McBride Park Vertical Garden

By planting upwards instead of outwards, you’ll be better equipped to garden in tight spaces wether it be indoors or outdoors. You can find VV’s vertical garden about 50 feet–from the side of the field house that housed our former office to the fence surrounding the tennis courts, full of herbs! Introduction to Vertical Gardening workshops are always being hosted, check our website for details.

With a major expansion project through the installation of a drip irrigation system, McBride Park on West 4th Avenue in Kitsilano houses Village Vancouver's vertical garden. This garden now hold 197 pouches, with over 100 from the last two years, despite moving the gardens, in 2025, to continue the opportunity to expand the native plant-focused garden. Although the Vancouver Parks Board has recently added signage describing the garden, we may be moving the garden to another location in the park, or an entirely new location. 

For more information, visit Village Vancouver at www.villagevancouver.org or email Ross Moster at ross@villagevancouver.org. The garden is a member of the Westside Neighbourhood Food Network, and is part of the Westside Permaculture Corridor.

This garden is a part of our Community Food Resilience project and aligns with our key elements to a resilient food web.