community gardens

Community gardens get big green thumbs up in Kelowna

KELOWNA - Better support for community gardens, both public and private, can happen if there is a better understanding of what food security means for the community.  City staff hope to provide a better understanding by amending the food security policy in the official community plan and the zoning bylaw.  “This is turning a landscape...

City gets more room to grow

COMMUNITY GARDEN PROGRAM EXPANDING KAMLOOPS - More than 80 new community garden plots are in the works and if approved, we may even see a community orchard, public greenhouse and additional workshops. Shelaigh Garson, the community garden program coordinator for Interior Community Services, says the city has approved two new locations for community gardens and...