Abbotsford Community Garden

Abbotsford Community Garden This volunteer run community garden provides small plots of fertile soil for organic gardening.

The community garden concept is straightforward - provide a small patch of fertile soil and the knowledge and tools to grow a productive garden. Since 2008, the Abbotsford Community Garden has been doing just that. Located on City of Abbotsford property, it is an initiative developed and run by volunteers. We currently have about 150 plots being used for organic gardening by city residents. The ob

jective of the Abbotsford Community Garden is to create space for people to learn about and participate in some of their own food supply - planning it, planting it, helping it grow, and reaping the benefits of their labour. Our community garden has given a unique opportunity to a wide cross-section of Abbotsford residents to come together and garden as neighbours. People of every age, ethnic background and gardening experience are participating. The Abbotsford Community Garden on Delair Road is evolving into the community centre that we originally envisioned.

Pamper your dahlia bulbs over the fall and winter months so that they are nice and healthy for spring.  Lovingly sprinkl...
08/31/2026

Pamper your dahlia bulbs over the fall and winter months so that they are nice and healthy for spring. Lovingly sprinkle your teddy bear sunflower seeds from your garden friend. Add lots of sunshine and water. A big helping of tender loving care helps too! Look what you get! So stunning! What a natural you are, Sharon! 🌸💐🪻🌼🌷🌹🌺🌻

Who would have thought back in early spring that the Abbotsford Community Garden would be able to donate almost 600 poun...
08/28/2026

Who would have thought back in early spring that the Abbotsford Community Garden would be able to donate almost 600 pounds of organic produce to the local food bank? While most of this food is from our food bank plots, it includes produce from our squash patch as well as personal contributions from other members too!

Just take a look at old posts and you will see the devastation caused by the 2025 flood!

After all the fences were repaired or replaced by countless very committed and hard-working members, and the plots were weeded and cleaned up, our food bank team and squash patch team planted!

Way to go, everyone! There’s still a lot of garden season left! Let’s bring more to the food bank!

What a great day for our "final dumpster-load" work-bee!  It was supposed to rain but we sure got lucky because it was d...
06/28/2026

What a great day for our "final dumpster-load" work-bee! It was supposed to rain but we sure got lucky because it was dry and nice and cool - perfect, because all our volunteers were working so hard! Take a look and you will be shocked at the transformation from the disaster site last December (first two pictures) to the beautiful garden as it is now. Be sure to scroll all the way to the last two pictures and you will see how all the back-breaking weeding and tilling transformed a “wasteland” to the beautiful, tidy, ready-to-go squash beds and herb garden. How did it happen? Magic? Luck? I'd say it's heart and dedication mixed in with determination!

A huge "Thank you" to everyone who has come to the work-bees, rain or shine, to help us get back on our feet. Another huge "Thank you" to those few super members who aren't all in these pictures today but are always working hard behind the scenes to make sure things run smoothly! All of you are why we have managed to make it through two devastating floods!

Happy gardening!

06/14/2026

Apparently the 100-year flood is a flood that has a 1% chance of occurring in any given year. Well, it certainly has been a higher likelihood in recent years. Our community garden flooded in 2021 and again in 2025. You’ve seen the pictures: demolished fences, fences in the swamp, fences on top of one another, debris everywhere. Thankfully we have super dedicated (and strong) members who have worked very hard to get our garden back to being safe and functional. But do we want to do this again? No, thanks!

After the December 2025 flood, a couple of our Board of Directors members suggested getting T-posts to anchor our fences and hopefully discourage them from running away again. Great idea!

Here you see our muscle man of the day helping out a fellow gardener by pounding a T-post into the corner of his fence. I think he pounded posts for thirty plots and that was just today. Thank you!

Proof that hard work and community spirit pay off:  The top picture was taken at a February work-bee.  The bottom pictur...
06/08/2026

Proof that hard work and community spirit pay off: The top picture was taken at a February work-bee. The bottom picture was taken by the son of one of our dedicated garden members who happened to fly a drone over our community garden in May. What a difference!

If you read our last couple of posts, you may recall what a disaster area our community garden looked like after the flo...
06/08/2026

If you read our last couple of posts, you may recall what a disaster area our community garden looked like after the flood. A lot of fences were destroyed and had to be disassembled and rebuilt or disposed of. Debris floated everywhere.

Thankfully, our dedicated gardeners have been working very hard to get the garden back to being safe and functional.

Here are some pictures from yesterday’s work-bee. 4,180 kg of debris were collected for disposal! That’s a lot of lifting and hauling. A huge thank you to all participants!

Here are some of the key players, finally taking a brief but well-deserved little break!
05/23/2026

Here are some of the key players, finally taking a brief but well-deserved little break!

It was the perfect weather for our Appreciation Coffee get-together with our Super Volunteers whose hard work during the...
05/23/2026

It was the perfect weather for our Appreciation Coffee get-together with our Super Volunteers whose hard work during the flood recovery work bees got us going again. Thank you!

We had another heavy-duty workbee on March 28th.  What a great turnout!  Members who came to help worked tirelessly to c...
04/06/2026

We had another heavy-duty workbee on March 28th. What a great turnout!

Members who came to help worked tirelessly to clean up debris and even rescue fences that had floated into the swamp. It was no easy feat! Being strong wasn’t the only requirement: they also had to have great balance so that they would not slip and slide in all the mud! Most of all, they had to care.

Look at those smiles! The message is clear: “Teamwork leads to success. We did it!”

Thank you for all your hard work!

Posted February 28, 2026REMINDER:  TODAY'S WORK BEE WAS BY INVITATION ONLY.  THE GARDEN IS STILL CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NO...
03/01/2026

Posted February 28, 2026

REMINDER: TODAY'S WORK BEE WAS BY INVITATION ONLY. THE GARDEN IS STILL CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

Great progress considering there were only nine of us here today. This is what we started off with. Actually, that's wrong! Some BOD members have been "prepping" lots before today, in particular, our tireless president!

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1786 Angus Campbell Road
Abbotsford, BC
V3G2C8

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