Residents Invited to Help Select New Community Garden Location
Benefits of Community Gardens
- Getting active outside
- Access to fresh fruits and veggies
- Hands-on learning
- Allow you to know where your food comes from
- A personal sense of wellbeing including stress relief, education and creation of friendships
- Beautifying unused spaces
- Increases property values
- Increases feelings of safety and community pride
- Environmentally friendly: improves air quality, creates compost and filters rainwater.
Who Can Garden?
- All Ages; we also provide physically accessible spaces
For more information or to sign up for a garden plot (see Current Locations below), please contact Derwyn Armstrong at 519-358-2659 or by email at
Current Locations
Chatham
- Masonic Temple
- Christian Labour Association of Canada (CLAC)
- Enbridge Gas, Head Office
- Chatham-Kent Public Utility Commission – Grand Ave
- Campbell Park
- Francis Moore Park
- Please reach out to the Chatham Central Neighbourhood Association https://www.facebook.com/ChathamCentralNeighbourhoodAssociation
- Ska-Na Family Learning Centre
Wallaceburg:
- First Baptist Church
- Wallaceburg Community Health Centre
- Please call (519) 397-5455
Dresden:
- North Dresden Baptist Church
What is needed for a community garden to operate?
- Experienced gardeners who will share their knowledge
- Land and water access
- Garden equipment / tools
- Garden plants, seeds and cuttings
- Volunteers who will assist in coordinating, assisting other gardeners, helping with transportation and canvassing for resources.
How can I start a new Community Garden?
If you are interested in starting a new garden, please review the 5 Step Guide to Starting a Community Garden in Chatham-Kent. If you need more information on how to to do, please contact Sharmini Balakrishnan or by phone at 519.352.7270 Ext. 2496