Community and Allotment Gardens

Community Gardens

Markham is home to community and allotment gardens across the city, for residents who want more growing space!

Community gardens are spaces governed by a community group, where growing, cleaning, and maintaining is done collaboratively by community members. There are typically two forms of community gardens: collective and allotment. Collective gardens are spaces where community members work together on the same piece of land, sharing the work and sharing the harvest. Allotment gardens are comprised of allotment plots, which are individual pieces of land that are leased to individuals work on and maintain the land for personal use. Community gardens can be owned by a city, private organizations, and/or community organizations. Currently the City of Markham operates the Kirkham Community Garden at 120 Kirkham Drive in Ward 7.

The city’s wealth of community gardens is supported by the food security priority of the Greenprint – Markham’s Community Sustainability Plan [PDF].

Kirkham Community Gardens

The Kirkham Community Garden is conveniently located at 120 Kirkham Drive in Ward 7, near Markham Road & 14th Avenue. In 2022, our site was expanded and now includes:

• ~300m2 collective garden
• 52 allotment plots
• 4 raised planters
• 16 water access points across the site
• 3 toolsheds
• New fencing and gates

The collective garden is led by a group of community members with the assistance of York Region Food Network and unearthD. If you are interested in joining the collective garden, please contact community@unearthd.org.  

Allotment plots can be leased on an annual basis for $75 + $25 security deposit (credit cards only). Please note that we are currently fully subscribed. Please contact PublicRealm@markham.ca to be added to the waitlist.

Community Gardens

If you’re looking for a garden closer to your home, check out these community gardens located across the city! Please note that you should only contact the City of Markham if you have questions regarding Kirkham Allotment Garden.

The gardens listed here are not an extensive list of community and allotment gardens in Markham. If you want to add your garden on this website, please email PublicRealm@markham.ca .