Get Growing, Victoria!

Come collect your vegetable seedlings for the fall/winter season! Bring your own shovel, bucket, and/or wheelbarrows to come collect free soil-building materials & seedlings at Robert Porter Park! We are NOT requiring registration this year. Materials are on first-come-first-serve basis. 

 

Date: Friday, August 4th

Time: 11am-1pm

Location: Robert Porter Park (along Thurlow Rd. beside Sir James Douglas Elementary staff parking lot)

 

Volunteers needed: If you are available and interested in helping out at this popular event, please email Ashley at event@fairfieldcommunity.ca

 

 

Get Growing, Victoria! is a free vegetable and herb seedlings and garden material distribution program created by the City of Victoria. In partnership with over 50 community and non-profit organizations, 80,000 vegetable and herb seedlings, along with gardening materials, and education through @Growing Together, will be distributed for FREE to support communities in need during the 2022/23 growing season. Parking will be available along Thurlow Rd on park-side of the road. 

 

If you would like to learn more about this awesome program, check out: victoria.ca/getgrowing   For gardening resources including growing tips, plant care, and more visit the Growing Together website.