- DUGS was incorporated in 1997
- The Whitehorse Community Garden was first planted in 1998
- 2013 will be our 16th growing season at the Whitehorse Community Garden
The purposes of the Downtown Urban Gardeners Society are seven-fold:
- The provision of an accessible space within the downtown core of Whitehorse, Yukon in which community members can grow their own food;
- The production of organic, nutritious and affordable food in a Northern environment;
- The provision of opportunities for exercise therapy, education and friendship;
- The strengthening of a sense of community;
- The beautification of the neighbourhood;
- The provision of long term food security for the community;
- The regeneration of the lost art of self sufficiency through food cultivation.
