Mayor Robertson and Councilors announce City Hall community gardens. Vancouver has always prided itself on being a green city – and now it seems city hall might have the greenest thumb. Thirty new plots have been opened to the public as part of a new community garden in Vancouver. June 20, 2009

Vancouverites dig into city hall plots

By Jon Woodward
CTV British Columbia
Saturday June 20, 2009

Eager gardeners were given the green light to dig into a number of plots in a community garden on city hall land on Saturday.

Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson said the decision to convert part of the park north of city hall into fertile ground would stand as a symbol for Vancouverites to grow their own food.

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