Get Growing – Neighbourhood Distribution – Fairfield Gonzales Community Association

GET GROWING, VICTORIA

The fall plant distribution for Fairfield Gonzales was on August 22, 2021. Please stay tuned for program updates from the City of Victoria.

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 2021 growing season.

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.

GET GROWING PLUS- Community Support from FGCA

As a neighbourhood distribution hub, we also want to provide additional support to people who have been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic. If you self-identify to one or several of the descriptions below, you can receive additional free gardening supplies including containers, soil, and seeds.

· Unemployed

· Immunocompromised

· Indigenous communities

· Racialized communities

· Seniors

· Students

· Single parent households

· Living with chronic medical conditions

· Living with disabilities

· Accessing social services

· Living in affordable, low-income or supportive housing

· Unhoused

This initiative is taking place on the unceded and occupied Coast Salish territories of the Songhees and Esquimalt First Nations; the homelands of the Lekwungen speaking people.