Welcome To The Perth Dupont Community Garden.
If you would like to have a tour of the Garden, or Volunteer, or want to sign up to be on the waiting list, please send us the following information:
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About the Tours - please include at least your name and the day and time you would like visit
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For Volunteering please also include where you live (nearest intersection) and day that you are free to help in the garden
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To go onto the waiting list please read the section below and also include your full address and phone number
The new expectation for people wishing to go onto the waiting list, is that they live in the relatively near neighbourhood, and they are expected to volunteer a few times a month (preferably once a week) to get used to the amount of time required to care for a garden plot. As well, we have a communal plot for them to use ... to be able to plant a few things for themselves to grow.
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Please send your information to Sarah perthdupontcommunitygarden@gmail.com
About the Tours
Started just as a garden with individual plots in 2005 by the City Councillor Adam Giambrone, it has been transformed into a thriving Community Garden, and is now a center for Urban Agriculture.
With ethnic and lifestyle diversity, our garden is a place to grow food, flowers, friendships, and personal social and leadership skills.
The families and single people in the garden all have their own plot, however, they also share in the care of the common area gardens, such as the Front Flower bed, the Edible Landscape Garden, the Raspberry patch, and The Pollinator Garden. We also have a Learning Garden.
Also, since 2010, we have a communal plot that is 13' x 20'. This garden is for the folks on the waiting list, so they can have a taste of the community garden and grow a few things as well.
Garden Volunteers
Our garden is looking for people that are interested in flowers and roses, to help with our Front flower Bed, and our Native Plant - Butterfly Garden.
Welcome to the Perth Dupont Community Garden waiting list information page.
My name is Susan Berman I was the coordinator of the Perth Dupont Community Garden for nine years, now it is time for the younger generation to take over.
For 2015... there will be a new coordinator. The new coordinator, as in the past is not the "president" or the "boss" ... that means that we are all important in this garden. We will continue to use the community process to make decisions, and that helps the garden run smoothly.
We would like you to read a few things, in the links below, and contemplate weather joining the community garden is for you.
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What is a Community Garden?
So, please note that community gardens are run differently than allotment gardens. With a community garden – you join the group and might be asked to make a modest donation to the community garden. As well, you will not only care for your own plot, but will help with the care of the common areas around the community garden.
Allotment gardens – the City of Toronto runs the allotment garden program. You need to go to www.toronto.ca and search the word “allotment” to find the page where you register for it. Basically you go on the waiting list for about 2 years and finally get an assigned plot (could be any where in the city)– it is about a $75 rental fee each year. and you do not need to worry about your garden neighbours.
In our garden, even though we have individual plots, everyone pitches in to help care for the common areas, so that the garden will run smoothly and look nice. To do this, we have teams. Here is a list of the different teams and the expectation from them:
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Core Group Teams
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List of Working Teams.
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Each year, the gardeners are asked to read over the Garden Guidelines and agree to keep them, as well, each year they pick one or two teams to join. So, this is what our "paperwork" looks like (You don't need to download this, just read it over):
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Community Gardens Program Regulations
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Garden Guidelines - 2014
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Garden Guidelines - Signature Page
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Registration Form
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We have found that every year there are at lest six to eight people on the waiting list, some will be accommodated, and some people move on and find some other activity, because they don't want to wait any longer. One problem is that there are long waiting lists for all community gardens and allotment gardens, so many of them have to draw the line of where they would accept people from.
these links are an alternative plan – to be able to garden.
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Are you still interested in joining our garden? If so, please e-mail me and send your contact information to:
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Sarah at: perthdupontcommunitygarden@gmail.com
And she will arrange for you to get a paper copy of the guidelines and forms to fill out.