Starting a community garden

The Centre Wellington Community Garden Network has helped several of the community gardens start up. We can help. Reach out!

See below for the evolution of some of the community gardens in Centre Wellington – from grassy ground to harvest!

To prepare you for some of the challenges – and the rewards! – here is a link to some great information from the Waterloo Region Community Garden Network – link.

You might also be interested in The Toronto Community Garden Network’s Community Garden Handbook.

This is where the community garden at St. James Anglican Church in Fergus was located – before plowing and digging!
Compost in the fall to prepare for Gryphon Community Garden being formed in the spring.
Spreading compost in the fall for the new community garden at CW Sportsplex.
Preparing leaf mulch at home to bring to the Gryphon Garden to enrich the soil and make it more friable.
Tilling Gryphon Garden in the spring in preparation for the first gardening season.
In the spring, the fall compost layer was plowed in at CW Sportsplex Community Garden.
Getting the ground ready for planting in the spring at Gryphon Garden.
After the plots were laid out at the CW Sportsplex Community Garden, some lovely composted manure was added to each plot.
In mid April of the first growing season at the CW Sportsplex, the peas are up (look around the beautiful plot sign).
Early signs of flax in one of the plots at the CW Sportsplex.
Plots at the CW Sportsplex Community Garden in May.
The pollinator garden at the CW Sportsplex Community Garden in May of the first year.
Flax in bloom at the CW Sportsplex.
The pollinator garden at the CW Sportsplex Community Garden in August of 2023.
Some of the harvest from the community gardens.