$75,000 to Harvest Community Gardens

2025 Update

Salt Spring and Southern Gulf Island Community Services Society have been hard at work on cultivating a new space focused on food security.

The non-profit received $75,000 last year to start construction on two new greenhouses as part of the Harvest network of food programs. Located off of Fulford-Ganges Rd., the property has undergone a massive transformation, including fencing, a pump house and water storage tanks, and of course, the addition of two large greenhouses.

We were thrilled to visit and discuss future plans with members from the Community Services Society as they continue to prepare the site for planting. During the event, a Harvest team member planted the first crop on the property - a blueberry plant brought over from another Harvest farm located on Salt Spring Island. The plant is a symbol of new begins on the farm and the hopes to reach more people who are affected by food insecurity.

See below for more photos from out visit, and learn more by visiting Harvest's website.

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Co-op Community Spaces has officially announced its 2024 recipients, and we proud to announce that Salt Spring and Southern Gulf Island Community Services Society's Harvest Community Gardens has been awarded $75,000 for construction of two new greenhouses that will help cultivate food for programs supporting low-income families, children, and seniors facing food insecurity.

"It is great to have this funding to begin our development of greenhouses and community gardens. It will be a an important food security addition to our community that Island Community Services and Co-op can be very proud of" said Rob Grant, Executive Director of the Salt Spring and Southern Gulf Island Community Services Society.

“Investing in our community is central to our values as a Co-op. Important projects like development of the greenhouses for the Harvest Community Gardens is a natural fit for us. We are proud to be a part of important projects like this to help people in our communities for years to come” said Ian Anderson, CEO of Mid Island Co-op.

Co-op Community Spaces donated 14 projects in Western Canada, bringing the program’s total investment in capital projects to an amazing $13.5 million in 189 projects over 10 years.is funding projects that will help bring our communities back together.