Table 3 Overview of municipal home food gardening programs in 2020.

From: Seeds and the city: a review of municipal home food gardening programs in Canada in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

Municipality

Program name

Number of participating householdsa

Targeted to low-income residents

Seeds

Seedlings

Soil

Container(s)

Partner organization(s)

Program ran in 2021b

Montréal

Festival Cultiver Montréal

Unknown

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cultiver Montréal

Yes

Ottawa

Seeds and Soil Home Garden Project

Just under 3000

Yesc

Yes

Yes (some)

Yes

No

Just Food (primary); several other partner organizations

No

Brampton

Backyard Garden Program

6000

No

Yes

Yes (some)

Yes

No

–

Yes

Surrey

Yard to Garden Program

60

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Seeds of Change (primary); United Way

No

Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM)

Food Gardening @ Home

1. 350+

2. 260+

3. 80+

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

4 partner organizations

No

Greater Sudbury

Home Garden Project

1. 288

2. 78

3. Unknown

No

Yes

No

Yes

Yes (some)

Sudbury CGN (primary); several other partner organizations, local businesses

No

Ajax

Small Garden Kit Giveaway

500

No

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

2 Partner businesses

No

Waterloo

–

100

No

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

–

No

Red Deer

Home Grown

460+

No

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

–

No

Victoria

Get Growing, Victoria!

5537

Nod

No

Yes

Yes

No

44 partner organizations

Yes

Grande Prairie

GP Grows

1. 800

2. 700

No

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

–

Yes

Saint-Eustache

Journée Thématique en Environnement

Unknown

No

No

Yes

No

No

–

Yes

Brant

Host Garden Program

20

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

Equal Ground Community Garden

No

Chambly

–

250

No

No

Yes

No

Yes

–

No

Saint-Constant

Mon Petit Jardin Bio

1. 750

2. 500

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

–

Yes

Deux-Montagnes

La Journée Horticole

1800e

No

No

Yes

No

No

–

Yes

Sainte-Anne-des- Plaines

La Journée Annuelle de l’Environnement

Unknown

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

3 local businesses

Yes

Lorraine

Journée Verte

400

No

No

Yes

No

Yes

–

Yes

L'Épiphanie

Journée de l’Environnement

525

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

–

Yes

  1. aSome municipalities had more than one cohort of the same program, or two or more programs running, under the same program title. Grande Prairie’s numbers are approximate.
  2. bWith the exception of the City of Victoria, all home food gardening programs were modified somewhat for their 2021 iteration.
  3. cLow-income households were given priority; however, registration then opened up to all residents.
  4. dSome residents were prioritized for Victoria’s Get Growing program: those who were facing food security barriers caused by historical marginalization, those who lost their jobs due to COVID-19, and residents who were immunocompromised (but not necessarily low-income or otherwise marginalized).
  5. eThis number includes participants who just received flower plants rather than flower and edible herb plants.