Richfield Community Garden

Richfield Community Garden, a member-run community garden in southeast Edmonton.

Contact us at: [email protected]

Established in 1997, the garden is a series of thirty-one raised beds located on the pipeline right-of-way at approximately 86 street and 36A Avenue, adjacent to the Keegano Housing Co-operative in Edmonton, AB. In keeping with the intent of the original grant proposal, the Richfield Community Garden continues to be a gathering point for the community—a place where neighbours meet, share stories, and garden together.

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06/07/2022

How does your garden grow?
In a few months, it will be full!

04/15/2022

Tomatoes Hate Cucumbers: Secrets of Companion Planting + Popular Planting Combinations They taste great together in a salad but tomato plants dislike growing near to any member of the cucumber family. Discover the key to companion planting.

04/05/2022

Time to start thinking about gardening...

10/19/2021

Carrots and succession planting.

We often complain about the short growing season here in Alberta but I’m of the mind that we don’t take advantage of what growing time we do have.

For decades, I have fall planted cool crops in Zones 2b to 4a. Currently in 4a in Red Deer. I can start enjoying greens, baby carrots and beets by mid to late April depending on the year.

Carrots sown in October make fabulous salad greens with a little root in the early spring. Same with beets. As they get bigger you get more for your buck.

I plant every few weeks from mid-April until late August. I usually leave a few from each planting to grow bigger. There’s nothing left from May and June’s planting this year, however. They were extra tasty I guess! 😄 Germination was also more challenging with the heat this year. My favorite are baby carrots to eat fresh.

There are still quite a few from July and August’s plantings to enjoy fresh from the garden for a few more weeks. Then I’ll pull and store what’s left.

09/18/2021

The end of the growing season is definitely upon us… Lots already harvested. It was a good and very hot summer!

08/11/2021

Check us out this Sunday as the starting point for Sustainable Food Edmonton’s 2021 community garden bike tour!

Community Garden Bike Tour Join us on a bike tour of community gardens in Millwoods! Gardens include Richfield, Lakewood, Sakaw, Ridgewood and more.

05/13/2021

Make cloches to protect your seedlings:

How to make a soda bottle cloche Want to protect your plants from cold without spending money? Follow our simple steps to create an upcycled soda bottle cloche.