N.D.G.’s Incredible Edibles: Sidewalk gardens sprout for fifth season

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After four years of planting vegetables and herbs in sidewalk gardens on Sherbrooke St. W. and Monkland Ave., the people behind the Incredible Edibles project hope to get closer to that dream this summer by expanding their gardens throughout the neighbourhood.

The five sidewalk gardens on the bustling N.D.G. arteries allow residents to harvest peas, basil, calendula, arugula and chives whenever they want.

Ikeda was one of about a dozen volunteers tilling the soil, sowing seeds and planting seedlings in the three large, wooden planters paid for by funds raised by Transition N.D.G. The planters were placed there last season after the organization got permission from both the federal government and the city.

The sidewalk planters have flourished with kale, radishes, sunflowers, tomatillos, borage and more as volunteers work to keep the gardens watered and weeded.

There are signs on the plants indicating what's growing, and how to use certain plants like the medicinal herbs.

"One of the slogans of Incredible Edibles is, 'If you eat, you're in," said Barr, noting Transition N.D.G. is part of the N.D.G. Coalition for Food Security, which works to develop an integrated and sustainable food system in the community.

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