Archibald Neighborhood Garden. Open to all Burlington residents, trees will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis. As an added bonus, Burlington Permaculture will be teaching anyone who receives a tree how to plant and care for it! Plants available include: pear, peach, plum, and paw paw trees as well as raspberry plants. Supplies are limited so come early.

Grow Team ONE is continuing the Friends of Burlington Gardens annual plant sale tradition with a Perennial Sale 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, May 8, at Roosevelt Park in Burlington’s Old North End. A beautiful assortment of potted perennials (flowers, herbs, and some surprises!) will be available for just $5 each. Proceeds will be split between Grow Team ONE and Friends of Burlington Gardens to support the development of neighborhood gardens and garden-based education and outreach.

Thinning out your perennials? Have extra 6″, 8″, or 10″ plastic pots? Teams of volunteers will be collecting plants and pots and re-potting donations through May 6. We’ll even help you dig up your plants!

For more information, to donate plants or pots, or to volunteer, please contact Jess Hyman at 598-3139 or growteam@yahoo.com.

We had a productive Burlington Food Council meeting this morning, which featured Lisa Coven, the Land Steward at Burlington Parks and Recreation, as our guest speaker. Some great connections were made between participating organizations, and we learned a lot about Burlington Area Community Gardens. It is not too late to get a plot, so sign up today!

Did you know that April is Compost Month in Burlington? There are events and workshops taking place to promote composting, including a free public tour of Intervale Compost Products on April 21 – call to sign up. Visit the Chittenden Solid Waste District’s website to learn about how you can get involved.