Community Garden

The Town is opening its first Community Garden for Summer 2022!

Community gardens are a place for residents to plant small gardens, providing them the opportunity to grow nutritious produce. It also provides an area for educational workshops, intergenerational programming and may have opportunity to assist area food banks.

The Paradise Community Garden is located on Lanark Drive (next to the playground) and has 15 raised beds (4’ X 8’) and 4 accessible beds (3’ X 5’). It is a fenced in area with waste bins, a composter, and seating within the area. The individual garden beds will be filled with triple mix soil and fertilizer, and once assigned, it is the responsibility of the resident to maintain.

The 2022 Community Garden is a pilot project and it will be reviewed at the end of the growing season.

For this year, there is no rental fee, and beds will be assigned as residents register.

Registration opens June 7, online only, and is on a first-come, first serve basis. If you do not have access to a computer and require assistance with registering for a Garden Bed please call 782-6290 when registration opens and /or visit the Paradise Double Ice Complex where staff can assist you. Please note it will still remain first come, first serve basis. A raised garden bed is assigned once registration is completed and reviewed.

The Community Garden opens June 13, and successful applicants must have plants in the garden no later than June 27, 2022. Gardeners must provide own gardening tools.

It is recommended to tend to the garden beds three times a week. However, depending on the weather, it may require extra attention. Gardeners are only response for their assigned bed within the community garden.

The Town extends thanks to the Carpenters Mill Wright College for the construction of garden beds and to the Government of Canada for providing funding through the New Horizons Program.