Zones nourricières écologiques (Ecological food zones)
This project calls for the development of spaces that promote urban agriculture on public property. It was one of the winning projects in the first edition of the city’s participatory budget.
Description
Creation of compact spaces in which to grow trees and edible honey plants, based on a permaculture approach that favours indigenous plants. These green spaces may include pollinator-friendly flower beds, mushroom farms and orchards.
This project will be implemented in five boroughs, with a total budget of $2.9 million.
Benefits
- Offer ecological and food-related alternatives to lawns.
- Provide spaces for relaxation, picking gardens, and access to nature.
Progress update
Learn more about the details of the project in each borough:
Partially completed
Improvement of two existing food zones and development of a new zone in collaboration with community partners.
- Location:
- Parc Saint-Simon (South) - Completed in 2023
- Parc de Salaberry (North) - Completed in 2023
- Parc Marcelin-Wilson (North) - Construction in june 2024
- Budget: $624,000
- Delivery date: Fall 2023 and 2024
Under development
Development of a rest area for walkers and cyclists, including the installation of furniture and collective gardens and the planting of small trees along with food-producing bushes and shrubs.
- Location: Linear strip alongside the Canal de l’Aqueduc (between Avenue Dollard and Boulevard LaSalle)
- Budget: $221,000
- Delivery date: Fall 2023 (parc J. D. Ducharme) et spring 2024 (canal de l’Aqueduc, secteur Hepworth)
Under planning
Development of two new food zones, improvement of the collective urban agriculture site at Parc Beaubien, and relocation of the community gardens on Avenue Thérèse Lavoie-Roux in Parc Beaubien.
- Location:
- Parc John-F.-Kennedy
- Parc Beaubien
- Borough hall
- Budget: $500,000
Delivery date: 2024
Completed
Development of two food zones, including about 100 fruit trees as well as food-producing shrubs and plants.
- Locations:
- Parc Médéric-Archambault, as part of the redevelopment of the parc - Construction in spring 2023
- Parc Clémentine-de-la-Rousselière (corner of Rue Notre-Dame Est and Rue Rousselière) - Construction in spring and summer 2023
- Budget: $800,000
- Delivery date: Fall of 2023
Under development
Revegetation of open zones in Parc Philippe-Laheurte and of the right-of-way and the median along Boulevard Cavendish to facilitate pollinator travel between the Parc Marcel-Laurin wooded area, the Cavendish-Raymond-Lasnier wooded area and the Parc Philippe-Laheurte. Phase 2 of Saint-Laurent Biodiversity Corridor. Learn more
- Location: Parc Philippe-Laheurte (near Boulevard Cavendish)
- Budget: $800,000
- Construction period: Summer 2023
- Delivery date: Fall 2023
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