2-2 Community Gardens Community Gardens Community gardens are parcels of land divided into small plots for local residents to grow their own flowers, fruit and vegetables.
Community gardens owe their existence to the energy of residents.
You may remember the debate in the late 1980's over a section of community garden on Prior Street in Strathcona. When City Council finally decided to build housing on the section, gardeners and their friends moved an acre of topsoil to the remaining portion of the garden. Today the Strathcona Community Garden's three acres of reclaimed land is a thriving collection of individual flower and vegetable plots. Community gardens have also sprouted in other parts of the city. Kitsilano is home to the Maple Community Garden, near 6th and Maple.