DIVERSEcity Community Gardens blooms thanks to TD Friends of the Environment Foundation grant
As the winter season quickly approaches this December 21, 2024, most of us are likely not thinking about gardening. For us at DIVERSEcity, we’ve been winterizing our two Community Gardens and are anxiously waiting for spring to start planting again, thanks to a renewed grant from TD Friends of the Environment Foundation for 2025.
DIVERSEcity’s Hazelnut Meadows Community Garden (140 Street and 68 Avenue) has 80 plots, a greenhouse and an orchard. Our Lionel Courchene Growing Roots Garden (9839 155 Street) has 21 plots, a community composting bin and tool shed.
Community Garden participants learn how to grow healthy and cost-effective food organically. We also host workshops, cultural celebrations and events to build connections between all garden members who come from many different countries.
“There are many benefits to community gardens including more access to fresh fruits, vegetables and herbs, improving food security in urban communities. Maintaining a garden plot is also great physical activity,” says Abby Mann, manager of the program. “Gardens are also a place of connection and community building, bringing together diverse people to nurture a better future together.”
Thank you to TD Friends of the Environment Foundation for your continued, generous support in helping DIVERSEcity’s stewardship of urban community garden spaces in Surrey, BC, for the benefit of the community.
Learn more by at dcrs.ca/garden.
Learn more about the connection between community gardening and sustainability in our Green Guide for Newcomers.