The rooftop garden, located on the top of the BRCA Community Hall, began in the spring of 2014.  The garden includes a communal garden and 15 ( /-) individual plots that can be rented for a season. Our community garden is about bringing the community together, getting to know your neighbours and providing a beautiful space in our community for everyone to enjoy. As a BRCA Rooftop Gardener, you're an important part of helping grow our vibrant community. Updated July 2020.

The Bridgeland–Riverside Vacant Lots Garden consists of three lots (legal parcels of land) that were cultivated under the Vacant Lots Garden Club. The Club was informally established on Nov. 13, 1911, by a resolution of City Council, and it was formally organized on March 2, 1914. The purpose of the Club was to benefit poor families by allowing them to grow vegetables, while at the same time improving the appearance of the city by ridding vacant lots of weeds and garbage. Private and City-owned lots were included in the program. At its peak in 1943, there were 3,229 lots under cultivation.The ...

This garden is supported by volunteers and seniors from their Cultural Centre who do all the work to plant, and care for the garden.  Anyone who would like to assist is welcome to join and help with planting and caring for the plants in the garden.  No restrictions.  Children under the age of 16 must be accompanied by a guardian. 07-2021

Garden beds can be rented by anyone and we are one of only a few gardens in Calgary with no residency requirements – members simply provide their rental fee and ongoing volunteer hours working on common areas. The garden provides us with opportunities to connect with other gardeners and horticulturalists from our community and beyond. Check our Facebook page, click on story, for a brief history of the garden.Updated July 2020.

The NHCA community gardens are dedicated to bringing together neighbours to provide locally grown food for their families, the Calgary Interfaith Food Bank and other interested groups.  The garden promotes community, organic growing methods and a sense of shared responsibility and team work. Updated July 2020

The NHCA community gardens are dedicated to bringing together neighbours to provide locally grown food for their families, the Calgary Interfaith Food Bank and other interested groups.  The garden promotes community, organic growing methods and a sense of shared responsibility and team work. Home Depot, Canadian Tire, and Costco were the main sponsors that helped bring the NHCA gardens to the community. Updated July 2020

The Renfrew Community Garden initiative is in it's very early life. Just like any garden, the Renfrew Community Garden needs vision, planning, nurturing, attention, love and patience. There is a lot to do... so we are counting on a lot of community support.  Firstly, we need gardeners and visionaries.  We need carpenters and truck drivers.  We need treasurers and secretaries.  The list goes on and on, so in other words, we need YOU!  Let's get our hands dirty!! Update July 2020.

There are lots of reasons to participate in community gardening. It gives you a reason to spend time outside, and it gives you opportunitiesto meet your fellow gardeners and community members. Community gardeners share a sense of pride and well being that comes from planting,nurturing, and harvesting, and from a sense of belonging in the larger community. They enjoy the satisfaction of having contributed to buildingand maintaining an incredibly beautiful space in the neighborhood. There are as many reasons to garden as there are gardeners, but mostly, it's fun and it's good for you. Come join ...