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🌺 🌺 🌺 Summer Youth Gardening - The Burlington Garden Club continues the Summer Youth Gardeners program, in collaboration with UVM Master Gardener’s Extension office. This program meett at the Wheeler Garden Park on Dorset on Thursday throughout the summer 10 am-Noon. All food harvested will benefit the Food Shelf. Weekly attendance is not mandatory. All ages are welcome including parents. A comprehensive curriculum will include composting, garden critters, battling weeds and much more. No fee for this program. Summer 2023 THE BURLINGTON GARDEN CLUB Growing Young Gardeners Summer 2022 Weekly Series at the Vermont Garden Park, 1100 Dorset Street, South Burlington Seeds are traditionally planted around Memorial Day. Dates to be determined Seed sowing will be done on -- Seed Sowing. All sessions below are on Thursdays -- Composting Basics Worms & Weeds Earth Friendly Gardening Methods Pollinators Birds and Bugs Invasive Plants Garden to Table, Cooking & Eating Garden to Food Shelf: Sense of Community Harvesting Free – no charge For ages 4 to 10 participation of parents and grandparents encouraged ….Each session will begin in the garden to do easy child-friendly gardening and learn about what is happening there. Other gardening subjects will be covered at an informal, gentle pace. There will be walks through the other adjacent gardens with much to see and discover! There will be snack time, and perhaps the reading of a book relevant to each week's subject. …. Weekly attendance is optional. ….All vegetables harvested are donated to the South Burlington Food Shelf. Last summer's donations totaled five hundred pounds. All grown and harvested by the children! ….. Please bring gloves, hat, sunscreen, and water bottle. Garden tools and snacks will be provided. Coordinator: Jan DeSarno – [email protected] phone 802-372-4058 - cell: 343-0847 MEMBERS PURCHASE TREE FOR VERMONT GARDEN PARK The Tree at Dinosaur Land Since the beginning of time, trees have furnished life’s living essential elements of food and oxygen. The Burlington Garden Club (BGC) responded to the challenge and opportunity from the National Garden Club’s President Gay Austin “to improve our observation of our diverse environments” and encouragement of club members across the United States to plant native trees in their neighborhoods. The members of the BGC forged ahead to find a special native tree. The journey began consulting with Dr. Mark Starrett whose areas of expertise in horticulture, plant pathology and wood ornaments at the University of Vermont helped members to select and purchase a native red maple tree “Red Sunset” from a local garden supply. The red sunset maple tree has a superior fall color with leaves of vibrant shades of red and orange. Clusters of showy red flowers appear in early spring before the leaves appear. Interesting also are the silver bark and the red brick branches. A decision was made by club members to plant the new red maple tree in the Vermont Garden Park to shade children playing in Dinosaur Land. Jan DeSarno, club co-president, consulted with the South Burlington city arborist, Andrew Noonan, for expert advice on planting, soil, and location. His recommendation was to move the Dinosaur sand pit to a new location. The placement of the tree in a perfect location made it adaptable to sunlight, soil type and the tree’s preference for acidic soil. The tree’s ability to grow approximately 50 feet and a high canopy of spreading branches 40 feet is the perfect covering for the many children visiting and playing at Dinosaur Land. A special and happy tree was planted on September 4th by the South Burlington Parks and Recreational department crew and watered over the remainder of the fall by the Burlington Garden Club members. The purchase of the tree was from the Burlington Garden Club funds. The maintenance of the tree will be part of the volunteer work of the Burlington Garden Club members.  Jan DeSarno Co-President BGC
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