Co-op Community Gazebo Installation Date Set for May 3rd, 2021!

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Co-op Community Gazebo at Grow Regina, designed by Victor Cicansky

Well it has been a long time coming but we finally have a date set for the installation of the Co-op Community Gazebo designed by Victor Cicansky.

Important Dates:

  • On April 29th and 30th 2021 safety fencing will be going up around the area.
  • On May 3rd-5th 2021 the Gazebo is being installed.

Remember Safety First

  • Please remember the COVID-19 no-gathering rules are still in place, so only come to the garden to go to your own plot – and admire the Gazebo from there.
  • If you are in the garden on these dates please be careful and watch for machines and trucks, etc. especially on Monday May 3rd.

We can’t have any kind of grand opening event right now due to COVID restrictions – so lets all celebrate together but apart 🙂

Thank you to our sponsors, project volunteers and gazebo artist!

Thanks to all, we couldn’t have done it without you

  • Victor Cicansky for his artistic genius for the Gazebo design
  • Co-op Community Spaces Grant
  • The City of Regina
  • Yvette Crane – Volunteer Project Lead
  • Lakeview Community Association
  • City Councillor Bob Hawkins and wife Marie-France Menc
  • And to the many other donors, Grow Regina gardeners, volunteers and contributors

2021 Street Infrastructure Renewal Notice

Grow Regina

Queen Street – McPhail Avenue to Hill Avenue

The Grow Regina Garden is accessed by Queen Street where the street infrastructure renewal is going to happen. This means that you may not be able to park on the street or in the church parking lot while the work is being done.

The renewal project on Queen street is scheduled to start the week of April 26, 2021 and anticipated to be completed in 6 weeks, pending weather or unforeseen circumstances.

The City of Regina has hired a contractor to complete this work which may include concrete renewal, improvements to drainage, sewer repairs and road repair/resurfacing.

Work will be completed under a road closure. You may not be able to drive or park on the street during the work. Watch for signs and barricades.

While vehicle access will be maintained, it may be restricted periodically to ensure the safety of workers and citizens. At times, there may only be pedestrian access. 

For Parking

Make other arrangements for parking, as you may not have access to your driveway or on-street parking.

Need your garden rototilled this year? Plowing for People is here to help!

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Plowing for people – rototilling

If you would like us to rototill your garden plot, please email plowingforpeople@gmail.com or call Mary at 306-539-5187.

Please provide the following information: name, plot number, phone number and email address.  Also please mention the week which you would prefer to have your rototilling done. We will do our best to accommodate these requests.  Our goal is to have all rototilling completed by the May long weekend, depending on the weather, of course.

Plowing for People accepts etransfer, which is our preferred method of payment. We are set up for automatic deposit, so you won’t need a code word.  Please etransfer your payment to plowingforpeople@gmail.com


Rates for rototilling are as follows:
10’x10′ plot $20
10’x20′ plot $25
20’x20′ plot $35
20’x30′ plot $45

Plowing for People is a registered non-profit charity in the province of Saskatchewan. Our goal is to provide excellent service and garden rototilling at a reasonable price. All of our workers are volunteers and all profits go to charities chosen by the Board of Directors of Plowing for People. In 2020, our donation went to help bring a refugee family from South Sudan to Canada. This family is being sponsored by St. Mary’s Anglican Church.

Grow Regina

Grow Regina will not be taking any new applications for garden plots this year 2021. After placing the returning gardeners and the applicants wait listed from 2020 there are no vacant plots left. Every year the number of new people we can take in is different, this is the first year we could not take any new applications. Please check back next spring 2022. Go to https://growregina.ca/regina-2019-community-gardens/ for a list of other community gardens in the area. 

Exciting News!

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The long-awaited “Co-op Community Gazebo”, designed by our own, world-renowned artist Victor Cicansky, is going to be installed this fall.

In fact, the first stage – the Gazebo’s foundation – will begin on Monday September 21st. It will be amazing to finally see this beautiful & functional piece of public art we have been fundraising and planning for over 12 years, finally realized.

The gazebo will not take up any existing garden space. It will be placed in the Center circle of the garden – that was the planned spot for this gazebo from the very beginning drawings when the garden was first planned.

Funding for this project did NOT come out of gardener fees. The majority of funding came from the Co-Op Community Spaces Grant for 90,000. We also received a donation from City Councillor and Lakeview Community member Bob Hawkins and his wife Marie-France for $5000 and a matching grant and separate donation from Lakeview Community Association for a total of $6000. And we got a grant from the City of Regina for $30,000 as well. So a big THANK YOU to all who have helped make this possible, including Yvette Crane who has lead the Gazebo fundraising and Project committee.

Here are some of the things you will need to know for the coming weeks:

1) Water will be turned off early this year. The City will be turning off the water on Thursday September 17th. Please do plan to water-in everything you need to – including any perennials, or if you have orchard trees – very well this weekend or early next week.

2) A Safety fence will be erected around the centre circle so you may find you have to get to your garden by a different route. Please stay safe and be mindful of any heavy equipment.

3) The GFL organics bin for your garden wastes will be re-located – likely to an area near the front of the garden. (Queen St.)

4) This may be a great year to plan to finish your harvest and clean-up early! Remember the deadline to have your garden completely cleaned out is Monday October 12th. That includes all boards, sticks, cages, structures etc. etc. Unless you request & have approval to leave a structure: https://growregina.ca/grow-regina-structure-approval-request/

Thank you everyone for a wonderful gardening season and we are so excited for the culmination of this project!

-Grow Regina

Spring in the garden

Grow Regina

Spring has sprung at Grow Regina with a majority of the plots planted we are well on our way into a new growing season.

Unfortunately, due to the importance of social distancing during COVID19 the gardens are not open to the public this summer. Normally, we love to show off the beauty of the garden and welcome visitors but for this year, please do not enter our garden unless you are a member of Grow Regina.

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Grow Regina Community Garden COVID-19 Operating Procedures 

Grow Regina

Below are the protocols that must be followed by all gardens as established by the City of Regina and Saskatchewan Health Authority. Gardeners must adhere to the guidelines to help keep everyone safe and to help ensure the gardens can remain open. Thank you for your cooperation. Please visit growregina.ca for more information. 

  • Do not enter the garden and return home if you have: 

– cold or flu-like symptoms (cough, sore throat, fever, shortness of breath); 

– travelled outside Canada within the last 14 days; or 

– been in close contact with a COVID positive person in the past 14 days. 

  • All gardens are closed to the public and only accessible to members. 
  • Garden members may only be accompanied in their garden plot by immediate family members, no more than four people. 
  • Physical distancing of two metres must be adhered to. 

If someone is too close, create the necessary space and kindly remind the person of the distance requirement. If physical distancing becomes a problem due to too many people in the garden at one time, schedules may need to be created. 

  • Gardeners are encouraged to bring their own hand sanitizer and sanitize hands upon entering the garden and before leaving. 
  • Clean and sanitize taps and hoses after each use with the provided sanitizing wipes. 

There are no garbage facilities on site. Used wipes must be taken home. 

Leave hose stretched out on the ground next to the cribbing to minimize handling of the hose in many places. 

  • No sharing of tools or equipment is permitted. Benches will be put away and not available for use. 

The Grow Regina tool supply will remain in the locked sheds. Gardeners will need to bring their own garden tools, hose nozzles and chairs. They must be removed from the garden or left in a safe place within the plot upon leaving. 

  • There will be no in-person start-up meeting or work bees allowed. 

Information to gardeners will be “electronic.” Please notify Grow Regina if you need information to be mailed. 

• Only one person can access a shed at a time and each gardener must clean door handles after leaving the space. The locked garden sheds are not accessible to the gardeners at any time. Sanitizing wipes are available for those authorized to enter the sheds.

Note: To print these Guidelines go to Guidelines – COVID-19 look for print button at the bottom of page. 

Spring is on its way! Time for new gardeners to apply.

Grow Regina

Applications for new gardeners will open up March 1. There will be an application form on the website Sunday March 1 2020.  Fill out and submit the form from the web-page. Applications will be accepted on a first come first serve basis. Applications will close when both the garden and the wait list are full.

Grow Regina has a limited number open plots this year apply as soon as possible. We will try to place you in your preferred plot but if that is not possible you will placed in what we have open. Next year as a returning gardener you can request your preferred plot location and size. Large 20×20 garden plots are only available for returning gardeners.

Grow Regina will maintain a wait list of people who can not be placed this spring. The wait list is used when a garden opens up during the year as well as the following spring. People still on the 2020 wait list in the spring 2021 will be contacted and allotted plots before the garden is opened to new gardeners.

When you are allocated a plot you will be contacted by email with a plot number, a map and a request of payment for garden fees. You will be contacted if you are placed on the wait-list.

All returning gardeners and those on the 2019 wait list have been contacted and allocated plots.

IMPORTANT Returning Gardeners — Fees are due March 15, 2020. If we have not received payment by March 15 we will assume you are not returning and will give your plot to someone on the wait list.

Any questions or concerns please contact us through the website.

The garden is sleeping

Grow Regina

The garden may be sleeping under the snow but Grow Regina is already planning for the new gardening season. Returning gardeners will be invited by email to apply in January for their plots.

Applications will be open for new gardeners  March 1 – 31, 2020. Plot assignments will be on a first come first serve basis, you may be put on a waiting list depending on availability.  An application form will be posted on the website March 1. For information about our garden plots go to The Garden

We have a new accessible garden for people who can not garden at the ground level. These will be available this spring. Accessible Gardens

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