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Like the contents of the toolshed pictured to the left, there's a diversity of tools to help the community gardening cause. This page assembles some some key references, weblinks and contact details to help you with your work. It's far from complete, so if you know of something that ought to be listed here please let us know. Send an email with the details to: foodpolicy@vancouver.ca. |
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Quick Links
The Case for Community Gardens & Community Garden Research
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Resources to Help With the Planning and Design of Community Gardens
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Urban Agriculture Site Development Group (Gehron Burkholder, Polly Ng, Jing Niu, Anjuli Solanki). Growing Gardens: A Resource Package on How to Start Your Own Community Garden. Undergraduate report prepared for SPEC/UBC ( PDF, 802KB)
- Appendix A - Contact List of Helpful People (
PDF, 40KB)
- Appendix B: Urban Agriculture Site Analysis Template (
PDF, 62KB)
- Appendix C: Inventory of Community Meeting Spaces (
PDF, 301KB)
- Appendix D: City of Vancouver Community Garden Pilot Project (
PDF, 55KB)
- Appendix E: BC Agricultural Testing Labratories (
PDF, 112KB)
- Appendix F: Other Soil Testing Labratories (
PDF, 30KB)
- Appendix G: Soil Sampling Factsheet (
PDF, 419KB)
- Appendix H: Compost Information (
PDF, 39KB)
- Appendix I: Template Donation Letter (
PDF, 28KB)
- Appendix J: Grant Information (
PDF, 71KB)
- Appendix K: Resource Information (
PDF, 45KB)
- Appendix L: Template Community Garden Meeting Minutes (
PDF, 1.18MB)
- Appendix M: Template Community Garden Contract (
PDF, 367KB)
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City of Vancouver Community Garden Guidelines, Policies and Reports
Community Garden Policies & Guidelines - Other Communities
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Local Organizations Providing Support to Community Gardens
Local Garden Listings and Networking Resources
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Community Garden Organizations & Networks - Outside Vancouver
Other Useful Resources
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