NEW Portage Road Community Garden

Through community consultation, we have learned that all existing community gardens are at capacity, and land costs in our area have become out of reach for many to individually secure land to grow food on. Pemberton’s community representative organizations have been hearing again and again that our community needs and desires access to land to grow food. 

In partnership with the Village of Pemberton, we developed the Pemberton Agricultural Parks Master Plan to guide the creation of agricultural parkland in Pemberton and Area C. This plan features a new community garden, which is currently being developed at the Multimodal Transport Hub on Portage Road.

The new Portage Road Community Garden is being developed to provide 64 large plots (8’x24’), 10 disability accessible plots, and 9 supported plots for first time gardeners.

There are also plans for a community herb and flower garden, a plot for the Multicultural Network of Pemberton, and a second Grow-It-Forward garden to grow food for the Pemberton Food Bank and other Sea to Sky Community Services programs.

The garden will also have a greenhouse and outdoor learning space to host community workshops and events.

Waitlist coming soon!

Project Updates:

  • In partnership with the Village of Pemberton, we successfully applied and received a Local Food and Infrastructure Fund to install an irrigation well on Lot 13 for a future community garden.

  • Basic landscaping and irrigation infrastructure for the new community garden was completed in Fall of 2024.

  • We are excited to continue working on this initiative in 2025 to increase local land access for the Pemberton community to grow local, fresh produce.