Edmonton Organic Growers Guild
Local Food ProducersEdmonton Organic Growers Guild grows organic produce on communal plots for members and food charities, teaches gardening practices, saves heirloom seeds, and plants pollinator patches
Edmonton Organic Growers Guild WebsiteEdmonton Organic Growers Guild manages a volunteer-run communal garden on University of Alberta South Campus. Members from across Edmonton plant, tend, harvest, and share crops collectively.
The group grows organic seeds when available, saves heirloom varieties, avoids herbicides and pesticides, and maintains wildflower patches for pollinators. Half the produce goes to local food charities.
Operations receive support from APIRG in the Faculty of Agriculture, Life and Environmental Sciences, and the City of Edmonton Community Services. Student groups and organizations join to learn gardening skills.
The guild accepts citywide members without assigning individual plots. Larger scale operations distinguish the garden from typical community spaces. Board members start seedlings at home for transplanting. Volunteers cover tasks from soil preparation to winterizing with leaf mulch over garlic beds. Past activities include direct sowing cool and warm season crops, succession planting, and transplanting.
The group donates produce to organizations like Edmonton’s Food Bank and shares recipes through Google spreadsheets.
Their blog posts detail seasonal work from seeding to harvesting.
The guild partners with Edmonton Horticultural Society and Edmonton Permaculture Guild. Volunteers prepare fields, service equipment, and document planting plans.
This model supports local food access, skill building, and ecosystem health in Alberta’s urban setting.