New community garden in Grandview-Woodland?

The City of Vancouver is asking residents to send in expressions of interest to help identify potential new community garden sites. For instance, a potential site could be vacant land at the end of a block, land parallel to streets, areas of park, etc. The list of potential community garden sites will help prioritize community garden support for upcoming years.

The deadline for Expressions of Interest for new community gardens beginning in the spring is Nov. 30th! So the question is, would anyone in this neighbourhood be interested in getting a new community garden in Grandview-Woodland? Currently there is only a rather small one at McSpadden Park, so I think this neighbourhood is a good candidate for a community garden. 

Because the City must make community garden arrangements with a Society, Village Vancouver is exploring the possibility of playing a facilitating role in the establishment of new community gardens, since we are already a registered Society. Although collaborative gardens (where several people work together on a common plot, sharing labour and produce) are not officially recognised by the city, there may be the possibility of several interested individuals getting together to garden collaboratively within the community garden as well.

The next question, if there is interest in establishing a new community garden in Grandview-Woodland, would be the proposal of possible sites. Does anyone have any ideas in this regard? This can include vacant land as well as parts of parks, and the land may even be privately owned as long as the owner agrees (although the persistence of the garden would be less secure). In my own reckoning the two potential locations that spring to mind are 

a) A corner of Woodland Park (bounded by Woodland Dr, McLean Dr, Frances St and Adanac St;

b) A corner of Garden Park (bounded by Templeton Dr and Garden Dr, 2nd Ave and 3rd Ave). "Put the garden in Garden!"

For more info, please check out 

http://vancouver.ca/commsvcs/socialplanning/initiatives/foodpolicy/....

If anyone here is considering getting a plot in a community garden, or has a plot elsewhere and would like to move closer to home, please add your comments to this discussion as soon as possible! We don't have a whole lot of time before the deadline, and a basic proposal would need to be drafted by then.

Cheers,

Jordan