FAQ
How It Works, Pricing & Availability
What is Radgarden?
Radgarden is a community network that connects neighbours to share food, garden space, and tools — starting in Alberta. Members post surplus produce, lend and borrow equipment, attend free growing workshops, and find other growers nearby. Nothing on Radgarden is sold or taken a cut of; a small membership fee funds the whole thing.
How does it work?
You join, tell us your city, and once your area is open you can share what you grow, borrow what you need, and connect with growers around you. Think of it as community infrastructure that connects the people already growing and sharing to each other.
How much does it cost?
Membership is $44/year or $5/month. People who join during our founder window pay just $19/year — locked in for life. Community gardens, food banks, and other community organizations are free, always.
What's the founder rate?
Founders pay $19/year and keep that price for as long as they're a member — it never goes up. The founder window opens January 1, 2027 and closes March 31, 2027, starting in Lethbridge and Calgary.
Where is Radgarden available?
We're launching in Lethbridge and Calgary first, in early 2027. After that we open new cities one at a time, as soon as enough people in an area have signed up to make the network genuinely useful.
When will it be in my city?
That depends on how many of your neighbours join. We open a city once it reaches enough members to work. Join the waitlist and tell us where you are — the more people from your area who sign up, the sooner we come. Spread the word!
How is Radgarden different from Facebook Marketplace or a gardening group?
Radgarden is built for food sharing, not selling. It doesn't run on ads or harvest your data. There's no algorithm burying your post, no admin to burn out, and nobody profiting from your neighbourly exchange.
Does Radgarden take a commission?
No. We take no cut of anything you share, trade, lend, or borrow because there are no transactions on the platform. Membership fees fund Radgarden and keep everything you exchange free.
Is my data safe? Do you sell it?
We never sell your data, show you ads, or track you across the web. We collect the least we can, keep nothing we don't need, and your exact location is never shown publicly. The platform and all sensitive information are built and hosted in Canada. We are not subject to the US CLOUD Act.
Do I need a yard or any experience to join?
Not at all. Radgarden is for people who already grow, people who want to start with no experience, and people with space they're not using. Our free workshops are built for beginners, and you can take part by sharing, lending, or learning — a yard is optional.
What's "grow space sharing"?
It's a feature that matches people who have unused garden space with people who want to grow food. If you've got a sunny yard you can't keep up with, or you want to grow but have nowhere to do it, grow space sharing connects you.
What's a "food guild"?
A food guild is a group of members who grow different things on purpose, then share the harvest. It’s the oldest idea in gardening — grow what you grow best, share the rest — just made easy to organize. On Radgarden, you can start a guild with people nearby, see who’s growing what, and fill the gaps together, so the whole neighbourhood ends up with more variety and less waste than anyone could manage alone. This feature launches late summer 2027.
Who's behind Radgarden?
Radgarden was founded by Hannah and Colby, a couple in Southern Alberta, Canada. Hannah has a background in ecology and business systems design and leads the vision and community; Colby is the developer building the platform. It's operated by Radgarden Community Network.