Our Background
The Windsor & Essex County Community Garden Collective is a network of Community Garden and
Urban Agriculture projects in Windsor and Essex County. Most of the community
gardens were developed at grass roots level. Two of the gardens were developed
by agencies in partnership with the community and received United Way funding
to start. Many of our gardens were a direct result of the City of Windsor’s ‘Seed &
Feed’ one time program that gave out start up monies for the community
gardens to get established. The majority of the community gardens rely on
donations of time and labour from the community to continue. These public
spaces are managed by teams of dedicated and highly committed members of each
community garden. Thousands of pounds of food are shared with the community
informally and through food rescue programs. Each community garden can be
congratulated for the hard work they put in all year round to maintain, plan,
harvest, and share their bounty with children, parents, individuals, community
groups and neighbourhoods. The Windsor and Essex County Community Garden Collective is not run by any local
organization- but cooperates with many. It is grateful for all those businesses
and agencies that partner with the gardens to make this happen. We could not do
it without your support. The WECCGC
is also grateful for the Ontario Trillium Foundation for supporting the role of
a Network Coordinator to assist in
the growth of the movement. If you have any questions, please feel free to
email the Network Coordinator.
