Sustainability & Environmental Affairs

Meet at the front porch of Franklin Environmental Center at Hillcrest to join the popular Campus Tree Tour led by passionate Middlebury horticulturalist and tree expert Tim Parsons. Learn fun facts and hear stories about various trees around campus. Tim will also explain how he manages our rural Vermont campus as an urban forest. 

Check out Tim Parson’s blog right here. 

The Knoll, Middlebury College’s garden and mindfulness space, is a three-acre plot with vegetables, fruits, and flowers stewarded by Middlebury students. The Knoll serves as an inclusive space that supports students’ holistic development in an environment that promotes discourse about world food issues. While growing rows of tomatoes for Atwater Dining Hall or visiting Vermont farms, students come to understand some of the challenges associated with food production, and explore locally- and organically-based solutions. The farm is located in the field behind McCardell Bicentennial Hall.

Thursday Garden Volunteer sessions are held as BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and other people of color) affinity space for students, faculty, staff and community members. Please find more information right here.  

Join us for weekly Garden Volunteer Hours at the Knoll. All are welcome, no signups are required. Full information and updates for weather are posted right here.  

Join us for weekly Garden Volunteer Hours at the Knoll. All are welcome, no signups are required. Full information and updates for weather are posted right here.  

Join us for weekly Garden Volunteer Hours at the Knoll. All are welcome, no signups are required. Full information and updates for weather are posted right here.  

Join us for weekly Garden Volunteer Hours at the Knoll. All are welcome, no signups are required. Full information and updates for weather are posted right here.  

Join us for weekly Garden Volunteer Hours at the Knoll. All are welcome, no signups are required. Full information and updates for weather are posted right here.  

Join us for weekly Garden Volunteer Hours at the Knoll. All are welcome, no signups are required. Full information and updates for weather are posted right here.  

Join us for weekly Garden Volunteer Hours at the Knoll. All are welcome, no signups are required. Full information and updates for weather are posted right here.