Kitchen Garden

The Kitchen Garden Project is in the History Garden,
situated between two heritage houses at 539-41 Main Road.

The History Garden is composed of heritage and naturalized flower beds, and home to the largest known Black Walnut Tree in Quebec. A stone wall, salvaged from a house foundation and three artistic benches offer vantage points to relax and experience the site. (modified from the Town of Hudson's website)

This partnership began in 2016 when Elaine Steinberg (steward of the History Garden) invited us to cultivate two of the garden beds where she was already growing edibles.

Over the 2016 growing season, Elaine brought together a group of people who met regularly: Robyn from HFC, Felicia Ruzilo, a young local horticulturalist, and Chris Gibbs, who organizes the speaker series at the Hudson Garden Club.

Today, we call ourselves Friends of the History Garden. As Elaine's stewardship role has shifted to her own garden, Gannaiden, Elizabeth Morgan has taken on her role as leader of this initiative.

We are very grateful to be part of this great group of people in this beautiful space.

Goals of the Kitchen Garden Project

connect us, in the spirit of this historical space, with the way food has historically been grown in backyard or public gardens.
prioritize the planting of heritage and heirloom varieties as much as possible,
use a mixture of old and new garden design techniques with a focus on ecological integrity,
provide space for hands on education
connect people with nature
be an intergenerational space for community building
provide vegetables for a community multi-cultural meal
create a link with the Seed Garden and Library
facilitate communication about Hudson's agricultural history by providing a space for the Hudson Food Collective to express its vision

The 2021 Season

We (and the garden!) need you!

This is a community project! We need more people to get involved to make this project great so that it can be enjoyed by the whole community.

This year, everything we harvest from the Kitchen Garden will be going to Le Pont Bridging to support families in our community who are experiencing food insecurity.

Do you want to help and learn? We are looking for people to:

take on one or two watering shifts per week
help coordinate different aspects of the project (communication/workshops/community gardening sessions)

If you are interested in helping in any of these ways (or any other way you would like to propose), please contact us at hfc@hudsonfoodcollective.com with the heading "Helping with the Kitchen Garden."