Barbara H. Eniti (Bump) – born March 1 st , 1925, died May 29 th , 2021 – was a proud 7 th generation Vermonter. Born to parents Lacey Bump and Mary Kathleen (Edmunds) Bump, she was the youngest of 5 siblings (Florence, Ruth, Harriet, Leonard) all of whom were raised in the house their father built in Rutland, VT. Barb lived by her progressive values in service to her community and the environment. After graduating from Rutland High School, she moved to Bridgeport CT to contribute to the war effort (WWII) by helping to build airplanes. When the war ended, she attended Goddard College where she met and married concert violinist Ernest Berger Eniti . They had three children together – William, James, and Sari. Barb and Ernest moved to Birmingham, Alabama to open a music conservancy before returning home to New England. Barb completed a BS in Economics then joined the staff of Goddard College to serve her calling as an assistant librarian. On a yearlong sabbatical in 1967, she attended Syracuse University where she earned a Master's degree in Library Science then a second Masters in Audio visual. Upon completing her degrees, Barbara returned to Goddard again and created the Learning Aids Center (AV library) which was originally located in the Hay Barn theater before moving to the lower floor of the Pratt Center. In 1970 Barbara became the reference librarian for the Vermont state library before being promoted to the role of AV librarian. One of her greatest accomplishments was starting the AV-mobile library which traveled around Vermont and expanded access to the state's vast audiovisual collection. In 1975 Barb moved to Modesto CA and took a position as Stanislaus County AV librarian. There she managed a geographical area the size of VT but with a much higher population density. While working full time, she pursued an additional degree in horticulture and became a certified arborist. She left the wonders of the library to pursue her passion for the environment by taking a job with the city of Modesto tree division pruning the community's most enormous trees from a bucket truck. While in Modesto, Barbara became politically engaged with the Green party, eventually becoming secretary for the county where she worked tirelessly to get Green's elected to city council. She was proudly elected as the treasurer for the Green Party of California where she continued her great work (see page 3: http://www.cagreens.org/gap/PlenaryCookbook.pdf). During her time in Modesto, Barbara engaged with the local Unitarian church as a planner, an organizer, and a leader, as well as their official gardener. In 1994, working with like-minded people, she and a small group of likeminded people began The Modesto Garden Project for the Homeless. Starting with a 2-acre plot of abandoned and unamended land, she built and tended a food oasis – structured as a non-profit CSA with the mission to bring high quality organic fruits and vegetables to the community in addition to the local homeless shelters while allowing anyone (especially the homeless) to come and work in the garden as a way to learn skills and take part in producing their own food. It was there that she taught her grandson Casey how to turn and amend lifeless dirt creating rich garden beds out of seemingly thin air. In 2008 she and her son James returned to East Montpelier, VT to be closer to her daughter and grandsons. In a matter of years, she turned a house with no gardens at all into a gardener's paradise building extensive perennial beds, berry beds, and a multitude of raised beds for vegetables. She never ran out of gardening projects, and she knew thousands of plants by name right up through the end of her 96 years of life. Barb took a pottery class while at Goddard and fell in love with "throwing pots" she began at Goddard with a kick wheel, and wherever she lived after that found a pottery studio to throw in. She was a great maker of bowls, which she gave to all her friends and family. Her daughter still uses many in her kitchen. She donated her time to the library shelving books and delivering books to homebound residents, and when she was no longer able to drive, she recruited her grandson Indigo as her official driver. She was a voracious reader herself, often reading a book a day – the library did an amazing job of finding large print books for her since she had read every one in their collection. She was reading right up to her last few weeks. Barb's love of classical music was deep and her knowledge of it profound and she had season tickets to the summer chamber series and VSO. She was a weekly visitor to the Montpelier farmers market with her daughter Sari – they could be seen almost any weekend strolling arm-in-arm among the various flower booths at the market. Even into her 90s she loved to travel, and some of her favorite places include Cabo San Lucas, Lake Tahoe, Scotland, Iceland, and New Zealand. You knew Barb really liked somewhere if she told you, it reminded her of Vermont. Throughout her life Barbara prioritized time with her family and used every opportunity to engage her grandsons in the values of hard work and service. As soon as they could hold a sign and keep pace, she brought them to march for environmental and human rights. She taught them how to garden by handing them a shovel, a rake, a hoe, and a packet of seeds and engaging them in the process. She taught them about service by integrating them into whatever service project she happened to be involved with at the moment. Barbara is survived by her daughter Sari K. Wolf and grandsons Casey Wolf & wife Elizabeth and Indigo Wolf. In lieu of flowers, please donate to your local library, your local public radio/television station or to Goddard College, or buy yourself a nice plant for your garden so that you can think of Barbara any time you look at it!