Banfield Commons is a permaculture food forest in Banfield Park, located between the tennis courts and the parking lot. This under-utilized piece of parkland was transformed in 2006 to a garden filled with fruit trees/shrubs, perennial and self-sowing annual food plants, and medicinal and culinary herbs. The garden is open to the public to harvest.

All maintenance work is done by volunteers and focuses on soil building. Dead plant material in the garden is considered a valuable resource not waste, and therefore is left as mulch to help feed the soil and conserve moisture. The garden is manually irrigated only during extended dry periods.

If you would like to help grow this edible park, contact foodgardens@victoriawest.ca