Community gardens and other forms of urban agriculture are recognized as important neighbourhood gathering places that promote sustainability, neighbourhood livability, urban greening, community building, intergenerational activity, social interaction, crime reduction, exercise and food production. Urban agriculture is a powerful tool to achieve multiple social, environmental and economic benefits.
Vancouver has many community gardens located throughout the city - and more are being created each year. There are 74 gardens with approximately 3260 garden plots total. This includes gardens located on City, Parks, School and private lands. The gardens vary in scope and size - some as small as a few plots on a boulevard right-of-way to gardens with over 100 plots. Many gardens have plots for local residents but some do not have public access. All of them have a local coordinator who oversees the governance and management of the gardens.
In 2006, Vancouver Council issued a challenge to individuals, families, community groups and neighbourhood organizations to establish more food-producing gardens in the city. The challenge was to encourage the creation of 2010 new garden plots in the city by 2010, as an Olympic legacy. The result was a marked increase of the number of community gardening opportunities for residents of the city. The 2010 challenge was met, and exceeded by the beginning of 2010.
Joining a community garden has many personal benefits - having local and healthy vegetables, meeting neighbours and having a connection to nature, to name a few. Currently, the demand for community garden plots in Vancouver far exceeds the number of plots that are available. If you want to join an already existing community garden, please contact the person below whose name is associated with the garden. Many gardens have wait-lists, so if there is no space available in the garden you want to join, ask the garden contact to place your name on the list so that you can be notified when a plot becomes available. Neither the City nor the Parks Board keep the waitlists nor determine how gardens maintain their memberships.
There is also a program run through City Farmer to connect people who are looking for a space to grow a garden, and people who might have a backyard or garden and want to share it with someone. Click here for more information.
Existing Community Gardens and Contact Details
| Name |
# Plots |
Location |
Telephone |
Contact Email / Website |
| 265 East 4th |
|
4th and Scotia |
|
alexander.mcnaughton [at] gmail.com |
| 16 Oaks |
55 |
Oak Street and West 16th |
Temporary garden site
oak.16th.garden@gmail.com |
| Acadia Park |
84 |
Acadia Park Lane /UBC |
604-822-6389 |
carol.young [at] ubc.ca
Limited to residents of Acadia Park & University apartments |
| Adanac Park Community Garden |
54 |
Adanac Park, Adanac and Boundary |
|
adanac.park.garden [at] gmail.com |
| Arbutus Victory |
41 |
East Blvd. 50 - 57th & 65th - 68th Avenues |
604-873-7204 |
greenstreets [at]
vancouver.ca |
| Cedar Cottage Comm. Gdn. |
90 |
Under Skytrain near Hull & Victoria |
|
cedarcottagegarden [at] gmail.com
www.cedarcottagegarden.wordpress.com |
| Cheyenne |
30 |
2755 Cheyenne Ave |
|
foodsecurity [at] cnh.bc.ca |
| Chimo Terrace Youth Garden |
5 |
Wall Street and Cambridge St |
|
gwfcnetwork@gmail.com |
| China Creek Housing Co-op |
30 |
E. 8th & Keith Streets |
|
Limited to CC Housing Co-op members |
| China Creek South |
23 |
Broadway & Clarke Dr. |
604-734-4673 |
|
| City Square /SPEC |
25 |
10th and Cambie |
|
bakervicky [at] shaw.ca |
| City Hall Garden |
36 |
10th and Cambie |
|
Helen Beynon
hbeynon [at] evergreen.ca |
| Cityview Community Garden |
12 |
Sophia St. at East 28th Ave. |
|
Cityview.community.garden [at] gmail.com |
| Collingwood |
30 |
Joyce & Vanness |
604-435-0323 |
foodsecurity [at] cnh.bc.ca |
| Cottonwood |
50 |
Hawks Ave. & Prior St. |
604-608-0384 |
Jill Weiss: jg3weiss [at] smartt.com |
| CROWSpoint |
30 |
Vanness Avenue and E 24th Ave |
|
crows.point [at] gmail.com |
| Cypress |
65 |
6th Avenue, Cypress - Burrard |
604-732-9175 |
cypress [at] vcn.bc.ca; or
ryanmp [at] interchange.ubc.ca;
cypresscommunitygarden.ca |
| Davie Village |
100 |
Davie Street & Burrard Street |
Temporary Garden Site
dvgarden [at] gmail.com |
| Downtown Intercultural Gardeners Society (DIGS) |
121 |
rooftop of Saint Paul's Hospital |
|
info [at] digsvancouver.ca
www.digsvancouver.ca
DIGS is open to anyone who lives downtown |
| DTES Neighbourhood House |
5 |
E Hastings & Jackson |
604-254-5401 |
rocksanroll [at] shaw.ca |
| Elizabeth Rogers |
56 |
E 7th Ave & Manitoba St. |
778-839-5323 |
Jen Reynolds
jenoreynolds [at] gmail.com |
| Frog Hollow Neighbourhood House Gdn 1 |
5 |
E 5th at Renfrew |
604-254-1225 |
eva [at] froghollow.bc.ca |
| Frog Hollow Neighbourhood House Gdn 2 |
5 |
E 1st at Slocan |
604-254-1225 |
eva [at] froghollow.bc.ca |
| Garden of Eatin' |
20 |
2670 Victoria Drive |
604-671-1123 |
garden.van1crc [at] gmail.com |
| Grandview |
39 |
Grandview & Woodland |
604-713-4663 |
Brent Mansfield
brentmansfield [at] gmail.com |
| Hastings Street Folk Garden |
150 |
Between 117 and 123 E Hastings |
|
peterlagrand [at] gmail.com For clients of the Portland Hotel Society |
| Horley Community Orchard |
N/A |
2753 Horley St |
|
foodsecurity [at] cnh.bc.ca |
| Jacob's Well 1 |
120 |
449 E. Hastings |
|
aupps04 [at] gmail.com
For clients of Jacob's Well programs |
| Jacob's Well 2 |
120 |
460 E. Pender |
|
aupps04 [at] gmail.com
For clients of Jacob's Well programs |
| JFSA |
See World In A Garden |
| Kaslo Gardens Community Vegetable Garden |
16 |
Kaslo & Kingsway |
|
For members of Kaslo Gardens Co-op Housing |
| Kerrisdale |
30 |
East Boulevard and 60th Avenue |
|
kerrisdalecommunitygarden [at] gmail.com |
| Kitsilano Christian Community Church |
7 |
1708 W. 16th |
604-737-0169 |
|
| Kitsilano Maple |
80 |
6th Ave. & Maple St. |
604-731-1236 |
megaga [at] shaw.ca |
| Kitsilano Neighbourhood House |
2 |
|
|
|
| Kitsilano Community Garden |
42 |
6th Ave. & Arbutus St. |
|
primulaaricula [at] gmail.com |
| Kiwassa Neighbourhood House |
11 |
Nanaimo & Oxford |
604-254-5401 |
nancym [at] kiwassa.ca |
| La Cosecha |
56 |
Broadway & Clarke |
for participants in Latin American HEAL program |
| Ladybug |
30 |
E. 8th Avenue & Commercial Dr. |
|
Cinthia Pagé:
canyoudigit [at] posabilities.ca |
| Langara Community Garden |
26 |
Ontario Street between 50th and 51st |
|
Langara Community Garden website |
| McSpadden |
18 |
E. 5th Avenue & Victoria Drive |
|
lyshall [at] hotmail.com |
| Means of Production |
|
E. 6th and St. Catherines |
|
info [at] eya.ca |
| M.O.B.Y. |
45 |
Commercial & E 11th (under SkyTrain) |
604-872-7020 |
Tina: moby_lize [at] yahoo.ca |
| Mole Hill |
70 |
Comox - Pendrell & Bute - Thurlow |
|
mail [at] wera.bc.ca
www.wera.bc.ca |
| Mt. Pleasant |
|
8th Ave. & Fraser St. |
See Sahalli Garden |
| Nelson Park |
37 |
Comox & Bute |
|
nelsonparkgarden[at] gmail.com |
| NEU Garden |
46 |
1st and Wylie |
|
broccoli [at] uniserve.com |
| Or Shalom |
3 |
Fraser and 11th Avenue |
|
benjamincerf [at] gmail.com |
| Pandora |
64 |
Hastings & Nanaimo |
|
Ian Marcuse
gwfcnetwork [at] gmail.com |
| Pearsons Farmers on 57th |
32 |
57th Avenue and Cambie Street |
|
jkrashleigh [at] gmail.com |
| Pine |
63 |
West 6th from Burrard - Pine Sts |
pinestreetcommunitygardens [at]
gmail.com |
| Purple Thistle Garden |
|
1200 block Parker Street |
|
matt [at] purplethistle.ca |
| Queen Alexandra Elementary |
|
SE corner Clarke & Broadway in school yard |
|
For children at the school. |
| Robson Park |
40 |
14th Avenue & Kingsway |
|
Patrice Webb
robsongarden [at] gmail.com |
| Sahalli (formerly Mt. Pleasant) |
100 |
8th Ave. & Fraser St. |
604-879-3676 |
dig [at] vcn.bc.ca |
| SPEC Rooftop Garden |
9 |
W. 7th and Maple St. |
|
|
| South Vancouver Family Place 1 |
8 |
7710 Nanaimo St. |
|
fampla [at] telus.net |
| South Vancouver Family Place 2 |
3 |
7715 Murfield |
|
fampla [at] telus.net |
| South Vancouver Youth Centre Day Program |
3 |
Located behind 4866 Fraser Street |
|
gregcsiszan [at] svyc.ca |
| Stanley Park |
32 |
Robson St. & Lost Lagoon |
604-685-6850 |
bthiele [at] telus.net |
| Still Creek Community Garden |
80 |
Kaslo St. and E 28th Avenue |
|
canyoudigit [at] posAbilities.ca |
| Strathcona |
200 |
Campbell Ave. & Prior St. |
604-253-3384 |
frankiesobe [at] yahoo.com |
| Tea Swamp Park |
20 |
E. 15th Ave. & Sofia St. |
604-872-7745 |
teaswampgarden [at] telus.net |
| The Rise on Cambie |
18 |
Cambie and W. 7th |
|
For residents of The Rise |
| UP! Elgin |
|
37th Avenue and Elgin |
|
canyoudigit [at] posAbilities.ca |
| The Village on False Creek Community Garden |
42 |
1st Avenue and Columbia west of Hinge Park |
|
villagecommunitygardens [at] gmail.com
villagecommunitygardens.com |
| 28Wall Street |
45 |
Cambridge St. & Wall St. |
|
wallstreetgarden [at] gmail.com |
| Windermere High School |
6 |
E. 27th and Windermere |
For Windermere students |
| World in a Garden (formerly JFSA) |
46 |
East Blvd. & 57th Ave |
Youth Seed-to-Table Project - for youth and after-school programs offered through Jewish Family Services Agency. |
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