Cooperative Boulevard Gardening
Curbside is piloting a land sharing program to reduce community garden waitlists, connect neighbours, and bring our food system back where we can see it — on our streets and in our hands.
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A new option for city growers
Curbside brings homeowners and gardeners together into "pods" — gardening micro-communities on single neighbourhood blocks. Cultivating boulevards is encouraged by the City*, but not all would-be gardeners have access to boulevards of their own. Homeowner partnerships make this possible.
* Provided safety and tidiness guidelines are followed.
Relationships, all the way down
This is about more than just gardens. With workshops and events from planting to harvest, Curbside fosters the social fabric that makes gardening worthwhile.
Nelson and Sonja, co-founders
The third space waiting to happen
The City of Victoria has more than 300 km of boulevard space (grassy area between sidewalk and street), over 30x the footprint* of all its existing community allotment gardens. If a boulevard-based model can be made to work, the results could reach a lot of people.
* Based on public data from the city.
Democratic from day one
This is a project you own. Before we launch, early applicants will be brought together to help shape plans so that they work for all of us, both gardeners and homeowners.
As a cooperative, Curbside's members will always have a say — one member, one vote.
Shall we save you a spot?
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A question well-stated is a problem half-solved
Our full FAQ page has more answers specifically for homeowners and gardeners.
Unlike regular community gardens, there are no water outlets readily available on the boulevard. In our program, gardeners will share a spigot, and potentially a hose, with the homeowner whose boulevard they're using. We hope this will be an opportunity to enjoy the acquantaince of some of your neighbours.
We make them ourselves out of used pallets! The process involves several steps — from pallet collection and breakdown, to plank processing, to bed assembly — some of which happen in pop-up "shop" spaces and others which are carried out with program participants on "build days". Building beds together makes for a fun activity and using pallet wood results in a unique, rustic look. Learn more.
It depends on the tool and on the particular arrangements between gardeners and homeowners. Small tools like trowels could be carried to the garden site by gardeners. Large tools like spades may be stored by Curbside in a centralized location and made available upon request. Some tools may be stored on homeowner property if both parties are comfortable with that, but this is not a requirement.
Absolutely. You can learn more about this here.
Ahhh, friend... *exhale long, wistful sigh*... a question only those who've lost something would ask. First of all, we grieve with you. Second, our beds have netting built in. You may see photos of circular beds on our site — those are an old design. After our gardens were razed in 2025, we spent several months designing netting fixtures right into the bed itself.
