Or buy tickets in-person at Gather Vermont: Wed-Sat, 11-4pm

JOIN US FOR TEA & FRIENDSHIP TO KEEP VERGENNES IN BLOOM!

Come alone or with a group—it is open ‘community-style’ seating to inspire conversations with old and new friends. Learn about the proposed designs for the gardens and provide your feedback.

In 2025, our first CommuniTEA Fundraiser remarkably netted $1,300 for our downtown gardens!

In 2026, we’re hoping to raise even more to greatly enhance the eastern entrance into downtown. This effort will focus on a complete overhaul of the two long-neglected garden beds in front of City Hall. The project will include removing several years of accumulated mulch, installing drip lines, planting a mix of low-maintenance perennials, potentially adding retention borders, and planting annuals for immediate impact. With the Opera House's All-Access Project bringing significant improvements to the adjacent alley, it is especially important that the front of City Hall properly reflect the current character of the city. The gardens will be thoughtfully designed to complement the new landscaping planned in the alley—creating a more welcoming and beautiful gateway to the Little City’s downtown.

Vergennes Partnership designs, plants, and maintains numerous flower gardens, hanging baskets and planters throughout downtown and along the Otter Creek Bridge. The map below outlines the full scope of our planting areas. The Vergennes Partnership Flower Fund covers the essential expenses—planters, plants, soil, seeds, nutrients, mulch—while our dedicated volunteers contribute ALL the design expertise and labor.

Our key gardening volunteers—affectionately known as the ‘Bump Out Babes’—include Kelly Sweeney, Lisa Godfrey, Julie Basol, and Mark Basol. We hope to recruit more to join our team as the need only increases each year to keep downtown in full bloom—thereby making our downtown distinctive, beautiful, and vibrant for all!