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  • Ecological Fall Garden Clean-Up at the Pierson Library Gardens

    Led by UVM extension master gardener Steve Budington, this hands-on event will teach you how to balance plant removal and retention to benefit both your garden and local wildlife. Bring your favorite gardening tools and help us maintain a more ecologically friendly perennial garden! 

  • Living with Climate Chaos: Planting for Ecological Benefit & Garden Plans for the Shelburne Town Offices Pocket Park

    Are you wondering what’s happening with the former pond garden at the Shelburne Town Offices? Are you curious about how to bring ecological benefit to your home landscape? Are you looking for a dose of environmental optimism? In this public talk, UVM painting professor and landscape designer Steve Budington shares the planting design for Spring…

  • Spring Cut-Back and Pruning at the Pierson Library Gardens (Session 1)

    It takes a community to keep our library gardens thriving and looking beautiful for the town, and we’re deeply grateful for your support! Join us as we marvel at the new growth and lend a hand for the spring cutback and pruning in the gardens. Feel free to bring your secateurs, garden shears, hand sickle,…

  • Spring Cut-Back and Pruning at the Pierson Library Gardens (Session 2)

    It takes a community to keep our library gardens thriving and looking beautiful for the town, and we’re deeply grateful for your support! Join us as we marvel at the new growth and lend a hand for the spring cutback and pruning in the gardens. Feel free to bring your secateurs, garden shears, hand sickle,…

  • Living with Climate Chaos: Ecological Gardening with Charlie Nardozzi

    As climate change impacts gardening, it's essential to adapt our practices to grow healthier vegetables, flowers,and fruits, and to maintain thriving yards in an environmentally friendly way. In this talk, gardening expert and host of Vermont Public Radio’s All Things Gardening, Charlie Nardozzi will explore natural soil-building techniques, methods to support pollinators and beneficial insects,…

  • Cool Season Sedges & Groundcovers

    Join UVM Extension Master Gardeners and local volunteers in the library and town campus gardens this summer. Learn about sustainable garden practices, native plantings, and discuss the garden and landscape issues you're facing. We'll work in and tour the gardens with a specific focus each meeting. EMG's are dedicated to sharing science-based best practices and…

  • Weeds: Cutting vs. Pulling

    Join UVM Extension Master Gardeners and local volunteers in the library and town campus gardens this summer. Learn about sustainable garden practices, native plantings, and discuss the garden and landscape issues you're facing. We'll work in and tour the gardens with a specific focus each meeting. EMG's are dedicated to sharing science-based best practices and…

  • Ask a Master Gardener

    Join UVM Extension Master Gardeners (EMGs) and local volunteers in the library and town campus gardens this summer. Learn about sustainable garden practices, native plantings, and discuss the garden and landscape issues you're facing. We'll work in and tour the gardens with a specific focus each meeting. EMGs are dedicated to sharing science-based best practices…

  • Ask a Master Gardener

    Join UVM Extension Master Gardeners (EMGs) and local volunteers in the library and town campus gardens this summer. Learn about sustainable garden practices, native plantings, and discuss the garden and landscape issues you're facing. We'll work in and tour the gardens with a specific focus each meeting. EMGs are dedicated to sharing science-based best practices…