A few posts back, I
wrote about our challenge of composting while traveling. I am not sure
if keeping our veggie scraps, coffee grounds and tea bags would even
be an option if we didn’t have a fridge. We currently keep a zip lock style
bag (wrap bags work well) in the fridge or the freezer. Our first bag was given to our friends who we met up with
in Douglas Provincial Park (SK) to take home to their compost. Our second bag ended up in the garbage as it was
getting big and even though it was in the fridge, it was also getting
smelly. Then Mike had an idea about community gardens and the
tourist information centre staff member in Fernie also suggested it.
So now we are on the lookout for community gardens
Here is our list so far:
Fernie – just past
the hospital and police station. They even had a sign on their
compost bin thanking us (or anyone) for our veggie scraps and advising us not to
put bones or meat in with it.
Kimberley – Open
Gate Garden on Rotary Drive. The bins indicated what they wanted
(veggie scraps) and so we dumped in our stuff.
Rossland - Rossland Community Garden in Jubilee Park on Jubilee Avenue. The didn't really have any signs weloming compost and what they accepted and their 2 compost bins seemed to have mostly grass. Hopefully they were okay with our veggie scraps and coffee grounds.
Salmon Arm - Community garden along 10th Avenue South West. Compost bin had lots of veggie scraps in it but gate was locked so Mike had to jump the fence to get at it.
Williams Lake Community Garden - corner of Carson Drive and Cameron Street near the high school. This beautiful community garden is not fenced so they must not have issues with deer. The had a composting "centre" that had a section for fresh veggie scraps and it sounds like once/week they do some turning of the compost and moving it between bins
Burns Lake Community Garden - Off first avenue, this small road kind of looks like a driveway. Definitely the nicest community gardens we have seen yet. They also had a compost centre and welcomed veggie scraps and coffee grounds.
Terrace Community Garden - On Evergreen (the gravel portion of the road). Largest community garden we have seen with fruit trees and greenhouses. Black compost bin was a bit inaccessible but one of the gardeners said to just add our veggie scraps to the pile.
Whitehorse Community Garden - On 7th Avenue off Baxter. Walking distance from downtown. Whitehorse also has a community composting program where they pick up residents' veggie scraps. The 2 public green bins I saw that you could empty a compost bag into was the Farmer's Market on Thursdays from 3-8 and at the Canada Games Complex
Haines Junction (Village Bakery) - Not only is this a great place for some baked goods, they had a compost bin and recycling bins. Thanks Village Bakery!
Palmer, Alaska - Their community garden definitely looks professionally done and is conveniently located right beside the visitors centre. There was a compost bin there.
Fairbanks, Alaska - So their community gardens had a pad lock on it and a fence with barb wife (so Mike was not attempting to jump it) but we lucked out on a dog walk and found a church with 6 compost bins on the corner of 1st and Bonnefeld.
Dawson City, YT - Their community garden is located on their visitors map and is near the end of 3rd Ave (closest to the ferry).
Fort Nelson, BC - Located behind the church on 50th avenue (I think). Ask at their very lovely visitor's centre and they can direct you. The gentleman who was tending our plot offered us carrots and potatoes (yum!)
Whistler, BC - they have 2 recycling centres and both take organic waste.
Sechelt, BC - Salish Soils takes organic waste and is conveniently located beside the community recycling centre.
Powell River, BC - the recycling centre just up the alley from the visitors centre takes organic waste
Inspiring!!!!! 💖
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