Promoting and encouraging local food security through education and conversation. Come visit our public garden space at the McMillan Arts Centre, 133 McMillan St. in Parksville BC
We maintain a #foodisfree sharing table in downtown Parksville at 138 Moilliet St. at Hirst Ave. So far this year we’ve shared over 1000 seedlings for local gardens, plus many pounds of garden produce and canned staples. The aim is to build community and food security and sustainability, one small step at a time.
The PQB Fruit Tree Project uses volunteers to pick fruit trees using the standard model for this type of initiative. 1/3 of the fruit goes to the homeowner, if desired, 1/3 to the volunteer, and 1/3 to our group to distribute from our community garden and pantry. In 2024, we picked and distributed 2500 pounds of fruit.
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PQB Fruit Tree Project is a Parksville / Qualicum non-profit organization committed to identifying and making use of our local food sources, including fruit trees and gardens, and distributing them to our local community. Through our MAC Community Garden, a 4000 square foot public garden, we help teach and inspire local citizens to grow more food.
We broke ground on the Community Garden in March 2023. We incorporate fruit trees and berries, hydroponics, a 16 by 20 BC Greenhouse, traditional raised beds, a food forest, and demonstration compost and compost tea stations.
In 2025, we doubled our output from 2024 and gleaned and distributed 4000 free seedlings, 3000 meal units of produce, and 7644 pounds of local fruit. For more information, visit the garden at 133 McMillan St. in Parksville, or email pq******@***il.com. We are generally open from 10:00 ish to 6:00 ish, 7 days a week.