Food Growing in the City

City of Victoria

Guidelines for boulevard gardening, community gardens and orchards, keeping bees and chickens, rooftop gardens, growing food to sell, and the Urban Food Tree Stewardship.

Compost Ed Centre

1216 North Park Street, open Wednesday to Saturday from 10:00am to 4:00pm 250-386-9676. A non-profit organization providing composting and eco-gardening education to CRD residents.

CRD

Community gardens in various CRD neighbourhoods. Links to the CCAA: Capital City Allotment Assoc (allotment gardens).

CR-FAIR (Capital Region Food and Agriculture Initiatives Roundtable)

Promoting healthy and sustainable food systems. Programs: Good Food Network, Good Food Summit.

Farm to School

Administered by the Public Health Association of BC. Brings healthy, local and sustainable food into schools and provides students with hands-on learning opportunities that foster food literacy.

FarmFolk City Folk

Connecting, empowering, and inspiring people to strengthen BC’s sustainable food systems.

Haliburton Community Organic Farm

741 Haliburton Road, Saanich. A leading model of community supported small-scale sustainable organic agriculture carried out in harmony with local ecosystems.

Foodbox Stand, Farm Stand, Farmers’ Market, EcoFarm School, Diversity Project: Haliburton Wetland and Meadow Restoration.

Lifecycles

Helps people grow their own food and have better access to fresh food in the city while enhancing local diversity and community. Programs: Fruit Tree Project, Welland Legacy Orchard, Seed Library, Growing Schools, Farm Gleaning, Community Food.

Mason Street City Farm

Increase access to healthy food by offering practical ecological farming education which in turn will provide skills for the future and a pathway to self reliance. EDUCATION THROUGH CULTIVATION!