BURLINGTON GARDEN CLUB
PROJECTS
2011-2012
CIVIC BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS
Burlington Police Station
1 North Avenue
Burlington, VT 05401
Coordinator: Jan DeSarno
The Burlington Police Station is at the prominent corner of North Avenue and Battery Park. This is a cooperative project with Dr. Mark Starrett of the UVM Plant and Soil Science Dept. and the UVM Horticulture Club. Dr. Starrett and the students provide the annuals grown from seed and Club members plant and maintain the gardens. The City Arborist provides mulch and compost. Many compliments and thanks are received from members of the Police Department and passers-by.
Butterfly Garden at Vermont Garden Park
1100 Dorset Street
Burlington, VT 05403Coordinator: Nancy Bell
In April 2000 the Burlington Garden Club created a Butterfly Garden at the Vermont Garden Park on a 100-acre property owned by the City of South Burlington. The historic brick farmhouse and 14 acres of the property is leased by the National Gardening Association. Club members worked with Senior Horticulturist Charlie Nardozzi to remove the sod from the vacant field fronting the farmhouse . In May the butterfly shape was staked out, and on Community Service Day eight South Burlington High School students moved compost to the site and helped Club members plant perennials. The Club won the 2003 Harriet Canfield Award from the Federated Garden Clubs of Vermont for this project.
Club members refresh the garden each spring with annuals. UVM Master Gardener Interns and Vermont Garden Park volunteers also participate with the Club members in monthly maintenance. Visitors, local artists, and butterflies love this garden!
Grandma and Grandpa’s Garden at Vermont Garden Park
1100 Dorset Street
South Burlington, VT 05403
Coordinator: Jan DeSarno
The Federated Garden Clubs of Vermont, Inc. was awarded a SHELL/PETALS grant in 2002 to establish this heirloom garden. Vegetables and annuals are grown from seed chosen from heirloom catalogs. Planting and maintenance is done by Club, occasional members of the FGCV, and Master Gardeners and Interns. Over 810 pounds of vegetables were donated in the 2010 season to the Burlington Food Shelf.
Ronald McDonald House
16 South Winooski Avenue
Burlington Vt. 05401
Coordinator: Jan DeSarno
The 3 garden areas at the House were adopted by the Club in 2009, after re-design, planting, and maintenance had been done in 2008 by Jan DeSarno and an unaffiliated volunteer, Gayel Favali. Spring clean-up is done by volunteers organized by The United Way, then Club members plant and maintain the gardens for the season.
SEABA Garden
382 Pine Street
Burlington, VT 05401
Coordinator: Shirley Zundell
In 2005 the Club received a request from landscape architect Ken Mills to enhance and maintain a small urban public garden located next to a commercial building. The garden had been created by Ken on the small space donated by the building’s owner to the South End Arts and Business Association (SEABA). The garden is in constant use as a short cut walk-through, picnic spot, children’s play area, and meeting place. This uniquely beautiful place is a focal point for the annual South End Art Hop during the first weekend in September.
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Burlington Garden Club members Phyl Lary (left), President 2007-2009, and Jan DeSarno, Co-President, 2009-2011. The mums planted in 2006 refuse to stop blooming!
South Burlington Community Library
550 Dorset Street
South Burlington, VT 05403
Coordinator: Marjorie Von OhlsenMembers of the Friends of the South Burlington Library and Club members plant and maintain colorful annuals at the main entrance, providing a bright welcome to all visitors.
GARDEN THERAPY PROJECTS
Flower Arranging with Seniors
Coordinators: Jean Henshaw and Barbara Turnowicz
Garden therapy activities are held at Birchwood Terrace Health Care, Starr Farm Nursing Center, and Green Mountain Rehab and Nursing Center. Club members assist residents with floral arrangements to brighten their rooms.
Gardens at Hope Lodge
237 East Avenue
Burlington, VT 05401
Coordinator: Jane Murphy
Hope Lodge, a residence-away-from-home for patients receiving cancer therapy, moved into a beautiful new building in the fall of 2007. This Club project began in 1990 to plant window boxes and create holiday wreaths. Club members continue with planting and maintaining the garden areas and window boxes and creating holiday wreaths.
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