Edible Gardens: a Community of Growing and Sharing
This is a story I wrote for Vancity in 2010. Part of a series of 18 stories about their grantees.
Vancity supports the work of the North Shore Neighbourhood Houses in creating community gardens and sharing the produce from gardens with those in need.
Metro Vancouver’s leadership in green building, land-use and urban design have earned well-deserved accolades from around the world for years, and, innovative ideas like the North Shore Edible Garden Project, is one reason why we are considered a world-class leader in sustainability.
Since 2006, the Edible Garden Project has been connecting want-to-be gardeners with unused green space on both private and public lands. The results have been fruitful – and vegetable-ful.
Heather Johnstone, the Edible Garden’s Coordinator, says the project, which builds community around learning how to grow food sustainably grows and sharing fresh local produce so everyone can eat healthy food, is a perfect fit for the North Shore.