Photo of a community garden

Community gardens and orchards

COVID-19 update: community gardens

April 15, 2020: The Province of BC has identified community gardens as an essential service, which means they will be open until further notice.

To reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission in a community garden setting:

  • Practise proper physical distancing by keeping at least 2 m from others
  • Bring the necessary supplies from home (hand sanitizer, water, soap, towels) to clean your hands
  • Bring your own gloves and tools from home, do not use any shared tools or gloves
  • Disinfect all touch points before and after use
  • Organize a schedule for members to tend to their gardens at certain times of the day to regulate the number of people in the garden
  • Stay home if you are feeling sick

Download COVID-19 gardening safety tips poster  (2 MB)

There are over 110 community gardens and orchards in city parks, on schoolyards, and on private property in Vancouver. There's even a community garden at City Hall.

Community gardens are operated by local community groups.

Joining a community garden

Get in touch with a community garden to find out how to get involved. Contact information for many can be found on the map or open dataset below.

Many gardens currently have a waitlist to get your own plot. These waitlists are managed by each garden, not by the City.

Map of community gardens

View larger map

Open dataset of community gardens

Visit our data portal to learn more about community gardens and food tree locations and their attributes

Add a community garden to our map or list

Contact foodpolicy@vancouver.ca

Starting a community garden or orchard

Contact us about community gardens

Gardens in parks

pbgreen@vancouver.ca

Gardens on City land (non-park)

communitygardens@vancouver.ca

Gardens on private property

foodpolicy@vancouver.ca

Resources for growing food