Why grow your own food?
Fresh picked food has more flavour and higher nutritional value.
Your own food supply makes you more resilient in the face of fluctuating food prices.
Access to food that can be harvested, prepared and fed to your family daily during the growing season.
Preserve your harvest to feed your family even when the growing season is over.
Your own food supply makes you more resilient in the face of fluctuating food prices.
Access to food that can be harvested, prepared and fed to your family daily during the growing season.
Preserve your harvest to feed your family even when the growing season is over.
Lack land?
Join a community garden. Here's a list of community gardens on PEI.
Update for 2021 - A new initiative in Charlottetown to share garden space. Contact Erin or Rhea at chtown.gardenshare@gmail.com or phone (902) 892 3006 for more information
Lack knowledge?
There are all kinds of resources available - on line and in the public libraries. Check out our Edible Gardening For Beginners toolkit in the Resources section of this web site.
There are a number of gardening workshops you can take. If you follow the Food Exchange PEI facebook you will see notice of workshops.
Check out the Food Exchange Garden Party a facebook event where people discuss what has worked for them on PEI.
The following facebook groups on PEI may be of interest:
PEI Animal and Bug Friendly Gardeners Group
PEI Gardening
PEI Foraging Friends
East Coast Garden Lifestyles
