Cottonwood Community Garden is a magical 4 acre community garden in East Vancouver that feels like a forest in the midst of the  city.  Located along the back of Strathcona Park, our garden has 140 garden plots and large communal areas which include apple, plum, pear, sour cherry, persimmon, Mulberry, fig, & Asian pear trees; raspberries, blueberries, grapes, Kiwis, currants, gooseberries, Saskatoon berries, blackberries, & cranberries; a native garden; an Asian garden; a permaculture garden; a youth  garden; perennial flowers and shrubs; eight types of bamboo; nut trees, and many ornamental trees and shrubs. There are two solar greenhouses, toolsheds, beehives, and a pair of nesting bald eagles.

Everyone is welcome in our garden: young people, older people, immigrants, First Nations, people with disabilities. Our new garden expansion is fully accessible for seniors and people with  disabilities with raised beds, reachable water taps, wide smooth  paths etc.

Our garden features:

*140 large individual garden plots, available to people in  the community, at a cost of $15/year

*Garden expansion fully accessible for seniors and people  with disabilities

*Solar greenhouse, where gardeners can raise seedlings or  plants

*Toolshed, with common tools for gardening

*Common areas with salad veggies, herbs, fruit trees,  berry bushes, nut trees

*Ornamental trees, bushes, perennials

*Youth permaculture garden

*Native garden

*Asian garden

*Disability drop-in garden

*Beehives

*Composting

*Monthly work parties where we share food & work together  on common areas (last Sunday of every

  month)

*Annual Open House on 2nd Sunday of July

*Democratic decision-making by gardeners

To join Cottonwood, please call (604) 608-0384 or email cottonwoodgarden@gmail.com

We currently have plots available!