Scadding Court Community Centre (SCCC) is a multi-service agency with a range of programs and services that are geared toward the Alexandra Park neighbourhood and surrounding community in west downtown Toronto. We offer a wide range of programs for people...
Continue ReadingTerra Nova Nature School is located in beautiful Terra Nova Rural Park, in the far northwest corner of Richmond. It is operated by Thompson Community Association in partnership with the City of Richmond. Established in 2014 as a licensed, not-for-profit...
Continue ReadingJust 10 minutes from Port Alberni on 172 acres is Shelter Farm, a social enterprise operated by The Port Alberni Shelter Society. The Shelter Farm is a small-scale market garden initiative that works to alleviate the negative effects poverty has...
Continue ReadingWild Women of the North Society is a nonprofit located in Quesnel, BC. Our society is a 100% volunteer organization. We were founded by a group of like-minded women who could see various gaps in our community that were not...
Continue ReadingThe Horticulture Centre of the Pacific (HCP) Gardens opened in 1979 with a prominent vision in mind, to have a public demonstration garden and a centre of horticultural education, celebrating the importance of plants in a sustainable world. It was...
Continue ReadingThe Ita Wegman Association of BC for Curative Education and Social Therapy (Glenora Farm) is a charity dedicated to improving the lives of adults with complex developmental disabilities (Companions). Glenora Farm is an intentional community based on an organic-transitioning farm...
Continue ReadingHighfield Farm is a collaborative urban agriculture project between the City of Calgary and the Compost Council of Canada. The goal is to transform a 15-acre brownfield site into a productive urban community farm hub. Our vision is based in...
Continue ReadingThe Multicultural Association of Fredericton Inc. (MCAF), founded in 1974, plays a vital role in establishing communication and fostering understanding within the community at large, settled immigrants and newcomers. MCAF accomplishes this by offering programs and services that meet the...
Continue ReadingThe Kiwi Cove Community Garden has been growing food exclusively for the Ladysmith Food Bank since 2008, on a garden plot approximately 140’ x 34’ donated by the Kiwi Cove Lodge. The garden is managed by a revolving cast of...
Continue ReadingAbout Our ProjectCHEP’s goal is to tackle food security by addressing education, access, and food affordability. The askîy project is a CHEP initiative that focuses on educating Indigenous and non-Indigenous youth in understanding urban agriculture. Through our internship, interns have...
Continue ReadingFarm to School BC is a healthy eating program for K-12 students that brings healthy, local, and sustainable food into schools across British Columbia and provides students with hands-on learning opportunities that develop food literacy. Administered by the Public Health Association...
Continue ReadingFood for Thought has a memorandum of understanding with School District No. 23 to provide school meal programs for students in Kelowna, West Kelowna, and Lake Country. Currently, over 5900 children in the Central Okanagan face hunger and we know...
Continue ReadingThe Houston Community Garden is run by Houston Link to Learning and is used as a learning program to teach people about planting, growing, and harvesting their own food. Plenty of beautiful outdoor space to learn & grow. The majority...
Continue ReadingCoquitlam Men's Shed Society, (CMSS), is a BC non-profit that has outreach programs within the Red Door Housing Society at their Sunrise Terrace location in Coquitlam. We built four raised gardens for community gardening available for residents of the Sunrise...
Continue ReadingProvidence Farm is a supportive community that has been nestled in the heart of Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island, British Columbia since 1979. Today, Providence Farm provides over 180 weekly program spaces to adults living with mental health, substance use,...
Continue ReadingThe Synergy Foundation’s Food Eco District (FED) is continuing to make strides towards improving food security in the Greater Victoria Region. In support of this ambition, FED created the My FED Farm program in 2020 as a means of addressing...
Continue ReadingBrian Minter began sharing his passion for plants with Fraser Valley gardeners when, in 1972, he and his wife Faye purchased Country Garden, a garden shop that had been part of Chilliwack’s community since 1957. In 1994, after 35 years...
Continue ReadingFor many years the Green & Gold Community Garden has been a fortunate recipient of donated seeds from West Coast Seeds. Situated on just over two acres of the University of Alberta’s south campus farmland, in Edmonton, the Garden serves...
Continue ReadingLocated on Treaty 6 Territory, Battle River Treaty 6 Health Centre and Battleford Family Health Centre (BRT6HC & BFHC) provides community-based services to promote, support, and encourage the physical, mental, social, and spiritual health of the people living in the...
Continue ReadingThe Food First Foundation is a registered charity that supports food programs, including gardening and composting programs, in schools across the Northwest Territories. The support we provide comes in the form of supplies and funding primarily, along with lesson plans tailored...
Continue ReadingMore than a garden centre and bistro, Tanglebank Gardens hopes to plant seeds of inspiration in the hearts and minds of all of their guests. The original Tanglebank began as a Homestead in Saskatchewan in 1920, opened by the owner’s...
Continue ReadingLocated in Northeast Calgary, Alberta, Golden Acre Home & Garden has been serving its community for over 54 years. They are Alberta’s largest garden centre offering growing and gardening supplies for both indoor and outdoor use. They offer a superb...
Continue ReadingAnything Grows Garden Center has been proudly serving Cochrane, NW Calgary, and the surrounding area for 22 years. One of the most special things about this garden centre is that they’ve been family owned and operated since opening their doors...
Continue ReadingArrowsmith Naturalists, with approximately 120 members, is based in Qualicum Beach, and is one of the many naturalist groups found all over the province. All groups belong to the central organization of B.C. Nature, and are committed to know nature...
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