Ville de GatineauCommunity and collective gardens

Gatineau has 11 community gardens and 3 collective gardens where its residents can do their gardening in areas specifically set up for the purpose in the city's different sectors. Gardeners grow everything from vegetables to herbs and berries, as well as various annual and perennial ornamental plants.

Background

Gatineau's first community garden, as currently structured, was set up by a group of residents in the early 1980s. Since 2006, when the support framework for community and collective gardens was adopted, Gatineau has been working to promote the popularity of community gardening

A gardening expert regularly visits the gardens to provide advice to the gardeners. Some gardens have adapted plots for people with reduced mobility. The members of each community garden elect a committee of volunteers to look after it.

In community gardens, the gardeners are responsible for maintaining their own plots, and are the sole beneficiaries of their harvest. The common areas are jointly maintained by the members. In collective gardens, the entire area is everyone's responsibility, and the members share the entire harvest.

Map of community gardens

List of community gardens

Aylmer sector

Jardin collectif North
180 rue North
Contact: Rachèle Mendenhall, Centre alimentaire d'Aylmer
Telephone: 819-684-0163
Target clients: priority given to residents of the Aylmer sector

Jardin collectif Deschênes
59 chemin Vanier
Contact: Rachèle Mendenhall, Centre alimentaire d'Aylmer
Telephone: 819-684-0163
Target clients: priority given to the residents of the Aylmer sector

Jardin collectif Eardley
70 chemin Eardley
Contact: Rachèle Mendenhall, Centre alimentaire d'Aylmer
Telephone: 819-684-0163
Target clients: priority given to the residents of the Aylmer sector

Masson-Angers sector

Jardin communautaire du Ruisseau
175 rue des Samares
Contact: Karine Desaulniers, Ville de Gatineau
Telephone: 819-986-5066
Target clients: priority given to the residents of the Ruisseau neighbourhood

Buckingham sector

Jardin communautaire Le Boulev'Art de la Vallée
132 rue Maclaren Est
Contact: Karine Desaulniers, Ville de Gatineau
Telephone: 819-986-5066
Target clients: priority given to the residents of the Buckingham sector

Gatineau sector

Jardin communautaire de la Société d'horticulture et d'écologie de l'Outaouais
231 rue Magnus Est (next to the Baribeau arena)
Contact: Société d'horticulture et d'écologie de l'Outaouais
Telephone: 819-772-8491
Target clients: priority given to the residents of the Gatineau sector

Jardin des Petites Sœurs
1 rue Rodolphe
Contact: Lucie Touchette, Centre d'animation familiale
Telephone: 819-561-5196
Target clients: priority given to the residents of the Gatineau sector

Jardin communautaire de l'Amicale des handicapés physiques de l'Outaouais
Parc Sanscartier, next to 51 rue Sanscartier
Contact: Louise Petitclerc, Maison de quartier Notre-Dame
Telephone: 819-893-4300
Target clients: priority given to the residents of the Gatineau sector

Jardin communautaire Val-D'Oise
Parc Val-D'Oise (Lachapelle and Clermont)
Telephone: 819-243-2537
Contact: Anne Boutin, La Pointe aux Jeunes
Target clients: priority given to the residents of the Gatineau sector

Hull sector

Jardin communautaire Marie-Le Franc
41 rue Marie-Le Franc
Telephone: 819-775-2770
E-mail: inscription@jardinsdehull.com
Web site: http://www.jardinsdehull.com
Contact: Sylvain Rousset, Association des résidents de l'Île de Hull
Target clients: priority given to the residents of île de Hull (downtown)

Jardin communautaire Reboul
Campus Louis-Reboul, Cégep de l'Outaouais (behind 125 boulevard Sacré-Cœur)
Telephone: 819-770-3263
E-mail: inscription@jardinsdehull.com
Web site: http://www.jardinsdehull.com
Contact: Aimée Lavoie, Association des résidents de l'Île de Hull
Target clients: priority given to the residents of île de Hull (downtown)

CORPOJARDIN, a community, ecological and intergenerational garden
331 boulevard de la Cité-des-Jeunes (Cabane en bois rond)
Telephone: 819-776-2047
E-mail: corpojardin@gmail.com
Web site: http://corpocabane.net/
Contact: Denise Beaudoin, Corpojardin
Target clients: priority given to the residents of the Hull sector

Jardin communautaire Entre 2 fleurs
124 rue Sainte-Marie
Telephone: 819-770-2233
E-mail: entredeuxroues@videotron.ca
Web site: www.entredeuxroues.org
Contact: Francine St-Jean
Target clients: priority given to persons with reduced mobility

Jardin au cœur du quartier Jean-Dallaire
33 rue Hanson
Telephone: 819-772-6622
Contact: Nadine Guèvremont, Maison de l'amitié de Hull
Courriel: maisonamitiehull@videotron.ca
Target clients: residents of the Jean-Dallaire neighbourhood

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