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Coronavirus: With community garden season cancelled, members worry about food security

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Green buds are sprouting through the thawed soil plots at the Pointe Verte Community Garden in Pointe-Saint Charles. But they’ll have to wait to be cared for, as the City of Montreal has ordered all of it’s 97 community gardens to close.

Amid COVID-19 concerns, gardeners received a letter on April 6 to cease all activities in connection with the community gardens until further notice.

With the season typically starting on May 1 and running until Oct. 31, the closures are a loss for gardeners who depend on their plot. “There are people on very limited income — senior citizens, new immigrants and so on — that use the garden and for sure they do this … to save themselves a bit of money,” said Pointe Verte Community Garden member Michael Hind.

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