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Canada: One million dollars to revamp 25 Montreal community gardens and create one

In April, the firm Angus Reid showed in a survey that more than a million Canadian households want to learn gardening in 2022

By Helen Hernandez
The Press
Aug 11, 2022

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“This is the most significant support we have offered to community and collective gardens since the creation of Montreal as we know it 20 years ago,” explained the head of the environment and ecological transition. , Marie-Andrée Mauger, during a meeting of the executive committee on Wednesday.

She thus referred to the adoption of Bill 170 by the government of Lucien Bouchard which, in 2002, merged all the municipalities of the island within a single entity: that of the City of Montreal. Since that date, community gardens have become a borough responsibility.

A total of $996,000 will be donated to 10 boroughs, namely Pierrefonds-Roxboro, Saint-Laurent, Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Montréal-Nord, Anjou, Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles, Côte-des-Neiges–Notre -Dame-de-Grâce, Sud-Ouest, Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension and Rosemont-La-Petite-Patrie, for a total of 26 projects.

Most of them are “upgrading” or expansion initiatives, but a new collective garden will also see the light of day in Parc Azellus-Denis, on rue De Castelnau. For meme Mauger, this investment will be a “breath of fresh air” for community gardens, which according to her have several benefits such as “the promotion of local production of fruits and vegetables, which contribute to our food autonomy”.

“We are reducing heat islands, protecting green spaces, enriching biodiversity and rooting nature in the city,” explained Ms.me Mauger, also speaking of “powerful tools to break isolation and build ties” in communities.

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