Community Garden Coordinator

Community Gardens

Position: Senior Coordinator, Community Garden

Organization: Building Roots

Location: Moss Park / Downtown East, Toronto

Compensation: $29.00/hour

Hours: Up to 30 hours/week during peak season

Contract Term: March 2026 – October 2026

Final date to receive applications: February 27, 2026

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Building Roots is a community-based organization rooted in Moss Park, working to increase access to healthy food, strengthen community connection, and support dignity, belonging, and local leadership.

Our Community Garden is a shared space for growing food, learning together, and building relationships that foster a supportive, inclusive community.

The Senior Coordinator, Community Garden plays a central role in supporting the Moss Park Community Garden as a welcoming, inclusive, and community-led space. This role focuses on garden workshops and events, peer-led activities, food growing and harvesting, and broader community engagement connected to Building Roots’ programs.

Working closely with the Coordinator, Community Garden, Director, Community Engagement and Manager, Food Programs, the Senior Coordinator helps ensure the garden is accessible, well-animated, and responsive to the needs and interests of community members with a strong emphasis on outreach, relationship‑building, and community presence on weekends.

• Develop, coordinate, and facilitate community garden workshops and seasonal events
• Deliver beginner‑to‑intermediate‑level workshops on topics such as:
  • Plant care, soil health, and basic food growing
  • Harvesting and seasonal garden maintenance
  • Pollinator plants and/or other topics related to local plant and food growing
• Adapt workshops to be accessible to families, children, youth, seniors, and community members facing barriers (including language, confidence, or prior experience)

• Support peer‑led garden workshops and activities, including preparation and facilitation support
• Encourage participation and leadership from community members
• Support outreach and relationship‑building to increase engagement in garden activities including regular Saturday outreach at the market, sharing food from the garden, as well as informal community check‑ins
• Program collaboration for Community Leaders Program including creating content, facilitation and other activities as needed for support of this and other community programs

• Support planting, growing, harvesting, and maintenance of the community garden
• Assist with organizing tools, supplies, and shared garden resources
• Work outdoors in varied weather conditions and support physical garden tasks as needed

• Build positive, respectful relationships with garden participants and community members
• Support program documentation and reporting, with guidance from the Director of Community Engagement and Executive Director
• Stay organized and up to date with reporting, attendance tracking, and activity documentation
• Contribute to a welcoming, trauma‑informed, and harm‑reduction‑aligned environment

• Hours:
  
  Up to 30 hours per week during the main growing season (April–October); reduced hours in March
• Schedule requirements:
  • Must be available to work Saturdays, and Sundays as needed, throughout the growing season, including some holiday long weekends.
  • Additional weekday hours will be scheduled in coordination with the Garden Coordinator, garden open hours, and program needs
• Contract:
  
  Fixed‑term contract for the 2026 growing season (March–October). Exact start date to be mutually agreed upon.

We are looking for someone who brings practical skills, strong communication, and a community‑centred approach. Formal accreditation is not required.

• Hands‑on gardening knowledge and experience
• Ability to explain and demonstrate gardening concepts in accessible, engaging ways
• At least 1‑2 years experience creating and facilitating workshops for a variety of groups
• Experience working with people from diverse…