• If you do not renew your registration, you will lose access to your garden plot. To obtain a small garden plot, you will be required to add your name to the waiting list of Ville en vert (in French). You may renew your subscription by email or by phone. 

Required documents

• Photo ID 
• A picture or PDF file containing a proof of address that is no more than 3 months old, such as a public service invoice.
• renewal code received by e-mail

• If you had a plot in a community garden last year, you must renew your registration in order to keep your plot this year.
• In January, you will receive a letter by e-mail or postal mail, together with instructions on renewing your registration. If you do not receive a letter, please contact us as soon as possible at 514-493-8200.
• In the event of a late registration, there is no guarantee that you will keep the same garden plot that you had last year. It is your responsibility to notify us of any changes in your contact information.
• The payment must be made in cash at the community garden annual meeting in April or May.

• PDF file Gardening rules in effect - Anjou (in French) [PDF 4 MB]

Registration

If you got a garden plot last year, you must renew your registration by February 23, 2024 to keep your plot.

Eligibility criteria

At the time of renewal, you must:

• Be 18 years of age or over
• Be a resident of Montréal (priority is given to residents of the CDN-NDG borough)
• Have occupied a garden plot in the Borough last year as a principal gardener
• Not be absent for more than two months annually for two consecutive years

You will need to provide identification and proof of residence to validate your eligibility. Your information must be validated before April 15, 2024 to operate your plot 

Guidelines

By renewing your registration for the community gardens program, you must read the contents of the Reference guide for community gardensand adhere at all times to the code of conduct and all the rules in force. 

Fee

• PDF file Renewal and registration form – community gardens – CDN-NDG (in French) [PDF 268 KB]
• PDF file Reference guide community gardens - CDNNDG [PDF 3 MB]
• PDF file List of prohibited plants in community gardens – CDN-NDG (in French) [PDF 163 KB]

You can renew your registration by telephone.

Community gardens

• Jardins Remembrance
• Jardins Réal-Gareau
• Jardins Les petites-pousses

Collective gardens

• Jardin du soleil
• Jardin du Regroupement de Lachine
• Jardin Wilfrid-Vincent

By phone

• If you participated last year, you will receive a letter inviting you to renew your registration, together with a registration from, from the Société d’horticulture de LaSalle or the Société d’horticulture des Rapides.
• Please send the completed form and your payment by postal mail or bring the form in person to the organization concerned.

Communication channels

By telephone

• 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 postal 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

• Renewal of registration exclusively online
• No renewal by postal mail or in person

Requested documents

• To access the registration and online payment system, a valid card from the Réseau des bibliothèques publiques de Montréal is required. This card is free of charge on presentation of a piece of ID with a valid and recent address. The Grande Bibliothèque (BAnQ) card is not accepted.
• Accès Montréal card, municipal tax statement, bill from a public utility (with your address), or valid driver’s licence.

Opening of the gardens

May 1, 2024

Registration letter

If you participated last year, you will receive a letter between mid-February and early March asking you to renew your membership, along with a registration form. 

This invitation will be sent by e-mail or postal mail, based on the option you selected in the previous year.

The letter will include a personal code to renew your registration directly on the jardinsudouest.ca Web site.

Renewal period

Online: Second week of March, for three weeks

In person: March 4 to 24, 2024

Fees

Annual fee of $10, $15 or $20 payable directly to your garden committee.

There are three ways to make your payment:

• Online through the jardinsudouest.ca platform
• In cash paid to your garden committee as of May 1
• By cheque payable to your garden committee as of May 1 

In the latter two cases , you must provide your first and last name, telephone number and garden plot number.

The renewal period is from March 1 to March 31, 2024. 

• If you have received a notice by email, submit your renewal application on jardinsvm.ca (in French) or in person at a borough office. 
• If you have received a notice by mail, go to the borough office. 

Requested documents

• municipal tax statement
• bill from a public utility
• valid driver’s licence
• Accès Montréal card or resident card

By e-mail

• If you had a garden plot last year, you will be contacted by the Éco-quartier to renew your membership (between January and February).
• Registration is renewed between February and March of each year. 
• You can renew and pay for the registration in person at at one of the éco-quartier’s 2 service points.
• If you do not renew in time, you will lose access to your garden plot. You will then have to put your name on the Éco-Quartier’s waiting list. 
• By renewing your registration for the community gardens program, you must read the contents of the Reference guide for community gardens and adhere at all times to the code of conduct and all the rules in force.

Membership

Registered users can occupy a garden free of charge. However, an annual membership fee is required to participate in garden activities and meet specific expenses set by the garden committee. The membership must be paid annually.

Low-income applicants

Low-income earners may be exempted from paying the annual fee. They must present proof of low income (notice of assessment from Revenu Québec or the Canada Revenue Agency) at the time of registration.  Low-income thresholds are those set out on the Statistics Canada Web site.

• PDF file Reference guide community gardens - Montréal-Nord (in French) [PDF 689 KB]

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

• If you participated last year, you will receive in January or February, you will receive a notice to renew your registration from the Direction de la culture, des sports, des loisirs et du développement social. The notice will be sent by e-mail or postal mail.
• The annual registration renewal period runs from February to March.
• The registration can be renewed and the payment can be made through the online platform. Each member will receive a unique code to update their file and make their payment in full (members who are unable to pay online are invited to register by going in person to a point of service).
• Gardeners are also invited to an annual general meeting, during which they will receive their membership cards and all the essential information concerning access to the garden.

Requested documents

Proof of residence from among the following:

• Accès Montréal card 
• municipal tax statement
• bill from a public utility 
• valid driver’s licence

For more information : jardinsrdppat.ca

• If you participated last year, you will receive a renewal letter including a renewal code and the procedure to follow by e-mail or postal mail at the beginning of the year. 
• Registration is then renewed on the Web site at mon-jardin.ca/rpp.

• PDF file Community Garden Management Registry - Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie (in French) [PDF 533 KB]

Your garden leader will contact you in March to find out if you intend to renew your registration.

Requested documents

• Hold a biblio-loisirs card

By phone

• If you participated in the previous season, you will receive a letter in the fall inviting you to renew your registration. 
• You must respond by postal mail or in person by bringing the letter, along with your proof of residence and payment, to the meeting held in April.

Requested documents

Proof of residence from among the following:

• Accès Saint-Léonard card 
• municipal tax statement
• bill from a public utility 
• valid driver’s licence

By phone

Renew

Jardin communautaire du parc Adrien-D.-Archambault

Managed by the Société d’horticulture de l’Île-des-Soeurs

Contact : [email protected]

Jardins communautaires Desmarchais et Woodland

Managed by the Société d’horticulture Les pouces verts de Verdun

Contact : [email protected]

Jardin communautaire du parc Lucien-Caron

Managed by the organization Jardin du Pacifique

Contact : [email protected]

If you participated during the previous season, you will receive a renewal letter by e-mail at the beginning of the year with a renewal code and applicable procedures.

You can then use the code to renew through our Web site: jardinsvm.ca

• If you participated in the previous season, you will receive a letter from the Direction de la culture, des sports, des loisirs et du développement social in mid-January inviting you to renew your registration.
• You must respond before March 31, 2024, by postal mail or by bringing your completed form, along with your proof of residence and payment, to the Accès Montréal office in the borough.