The City of Vancouver is always coming up with new ways to be green and with more than 75 community gardens in city parks, schools and hospitals, feel free to call us the Hulk.
Community gardens come in all shapes and sizes, from gardens with only a few plots, to some with well over a 100 plots. If you’re unable to have your own garden then being a part of a community garden is a good opportunity to benefit from locally grown food.
Whether a garden is on city land, such as the one in front of city hall, or in a city park, such as the one in China Creek South, or even on non-city-owned land, such as the one by 12th and Clark, every garden is operated and maintained by a non-profit society.
New gardens opening up in the spring of 2014 are:
• Beaconsfield Park, which will include more than 40 community garden beds for everyone to use, space for children and food to support local communities
• Creekside, which will include a children’s play area, indigenous food plants and a culinary herb garden
Riverfront Park can expect to see fruit trees and Nelson Park Community Garden will see an expansion of of 30 more garden plots, a kids’ area and a new water connection. Jonathan Rogers Park will also be expanded.
