Day in the Dirt! is a fun volunteer day to give Burlington’s community and school gardens a spring boost and raise funds for the Vermont Community Garden Network. On April 27, teams of garden superheroes will work at project sites all over Burlington then gather at the Intervale Center for lunch, celebration, and prizes.

The garden work sites are Baird Park Community Garden and King Street Youth Center Garden in the South End; Archibald Neighborhood Garden and Riverside Neighborhood Garden in the Old North End; C.P. Smith Elementary School Orchard in the New North End; Abenaki Heritage Garden and Community Teaching Garden at the Intervale; New Discovery Garden and VNA Family Room Garden at Ethan Allen Homestead; and the Fanny Allen Garden.

Call 802-861-4769 or email info@burlingtongardens.org for more information.
To sign up for a team or make a donation, go to:
https://www.burlingtongardens.org/Dirt.html
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Save the dates!

Intervale Center Native Plant-a-thons

 May 4  *  May 18  *  May 25

Get outside. Have fun. Make a difference.

This spring, we need your help! Volunteer with the Intervale Conservation Nursery and plant more than 2000 trees in Waitsfield, Essex and Williston that will protect Vermont’s water quality, mitigate climate change, and restore our native landscape.

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Interested in volunteering with the Winooski Valley Park District on our 27th Annual Conservation Field Day coming up on May 22nd, 2013 at the Ethan Allen Homestead in Burlington. Each spring the WVPD hosts between 200-300 fifth grade students from area schools for a fun-filled day of conservation and environmental science related activities. We are looking for […]

Pitch in to build a new accessible trail at the Vermont Institute of Natural Science in Quechee, Vermont!

We’d like your help to provide all visitors with easier access to our outdoor environment, including families with strollers, seniors with walkers and canes, and visitors using wheelchairs for mobility. Help complete a new path that will carefully meander through Vermont woodlands, connecting visitors with the wonders of the natural world along an easily traveled smooth yet firm gravel surface.
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Volunteer OpportunitiesThe Green Mountain Club has a variety of volunteer opportunities for any time of year! Please ask as about helping out with projects on and off Vermont’s Long Trail.  For more information about any of the opportunities listed below please contact: Mari ZagarinsDirector of Membership and Volunteer Services phone: (802) 241-8324email: mzagarins@greenmountainclub.org Browse through the list below […]

Calling All Volunteers! The greenhouse is clean… The heat is on… It’s planting time! We’ve got more than 10,000 trees to start in our greenhouse and we’d love your help! Thanks to an AMAZING crew that helped out last Saturday, it’s time to plant in our warm and cozy greenhouse. Volunteers are welcome Monday-Friday from […]

Love to ski? Love to work with kids? Love environmental education? The CTA will be running a Nordic program again this winter for kids in the Burlington area. We would love to have enthusiastic skiers to help with Nordic coaching and hands-on environmental education. If interested, visit our website and please contact Emily at outreach@catamounttrail.org. 

It is a community of tree houses that focuses on recycling and sustainability. They use very limited electricity, which comes from solar and hydro powers, and use many biodegradable substances such as paper.  It is a commitment of either one or two months. Volunteers are expected to pay their own way, and it is roughly […]