Goldenrod has accessed funding from the Ottawa Community Garden Network (a City of Ottawa agent operated by Just Food) to purchase materials to build the garden infrastructure building is anticipated to begin in April 2021 as soon as the snow melts. The garden also hopes to address increasing issues of food insecurity in the surrounding neighbourhoods by offering reduced rate plots to gardeners in need. The garden will contribute to building a healthier local community by creating more usable green space, increasing access to healthy food and offering opportunities for community building through shared interests and activities. Goldenrod’s vision is to create a large community run garden in Kitchissippi that will provide garden plots for residents and local community groups to grow food. Community support for this project has been incredible, as has support from local politicians, including Ottawa Centre MP Catherine McKenna and city Coun. With support from the NCC, and in partnerships with the Parkdale Food Centre and the Somerset West Community Health Centre, the project hopes to build a vibrant community garden that will bring together diverse residents of all gardening skill levels. This is an exciting and long-anticipated win for the Hintonburg/Mechanicsville/Wellington West neighbourhood, where volunteers have been searching for land on which to build a community garden for over a decade. The Goldenrod Community Garden Project has recently received approval to build a garden on a parcel of National Capital Commission (NCC) land located west of Parkdale, just north of the Tunney’s Pasture Complex. Submitted by Allegra Newman and the Goldenrod Community Garden team The green space where Goldenrod Community Garden will take root in Kitchissippi.

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