Vegetable Variety Trial Garden (VVTG)

This companion program to Vegetable Varieties for Gardeners (VVfG) is for our Cornell Cooperative Extension programs and community partners from around New York State who are cultivating vegetable demonstration gardens. We are encouraging planting vegetable varieties in a 15’x 15′ public place along with demonstration of features of an ecological garden (cover crops, companion planting, mulching, attracting beneficials, etc). See the 3 minute video of our installation and another of building a raised bed.  Recommended Site Prep (pdf)

2023 VVTG project materials

• NEW!  Vegetable Varieties for NY Gardeners Catalog 6.28.23

• Question and Answer – VVTG 2024 (pdf)
• Project Guide for Counties – VVTG 2024 (pdf)
• VVTG 2024 – Varieties Note Page and Links to Varieties 3.11.2024
• Recommended Site Prep for 9-Bed Design VVTG
• 2024 VVT Planting Instructions – 9 Beds
• 2024 VVT Planting Instructions – 5 Beds
• Link to Box Folder with Signage (pdf) 
• Getting the Most out of Your Vegetable Garden Soil Test Report (pdf)

Reporting resources

• Webinar Recording Learn how to use the Vegetable Varieties for Gardeners database.
• VVTG Plan of Work Template (doc)
• Sample VVTG Evaluation Form (doc)
• Sample VVTG Workshop Form (doc)

Vegetable Varieties Trial Garden Webinars

• Hudson Valley Seed Company – 2024 Vegetable Varieties Trial Garden
• February 7th, 2024
• March 27, 2019 (download mp4)
• February 2021 VVTG Webinar
• Harris Seeds Presentation – 2021 Vegetable Varieties Trial Garden
• February 9, 2022
• March 24, 2022
• Baker Creek Presentation – 2023 Vegetable Varieties Trial Garden

VVTG projects in previous years

• 2018 project wrap-up poster (pdf)
• Photos (pdf)

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