Master Gardener scholarships available through UVM Extension

The Middlebury Garden Club is offering two scholarships for the UVM Extension Master Gardener course. The course will be held online from January to May 2025. The instructors are UVM faculty and staff and Vermont horticulture professionals. The course curriculum covers the fundamentals of home gardening focused on plant and soil sciences.

Wasn’t Addison County a beautiful place this past summer? Certainly the colorful and interesting gardens cultivated by local residents added to the appeal of this place.

Every year the Middlebury Garden Club gives awards to public and private gardens in Addison County. To be considered, a garden must be able to be seen from the roadside and cannot belong to a current member of the club. 

Betty also planted patches of the common orange lilies along the road and they are still growing today. I think of her when I see them.

The Middlebury Garden Club recently held its annual meeting at the Middlebury Inn, at which two garden club members, Barbara Greenwood and Andrea Landsberg, were spotlighted for the Federated Garden Clubs of Vermont Lifetime Membership honor. Marilyn Need … (read more)

Ilsley Public Library will host the Middlebury Garden Club lecture, “This Year Get the Upper Hand: Pests and Diseases to Expect in 2023,” by Ann Hazelrigg, on Tuesday, April 11, at 1 p.m. 

In anticipation of spring and a new growing season, the Middlebury Garden Club will be offering two gardening talks to the greater community.

Every year the Middlebury Garden Club gives awards to public and private gardens in Addison County. To be considered, a garden must be able to be seen from the roadside and cannot belong to a current member of the club. 

The Federated Garden Clubs of Vermont (FGCV) and its member garden clubs — including the Middlebury Garden Club — will partner with five nurseries and garden centers for Vermont Garden Club Day 2022 on Saturday, May 21.

Judges from the Middlebury Garden Club traveled many roads looking for gardens expressing great pleasure and happiness. Four earned the club’s Roadside Awards.

As Co-Presidents of the Middlebury Garden Club we are delighted to thank the Independent for the recent photos of some of our work in the town of Middlebury. While working on Main Street, pedestrians asked us a number of questions. So we appreciate this o … (read more)

It’s been a different year. In a time of little interaction with others, gardens have provided beauty for both Vermont families and visitors from out of state. Judges of the Middlebury Garden Club’s Best of Gardens as viewed from the roadside have struggl … (read more)

ADDISON COUNTY — The Middlebury Garden Club has announced the winners of its annual Roadside Attractions Awards. These accolades recognize gardens cultivated by people around the county who are not members of the club. The winners for 2019 include Marge D … (read more)