Get a plot in a community garden

• Add your name to a waiting list to get a garden plot.

• In early April, any available plots are assigned to people on the list.

• There is a maximum of one plot per street address.

• Borough residents are given priority.

Requested documents

• Photo ID
• Photo or PDF file showing proof of address for 2019 or 2020 (such as a utility bill)

• Registration takes place from February 25 to March 15.
• A limited number of spots are available. A draw may be held to assign garden plots.
• People signing up after March 15 will be assigned a plot if one is available, or will be put on a waiting list.
• Borough residents are given priority until May 15.
• Fees must be paid in cash at the garden’s annual general meeting in April or May.

Required documents

• Recreation card
• Completed registration form

• You can register for a garden plot. Starting March 1, any available plots are assigned on a first come, first serve basis.

• Borough residents are given priority.

• Your form and proof of residence must be emailed to the Depot Community Food Centre for gardens in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce or to the SOCENV for gardens in Côte-des-Neiges. Your name will then be added to the waiting list.

Required documents

Photocopy of one of the following proofs of residence:

• Municipal tax bill
• Utility bill (no more than three months old)
• Valid driver’s license
• Accès Montréal or resident card
• Hospital card (if you are under 18 years of age)

Communication channels
By e-mail:

Registering for a plot in a community garden in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce: [email protected]

Registering for a plot in a community garden in Côte-des-Neiges: [email protected]

• You can register by phone.
• Borough residents are given priority.

Communication channels

By phone

• Jardins Remembrance and Réal-Gareau: 514-634-3471 ext. 520
• Jardin Wilfrid-Vincent and Les petites pousses:  Sylvie Laurin at 514 589-0230

• To get a garden plot, you need to add your name to a waiting list. Send the relevant horticultural society (Société d’horticulture) a written request, including the following: your full name, your address and home phone number, the name of the community garden, and your age group.

• Starting April 1, any available plots are assigned on a first come, first served basis.

• Borough residents are given priority.

Communication channels

By phone

• Société d’horticulture de LaSalle - Jardin Charles-Nagy: 514-367-6000, ext. 6809
• Société d’horticulture des Rapides -Jardin des Rapides: 514-367-6000, ext. 6819

By post mail

Cheque only

• Société d’horticulture de LaSalle

Case postale 3125, Succursale Lapierre 

LaSalle, Québec H8N 3H3

• Société d’horticulture des Rapides

Case postale 47089, Succursale Place LaSalle 

LaSalle (Québec) H8P 3V9

• You must register online.
• Starting March 1, any available spots are assigned to citizens whose names  are on the waiting list. To add your name to the list, you must provide your full address. You can do this by email or by phone.

Required documents

• To access the online registration and payment system, you will need a valid card from the Montréal Public Libraries Network. This card is available free of charge. To get it, you must show ID with a valid recent address. The Grande Bibliothèque (BAnQ) card is not accepted.
• Accès Montréal card or municipal tax bill or utility bill (with your address) or valid driver’s license.

• To get a garden plot, you need to add your name to the waiting list.

Requested documents 

• Municipal tax bill
• Utility bill (other than Bell Canada)
• Accès Montréal card

• To get a garden plot, you need to add your name to the waiting list and provide proof of residence.

• Starting May 1, 2019, any available plots will be assigned on a first come, first serve basis.

• Borough residents are given priority.
• A maximum of one plot will be assigned to each address.

Required documents 

• Municipal tax bill
• Utility bill showing your address
• Valid driver’s license
• Accès Montréal or resident card

• Borough residents are given priority.

Community gardens are temporarily located in the Université de Montréal Éphémères gardens.

• You can add your name to the waiting list for only one community garden.

• You can do this at any time throughout the year.

• Lists are sent to garden committees for follow-up. (They will tell you when to go to the garden in order to register).

• Only people who are assigned a spot will be contacted.

• Borough residents are given priority.

Requested documents 

One of the following proofs of residence:

• Accès Montréal card
• Municipal tax bill
• Utility bill
• Valid driver’s license

• You can add your name to the waiting list.

• People whose name is on the waiting list for a garden plot will be contacted and offered one of the plots that is available once the renewal period is over.

• Plots are assigned to people on the waiting list on a first come, first serve basis.

• Being on the list does not mean you are guaranteed a garden plot this year, or even next year.

• There is a limit of one garden plot for each street address.

• You may add your name to only one waiting list for a garden in the borough.

• Borough residents are given priority.

Are you waiting for a space to become available? Use your gardening skills on public property by participating in the “Faites comme chez vous” campaign (in French).

• To get a garden plot, send your request by mail.
• A draw will be held to assign garden plots to people who have sent a request.
• There is a maximum of one garden plot per address.
• Once selected, participants must show their Biblio-Loisirs card to get a plot.

Requested documents 

Hold a Biblio-Loisirs card

• You can add your name to the waiting list.
• Available garden plots are assigned to people on the list on a first come, first serve basis.

Required documents

Photocopy of one of the following proofs of residence:

• Accès Saint-Leonard card
• Municipal tax bill
• Utility bill
• Valid driver’s license

• Contact the organization in charge of community garden activities for information about registration and fees.
• New membership requests are added to a waiting list.
• Borough residents are given priority.

Communication channels

By phone

• Les pouces verts de Verdun: 514-600-1004
• Société d’horticulture de L’Île-des-Soeurs: 514-765-7270 

• Société d’horticulture de Verdun: 514-765-7270

• You can add your name to the waiting list.

•  No new gardener will be contacted this year. Those who have already been contacted may keep their garden plot.

• People on the waiting list who were told to come and register and were not able to do so because the BAM was closed will not lose their plot. They will be contacted to register as soon conditions permit.

• Available garden plots are assigned to people on the list on a first come, first serve basis.

• Borough residents are given priority.

Required documents

One of the following proofs of residence:

• Municipal tax bill
• Utility bill
• Valid driver’s license
• Accès Montréal card
• Bank or credit card statement
• Office municipal d’habitation de Montréal lease

• You can add your name to the waiting list at anytime.

• Available garden plots are assigned on a first come, first served basis.