Roger Allbee, Vermont Secretary of AgricultureI was delighted to see an article in "The WORLD" newspaper on May 27th entitled "Vermont Dedicates First State House Vegetable Garden".
It appears that a newly formed citizens group in Montpelier heard that the Vermont Statehouse had two large flower beds that were going to lay fallow for the year due to state budget cuts. So the group gathered support and planted 420 square feet of gardens with vegetables. In the gardens you will find chives, parsley, red cabbage, early bush peas, carrotts, scallions, swiss chard, beets, mustard greens and lettuce.
The garden will be tended by volunteer members of the citizens group, calling themselves APPLE, and all the food that is grown will be donated to the Montpelier Food Pantry.
This is just another awesome project that makes Vermont ahead of the curve on the "Green" movement, and shows that Vermonters really care about mother earth, and each other.
Read more about it here: http://vtstatehousegarden.wordpress.com/faqs/
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