School Garden Start-up Guide

Are you interested in starting a school garden but don't know where to start?

SPEC has recently released our introductory guide to starting a school garden: SPEC's School Gardens Start-up Guide

We are also working on more resources so visit www.spec.bc.ca regularly for updates.

- marnie

June 1st Gardens Update

Spring is in full force and all the hard work and planning from the previous months is truly paying off.

School Gardens


Students from a nearby school recently brought seedlings they started in their classroom to plant on our rooftop container garden.

Rooftop Garden


Fava beans are flowering on the roof!

Lettuce is harvestable!

Tomato seedlings are in! (Started in Carole's backyard greenhouse)

Cambie Square Communal Garden

New lovely signage care of Jodi Mayne!

We've got bees! Mason bees have moved in to our mason condo (thanks EYA!) you can see they've filled the holes with mud.


- marnie

SPEC School Gardens Project in VSB news

Read all about our School Gardens Project this year (truly exciting!) in the Vancouver School Board's district news.

Click here to read "Creating a Buzz about School Gardens"

- marnie

School Gardens Update February

Hi there,

Ah, Spring! While my grammar teachers have taught me that the season shouldn't be capitalized I think it deserves the honour. While yes, of course I realize that it's only February, and Spring doesn't officially begin until March 21st, you've got to admit it feels like Spring has reached Vancouver (and I'm banking on "it's here to stay"). Regardless, we're forging ahead with our School Gardens to make sure they're ready for seeding before too long.

Most recently students from one of our participating schools made the trip to their neighbouring highschool's woodshop to construct their wooden planter beds. Made of untreated red cedar these beds will last without leaching harmful chemicals into the garden soil.

Here they are. A great beginning to the garden adventure.



- Marnie