Growing food, creating connections, supporting health
The City of Colwood supports our community to create Community Gardens in partnership with the Colwood Garden Society — a not-for-profit group of local citizens.
Why Community Gardens?
Community gardening is recognized as an extremely valuable activity that contributes to people's health and well-being by renewing our connection to nature and producing fresh, wholesome, nutritious food. Gardening encourages healthy outdoor activity, positive social interaction, protection and use of open space and all the benefits that come with growing local food: healthy eating, lower food costs, and community resilience if faced with food shortages or a large scale emergency.
Let's Grow Together!
Contact the Colwood Garden Society to become a member for a full season of gardening, growing, learning and socializing. Once the plots are ready there will be a membership garden party.
Volunteers are vital for the garden to be successful. In addition to helping out in the garden, there are opportunities to be an active member of the society board and committees.
Donation are welcome. If you have gardening skills, tools or materials to donate, or would like to support the community garden financially, please contact the Society.
Links and resources for local food growing
LifeCycles cultivates community health from the ground up by connecting people to the food they eat and the land it comes from. We support people in gaining the knowledge, skills and resources needed to access, grow and preserve local food in ways that foster biodiversity and enhance our urban environment.
The Capital Region Food and Agriculture Initiative Roundtable (CRfair) is dedicated to connecting people to the resources required to create a healthy and sustainable regional food system. Some of their projects include Farmer2Farmer capacity building, youth initiatives and helping to create Good Food Policies.
The Greater Victoria Seed Library offers free access to seeds and seed saving education. Their goal is to support local food security and steward our region’s biodiversity.
The Compost Education Centre is a non-profit organization that provides composting and ecological gardening education to residents of the Capital Regional District. They provide workshops, school programs and fact sheets on a broad range of topics, including composting, organic gardening, and sustainable living topics.
Falling Fruit is an interactive map that celebrates the overlooked culinary bounty of our city streets to facilitate intimate connections between people, food, and the natural organisms growing in our neighborhoods.