Urban Agriculture at The Stop
The Stop’s urban agriculture programs bring people together across Toronto to grow food, share knowledge, and strengthen community connections. From our year-round Green Barn at 601 Christie St. to community gardens in neighbourhoods across the city, participants learn how to grow and harvest fresh produce, care for plants, and build skills that can be taken home and shared.
varieties of seedlings grown for our Seedling Giveaway Program
gardens supported with seedling distribution
seedlings cultivated for partner community gardens
of land across the city is covered by community gardens we partner with
Community Gardening at The Stop
Our greenhouse, sheltered garden, and partner community garden sites across the city provide year-round growing spaces and an inspiring environment for the community to learn and share agricultural knowledge.
Learning and Growing Together
Sharing The Harvest
Supporting Gardens In The City
Gardens
The Stop's Green Barn
The Stop’s Green Barn at 601 Christie St. is a unique urban agriculture hub in Toronto. It offers a greenhouse, community gardens, a bake oven, a compost demonstration centre, and our year-round Farmers’ Market.
Growing plants, spending time with others in a safe and supportive environment, being active outdoors and bringing home healthy produce harvested from the garden can also contribute to positive mental health outcomes.
We enable community members to gather, learn how to grow their own food, and spend time in nature in our growing spaces.
Gardens
Earlscourt Garden
The Stop’s Earlscourt Community Garden is a bright oasis nestled in Earlscourt Park at 1200 Lansdowne Ave. Together, with members of community, we participate in all aspects of gardening, from design, setup, planting and harvesting to maintenance and winter closure.
What we harvest is shared amongst the community participants and our various programs within The Stop.
Earlscourt Garden is more than just growing nutritious food, it offers a break from the daily city grind and grows our community too.
Urban Agriculture Program
Global Roots Program
In partnership with CultureLink, this intergenerational urban farming program at 601 Christie St. brings newcomer youth and seniors together to learn and practice gardening, growing food, environmental stewardship and healthy cooking.
The idea is simple: seniors are in charge of the gardens, young recruits do gardening work, and they share their wares and cultural knowledge amongst themselves before and after harvesting, also giving some produce to our other programs such as our food bank and drop-in.
Urban Agriculture Program
Seedling Giveaway Program
The Stop’s Seedling Giveaway Program provides thousands of organically grown seedlings each spring to support community food growing across Toronto. Grown in our greenhouse, these seedlings increase access to fresh, healthy produce and strengthen local food systems.
The program expands access to food-growing opportunities by supporting both community gardens and individual growers. It enables community organizations to cultivate shared garden spaces that provide fresh produce at no cost, while also supporting individuals to grow their own food and and strengthen sustainable food practices in their communities.
Social Enterprise
10 Metre Greens
10 Metre Greens, The Stop’s social enterprise, offers community members hands-on training and mentorship to cultivate, grow, harvest and sell organic microgreens. You can find them at The Stop’s Farmers’ Market every Saturday from January through March, and at Karma Co-op.
10 Metre Greens offers a hands-on learning environment where participants gain professional agricultural skills, form meaningful connections, and play a vital role in advancing sustainable food access. Support local and make a difference.
Shop our 10 Metre Greens to add fresh flavour and nutrition to your salads, entrées, and smoothies while supporting a healthier, more equitable community.
Ways To Get Involved
Group Volunteering at The Stop
Bring your workplace, school, or community group together for a meaningful day of giving back in our urban agriculture spaces.
Group volunteer opportunities may include gardening, seasonal planting and harvesting, site maintenance, and supporting projects that help us grow fresh food for the community.
Rent Our Space
Our Green Barn space is available for select meetings, workshops, community gatherings, and special events.
Nestled within Wychwood Barns, our space offers a unique setting that celebrates food, nature, and community. Rental opportunities vary throughout the year and are subject to availability.
Attend an Urban Agriculture Workshop
Throughout the year, we offer Urban Agriculture workshops on topics such as seed starting, composting, food growing, seasonal gardening, and more.
Whether you're new to gardening or looking to expand your knowledge, our workshops provide hands-on learning in a welcoming community environment.
Community Gardens
Partner Organization
Na Me Res
We support the Sagatay program from Na-Me-Res (Native Men’s Residence) in animating the garden at Hillcrest Park, which includes the Mashkikii;aki’ing (Medicine Earth) Medicine Wheel Garden. This partnership provides the men of the Apaenmowineen (Having Confidence in Oneself) program the opportunity to share teachings and learn more about plant medicine, gardening, and healthy living.
This program aims to reduce social isolation and cultural dislocation by giving Indigenous individuals access to land and share traditional growing practices.