A Place to Learn and Grow
BLOOM TIME FESTIVAL
MAY 25, 2024 Saturday, 10-2
Guest Speakers
Saffron: A Medicinal Plant, Culinary Herb and Beautiful Garden Flower–Margaret Skinner
Creating mini wildflower meadows
Mike Lizotte, American Meadows
Deer Tick Management: What can YOU do for Protection and Prevention
Margaret Skinner and Somi Ghasemzadeh
Kid’s Activities
-scavenger hunt with Mr. K
-Face Painting
-building Fairy houses
-making wildflower seed balls
-Spotted Lantern fly coloring
-creating terrariums
Guest Exhibitors
Grow Wild
SoilSHOP — testing your soil sign-up
Extension Master Gardeners
Branch Out Burlington
NOFA-VT
Urban and Community Forest Program
And More
Hayrides
Visit the collections with the curators
Plein Air Painters
Swing Peepers music
Programs/Events
We present programs and events throughout the year, including lectures, workshops, a plant sale, and educational opportunities for our members and the general public.
Collections
Five of the 11 collections are actively maintained: the Cary Garden, Lilacs, Rhododendrons, Conifers, and Pollinator Garden.
Join Us
Join as a member, or attend one of our numerous program or events (free to members), or volunteer in one of our collections, you are welcome!
OUR MISSION
The Friends of the Horticulture Farm is a grassroots organization dedicated to protecting, enhancing and promoting the significant plant collections and natural areas of the University of Vermont’s Horticulture, Research, and Education Center in South Burlington, Vermont, and to offering educational programs about horticulture to their members and the general public.
WHO WE ARE
We are a non-profit member organization of citizens, garden club members, Vermont Master Gardeners, nature enthusiasts, professional horticulturists, landscape architects and designers—in fact, anyone interested in gardening.
The Friends offers a program of lectures, workshops, and other opportunities for plant enthusiasts from children to connoisseurs to explore the world of plants and nurture a love of horticulture. We also work in partnership with the University of Vermont to develop both short-term and long-term plans to preserve the exceptional plant collections on the property.
As a volunteer organization, our work is made possible by members’ generous gifts of time, skills, and essential financial support.
A grassroots organization dedicated to protecting, enhancing and promoting the significant plant collections and natural areas of the University of Vermont’s Horticulture, Research, and Education Center in South Burlington, Vermont.