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Community Gardens

Places where many people can grow food together on the same piece of land
Farming
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Gardening
Best practices for sustainable agriculture

In many community gardens, individuals, families or groups have exclusive use of a garden plot or plots for the growing season. In others, garden plots are shared.

Community garden ownership models are quite varied. Many are owned and managed by non-profit organizations. Others are co-ops, or operated by private businesses. Some are managed by city parks departments or other institutional bodies.

Community gardens provide many benefits, especially in urban areas. These include:

Community gardens can help alleviate "food deserts" — areas where there is little availability of fresh, healthy food, especially in low-income, marginalized or under-served neighbourhoods.

Community Gardens Resources

Laughing Willow Community Garden


Local community gardens community garden
The Laughing Willow Community Garden is located at the corner of Lawson Grove and Simms Rd. in Willow Point, Campbell River. Family orientated, organic gardening in a friendly, peaceful environment to enrich lives and community.

Strathcona Community Garden


Local community gardens organization
Community garden with 200 garden plots and 104 food trees. Operated by Strathcona Community Gardeners Society.

Rooted for Life Garden


Local community gardens organization
Local sustainable and enlightened community gardens organization.

Pender Community Garden


Local community gardens organization
Local sustainable and enlightened community gardens organization.

Cedar Cottage Community Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Cedar Cottage Community Garden offers over 100 garden plots with a variety of micro-climates and growing conditions for gardeners of all ages and abilities, plus extensive common areas.

SPEC Vancouver Compost Demonstration Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden operated by SPEC.

Menno Simmons centre Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 10 garden plots.

Creekside Community Recreation Centre Collaborative Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 23 garden plots and 10 food trees. Operated by Creekside Community Centre Staff.

China Creek Housing Co-op Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 30 garden plots. Operated by China Creek Housing Co-op.

Nelson Park Community Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 38 garden plots and Y food trees. Operated by Nelson Park Community Garden Society.

Dowtown Intercultural Gardeners Society (DIGS)


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 46 garden plots. Operated by Downtown Intercultural Gardeners Society.

Church of the Good Sheppard garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 8 garden plots.

Killarney Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 20 garden plots. Operated by Killarney community centre.

Jacob's Well #1 Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 120 garden plots. Operated by Jacob's Well.

Maple Community Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 63 garden plots and 4 food trees. Maple Community Garden was founded in 1989 and is located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, along the Arbutus Corridor in the Kitsilano area. There are approximately 75 members, seven member...

Dunbar and 41st Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 36 garden plots. Operated by Shifting Growth.

Frog Hollow Neighbourhood House Garden 1


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 5 garden plots. Operated by Frog Hollow Neighbourhood House.

South Vancouver Family Place 1 garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 8 garden plots. Operated by South Vancouver Family Place.

Kaslo Gardens Community Vegetable Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 16 garden plots. Operated by Kaslo Gardens Housing Cooperative.

Deeper Roots Seniors Community Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 10 garden plots. Operated by Oakridge Adventist Church.

Community Alternatives Coop Community Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 20 garden plots.

Sahalli Community Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 54 garden plots. Operated by Urban Diggers Society.

Mole Hill Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 70 garden plots and 1 food trees. Operated by Gordon Neighbourhood House.

Trillium Park North Artists Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 4 garden plots. Operated by Earthand Gleaners Society.

BC Seniors Living Assoc. Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 11 garden plots. Operated by BC Seniors Living Assoc. Beulah Homes Society.

Dundee Community Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 30 garden plots and 4 food trees. Operated by Dundee Court Housing Co-op.

Lakeview United Church garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 6 garden plots. Operated by Lakeview United Church.

Bosman Hotel Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 12 garden plots. Operated by Bosman Hotel Society.

Ladybug Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 46 garden plots and 7 food trees. Operated by The Britannia Community Services Centre Society.

Emma G Coop garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 8 garden plots.

Still Creek Community Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden operated by Collingwood Neighbourhood House Society.

Aberthau Garden Project


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 10 garden plots.

China Creek Community Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 23 garden plots and 3 food trees. Operated by Urban Diggers Society.

HFBC Housing Foundation Garden - Euclid St


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 12 garden plots. Operated by HFBC Housing Foundation .

Urban Acres


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 30 garden plots. Operated by Urban Acres.

Fraserlands Community Garden (Riverfront Park)


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 38 garden plots. Operated by South Vancouver Family Place.

Jacob's Well #2 Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 120 garden plots. Operated by Jacob's Well.

UP! Elgin community garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 35 garden plots and 4 food trees. Operated by Fraser Kensington Community Garden Society.

Pine St. Community Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 40 garden plots. Operated by Pine Community Garden Association.

St. Augustines Anglican Church garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 8 garden plots. Operated by St. Augustines Anglican Church.

Matheson Heights Housing Coop Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 16 garden plots.

Our Lady of Sorrows Convent garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with nine garden plots. Operated by Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist.

Princess and Cordova Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 20 garden plots. Operated by Servants Canada.

Brightside Home Foundation - King's Daughters garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 3 garden plots. Operated by Brightside Community Homes Foundation.

Tenth Church Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 10 garden plots. Operated by Tenth Church.

Cityview Baptist Church garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 6 garden plots and 1 food trees. Operated by Neighbours.

Grandview Terrace Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 12 garden plots. Operated by BC Housing.

The World in a Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 20 garden plots. Operated by World in a Garden.

John McBride Community Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 49 garden plots and 1 food trees. Operated by Creek Community Gardeners (under False Creek South Neig'd Assoc.).

Cypress Community Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 66 garden plots.

Charleson Park Community Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 38 garden plots. Operated by False Creek South Neighbourhood Association.

Village on False Creek Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 45 garden plots. Operated by Village on False Creek Community Gardens Society.

Cedar Cottage Community Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 61 garden plots and 13 food trees. Operated by Cedar Cottage Garden Society .

Kits Village Collaborative Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 5 food trees. Operated by Village Vancouver.

City Hall expansion garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 10 garden plots. Operated by pending.

Kerrisdale Community Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 22 garden plots and 4 food trees. Operated by Kerrisdale Community Garden Committee (under Kerrisdale Community Centre Society).

Kitsilano Neighbourhood House garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 5 garden plots. Operated by Kitsilano Neighbourhood House.

Cedar Cottage Neighourhood House Edible Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 12 garden plots. Operated by Cedar Cottage Neighbourhood House.

CROWS Point Community Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 30 garden plots. Operated by CROWS Point Community Garden Society.

Kitsilano Christian Community Church garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 7 garden plots. Operated by Kitsilano Christian Community Church.

Kitsilano Community Centre Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 15 garden plots. Operated by Kitsilano Community Centre Association.

SPEC Rooftop Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 9 garden plots. Operated by SPEC.

Tea Swamp Community Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 20 garden plots and 4 food trees. Operated by Urban Diggers Society.

Langara College Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 26 garden plots.

Davie Village Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 100 garden plots. Operated by Vancouver Public Space Network.

Farmers at 57th


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 32 garden plots.

Robson Park Coop Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 40 garden plots. Operated by Robson Park Co-op.

Cedar Cottage Community Garden - Part 2


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 49 garden plots. Operated by Cedar Cottage Garden Society .

Hastings St Folk Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 150 garden plots. Operated by Portland Housing Society.

Pandora Park Community Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 66 garden plots and 4 food trees. Operated by Pandora Park Community Garden Society.

Brightside Home Foundation - Wallace Wilson garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with three garden plots. Operated by Brightside Community Homes Foundation.

DTES Market location garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 6 garden plots. Operated by DTES Market.

HFBC Housing Foundation Garden - 5th Avenue


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 12 garden plots.

Mount Pleasant Demonstration Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 8 garden plots.

McSpadden Park Community Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 18 garden plots. Operated by McSpadden Agricultural Project Society.

MOBY Community Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 45 garden plots. Operated by My Own Back Yard.

Elisabeth Rogers Community Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 56 garden plots and 12 food trees. Operated by Urban Diggers Society.

Grass Roots Community Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 10 garden plots. Operated by Servants Canada.

Means of Production Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 20 garden plots and 25 food trees. Operated by Environmental Youth Alliance.

Moberley Cultural Herb Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 5 garden plots. Operated by Moberly Arts and Cultural Centre.

Vera Community Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 12 garden plots.

Collingwood Community Gardens


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 30 garden plots. Operated by Renfrew Collingwood Food Security Institute.

Stanley Park Community Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 32 garden plots.

Brewery Creek Community Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 40 garden plots and 11 food trees. Operated by Urban Diggers Society.

Marpole Place expansion garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 6 garden plots.

15th Avenue Coop garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 8 garden plots.

Garden of Eatin'


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 20 garden plots. Operated by First Christian Reformed Church.

Chilean Housing Coop Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 10 garden plots. Operated by Chilean Housing Coop .

Hastings Community Centre Learning Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 25 garden plots. Operated by Seasons of Food.

Cottonwood Community Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 139 garden plots and 26 food trees. Operated by Strathcona Community Gardeners Society.

Maclean Housing Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 65 garden plots.

Cheyenne Community Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 37 garden plots and 7 food trees. Operated by Collingwood Neighbourhood House Society.

Chimo Terrace Youth Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 5 garden plots. Operated by Grandview Woodlands Food Connection.

The James Garden & Social Community


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 12 garden plots.

Champlain Place Community Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 8 garden plots. Operated by BC Housing.

The Rise on Cambie


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 18 garden plots. Operated by Strata Council.

Chester's Field Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 10 garden plots and 3 food trees. Operated by Fraser Kensington Community Garden Society.

Hemlock Court garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 4 garden plots. Operated by Hemlock Court Housing/Metro Housing.

Kiwassa Neighbourhood House Community Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 11 garden plots. Operated by Kiwassa Neighbourhood House.

Mount Pleasant Community Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 30 garden plots and 16 food trees. Operated by Urban Diggers Society.

Atira Community Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 15 garden plots. Operated by Atira Community Resources.

Robson Park Community Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 44 garden plots. Operated by Urban Diggers Society.

16 Oaks Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 55 garden plots.

Adanac Park Community Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 30 garden plots and 8 food trees. Operated by Kiwassa Neighbourhood Services Association.

Il Centro Community Garden (Beaconsfield Park)


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 40 garden plots and 40 food trees. Operated by Italian Cultural Centre.

Pine St. Community Orchard


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 47 garden plots. Operated by Pine Community Garden Association.

Marpole Family Place


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 8 garden plots. Operated by Marpole Family Place.

Kingscrest Park Community Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 20 garden plots. Operated by Cedar Cottage Food Network Society.

Copley Community Orchard


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 3 garden plots and 100 food trees. Operated by Copley Community Orchard Society.

Chinatown Peace Church Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 10 garden plots. Operated by Chinatown Peace Church.

Grandview Elementary Community Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 24 garden plots and yes food trees. Operated by Grandview Garden Coordinator (VCH SMART funding).

Frog Hollow Neighbourhood House Garden 2


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 5 garden plots. Operated by Frog Hollow Neighbourhood House.

HFBC Housing Foundation Garden - Venables St


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 12 garden plots. Operated by HFBC Housing Foundation .

Oppenheimer Park Medicine Wheel Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 8 garden plots.

SPEC Cambie Communal Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 17 garden plots. Operated by SPEC.

Pine Street Community Garden (6th and Fir Park)


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 20 garden plots and 16 food trees. Operated by Pine Street Community Garden Society.

Millross Gardens on Main


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 130 garden plots. Operated by Amacon.

Woodland Park Community Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 64 garden plots and 3 food trees. Operated by Village Vancouver Transition Society.

City Hall Lawn Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 36 garden plots and 6 food trees. Operated by Evergreen.

Wall Street Community Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 42 garden plots. Operated by Kiwassa Neighbourhood Services Association.

Kitsilano Community Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 55 garden plots and 15 food trees. Operated by Kitsilano Community Garden Association.

East Boulevard Allotment Plots


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 71 garden plots. Operated by City of Vancouver.

Habitat Villa - Metro Housing garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 4 garden plots. Operated by Habitat Villa/Metro Housing.

Norquay Community Learning Orchard


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 11 garden plots and 20 food trees. Operated by Collingwood Neighbourhood House Society.

Cambie Park Community Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 30 garden plots. Operated by Marpole Oakridge Community Association.

Let's Grow Together! Community Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 6 garden plots. Operated by St. David of Wales Angclican Church.

Grace Memorial Church Garden


Local community gardens community garden
Community garden with 15 garden plots. Operated by Grace Memorial Church.



Keywords
food, gardens, urban, food security