Explore below for more information about some of the community gardens around the city!
If you’re looking for more details about a garden that is not profiled here, let us know at communitygardening@justfood.ca.
Brewer Park Community Garden
51 Brewer Way, Ottawa, ON, CA, K1S 5T1
https://www.brewerparkcommunitygarden.com/
brewergarden@gmail.com
Brewer Park Community Garden is home to one of our most unique features in Ottawa. In addition to 70+ raised beds, they also feature a biodome greenhouse.
Bytowne Urban Gardens
Bytowne Urban Gardens
75 Glendale Ave, Ottawa, ON, CA, K1S
bugscoordinator@gmail.com
twitter: @BUGSOttawa
Affectionately known as “BUGs Community Garden,” this garden is home to both allotment-style plots and communal beds.
Centretown Community Garden Project
Centretown Community Garden Project
457 Lisgar St, Ottawa, ON, CA, K1R 5G9
ccgardenproject@gmail.com
Located right in the heart of the downtown core, this community garden provides a space for community members to grow their own food.
Goldenrod Community Garden
Goldenrod Community Garden
Northwest corner of Goldenrod Driveway and Parkdale Ave, Ottawa, ON K1Y 0M1
https://kitchissippi.wixsite.com/goldenrodgarden
inbox@goldenrodgarden.org
Located on NCC land, the garden contains a mixture of raised beds and accessible raised beds laid out in a grid around water tanks, compost bins and a small shed.
Jo-Jo's Community Garden
Jo-Jo’s Community Garden
1573 Stittsville Main Street, Stittsville, ON K2S 1P1
Facebook Page
jojoscommunitygarden@gmail.com
Launched in 2017 by the Kassis family of Jo Jo’s Pizza, this garden design is in the style of a Potager (also known as a kitchen garden). This type of garden is a blend of vegetables, fruits, herbs, and cutting flowers.
Kitiganensag Community Garden
Kitiganensag Community Garden
1125 Colonel By Dr, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6
https://gsacarleton.ca/garden/
ccgardenproject@gmail.com
Kitiganensag, Algonquin for “little gardens,” is a community garden located on the Carleton University campus and is run by the Graduate Students’ Association. The garden promotes local, organic food production, education and community building.
Nanny Goat Hill Community Garden
Nanny Goat Hill Community Garden
555 to 575 Laurier Ave. West, Ottawa, ON, K1R 5Y9
https://nannygoathillgarden.wordpress.com
nangoathillgarden@gmail.com
The Nanny Goat Hill Community Garden is located at the corner of Laurier and Bronson, right in the midst of Centretown Ottawa. The garden started in 2000, and has grown to be home to over one hundred plots.
Nepean Allotment Gardens Association
Nepean Allotment Gardens Association
230 Viewmount Dr, Nepean, ON, K2E 8B6
https://nepeanallotmentgarden.yolasite.com/
nagagardens@gmail.com
The Nepean Allotment Gardens Association is home to an expansive number of allotment garden plots both in-ground and raised beds.
Tanglewood Park Community Garden
Tanglewood Park Community Garden
30 Woodfield Dr, Nepean, ON, K2G 3Y5
https://thca.ca/programs-and-events/tanglewood-park-community-garden/
tanglewoodgarden@thca.ca
Tanglewood Park Community Garden is located behind the Tanglewood Community Centre, and offers both communal and allotment garden plots.
Belong Ottawa at The Well (City Hall)
110 Laurier Ave. West, Ottawa, ON at City Hall
This is a communal growing space that has been used by community members to learn about growing food. This garden has 4 raised beds which are solely used for communal growing, and not available to rent for household growing opportunities.
Children's Garden at Robert F. Legget Park
321 Main St, Ottawa, ON K1S 1C8
https://www.ottawachildrensgarden.org/
ottawachildrensgardeninfo@gmail.com
The Children’s Garden is an educational garden demonstrating how food can be grown and enjoyed fresh in Ottawa. Our goal is to connect all people, and especially children, to fresh food and how it is grown, and to be a community hub where people gather.
Mechanicsville Innovation Garden (MIG)
Mechanicsville Innovation Garden (MIG)
7 Bayview Rd., Ottawa, On, K1Y 2C5
The Mechanicsville Innovation Garden (MIG) is a small, communal garden (with no rented plots), located in the rear courtyard of Bayview Yards tended by MCA volunteers. In 2022, MIG grew approximately 250 litres (L) of produce for the Parkdale Food Centre and local residents. In 2023, MIG had produced approximately 221L of produce for the Parkdale Food Centre and with the apples harvested will easily surpass our 250L. Volunteers also delivered to the John Howard Society (JHS) residents, 2 Ottawa Community Housing (OCH) complexes and the Seniors at St. Vladimirs. MIG also entered the 88.5 Radio station community garden contest and won $1K dollars in gift certificates to Ritchie Feed & Seed. We purchased some tools and plants and will keep the balance for future years.
Mooney's Bay Community Garden
Mooney’s Bay Community Garden
729-753 Ridgewood Ave, Ottawa, ON, K1V 6M8
garden@riversidepark.ca
Mooney’s Bay community garden is a small donation-based garden nestled in the parking lot of the Riverside Mall.
Orleans Children's Garden
Orleans Children’s Garden
1825 Trim Rd, Orleans, ON, K4B 1H8
orleanschildrensgarden@gmail.com
This is a communal garden, where families and neighbours get together and learn the skills how to grow food!
