Bethany
Church Community Garden
Location: 382 Centrepointe Drive (just off Baseline Road)
Information: This garden is a project of Bethany Church where people can grow
their own fresh, organic veggies. Children are actively encouraged to participate
by joining the Green Thumb Club.
Number of plots: 16
Cost: $10
Contact: Bonnie at 596-5939
Brittania Community Garden
Location: Carling Avenue at Richmond Road
Information: The garden was started in 1991 by a small group of volunteers
who had a dream and wouldn't take no for an answer. Some of the flower beds are looked after by
individual volunteers and others are maintained by communal effort. If you have not already
done so, why not drop by to meet us and enjoy the garden?
Number of plots: 36
Cost:
Contact: Brian at 828-3726
The Bytowne
Urban Gardens (BUGS)
Location: Near the corner of Metcalfe and Catherine.
Information: This organic-only garden is a not-for-profit organization
that was formed in 1996 by a group of Ottawa residents who wanted to promote
sustainable food production. In June 1998, the group won an environmental
award from the City of Ottawa! They proudly grow their community garden
at Metcalfe and Catherine Street, and organize workshops and events throughout
the year. It includes a plot where volunteers contribute time to growing
food for the Food Bank Centre 507. The BUGS website is at http://bugs.freehosting.net/bugsweb.
Number of plots: 22
Cost: Free, but volunteers must perform 15 hours per season towards
gardening tasks.
Contact: Leave a message on the BUGs line at 233-4443 ext. 3000 and a BUGs volunteer
will contact you.
Caldwell Peace Gardens
Location: 1465 Caldwell Avenue
Information: Started in 2003, the Peace Gardens, situated on Ottawa Community Housing Corporation (OCHC)
land, was initiated by community volunteers and supported by OCHC and the Chaplaincy. It has
individual and community plots worked in by community members. Due to the great success of
this program, there are plans to extend the community garden project.
Number of plots:
Cost:
Contact: Mike at 230-9145
The
Carlington Community Garden
Location: 900 Merivale Road (in former schoolyard)
Information: This organic garden is inspiring with its 160 plots!
In 1994, Carlington Community and Health Services moved to a new location
that was previously a school property. Community members encouraged the
transformation of the grassy field to a community vegetable garden. In
1995 there were 10 plots; by 1997, the garden had expanded to the size
it is today. At Carlington, individuals and families from a diversity of
ethnic backgrounds enjoy the community garden.
Number of plots: 160
Cost: Free, but 10 hours of volunteer labour per gardening season
is expected
Contact: Natasha at 722-4000 x 244
Chateau
Donald Community Gardens
Location: 251 Donald Street, off the Vanier Parkway
Information: Started in 2003 by residents Suzanne S. and Marsha K.,
this community garden is organic. Gardeners grow mostly vegetables but also some
flowers and they learn as they garden. In 2003, lettuce was donated to the Overbrook Food Bank.
Number of plots: 6 plots measuring 6 feet by 6 feet (with OCHC agreeing to add another
row of 6 plots which is the maximum garden area available for that space).
Cost: No cost; must be a resident of 251 Donald Street and sign a gardener's agreement.
Contact: Marsha at mking101@rogers.com
Debra Dynes Family House Community Garden
Location: In the backyard of the Debra Dynes Family House, Debra
Avenue, near the corner of Eiffel
Information: This garden, established in 1999, welcomes donations
of seedlings, gardening tools, and even containers usable for container
gardening. Volunteers are always needed to help out with setting up the
garden and maintaining it throughout the gardening season. Members of the
community are welcome to help themselves to whatever vegetables they want,
in whatever quantity they want, during the Family House hours of Monday
to Friday, all day long.
Number of plots: No individual plots. One common 12 x 14 plot.
Cost: Free
Contact: Barbara Carroll, 224-3824
Gloucester
Allotment Gardens
Location: 2 sites: 1. Outside Blackburn Hamlet off Anderson Road
behind the Regional Detention Centre, and 2. inside Blackburn between the
Hamlet and the Blackburn Bypass.
Information: The Gloucester Allotment Gardens are non-profit,
co-operative gardens that use their membership to perform many of the labour
tasks. The tilling is hired out in the spring, and in the fall there is
a "members cleanup". Although it is not required for members to help out
with the cleanup, a very modest reduction in the cost of their next year's
plot is given to those who help out.
Number of plots: 225 (total number for the two sites)
Cost: Full plot $45; half plot $23
Contact: Irene at 824-8479. Website: gaga.ncf.ca.
Jack Purcell Community
Garden
Location: Beside Jack Purcell Community Centre, Elgin Street.
Information: Opened in the fall of 2003. Volunteers and interested members of the
community maintain the garden. The garden has been designed to enable people with physical
disabilities to access it through wide pathways and raised beds. Children enrolled in the association's
After School Program are growing plants for the garden and will learn how to maintain the garden
through workshops delivered by community garden experts.
Number of plots:
Cost:
Contact: 564-1050
Kilborn
Allotment Gardens
Location: on Kilborn between Pleasant Park and Featherstone
Information: This is the sole city-managed Allotment Garden. It is administered
through the Dempsey Community Centre.
Number of plots: 350, one of which has a raised bed for people
with disabilities (this always goes to a non-profit group)
Cost: $52, no volunteer hours required
Contact: Michel Desroches at 247-4941
Lowertown/Basseville
Community Garden
Location:At 40 Cobourg, near the corner of Cobourg and St. Patrick.
Information: This garden was established as an outreach project
to the Francophone community in 1995. It provides for a very friendly and
close-knit community of gardeners who share in the joys of the garden.
Number of plots: 5
Cost:
Contact: Annie at amercier@crcbv.ca
Nanny
Goat Hill Community Garden
Location:On the north-east corner of Bronson and Laurier.
Information: There are currently 20 plots gardened by a variety
of individuals from the nearby community. The garden, established in 2000,
also has a larger plot cared for by the Special Needs Network, a local
charitable organization providing community service and work experience
opportunities for youth with developmental disabilities.
Number of plots: 21
Cost: $5
Contact: Rosemary at 237-4777
Nepean
Allotment Gardens
Location: Viewmount between Merivale and Fisher
Information:
Number of plots: 150
Cost: Annual full size plots $25 ($20 seniors, $30 non-Nepean
residents); perennial plots half that amount
Contact: Mary at 224-9169
Riverside Park Community
Garden
Location: Firehall #7 near Brookfield and Riverside
Information: This garden is a partnership between community members
and the firehall. Youth from Hunt Club Riverside Community Services
Centre plant and maintain the vegetable garden.
Number of plots: 4
Cost: No charge
Contact:Brian at 247-1600
Strathcona
Heights Community Garden
Location: Sandy Hill near Queensway and Lees Avenue, off Wiggins Private
Information: This garden is beautifully situated in Sandy Hill and once had the
Strathcona Heights Kids Garden.
Number of plots: 40, approximately 15 feet by 15 feet
Cost: $20 per season, includes access to standpipe water, compost, and tools in toolshed.
Sign up day is April 18th.
Contact: Alastaire at 562-2253
Sweet
Willow Community Garden
Location: Near the corner of Rochester and Primrose, at 31 Rochester St.
Information: This garden was established in the spring of 1999.
It is located above a heating plant for the adjacent buildings managed by
Centretown Citizens of Ottawa Corporation (CCOC). Gardeners
are very happy about the benefits of this community garden in their neighbourhood.
Number of plots: 11
Cost: Free with some shared tasks to be done
Contact: Melanie at 237-3671