North-end Halifax community garden sprouts up in new location

Gareth Hampshire · CBC News

· Posted: May 07, 2025 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 infinitesimal ago

Members of a Halifax assemblage plot are getting their hands successful the ungraded again aft moving to a caller location.

The Prescott Street Community Garden Society is putting down roots astatine Merv Sullivan Park connected Novalea Drive aft having to leave its original location adjacent to Halifax Water's reservoir successful the city's northbound end.

The radical raised astir $14,000 to wage for materials specified arsenic caller ungraded and raised beds they person present installed.

"It's wholly turned astir from 2 years agone erstwhile we were precise bittersweet astir losing our plot but present it's looking truly good," said Judy Flora, the organization's chair.

The non-profit had maintained its plot connected Prescott Street for astir 20 years, but the country is present fenced disconnected arsenic portion of upgrades and information measures to the spot by Halifax Water.

However, the inferior is donating 2 ample h2o tanks to the caller location, Flora said.

The nine has besides received grants from the state and Halifax Regional Municipality to screen astir fractional of its relocation costs. Carpentry students from the Nova Scotia Community College besides built the shed astatine the caller location.

"It's truly been a large thing," Flora said.

Last week, members of the assemblage garden got unneurotic to capable the raised beds with ungraded delivered by truck.

"It feels truly bully that everyone's present together," said Byungmin Kang, who likes to turn tomatoes, peppers and greens. "We each started from scratch unneurotic from an bare field."

With the larger space, determination are plans to physique a full of astir 40 raised beds including a fig of accessible ones.

There were astir 25 raised beds astatine the erstwhile location.

Moving truthful overmuch ungraded took a batch of enactment but members are blessed to beryllium backmost successful the plot on with household and friends helping out.

"There's ever radical to speech to and it becomes societal due to the fact that we person small get-togethers and navigator and stock our recipes and stock our food," said Carole Konesky.

Fundraising volition proceed arsenic the radical continues to turn the tract portion members program what they are going to works this season.