Greenest College in the Nation

Green Mountain College was named the greenest college in the nation by Sierra Magazine this year. The President of Green Mountain College, Paul, and his wife Marsha, are wonderful models and supporters of using and promoting sustainability in every aspect of their lives as well as the incorporating that into the college through education and leadership.


When I arrived on campus in April for an alumni event, Paul approached me and asked if I could design an educational and functional landscape for the entertaining area at the President's House on Main Street in Poultney. I drew up a design and with a little creative licence we came up with a formal, functional, and beautiful native landscape incorporating a lot of edibles as well. Our finished product is below.



We would like to encourage everyone looking into higher education to visit Green Mountain College as a national leader in sustainability. We were honored to design and install this design at the President's home, here in Poultney, and would love to incorporate more designs like this with clients that are looking for a more sustainable way to landscape.



Thank you to the Nurseries that supplied the plants for this project:

The Green Reaper in South Ryegate, Vermont
Fiddlehead Creek Nursery, Hartford, NY
E.C. Brown's Nursery, East Thetford, VT
Elmore Roots Fruit Nursery, Elmore, VT

We used all organic fertilizers and soil amendments in our native edible designs from:
North Country Organics in Bradford, VT

An excellent movie to watch for more information about edible landscaping and permaculture is Rebecca Hosking's Farm for the Future.

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