About Us

The Agronomy Garden is a community gardening space at UBC Vancouver whose purpose is to showcase environmental and social stewardship of plants and food. It has its origins in a SEEDS project conducted in 2016 to explore the possibility of constructing a community garden in the middle of the public realm at UBC — on Main Mall. The vision and plan for a garden on Main Mall was developed collaboratively with students from groups like Roots on the Roof, and with staff and faculty involved in the UBC Food System at the UBC Farm, the Orchard Garden, and in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems. With funding from the AMS Sustainable Projects Fund, and a one-year development permit issued by Campus and Community Planning, the garden was built in July 2017.

Since construction, the Agronomy Garden has been run by a small interdisciplinary team of students. Throughout 2021-2022 academic year, we organized casual gatherings to tend to the garden and harvest the fruits of our labor, and to continue building the vision for the future of the garden. In the 2022-2023 academic year, we organized the construction of a three-bin compost system, established a pollinator patch and planted new perennial flower bulbs! We are very excited about our future plans to construct a dedicated U-pick section and collaborate with other on-campus gardens to build a strong community of veggie-lovers!

Get in touch!

Email: agronomygarden@gmail.com

Instagram: @agronomygarden

Facebook: @theagronomygarden