Community Gardens in Burnaby
| History behind BARAGA | Burnaby Community Gardens | Over many years community gardens in Burnaby have been actively established and supported by the City. However, none of the community gardens are run or supervised by City of Burnaby staff. All existing gardens are administered by non-profit local community groups. |
Other Resources
Burnaby Food First |
Burnaby Food First is a group of community members and local agencies working together to bring food security to Burnaby. |
City of Vancouver :Growing Food and Community Gardens |
The City supports and promotes local food through farmers markets, community gardens, and other initiatives that connect consumers and growers. |
Metro Vancouver Composting |
Composting Resources,Composting Quick Tips |
| City Farmer News | This provides Vancouver region information about all aspects of food growing in the city as well as global food news. |
| Farm Folk City Folk |
A local Vancouver non-profit society supporting community-based sustainable food systems |
| Folia | Track your plants and gardens online |
Allotment Hints |
A UK-based primer on allotment gardening with links to many other sites. |
Managing Insects |
How to manage insects organically |
| Allotment Growing | A very popular UK-based site with lots of answers |
| Lure of the Urban Veggie Garden |
An Article from the Tyee on city dweller gardening |
| Seeds of Diversity |
This is the source for information about Canada’s Heritage seeds, seed saving, plant diversity, garden history and your own garden heritage. |
| Brags | Burnaby Rhododendron and Gardens Society (BRAGS) is a general interest garden club. The Rhododendron is the official flower of our City and is recognized in the name of our Society and is a special interest of some of our members. |
| South Burnaby Garden Club |
One of the club’s aims is to “Make Burnaby More Beautiful” by fostering and encouraging the amateur gardener – from tilling the soil to the harvesting of vegetables, fruit & flowers |
Unusual ideas?