UVM Extension Master Gardener volunteers and VNLA members are invited for a tour of the
extensive pollinator habitat gardens on the University of Vermont campus on Saturday, September 5, 2026.   The group will meet at 9:45 a.m. outside the entrance to the Patrick Gymnasium, allowing you to park at the  Gutterson parking garage (free on Saturdays).

The walking tour will be led by UVM senior Gavin Young, President UVM Hort Club. Gavin is a recipient of several garden awards, in addition to being an amazing student and human!  The tour will take attendees by the pollinator meadow where the UVM Beekeepers Club keeps their hives. They will then make their way to main campus and pass the Aiken hillside garden and then on to an exciting new installation of a Soft Landings Garden in the heart of central campus.  The tour will end at the amazing plant collections outside of Jeffords Hall stewarded by Dr. Mark Starrett, with help from UVM interns and  EMG Volunteers coordinated
by EMG Mary Jane Poynter.  If  you have never seen the collections at UVM,
you are in for a treat!

The tour will be held rain or shine so please dress accordingly. Bring a water bottle; Deb will bring snacks. Please wear your walking shoes as the tour is about a 2 mile walk.   

Contact Deb Heleba with any questions:  debra.heleba@uvm.edu(opens in new tab).