Join a community garden in your neighbourhood

If you are not able to grow your own vegetables at home, joining a community garden is an excellent way for you to benefit from locally grown food.

But community gardens are not just places to grow healthy vegetables. Studies show that community gardens also promote community building, reduce crime, and more.

Vancouver has over 75 community gardens, located in city parks, in school yards, on private property – and even one on the grounds of City Hall.

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Garden locations and waiting lists

None of the community gardens in Vancouver are run or overseen by City staff. They are all administered by local community groups.

To get a plot in a garden near you, locate the garden you are interested in joining from the list below, and then contact them directly.

Unfortunately, there are many more people interested in garden plots than there is space available. You may need to add your name to a waiting list.

Gardens in City parks

Community garden	Location	Contact
Adanac	Adanac St and Boundary Rd
China Creek South	East 10th Ave and Clark Dr	604-734-4673
Cottonwood	Malkin Ave, between Chess & Raymur St	604-608-0384
Elizabeth Rogers	East 7th Ave and Manitoba St	jenoreynolds@gmail.com
Brewery Creek	2390 Brunswick St	brewerycreekgarden@gmail.com
McSpadden	East 5th Ave and Victoria Dr	lyshall@hotmail.com
Means of Production	East 6th Ave and St Catherines St	info@eya.ca
Mount Pleasant	West 16th Ave and Ontario St	mtpleasantcommunitygarden@gmail.com http://www.mtpleasantgarden.com
Nelson Park	1030 Bute St at Nelson St	nelsonparkgarden@gmail.com
Robson Park	East 14th Ave and Kingsway	robsongarden@gmail.com
Sahali Park	East 8th Ave and Fraser St	dig@vcn.bc.ca
Stanley Park	Robson St at Lost Lagoon	bthiele@telus.net
Strathcona	Hawkes Ave and Prior St	www.strathconagardens.ca
Tea Swamp Park	East 15th Ave and Sofia St	teaswampgarden@telus.net
Wall Street	Cambridge St and Wall St	wallstreetgarden@gmail.com
Woodland Park	705 Woodland Dr	woodlandparkgarden@gmail.com

Gardens on City land

Community garden	Location	Contact
Arbutus Victory	East Blvd, between West 50th to West 57th St	greenstreets@vancouver.ca
Cedar Cottage	Under Skytrain near Hull St & Victoria Dr	cedarcottagegarden@gmail.com
Chester's Field Community Garden	Chester and E 37th Ave	chestersfield@gmail.com
Cheyenne	2755 Cheyenne Ave	foodsecurity@cnh.bc.ca
China Creek Housing	East 8th Ave and Keith St	For co-op residents only
City Hall Lawn Garden	West 10th Ave and Cambie St	Hbeynon@evergreen.ca
Copley Commons	Copley St and Vanness Ave	www.copleycommunityorchard.com
CROWSpoint	Vanness Ave and East 24th Ave	crows.point@gmail.com
Cypress Community Garden	West 6th Ave and Cypress St	cypress@vcn.bc.ca
Horley Community Orchard	2753 Horley St	foodsecurity@cnh.bc.ca
John McBride Garden	West 1st Av and Wylie St	broccoli@uniserve.com
Kerrisdale	East Blvd and West 60th Ave	kerrisdalecommunitygarden@gmail.com
La Cosecha	East Broadway and Clark Dr	For participants of HEAL program
Ladybug	East 8th Ave and Commercial Dr	canyoudigit@posabilities.ca
Maple Community Garden	West 6th Ave and Maple St	megaga@shaw.ca
Means of Production	East 6th Ave and St Catherines St	info@eya.ca
M.O.B.Y	Commercial Dr and East 11th Ave	moby_lize@yahoo.ca
Pine	West 6th Ave and Pine St	pinestreetcommunitygardens@gmail.com
Purple Thistle Gardens	1200 block of Parker St, 1100 block of Vernon Dr, 1100 block of Charles St	matt@purplethistle.ca
SEFC Community Garden	215 W 1st Ave	villagecommunitygardens@gmail.com
SPEC Cambie Communal Garden	West 10th Ave and Cambie St	dorothy.bootle@gmail.com
Still Creek Community Garden	Kaslo St and East 28th Ave	canyoudigit@posabilities.ca
UP! Elgin	East 37th Ave and Elgin St	canyoudigit@posabilities.ca
World in a Garden	East Blvd and West 57th Ave	For Jewish Family Services Agency youth programs

Gardens on non-City land (churches, schools, hospitals, co-ops)

Community garden	Location	Contact
12th and Clark	East 12th Ave and Clark Dr	canyoudigit@posabilities.ca
16 Oaks	Oak St and West 16th Ave	oak.16th.garden@gmail.com
265 East 4th	East 4th Ave and Scotia St	alexander.mcnaughton@gmail.com
Acadia Park	Acadia Park Lane at UBC	carol.young@ubc.ca
Britannia High School	1001 Cotton Dr	gwfcnetwork@gmail.com
Champlain Place	3347 East 58th Ave	For BC Housing residents of Champlain Place only
Chimo Terrace Youth	Wall St and Cambridge St	Gwfcnetwork@gmail.com
Cityview	Sophia St and East 28th Ave	Cityview.community.garden@gmail.com
Collingwood	Joyce St and Vanness Ave	foodsecurity@cnh.bc.ca
Davie Village	Davie St and Burrard St	dvgarden@gmail.com
Downtown Intercultural Gardeners Society	Rooftop of St. Paul's Hospital	info@digsvancouver.ca www.digsvancouver.ca
Frog Hollow Garden 1	E 5th Ave and Renfrew St	eva@froghollow.bc.ca
Frog Hollow Garden 2	E 1st Ave and Slocan St	eva@froghollow.bc.ca
Garden of Eatin'	2670 Victoria Dr	garden.van1crc@gmail.com
Grandview	Grandview Dr and Woodland Dr	grandviewgardenproject@gmail.com
Grandview Terrace	Grant St and Woodland Dr	gwfcnetwork@gmail.com
Hastings Street Folk Garden	Between 117 and 123 East Hastings St	peterlagrand@gmail.com
Hastings Urban Farm	58 West Hastings St	kailins@phs.ca
Jacob's Well 1	449 East Hastings St	aupps04@gmail.com
Jacob's Well 2	460 East Pender St	aupps04@gmail.com
Kaslo Gardens	Kaslo St and Kingsway	For members of Kaslo Co-op
Kitsilano Christian Community Church	1708 West 16th Ave	604-737-0169
Kitsilano Community Garden	West 6th Ave and Arbutus St	primulaaricula@gmail.com
Kiwassa Neighbourhood House	North Nanaimo St and Oxford St	nancym@kiwassa.ca
Lakeview United Church	2776 Semlin Dr
Langara Community Garden	Ontario St between East 50th and East 51st St	Langara Community Garden website
Marpole Family Place	West 70th Ave and Hudson St	aguiry@gmail.com
Mole Hill	Between Comox, Pendrell, Bute, and Thurlow St	mail@wera.bc.ca
Or Shalom	Fraser St and East 11th Ave	For members of Or Shalom
Pandora	East Hastings St and Nanaimo St	gwfcnetwork@gmail.com
Pearsons Farmers on 57th	West 57th Ave and Cambie St	jkrashleigh@gmail.com
Queen Alexandra Elementary	Clark Dr and East Broadway	For Queen Alexandra Elementary students
Sherbrooke Mennonite Church	7155 Sherbrooke St	james@sherbrookemennonite.org
South Vancouver Family Place 1	7710 Nanaimo St	fampla@telus.net
South Vancouver Family Place 2	7715 Murfield St	fampla@telus.net
South Vancouver Youth Centre Day Program	Behind 4866 Fraser St	gregcsiszan@svyc.ca
SPEC Rooftop Garden	West 7th Ave and Maple St
The Rise on Cambie	Cambie St and West 7th Ave	For residents of The Rise
The Village on False Creek	West 1st Ave and Columbia St	villagecommunitygardens@gmail.com
Windermere High School	East 27th Ave and Windermere St	For Windermere High School students