MOBY - Who are we?

My Own Back Yard Community Garden Association (MOBY) is a non-profit society, representing the collective voice of hundreds of residents, businesses and community activists in the Broadway and Commercial Drive area of East Vancouver intent on cultivating and sustaining healthy community interaction. (MOBY) is located on three lots between 10th Ave and 12th Ave in the 1700 block east of Commercial Drive under and around the Sky Train tracks.

At its core, MOBY is about community development. The organization began with a vision containing three main physical elements:

1. A community garden where neighbors could grow food
2. An accessible pathway built of decorative mosaics joining all three lots
3. A neighborhood playground and green space where children could safely play


At present, the only developed portion, the lot located between 10th and 11th Avenue , houses the MOBY community garden. The volunteer run garden consists of over 40 beds, including several raised beds for people with mobility challenges. The garden area also includes a cob shed, an eco-friendly building made from sand, straw, and clay which houses the organizations tools and equipment, and several compost bins used for recycling organic waste at the site.


Construction of the playground is slated to begin in June 2009, and the mosaic pathway between June 2009 and 2010.


Since the inception of the project in 2003, MOBY has become a registered non-profit society with a current membership of approximately 50 members and gardeners; all of them neighbors who live in the vicinity of Commercial Drive.