Green Mountain Habitat for Humanity Collaboration
The VNLA/Green Works established the Volunteer Project/Outreach Committee (VPOC) in February, 2018 and chose to collaborate with Green Mountain Habitat for Humanity (GMHH) because we believe in their mission to provide affordable housing and because landscaping is an area that is often overlooked and/or underfunded on much housing of this nature. The VPOC completed its first landscape design / installation project in July, 2018 at a four family home located in Essex Junction, VT. You can view a slideshow of that project below.
Project #2 was completed in the Fall of 2019. It was a two-family duplex located in Milton, VT. You can view an interview with one of the homeowners, read more about the project and view the slideshow below.
Project #3 was put on hold in 2020 due to the pandemic. The Committee began their work on the 2021 project last winter by visiting the site and then brainstorming the landscape design process. During this process the committee makes many site visits and works closely with GMHH. This project was a four-plex located in S. Burlington, VT and the housing was completed this summer and the families have moved in. The landscape/installation was completed on October 9, 2021. We had over 30 people volunteer that day, including VNLA members, UVM students and faculty, and Green Mountain Habitat for Humanity volunteers.
The donations of perennials, shrubs, trees, compost bins, compost, bark mulch, top soil, equipment, trucking and deliver, tools, and labor were all donated and many thanks to our members and associates who made this project a reality. Please see the list of donors below. You can view the slideshow of this volunteer project below.
THANK YOU to all our members and associates who donated materials to make this project a happen! THANK YOU to all our volunteers on the day of installation as this project could not have been completed without you! The donors and volunteers are listed below.
2021 VNLA/VolunteerProject/ Outreach Committee
Ashley Robinson, Landscape Designer, chair
Gabe Bushey, Crafted Landscapes, LLC
Marie Limoge, Landscape Designer
Silvia Jope, Old World Garden Design
Pat Toporowski, Vermont Stone & Horticulture
Hannah Decker, Fairfax Perennials
Ralph Fitz-Gerald, Horsford Gardens & Nursery
Silvia Jope, Old World Garden Design
Marie Limoge, Landscape Designer
Dr. Mark Starrett, UVM Associate Professor of Horticulture
Marlys Eddy, VTC Professor
2021 VNLA/Green Works GMHH Project Donors
Ashley Robinson, landscape design, site management
Crafted Landscapes, LLC - equipment, 3 yards of compost
diStefano Landscaping, Inc. - equipment, dump trailer, 3 yds topsoil, tools, disposal
Gardener’s Supply Company - compost bins
Horsford Gardens & Nursery - shrubs, trees, delivery
Miller Hill Farm, Nursery & Gardens - perennials
River Walk Farm - shrubs, delivery
van Berkum Nursery - perennials, delivery
Vermont Stone & Horticulture - landscape design, sod cutter, 4 yds bark mulch
2021 Green Mountain Habitat for Humanity Donors
Dick Shasteen – lumber, tools
2021 Installation Day VNLA Volunteers
Ashley Robinson, Landscape Designer
Curtis Martin, Curt’s Landscape Service
Gabe Bushey, Crafted Landscapes, LLC
Jake Ringer, Crafted Landscapes, LLC
Samir Pasic, diStefano Landscaping, Inc.
Donald Cook, diStefano Landscaping, Inc.
Parker Day, diStefano Landscaping, Inc.
Alyssa Pasini, Horsford Gardens & Nursery & UVM Hort Club President
Todd Romanchek, VT Stone & Horticulture
Dr. Mark Starrett, UVM Associate Professor of Horticulture
Eric Kloeti
Kristina MacKulin, VNLA Executive Director
UVM Horticulture Club Students: Skylar Charlesworth, Alinka Chicurel, Grace Courtney, Megan Levy, Danielle Loverro, Carolina Mourinho, Linnea Slater, and Jess Watson
2021 Green Mountain Habitat for Humanity Staff and Board of Directors
David Mullin
Ted Johnson
Steve Gruber
Dave Ericson
Lillian Colasurdo and wife Roe
Green Mountain Habitat Geezer Volunteer Build Team
Dick Shasteen
George Cootey
Jay Frater
Ken Lauricella
Bill Gerlack and wife Ha
Mike Schramm
PROJECT #2
The VPOC collaborated over late winter/spring, 2019 with 
Vermont Technical College students in the Landscape Sustainable Design program. Students visited the site and in April, 2019 presented their landscape plan to the VPOC.
This 2019 project is located in Milton, VT. The landscape installation took place on Thursday, October 3, 2019. Over 50 people volunteered that day, including VNLA members, VTC students and faculty, and Green Mountain Habitat for Humanity volunteers. You can view an interview with one of the home owners related to this project here: https://www.mynbc5.com/article/turning-dream-homes-into-affordable-realities/28319875.
The donations of the stone, pavers, perennials, shrubs, trees, wildflower seed, compost bins, lumber, bark mulch and top soil were all donated and many thanks to our members and associates who made this project a reality. Please see the list of donors below. You can view the slideshow of this volunteer project below.
2019 VNLA/Volunteer Project/ Outreach Committee
Ashley Robinson, Landscape Designer, chair
Gabe Bushey, Crafted Landscapes, LLC
David Berg, Horsford Gardes & Nursery
Terry Solomon, Livescape
Marie Limoge, Landscape Designer
Silvia Jope, Old World Garden Design
Josh Cohen & Pat Toporowski, Vermont Stone & Horticulture
2019 VNLA/Green Works GMHH Project Donors
American Meadows - wildflower seed
Ashley Robinson, landscape design, site management
Champlain Landworks--trucking
Church Hill Landscapes, Inc. - trucking
Crafted Landscapes, LLC - equipment, site work, stone
diStefano Landscaping, Inc. - stone, shrubs, perennials, bark mulch
Fairfax Perennial Farm, Inc. - perennials
Full Circle Gardens - perennials
Gardener’s Supply Company - compost bins
Horsford Gardens & Nursery - shrubs, trees
Marie Limoge - landscape design, site management
River Walk Farm - bark mulch, shrubs
Rocky Dale Gardens - perennials
Vermont Stone & Horticulture - landscape design, site work, stone
Vermont Technical College Faculty and Students
VNLA Members – labor and tools on installation day
Weston Excavating – trucking