How to Start a Community Garden

If you would like to start a new Community Garden, follow the steps below:

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Community Garden is a unique opportunity available to Brampton residents whereby a group of community members will join together to manage and maintain an identified plot of land for the purpose of growing fresh produce and plants.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​​Community Gardens can grow many things including fruit, herbs, and annual flower.

The City facilitates the use of public land for community gardening to help promote healthy eating, positive social interactions, outdoor activity, cross-cultural connections, and to reduce crime and vandalism in our parks.​

The Community Gardens program advances the goals of the Brampton Grow Green Environmental Master Plan, which cites urban agriculture as an opportunity for the City.

Did you know? As an extension of the Community Gardens program, in April 2020, the City launched the Backyard Garden Program, a new eco-friendly initiative to help support food security in our city, and encourage residents to get active at home during the COVID-19 emergency. Learn more here.​
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Community Garden Locations

The City of Brampton currently operates the following community gardens:

Creditview Park Community Garden
Creditview Sandalwood Park | 10510 Creditview Park

McMurchy Community Garden

Kiwanis Youth Centre​ | 247 McMurchy Ave S

Norton Park Community Garden

Norton Place Park | 180 Clark Blvd

Crawley Emmanuel Community Garden​

Crawley Park | 420 Balmoral Dr

Sesquicentennial Park Community Garden

Sesquicentennial Park | 11475 Bramalea Rd

Flower City Community Garden

Flower City Community Campus | 8850 McLaughlin Rd S
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Earnscliffe Community Garden

Earnscliffe Park | 44 Eastborne Dr
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Community Garden FAQs

There is no fee to participate in a Community Garden. However, applicants should consider that there are costs involved in running a Community Garden and the Community Garden Group will be held solely responsible.

The City of Brampton will provide a water source for Community Garden use, as well as any future maintenance of the water source.

Though this support is intended as a goodwill gesture, it is not a means of full compensation. Participants can expect the following types of assistance from the City of Brampton:

  1. Resource information on community gardening
  2. Expertise on the garden location
  3. Provide a water source
  4. Installation of:
    • Garden plots (soil, wood framing)
    • Woodchip pathway
    • Fencing
    • Signage
    • Storage shed

Access to other utilities where permanent City services are not available and/or proximate to site, will be determined prior to establishing the garden.

The City of Brampton Parks staff will identify a suitable site for the garden based on the following criteria:

  1. Minimum of six (6) hours of daily sunlight.
  2. Consider sun and shade patterns throughout the day.
  3. Reasonably flat surface.
  4. Suitable water source and storage.
  5. Existing trees, shrubs and other plant material.
  6. Does not affect the community’s enjoyment of other Parks functions.
  7. Site is chosen keeping in mind sensitivity to the surrounding neighbourhood.
  8. Easy access for community users.

By acknowledging participation in a Community Garden Group, members will be bound by all applicable City of Brampton By-laws and the following rules and regulations.

  • Hours of Operation
    • The Community Garden is officially open from May 1 to October 31 from dawn to dusk. Children under eighteen (18) years of age must be accompanied by an adult.
  • Plot Maintenance
    • The plot must be maintained to the satisfaction of the Parks Community Development Coordinator.
  • Plants are Not for Sale
  • Plot Assignment
    • The Parks Community Development Coordinator will determine the plot assignments in conjunction with the Community Garden Coordinator.
  • Holidays/Absenteeism
    • If a gardener is going to be away for more than two (2) weeks, he/she must make arrangements to have an alternate gardener tend to the plot or notify the Community Garden Coordinator so that alternate arrangements can be made.
  • Reassignment of Plots
    • If a plot is not used or if it is unattended for more than two (2) weeks it will be reassigned to another gardener by the Community Garden Coordinator.

Availability FAQ

  • Offers of renewal are sent to existing participants in January of each year.
  • Existing participants must confirm their acceptance of the renewal by February 28 in order to guarantee they can continue to use the same garden plot.
  • For more information on Brampton’s Community Garden Program, refer to the Community Garden Handbook.

  • For first-time participants, call 905-874-5577 to request a plot in the garden of your choice
  • If no plot is available you will be added to a waiting list and contacted when a plot becomes available
  • For more information on Brampton’s Community Garden Program, refer to the Community Garden Handbook.

Contact Community Gardens

Phone: 3-1-1 (Within city limits) or 905.874.2000
Hearing Impaired (TTY): 905.874.2130
Mailing Address:
Williams Parkway Operations Centre
1975 Williams Parkway
Brampton, Ontario L6S 6E5​

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