Checked October 14, 2026

Markham garden plots and the Kirkham waitlist

Markham, Ontario, Canada

Kirkham’s city allotments are fully subscribed. Join the waitlist for a plot or contact the collective garden about shared growing.

Photo of Kirkham allotment plots — Kirkham allotment garden plots, as identified by the City of Markham. Photo date not supplied. Photo: City of Markham, Source website.

Key information

Kirkham’s city allotments are fully subscribed. Join the waitlist for a plot or contact the collective garden about shared growing.

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Kirkham allotment and collective options

The city-operated Kirkham Community Garden is at 120 Kirkham Drive in Ward 7. Its 2022 expansion added a roughly 300-square-metre collective garden, 52 allotment plots, four raised planters, 16 water points and three tool sheds.

Allotments are leased annually for $75 plus a $25 security deposit, with credit-card payment only. The city says plots are fully subscribed. Email PublicRealm@markham.ca for the waitlist. For the collective garden, contact unearthD@outlook.com; collective members share the work and growing area rather than holding individual leased plots.

Sources: Community & Allotment Gardens

Other community gardens

The city’s separate garden list is explicitly not exhaustive and includes independent operators. Ask those operators about membership or space, rather than assuming the city can allocate their plots. One listed garden, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, is in Richmond Hill but accepts Markham residents.

The Legacy Organic Garden listing carries an old closed-due-to-COVID notice. Its current operating status is unresolved; this guide does not present it as open. The complete source table below preserves those operator and boundary distinctions.

Sources: Community & Allotment Gardens

How to start

Your next steps

Step 1
Choose an individual leased plot or collective gardening.
Step 2
Use the Kirkham waitlist or the relevant independent garden contact.
Step 3
Confirm space, fees and responsibilities before planning the season.

Sources: Community & Allotment Gardens

Every entry in the city’s published other-gardens list

Every entry in the city’s published other-gardens list
Garden	Owned By	Location
Community Outreach Gardens	Grace Church	19 Parkway Avenue
Community Outreach Gardens	Blessed Frédéric Ozanam Parish	Bur Oak and White's Hill Avenue
Cornell Community Garden	Cornell Community Garden Committee	Almira Avenue, near Bur Oak and 16th Avenue
Legacy Organic Garden , Closed due to COVID-19	N/A	Markham Green Golf Course
Markham Fair Community Garden	Markham and East York Agricultural Societyoffice @ markhamfair. ca	10801 McCowan Road
Older Adults In Action Community Garden	Older Adults in Action Community Group	22 Water Street
Thornhill United Church Community Garden	TUC Community Gardeninfo @ thornhillunitedchurch. ca	25 Elgin Street
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church	St. Paul’s Church Community Garden	10130 Bayview Ave (located in Richmond Hill, accepts Markham residents)
Rouge National Urban Park	Rouge National Urban Park	Bob Hunter Memorial Park at 7277 14th Ave, Markham, ON L6B 1A8