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The Trent Vegetable Gardens (TVG) is a volunteer driven levy group at Trent University. We operate two ecological garden sites at Trent Univeristy

We operate two garden sites at Trent, the Rooftop Garden, which is located on top of the Environmental Science Complex, and the Field Garden, which can be found north of the DNA building. The gardens take inspiration from organic, intensive, permaculture, and Indigenous agricultural methods, and strive to practice low-impact ecological agriculture. The TVG seeks to reconnect students and community

members with the source of their food by providing opportunities for individuals to learn about ecological agriculture, hands-on gardening skills and food system issues. These learning opportunities take the form of workshops, student research projects, community service learning projects and work bees, as well as paid and volunteer positions. We also manage a campus community garden offering individual plots to students and community members wishing to grow their own food in a supportive environment. Food grown in the Trent Vegetable Gardens is primarily given to the Seasoned Spoon Café, but also donated to volunteers and other community organizations like food not bombs and community meal programs. The partnership between the Gardens and the Seasoned Spoon Cafe represent the completion of a sustainable field to table food system at Trent and provides students with access to campus-grown foods at affordable prices

06/11/2026

Have you been in the field to check out our newest project? If not, check out our mural painted by this year’s talented team!

05/25/2026

A successful compost day 💪!!!

Thank you to all the wonderful volunteers who helped move this huge pile of compost from the Gzowski Bus Loop to our Rooftop Gardens. We are so grateful 💚

05/20/2026

A team favourite! Swipe to see what these little asparagus have grown into 🌱

05/11/2026

Don’t forget, Volunteering begins tomorrow!! Find updated information for May Volunteering below:

- Join us Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 10:30am-1:30pm.
- This May, sessions on the 13th and 20th will be moved to the field garden; the first recurring rooftop volunteering session will begin on the 27th.

We hope to see you there ☀️

02/27/2026

11/24/2025

Hey Folks! We are running two seed saving workshops this month at both our field and rooftop garden.

Register at the link in our bio if you want to learn more about seed saving!

10/30/2025

We are cancelling our rooftop volunteer session today, October 30th, due to the rain! A great big thank you to all the amazing volunteers who joined us this season- keep an eye out for some fun events later this year :)

10/28/2025

Rain again! This week there will be not a volunteer event for garlic planting on Thursday October 30th. Thanks to everyone who came out to help plant garlic at our field garden!

10/21/2025

Hey folks! The rain is working against us- we are postponing our garlic planting again. The new date is October 30th, from 1pm-3pm on the rooftop. This event takes place during our regularly scheduled drop in hours! Consider taking some time to join us!

10/17/2025

Due to the rain, we are moving around our volunteer hours! Next week, our only volunteer drop in hours will be held on Thursday, October 23rd to plant out the rest of the garlic.

Hope to see you there!

Address

1600 West Bank Drive
Peterborough, ON
K9J7B8

Website

http://www.trentgardens.org/

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