Society for
Organic Urban
Land Care
Recognizing Ecological Land Care of Urban Greenspaces
Greener Greenspaces is a recognition program for sites from across Canada that exemplify greener greenspace stewardship. The aim of the program is to share examples of ecologically-centred land care as a means to inspire others and to further the movement across Canada.
To be recognized as a Greener Greenspace, the site must be cared for using land care practices that:
- increase biodiversity and support plant health
- improve soil health and protect air and water quality
- take steps to minimize waste and energy consumption
- actively avoid the use of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers
See the full list of 2022 Greener Greenspace recipients below.
Update on the 2023 Program: SOUL is taking time to engage members on the future direction of the organization and therefore we have paused the submission period for this year's program. Stay tuned for more information about the Greener Greenspace program as we work to ensure the program is relevant and beneficial to our members.
2022 Greener Greenspace Sites
Click on a name to read the profile Pollinator and Habitat Gardens
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Municipal and Ecological Projects
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Community Gardens and Food Forests
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Click on a Greenspace on the map or scroll down to find a short profile of each of these greenspaces.
Is there a greenspace in your community that you feel belongs on this map?
We’ll begin accepting submissions for the 2023 program starting in the summer and would love for the map to grow to include spaces in communities in every province and territory. If you’d like a reminder email when the 2023 program opens for submissions, please send us a note and we’ll add you to the mailing list.
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Pollinator and Habitat Gardens
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Municipal and Ecological Projects
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Community Gardens and Food Forests
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| Adelaide Butterfly Garden is a publicly accessible garden within the boundaries of Boulevard Lake Park in Thunder Bay. The garden is part public park, part demonstration garden and part pollinator garden. The garden was the brainchild of a city employee named Dan Fulton, who died suddenly in 2021, but who inspired volunteers to see his dream come to fruition. A team of dedicated volunteers works to restore indigenous plants and maintain and expand the butterfly garden, raise awareness with the general public, and influence public bylaws to expand naturalized gardens in the city. |
| Designed by Pollination Guelph, this multi-year project has created almost 9,000 sq. ft. of pollinator habitat on the grounds of Hospice Wellington. Volunteers from Pollination Guelph and Hospice Wellington tend the garden. The vast majority of plants on-site are native to Ontario to support a diverse, vibrant community of pollinators (native bees, butterflies, wasps, moths, some flies and hummingbirds) and other taxa. Plant species are chosen to ensure there is continual blooming throughout the spring, summer and fall. Watch Pollination Guelph's presentation on SOUL's 2023 Ecological Land Care webinar series. |
 | The LEAF demonstration and learning gardens are located outside Toronto subway stations in neighbourhoods across the city. The gardens are designed to enhance the urban forest and be sites for the public to learn about native plants and trees. Suitable native species are selected and planted in these gardens to provide sources of food and habitat for birds, butterflies and other pollinator species. Practices used to care for these gardens include mulching, feeding the soil with compost, reusing materials to minimize waste and utilizing the native plants in the garden as seed sources for propagation. In addition to LEAF staff, a group of 50 dedicated volunteer garden stewards care and maintain the demonstration and learning gardens. |
| The Nature Regina - Royal Saskatchewan Museum Native Plant garden has over 100 species of plants native to southern Saskatchewan. The species were selected to support insects, birds and other small mammals. Those involved in designing the garden are constantly searching for native Saskatchewan plants from the area to extend bloom times. The garden is in its fourth year of a five-year rejuvenation plan. The garden is supported by numerous volunteers and monitored by a team of biologists and landscapers dedicated to organic land care practices. Public engagement activities include webinars and publicly accessible site visits to learn about native plants in the ecoregion. The garden is a designated Monarch Way Station on the David Suzuki Foundation Butterflyway and is a research site for the Royal Saskatchewan Museum and community space programmed by Nature Regina. |
| Peace Garden is in a very public location downtown Regina. The older section of the garden is twenty years old and was badly in need of rejuvenation. The success of that restoration in recent years inspired the volunteers and Church to triple the garden area available. Plants selected for the garden expansion were primarily native plants, including groundcovers, annuals, perennials, shrubs and trees. Plants are selected so that flowering occurs throughout the season. Members of the public routinely stop and speak with volunteers about the garden and our methods. Homelessness is an issue in downtown Regina, and several people sleep in the garden and church entrance. One homeless person regularly assisted with watering the new plantings during last summer’s hot, dry summer. |
| The Pipeline Trail Pollinator Paradise in Hamilton is a small urban garden filled with mostly native plants, chosen for diversity in bloom time, colour and flower shape to maximize support for native insects. There are approximately 40 species of shrubs, herbaceous perennials and grasses in approximately 700 sq. feet. As the name suggests, the garden is along a trail and it was a central feature in a recent community engagement event that advocated for trail improvements to improve accessibility and wayfinding, as well as projects involving public art and additional gardens. As described by one of the lead gardeners, the Pipeline Pollinator Paradise garden supports garden activism. |
| The Smith Blackburn Homestead Pollinator Garden is 60 kilometres from Edmonton within the Beaver Hills Biosphere Reserve. The Pollinator Garden was planted in 2021 to convert an area dominated by invasive plants into a habitat for native wildlife. The garden was planted with over 250 native plants to support native species of insects, birds, and mammals. Volunteers and staff at the Edmonton and Area Land Trust maintain the garden that is open to the public to learn about pollinators, native plants and pollinator habitats. Read the full profile of the garden here. |
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| The Gathering Garden at Old's Cool General Store created by the design firm RAINscapeTO/Toronto Green Community is located in East York, Toronto. The 750 sq ft community garden is situated at a prominent corner at the entrance to the store. The Old’s Cool General Store is a much-loved community hub frequented daily by neighbours, students, and community members. The greenspace, full of colourful blooms and verdant plant life, is an oasis in the middle of a dense urban neighbourhood. The transformation of the paved boulevard into a garden has added beauty to the neighbourhood and has contributed to the associated environmental benefits of stormwater management and native habitat to attract pollinators and other wildlife. |
| Started with the help of a PollinateTO grant, this greenspace was planted in the spring of 2021 with a variety of native plant and tree species selected for blooming from spring to late fall. Water features were included in the garden for birds and insects as have old logs and woodpiles. Through signage from Project Swallowtail, the David Suzuki Foundation Butterflyway Project and PollinateTO, the gardens have made more people aware of the beauty of native plants and the importance of pollinator gardens. The gardens are used in new ways by children and adults alike and neighbours on the street are now planting more native plants in their gardens to help create a pollinator pathway. |
| Art Park in Regina is a public park with sculptures, murals and areas to sit, relax and enjoy the park. The greenspace is an urban food forest as well as a wildlife/pollinator garden. Fruit trees and shrubs provide flowers for pollinators including birds and other wildlife. Perennial forbs, grasses and herbs provide pollen, seed and habitat. The food forest contains a variety of berries and fruit, which is a food source for people in the neighbourhood, many of whom are homeless and spend time in the park. The garden is maintained by a dozen or so volunteers from a neighbourhood community association who meet twice per month to develop and maintain the site. |
| Brandon Riverbank Inc. is a non-profit, charitable organization dedicated to the long-term development of the Assiniboine River corridor to be a gathering place connecting people with nature. The Riverbank has become Brandon’s “Central Park” providing a serene and beautiful place for people to appreciate nature and learn about the local ecosystem. The site has extensive tall grass native prairie, which supports biological diversity. The non-profit recently partnered with Bee City Brandon to install a pollinator garden and has an ongoing partnership with Ducks Unlimited to monitor and maintain the wetlands and advise on controlled burns. |
| The waterfront Trail in Caraquet, New Brunswick, was revitalized by the design firm Helping Nature Heal Inc., and is a showcase for the region. The existing rock wall was vegetated to allow for the naturalization of the space and to slow erosion. The zone between the rock wall and paved trail was densely planted with native tree, shrub, grass and grain species to provide habitat and keep people on the trail to avoid future soil compaction. The greenspace provides habitat for shorebirds, songbirds and small animals. Trained municipal staff maintain the site under the guidance and ongoing support of Helping Nature Heal. |
| This new greenspace is an extension of a city park onto a former street and parking area in Ottawa. Created by the community group Champlain Oaks, volunteers replaced pavement and invasive species with native species of trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants. More than 50 native species of plants were introduced, providing a local seed source for neighbouring areas. The regenerated greenspace has four distinct features: a Miyawaki or Tiny Forest, a native pollinator garden, a Carolinian forest with species normally found further south, and a food forest with a mix of fruit and nut-bearing plants for animals and humans. The neighbouring volunteers care for this space and host activities for learning and connecting. |
Cocagne, NB
| Created by the landscape and ecological restoration company, Helping Nature Heal Inc., Cocagne Community Park in Cocagne, NB, features a variety of native and heritage species. Funded by the New Brunswick Environmental Trust Fund, the project was a collaboration between environmental and nature groups including Group de development durable du Pays de Cocagne, Shediac Watershed Association, CSR Peninsule acadienne, Vision H20 and Nature NB. The public was invited to participate in the construction and to learn methods of nature-based shoreline erosion mitigation as well as principles of ecological restoration such as soil-building and habitat creation. The park was designed to absorb water and provide habitat and includes features such as berms and a rain garden to reduce overland flow. Native trees were included to improve air quality and provide shade. The project has been designed to be self-sustainable by providing plenty of material to break down and provide nutrients to the system. |
| Crossroads Community Park Project is a community hub with garden beds for annual vegetable growing, a natural play area for children to enjoy, and planted areas with trees, shrubs and a herbaceous layer creating many habitats. The woodland savannah features perennial plant species that are well-adapted to the climate in Calgary. The park project was designed by the firm reGenerate Design, which oversaw the installation and ongoing training of volunteer stewards from the Crossroads Community Association who care for the greenspace using regenerative maintenance practices. Read the full profile of this project here. |
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| The Farmers on 57th garden is an urban farm and garden located on the grounds of a Vancouver coastal health centre. The farm grows enough produce for over seventy Community Supported Agriculture members. On the site, there are also more than 30 community garden plots and 60 wheelchair-accessible raised beds. The garden has a wide variety of perennial trees, shrubs and annual plantings to attract pollinators. A small team of employees with more than thirty volunteers care for the garden, lead educational workshops and engage the public on ecological land care. |
| The Guild Garden within Evergreen Brick Work Children’s Garden is a greenspace nurturing people and natural systems. Evergreen has a robust nature-based education program and this garden provides a place for children to explore nature and engage in concepts of sustainable land care. Plantings for the space were selected to appeal to various pollinators and other species. Being close to the ravines and trail system in the Don Valley in Toronto, the garden is also a welcome space for many of the native fauna in the area. |
| Hampton Park is a naturalized greenspace in a downtown park in Ottawa. The community groups Friends of Hampton Park implement stewardship activities such as decommissioning informal cycling trails to allow the soil to rebuild, planting understory native plants on slopes to prevent erosion and removing invasive species to create room for native trees and plants to grow. In 2021, the groups mobilized a local high school to grow native plants from seed to regenerate the understory in parts of the urban forest and increase biodiversity in a meadow section of the park. |
| Irma Coulson Public School’s Climate Ready Space in Milton, ON was created in collaboration with Evergreen, a national sustainability organization. The space turned a relatively barren school grounds into a climate-ready garden with food gardens, naturalized play areas and pollinator habitats. The food gardens are open for harvesting during the summer months and often produce is shared with families in the area. The space was created to provide children with the opportunity to learn from nature and to spend time in a naturalized setting. The climate ready school grounds is a space to build nature connections, grow food and promote biodiversity and environmental sustainability. Episode 4 SOUL's 2023 Webinar Series with Irma Poulson P.S. |
| This Little Forest is located outside a community centre on Wolfe Island/Kawehnóhkwes tsi kawè:note, ON, in an area that has been mowed turf for many years. In preparation for the tree planting, volunteers prepped the soil in the spring of 2021 with old hay, composted manure and chipped wood. The Little Forest consists of 300 saplings of forty native tree and shrub species representative of the temperate hardwood forest of the Upper St. Lawrence and a few Carolinian species to support tree migration due to climate change. The planting followed the methodology of Miyawki Tiny Forests with the premise that through natural cooperation, the trees will grow much faster than a normal forest. A key aspect of the project is that the site will be a learning and research site for decades to come. |
| The MARS Wildlife Rescue in Merville on Vancouver Island is a wildlife hospital and visitor centre providing rehabilitation of native wildlife and public education. The site was once an outdoor movie theatre and an informal garbage dump. Since 2015, the land has been in the process of being restored through thoughtful planting of native species, soil rehabilitation and careful consideration of the needs of local wildlife such as nesting birds, amphibians and pollinators. The centre uses a large rodent and bear-proof compost tumbler that composts scraps from the wildlife hospital. A core group of keen volunteers, supplemented with others for big work parties, steward the greenspace. Over the span of one year, MARS welcomed over 3,100 visitors during 400 public tours. Watch a presentation by MARS Wildlife Rescue on SOUL's 2023 Webinar Series on Ecological Land Care. |
| The greenspace around the Okotoks Operations Centre was designed to emulate the natural habitats of the foothills region of Alberta. By incorporating a variety of native plants, the grounds support several native pollinators and other species. To conserve water, the plants are drought tolerant and do not need irrigation. There’s an environmental education centre next to the garden where residents learn about the alternative ground cover used on site, and about soil care and water infiltration. The educational garden space and signage is to inspire Okotoks residents to design gardens that increase biodiversity and permeability, while also decreasing the use of greenhouse gas emitting garden tools. |
| Created by Helping Nature Heal Inc., a landscape and ecological restoration company, Petite Riviere Community Park in the Lunenburg area in Nova Scotia is a park that blends into its surrounding, yet adds culturally significant aspects such as Black Ash trees that are rare but important to Mi’kmaq. The park is designed to continue to build the mycelium in the soil food web with the use of woody debris. Native trees were introduced to improve air quality, provide shade and absorb water. A living shoreline was installed along the river bank to slow overland flow and protect the waters from pollution from runoff. The creation of the park was a true community project. The founding partners were Helping Nature Heal Inc, the Municipality of the District of Lunenburg, Covey Island Boatworks, and the Petite Riviere Park Association along with the Petite Riviere Winery. Many local industry partners and contractors donated or discounted materials and labour, and with many community volunteers and NSCC students donating labour and time! After being trained in ecological land care practices, the Park Association maintains the park, and hosts many events each year. |
| The Urban Seine River Greenway constitutes a mixture of naturalized open public space, parks and historical sites. For over 30 years, Save Our Seine (SOS) has been the leading organization in Winnipeg caring for the Seine River and surrounding greenspace. Each year, SOS invests in tree planting initiatives and hires a team of river keepers to work with volunteers to remove garbage and invasive species. SOS also serves as the "eyes on the river" transmitting information on issues arising along the river so that the City of Winnipeg can respond. |
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| The Ajashki Heart Garden is located at the First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa campus. The garden is built on a neglected urban greenspace that has been transformed and brought back to a healthier state through careful planting, attention to soil health, and suppression of invasive species. Ajashki is an Indigenous-led Food Security and Climate Change Project that aims to establish an Indigenous learning centre. Ajashki is committed to using sustainable modern and traditional gardening practices in the garden while teaching youth (Future Food Warriors) skills that they can employ in and around their own homes to be more food secure. The garden has a partnership with a local food centre that donates food scraps and in turn, receives food from the garden to share with the community.
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| At a site behind Royal City Brewing in Guelph is a community compost system and pollinator garden. The three-tiered compost system was created by Karen Houle of The Compost Queens. Organic “waste” is welcome from all businesses in the surrounding neighbourhood. The compost system uses gravity to help rotate the materials over time to create healthy compost that is available for use in the community, including in the adjoining pollinator garden created by The Yorklands Green Hub. Together, the garden and compost system is a project that brings together small businesses and others to divert waste while making valuable compost and creating pollinator habitat.
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| Started in 2017, the Delki Dozzi Community Food Forest is a greenspace located in a Sudbury city park created by Sudbury Shared Harvest with support from reThink Green. The food forest includes fruit trees, shrubs, living ground cover and other perennial edible plants that provide food for humans, insects, birds and mammals. Everyone is welcome to help themselves to the products of the food forest. Approximately 30 to 40 volunteers contribute to maintaining the space in a given year. Shared Harvest offers food forest tours, workshops and other educational activities to engage new people in caring for the greenspace. |
| Designed by the landscape firm and social enterprise RAINscapeTO, the Eglinton Community Garden is a publicly accessible garden in Eglington Park in Toronto that features a community garden, food forest and a Medicine Wheel Garden. Plants grown in the gardens are native, pollinator-friendly and selected according to soil, light and water conditions. The gardens contribute to year-round ecosystem services and wildlife habitat. Neighbouring community members are invited to join work bee sessions in the gardens as well as to workshops and social events. A PollinateTO grant supported specific pollinator plantings in a red canoe to symbolize a creek that previously flowed through the park and the Wendat settlement. |
| Food from Home = Food for Home is a community garden in Guelph with approximately 60 raised garden/farm beds in an open park area nestled between a high school. The garden responds to two interconnected issues: food insecurity and the accessibility of culturally appropriate food that is affordable and culturally desired. The garden is a model of ecological justice. There are approximately 25 community members a growing season, many of whom are newcomers to Canada. The garden brings the community together to participate in a range of activities such as growing food, composting and sharing ideas on how to live in harmony with natural systems and within a smaller ecological footprint. Support is provided by Compost Queens of the Royal City. |
| The Green Futures North urban farm garden was established with the help of various partners including Enactus Green Futures, the City of Brandon, Samaritan House, and Well on Wheels. The garden has 82 raised garden beds and is a community hub for growing healthy food and providing a space for people to relax and connect. |
| Highfield Regenerative Farm is a community urban farm hub in Calgary situated on a former 15-acre browfield site. Over the past four years, the community has reduced invasive weeds, installed gardens and introduced native plant species. The farm is cared for using regenerative farming practices, which consider the ecosystem as a whole. As an important urban greenspace, the community is able to participate in farming activities, utilize the forest and farm spaces for personal recreation, and access fresh, local whole foods in their community. |
 | The Indigenous Food Plant Demonstration Garden in Summerland, BC is located at the Summerland Research and Development Centre, a federal government research and development facility. By incorporating native plant guilds and multiple plant regimes to generate numerous ecosystem types, the garden supports local wildlife species. In the spirit of reconciliation, the garden was designed to grow food plants that have traditional significance for local Indigenous communities. As the garden grows, it will be used to teach students, employees and the public about the plants' importance in the local ecosystem and for Indigenous communities. The demonstration garden has created momentum to create Indigenous Food Plant Demonstration Gardens across the country at other federal research centres. Watch their presentation on SOUL's 2023 Ecological Land Care Webinar Series |
| Kenhtè:ke Seed Sanctuary and Learning Centre (KSSLC) in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, ON, features a community seed sanctuary, seed garden and native meadows. KSSLC’s mission is to steward the seeds of their ancestors and in doing so, to take action to steward the land in a healthy and respectful way. A no-till method of growing the Indigenous seed collection is used to build healthy soil over time and promote habitat for good bacteria and fungus. The native meadow and prairie grasses provide habitat for many native insects and animals. Future plans include p̱lanting native trees and fruit trees, which will further contribute to habitat growth and soil fertility. One of KSSLC’s primary purposes is to educate and promote seed saving among the youth of Tyendinaga through hands-on educational workshops and teach-ins at community schools. Public education events that welcome community members and local people to participate are both educational and social to build community. |
| Lakeside Garden in Kingston is an urban greenspace on federal land that is managed by the city and garden members. The garden supports locally grown produce - with 100 plots, school gardens, a large donation garden and seed-saving plots. The previously commercially farmed space has been remediated by the soil building efforts used in the gardens and additional greenspace areas have been naturalized for native species/wildlife. The public is welcome on-site and to join in educational activities. Members are required to care for their own plot(s) and volunteer during the growing season. There are multiple partner agencies with projects on site that also help care for the space. |
| Started in 2014, the Legacy Garden In Charlottetown has expanded to become one of the largest urban farms in Canada. The 8.5 acre garden has keyline hedgerows with native plants to attract beneficial insects and wildlife. In addition to 200 community garden plots, there are hummingbird and butterfly gardens and native nut trees for windbreaks and a "food forest" with a diversity of fruits trees, berries, herbs. The property is managed using organic techniques and cover crops. The food produced in their community garden and the food forest is donated to local charities providing thousands of pounds of produce locally. The Legacy Garden also operates a Therapeutic Horticulture program that offers support and guidance to people living with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities. The farm hosts numerous volunteers of all ages and backgrounds, many of whom are newcomers to Canada. In 2020/21, the farm received support to run a project with twenty "youth-at-risk" that focused on food production and land care in the age of climate change. Website |
| The Lighthouse Community Food Forest designed by Lekker Land Design is a pollinator garden, food forest and community garden. In a space that was once turf lawn, it is now a site with a diverse range of perennials, annuals and edible flowers, nitrogen-fixers, vegetables, fruit trees, berry bushes, and dynamic accumulators. The food grown in the garden is offered free to the clients of the local food bank, run by the Salvation Army Lighthouse Ministries in Salmon Arm. A particularly popular feature is the "food tunnel" at the entrance where visitors can walk under and grab a cucumber or bean when they pass by. |
| The greenspace at Mill Courtland Community Centre in Kitchener, ON, was created using the Lasagna/No-Till gardening technique to protect the soil structure and biota, and provide habitat for beneficial insects. The site is used for placemaking and environmental education, and to grow and provide free nutritious food and medicinal herbs for the public. Staff and volunteers have created more than 30 food/forest/fedge and pollinator garden sites and each is stewarded by the community volunteers who live within walking distance from the centre. As an active and well-used greenspace, it’s possible to walk by at any time of the day and see people or wildlife. |
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| Milne Hollow is a 6-hectare ravine parkland in Toronto along the East Don River characterized by dense vegetation, small wetland pockets and a large floodplain wetland, some open land, gathering areas and a paved trail. The City of Toronto's Community Stewardship Program actively engages the public through ongoing restoration activities. In Milne Hollow, volunteers and city staff restored a wetland that contained a dense stand of the invasive wetland grass, Phragmites australis (Common reed). The suppression of the invasive grass has led to an increase in native species germinating from the seed bank including Jewelweed, Common cattail, and Aster species. In addition, volunteers planted various native wetland shrubs and wildflowers to help promote a diverse habitat that supports a variety of native wildlife. Watch the presentation on Milne Hollow in SOUL's 2023 Ecological Land Care Series. |
| Naramata Permaculture Farm Garden in Naramata, BC, is a public space and community garden focused on observing and learning from nature while growing healthy food. Approximately twenty core volunteers actively collaborate and co-create the garden. Different events during the year such as art exhibits, community harvests, guided tours, etc. animate the greenspace and create social connections in the community. The garden is a David Suzuki Butterflyway site, which recognizes and supports the garden’s efforts to provide habitat and food for pollinators and other species. |
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| Norquay Food Forest is a food forest in Vancouver / Renfrew-Collingwood situated on the headwaters of the Renfrew Ravine. Over the past year, the Norquay Food Forest has welcomed new indigenous plants as well as removed a number of invasive plants from the site, allowing for new growth of the native plant species and an abundance of berries, fruits, and nuts for the community to preserve, eat, and turn into salves, candles, and tinctures. The community has built strong relationships with community organizations and every year has seen a growth in community support, interest, and knowledge around the food forest. Norquay Food Forest is an important site where community members gather to host workshops, ceremonies, walks and celebrations. |
| Orca Gardens in Victoria is a community garden affiliated with the Canadian Orca Rescue Society, an environmental education organization that supports the restoration of salmon spawning grounds and environmental initiatives to help the orca. Approximately 30 dedicated gardeners have transformed a 4,500 square foot public space into a thriving community garden to grow food, host garden events and create a healthier, more biodiverse greenspace that reduces traffic noise from one side of the park to the other. The garden is home to some of Victoria’s only “accessibility garden plots” with raised beds of different heights for people with accessibility limitations. Produce from the garden is shared with local food banks and efforts are being made to connect the garden with a network of community gardens across Vancouver Island. |
Red Barn Food Forest
Ottawa, ON
| Riley Park Community Garden is a large community garden in a Vancouver city park. Designed and planted to be pollinator friendly, the garden has pollinator borders and rewilded areas. As a community hub, the multi-faceted programming supports the garden’s intent to be an inclusive gathering site reflecting its core vision to improve local food security, ecological sustainability and community development. Riley Park Community Garden provides families with a place-based, nature-focused learning environment to connect with nature and the wider community. The garden is the site of a climate change and food security project to best assess the growth, and harvests, to adapt to changing climate conditions. |
| The Two Rivers Huron Street Community Garden in Guelph, ON, is a community garden with eighteen garden plots. The garden includes the “Cadillac” of community composting systems created by the ‘Compost Queens of the Royal City’, Guelph-based soil facilitators and educators who are inspiring a local community compost movement and mindset. The eleven-foot tall wooden compost system in the community garden is available for neighbourhood use to divert organic waste and produce rich soil. The community garden hosts workshops and other community events to share knowledge, food and to build community. |
| Urban Harvest Circle Community Garden is a community garden in Guelph, ON, located in the midst of a dense residential neighbourhood. The garden is volunteer-led and follows community garden guidelines to use organic practices, compost on-site and support pollinators. Guelph is a Bee City and there is a large community garden network that meets in person and online to share organic growing practices and methods. |
| The West Village Co-op Garden is a relatively new community garden in a food insecure area in the City of Guelph. The garden was established by volunteers with the goal of operating the garden as a co-operative run by members. The idea is that co-op members would gain gardening and food literacy skills, an understanding of the food forest, as well as community leadership experience. Since the garden began in spring 2021, the focus has been on connecting with local families and exploring forest foods such as puffballs and wild grapes. |
