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Alberta Avenue Community Garden

Grow food  |  Build community  |  Create beauty

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What is a community garden?

A group of people coming together to nurture, develop, and sustain a growing space in their community - engaging, educating, building and strengthening community in a significant way.  There are over 90 community garden sites now operating throughout the Capital region promoting local, organically grown food; healthy and active lifestyles; and safer, more vibrant and connected communities. More at Sustainable Food Edmonton

Who can garden?

Priority is given to Alberta Avenue resident members. If there is space, then associate (non-resident) members will be eligible for a plot.

Where is the garden?

In the fenced area behind the community centre. It consists of 32 plots along the perimeter of the chain link fence (each section between the fence posts is a garden plot 10 by 12 feet) as well as 12 additional plots in the middle.
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What is the cost?

1.  AACL memberhsip $20/family or $10/single
2.  $20 plot rental fee
3.  $40 deposit
​4.  Volunteer commitment of 6 hours

How do I sign up?

More details on the application process can be found on our sign up. NOTE: DO NOT apply if you live outside of the Alberta Avenue District.
2023 Applications Open in March

History of our community garden

​Alberta Avenue Community League started a community garden in 2011 with 17 plots and 12 gardeners. We took the "build it and they will come" approach by hiring a tractor with rototiller to come and work a 10 foot strip of land along the interior of our chainlink fence compound. We had no problem getting people interested once the garden was a reality instead of just talk in meetings. We added more plots in 2012, 2013 and 2016.

Now in year ten (2020) we have 44 rentable garden plots and 30 gardeners. The garden has flower boxes, a perennial bed with lots of native plants, a pollinator garden, a herb garden box, raspberries, strawberries, saskatoon bushes, a pear tree and an apple tree in community plots.

Over the years, we've beautified our garden with a pergola, fencing to hide our work area, and garden plot borders. We are working on creating a cozy corner and a second pergola. Some gardeners have envisioned having a greenhouse one day. Our garden has become another venue space of the community centre with people booking it for garden parties, weddings, events and festivals. 

This year we accepted seven new gardeners and still have a waiting list of four Alberta Avenue residents. We don't generally accepted new gardeners from outside Alberta Avenue because we have enough demand in the neighbourhood, and community gardens should be for the local community.

In 2020, we are getting a bee hive and we are talking about expanding the garden even more.

Our community garden has been running an annual compost sale fundraiser selling Second Nature Compost from the City of Edmonton since 2016. The sale is on Mother's Day weekend at our Bloomin Garden Show. This year Bloomin was cancelled but the compost sale went on. We sold out in less than two hours!

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9210 118 Avenue, Edmonton, AB  T5G 0N2

Lots of parking in our parking lot on 93 St or 92 side street.

ETS Bus 5 & 8 stop at 93 St and 118 Ave

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  • Home
  • About
    • Membership
    • Board
    • Staff
    • Mission
    • Volunteer
    • Our Neighbourhood >
      • Alberta Avenue Park & Playground
      • Lorne Street Park & Playground
      • Norwood Square & Playground
      • Delton School Playground
      • Norwood School Playground
      • St. Faith Playground
      • One World One Centre Playground
  • Programs & Events
  • Spark! Youth Camp
  • Rentals
  • Resources
    • Safety
    • Newcomers to Canada
    • Indigenous >
      • MMIWG+ Parks Project
      • Supports + Learning Resources
      • Local Businesses
      • Events