Campus Roots Community Garden

The Campus Roots Community Garden Association (Lethbridge, AB) was founded in 2008 as a community garden for students and staff affiliated with the University of Lethbridge. It has since expanded its mandate to become a community garden serving the residents of Lethbridge. There are 42 raised-bed plots with automatic irrigation, community plots of herbs and strawberries, and a public fruit orchard was added beside the garden in 2015!  The Campus Roots Community Garden is located on the University of Lethbridge campus and is open to everyone.

The Garden's main mission, besides providing garden plots for the use of members, is to encourage a sense of community, and increase awareness of basic gardening, nutrition, sustainability and environmental respect.

How the Community can Help:

The Campus Roots Community Garden would appreciate some help removing weeds and adding more mulch to the orchard area. In July and August, every Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. there will be a work party in the orchard. They are currently working on improving the orchard paths and ground cover. The orchard has been rototilled and mulched, but weeds are still growing up in the mulch. The orchard area improvement will make it a more pleasant place to be and easier to maintain in the future.  Please contact Danielle at 403-929-1881 for more information.

They are also working toward offering a pruning workshop in partnership with the Ladybug Arborist. Details will be posted on their Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/campusrootslethbridge/