Community Garden - Individual Plots
Sunalta's community garden is located behind the Community Hall at 1627 10th Avenue SW. We have 20+ plots available for you to grow your own food, herbs, flowers, and plants.
Email garden@sunalta.net for more information or to join the waitlist.
Grow Your Own Food with Neighbours! - Collective Gardening
Our community is proud to offer an opportunity for people to learn how to grow their own food with our Collective Gardening Program. With the help of Janet Melrose, Calgary's Cottage Gardener, we guide residents through planting, growing, and harvesting edible plants.
Every other Tuesday from 6-7PM at the Sunalta Community Hall
This program is FREE to join and open to all, no registration required!
April 15 July 29
April 29 August 12
May 13 August 26
May 27 September 9
June 10 September 23
June 24 October 7
July 15 October 21
Check back in April to sign up to volunteer to water the garden!
For our FULL schedule of activities, visit our live Programs Calendar.
Sunalta Wildflower Garden
Our Inner City Oasis. Sunalta is home to a completely volunteer-run Wildflower Garden. Located on the corner of 14th Ave and 16th ST, this lot was donated to Sunalta by a previous resident.
Since then, our passionate and dedicated volunteers have worked tirelessly for decades to cultivate a gorgeous and flourishing wildflower garden in the heart of Sunalta. This space is home to a little free library and many plants that need love and care.
This is good place to meet some new neighbours while digging in the dirt.
Wildflower Wednesdays @ the Wildflower Garden
6:00PM - 8:00PM
Feel free to drop in and try it out or sign up for regular gardening shifts online
Sunalta Gardening Workshop Series -
4 sessions April, June, September, & October
Our amazing friend Janet Melrose, Calgary's Cottage Gardener has guided us along the path of community garden and growing food in small spaces. She leads Sunaltans in multiple different gardening workshop series a year. For more information on Janet's Gardening Workshops at Sunalta, email tamara.baldwin@calgary.ca.
Additionally, Janet has co-published TEN books on gardening in the Prairies. Tap in to all of her secrets/ Now you can keep her wisdom on your coffee table. Check them out here.
To get early access to register for these workshops, subscribe to our newsletter!
Sunalta Garden Network
A community resilience project that also grows food!
Do you have a yard that you would love to see blossom but aren't interested in cultivating it yourself? Sunalta resident and agricultural enthusiast, Derek Leahy would love to care for the space while producing food for the community!
This is a pilot project meant to grow food in unused community spaces on a small scale. Food harvested will be donated back to the community.
To join the network, contact Tamara Baldwin at tamara.baldwin@calgary.ca
Rainbow Gardens Society Partnership
The Rainbow Garden Society seeks to close the food security gap for Calgary urban Queer community members through urban gardening, food literacy, and ecology programming in safer spaces!
This year they will be at home in Sunalta as they pilot a new garden space behind the brand new Sunalta Community Hub.
Program details TBD. Attend the Sunalta Gardens Kick Off event to learn more!
Contact their team at info@rainbowgardensociety.org
