Bed rentals are open to all Calgarians and are offered on a first come, first served basis. If you’re interested in renting a bed, please read the rest of this page and then send us a message using our contact form expressing your interest.
If this is your first time renting a bed with us, rental entails:
- A rental fee of $60
- 5 volunteering hours logged during the growing season
- A prepaid volunteering deposit of $75. This will be refunded at the end of the growing season if you’ve logged at least 5 volunteering hours. Partial refunds are not provided.
If you’re a returning gardener, rental entails:
- A rental fee of $60
- Either 5 volunteering hours logged during the growing season or a prepaid $75 fee
If you’re unable to complete your required volunteering hours during the growing season, you may choose to pay the $75 fee to fulfill your obligation. The fee is $75 regardless of how many hours you may have volunteered.
Gardeners who have adhered to the rental terms and conditions and have either logged their required volunteer hours or paid the $75 volunteer fee will be invited to renew their bed for the next year’s growing season.
The funds received from the $75 volunteering deposits and fees are used for a variety of incidental expenses and to hire day labour as required.
When you register for the season you’re able to designate one assistant gardener to share your garden bed with if you wish.
Rental Process
The bed rental process begins in the autumn after the garden closes, goes dormant over the winter, and resumes in the spring before the garden opens again.
Autumn
- Before the garden closes at Thanksgiving, we’ll reach out to our gardeners reminding them of the upcoming renewal process.
- We’ll email all qualified gardeners an invitation to renew their bed for the following year.
- Once qualified gardeners have renewed their beds, if we have available beds we’ll email potential gardeners on our waitlist an invitation to rent a bed for the following year. This is done first come, first served.
- Any beds which have not been rented in the autumn will be made available the following spring.
Winter
- Garden staff hibernation.
Spring
- If there are remaining available beds, we will email potential gardeners on our waitlist an invitation to rent an available bed for the upcoming season. This is done first come, first served.
- New gardeners are assigned a rental garden bed via email.
- We will email new gardeners an invitation to an In-person Orientation. New gardeners must attend an orientation before they can use the garden.
All rental gardeners must agree to both the Rental Terms and Conditions and the Personal Liability Waiver every year.
I would just like to garden …
You don’t have to rent a bed to be able to garden in the Inglewood Community Garden — you are welcome to volunteer in the communal garden. Please see the Volunteer page for details.