Community Gardens

• City Farmer – This is the site of City Farmer and offers links and information on community gardens. http://www.cityfarmer.org/communitygarden7.html

• Farm Folk City Folk – This is a site offering a range of information on urban agriculture and community gardens, as well as many other sustainable food system issues.  http://www.farmfolkcityfolk.ca/resources/knowledge-pantry/urban/

• Toolkit for Municipalities on Community Gardens – This is a good handbook published in British Columbia for municipalities on how to support community gardens.   (An EDRS board member co-authored the report).  http://www.ruralbc.gov.bc.ca/library/resource_corner/sdca/toolkits_guides/DigIt.pdf

• School Garden Network – A great resource for getting a community garden started and managed in the context of a school. http://schoolgardennetwork.ca/activities-and-resources/

• Australian City Farms and Community Garden Network – A good site with a lot of information from this movement in Australia. http://communitygarden.org.au/

• City of Vancouver Community Garden Guide – This document is a guide on how to start a community garden. http://vcan.ca/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/cg-guide-lowres.pdf

• Toronto Community Garden Network – A site with information and links to many gardens and resources in the Greater Toronto area. http://www.tcgn.ca/wiki/wiki.php 

• City of Ottawa Community Gardening Guidebook – This is a good guidebook on creating and managing a community garden.  http://www.justfood.ca/foodforall/documents/CGN_Garden_Guide_2010_English.pdf

• Organic Gardening – This is the section of the large Organic Gardening website that discusses community garden.  The site has extensive information on organic practices.  http://www.organicgardening.com/learn-and-grow/community-gardens