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Jim participated in the Burlington Area Community Gardens program from 1987 to 2011. He and his wife Barb gardened at the Winooski Valley Community Garden (1987-1988; 1991-1992); Medical Center Community Garden (1989), West Street Community Garden (Essex Junction 1990), Starr Farm Community Garden (1993-2011), and Rock Point Community Garden (1996). Jim and Barb's children, Alison Flint and Jonathan Flint, participated in the Starr Farm Kids Garden (1994-2000) and the Children's Discovery Garden at Ethan Allen Homestead (1996-2000).
Jim volunteered with the Burlington Area Community Gardens Advisory Board (1992-2002), Friends of Starr Farm Community Garden (1993-1994), and the Children's Discovery Garden Steering Committee (1995-2000). He worked as an education specialist and youth garden grants director with the National Gardening Association (1993-2001) and served as founder and executive director of Friends of Burlington Gardens (2001-2011).