With summer just around the corner, we are looking to hire an eager summer staff member to keep The 577 Foundation beautiful and welcoming. This team member works alongside our year-round staff to tend the gardens and grounds, welcome visitors, and steward our mission...
From the Desk of Bennett O. Dowling, 577 Organic Garden Landscape Horticulturist It is that dreaded time of year: resolution season. Instead of focusing so much on improving ourselves by going to the gym more or eating healthier foods or getting more (or less) sleep,...
577's December StoryWalk® is A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin by Jen Bryant, Illustrated by Melissa Sweet Horace Pippin loved to draw pictures for his sisters, his classmates, his co-workers. Even during W.W.I, Horace filled his notebooks with...
As we enter the holiday season, there is a pervasive joy derived from giving and receiving. Even the grumpiest of people, deep down, cannot deny the warm feelings of giving to others. This season, let us reflect and commit to giving back to the earth and our...
Around the Grounds: An Autumn Challenge From the Desk of Bennett Dowling, 577 Organic Garden Landscape Horticulturist I am going to issue you a challenge this fall: don’t take any fallen leaves to the curb. So many benefits, both to the soil and wildlife, come to our...
Fresh from the Garden ~ 577's very first community eCookbook is here! Our August StoryWalk® book, Growing Vegetable Soup, written and illustrated by Lois Ehlert was the catalyst for this project. It sparked a memory in a 577 staff member as she walked along the trail....
Have you heard of a StoryWalk®? The StoryWalk® Project was created by Anne Ferguson of Montpelier, VT, and developed in collaboration with the Kellogg-Hubbard Library. StoryWalk® is a registered service mark owned by Ms. Ferguson. But how did it begin? In 2007, Anne...
The Log House at 577 When you visit this corner at 577, you may feel like you’ve been transported back in time when you see this log house. But wait - why is there a log house at the 577 Foundation? And how did it get here? Our founder and benefactor, Virginia Secor...
Part 3: The 577 Foundation ~ Today, Tomorrow, and the Future When a first-time visitor would ask Virginia ~ "What is 577?". ~ she would say ~ “The 577 Foundation is a work of art being molded by the community.” Her wish was for 577 to serve the community. Over the...