Urban Agriculture | City of Port Moody

Many community garden beds planted with vegetables

Urban agriculture improves environmental sustainability, provides employment opportunities, reduces food waste and is part of our Parks and Recreation Master Plan. You can engage in urban agriculture by beekeeping or growing food and non-food plants throughout the city.

This includes, growing:

grains
vegetables
mushrooms
fruits
medicinal herbs
ornamental plants

Community gardens

Community gardens are plots of land gardened collectively by a group of people. These are a great way to connect with neighbours and are ideal for people who don't have their own private garden or property. The City has four community gardens available.

Port Moody Police Department Community Garden

The Port Moody Police Department Community Garden is located at 3051 St. Johns St. For more information, please email the Grow Local Society at tricitycg@gmail.com.

Ioco Garden (located in front of recreation rinks parking along Ioco)

The Ioco Community Garden is located in front of the Recreation rink parking lot along Ioco Road. For more information, send an email to iocoroadgarden@gmail.com.

Inlet Park Community Garden

The Inlet Park Community Garden is located at Murray St. (300 block). For more information about accessing a plot, please email our volunteers.

Knowle St. Community Garden

The Knowle St. Community Garden is locate between Knowle St and the east end of the Recreation parking lot. For more information please email the Grow Local Society at tricitycg@gmail.com.

Farmers market

Visit the Port Moody Farmers Market to purchase locally produced foods and products.

Container gardening

If you don't have enough space to plant a traditional vegetable garden, try a container garden. Talk with your local gardening centre to find out what plants grow best in our climate.

Reduce food waste

Growing your own food and buying from a local farmers market are two good ways to lessen your impact on the environment. Learn more about reducing food waste through Metro Vancouver's Love Food Hate Waste campaign.

Organizations and groups

For more information about urban agriculture, check out the following organizations and groups:

Beekeeping

Urban beekeeping, also known as apiculture, helps with pollination, improves biodiversity, and increases honey production in our community. Learn about the urban beekeeping guidelines and regulations in Port Moody and set up a bee colony today!

Register your beehive

If you want to start urban beekeeping, you need to register through the British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture. You will need to register as a beekeeper and provide the location of your beehive. View the provincial Animal Health Act for more details about beekeeping regulations.

Urban beekeeping guidelines

The following municipal guidelines promote good management practices for residential beekeeping:

manage and maintain bees in a way that prevents swarming and aggressive behaviour
provide enough water for your bees so they don't seek out neighbouring swimming pools, bird baths, ponds or other bodies of water
keep a maximum of two beehives per lot
place your beehives in the backyard
limit hobby beekeeping to Single Detached Residential Zones or a site containing a community garden

Keep bears away

Bee hives attract bears. Visit Bear Smart - beekeeping and Wildsafe BC.

Positioning your beehive

Use these guidelines to prevent issues with wildlife and ensure the appropriate height of the honeybee flight path:

place your beehive 2.4 m above ground level;
direct the beehive entrance away from neighbouring properties and position your beehive behind a solid fence or hedge that is 1.8 m in height running parallel to the property line; or
place your beehive a minimum of 7.6 m away from all property lines.

Beekeeping resources

To learn more about urban beekeeping practices and associations, see the: