Heeley City Farm

Heeley City Farm is a 7-acre urban farm with gardens, animal enclosures, and learning spaces where visitors can watch goats, pigs, chickens, and rabbits living in their spaces. The site includes working garden beds and structures designed to show how food is grown and animals are kept in a city setting.

The farm was founded in 1981 after a planned road project for this land was cancelled. What began as an alternative use for abandoned space has grown into a community resource over the decades.

The farm serves as a gathering place where city residents learn where their food comes from and how to care for animals and land. People discover practical knowledge about growing things and raising livestock that city life normally keeps hidden from them.

Visitors can explore the farm and interact with animals and gardens throughout the year regardless of weather. There is a café on site where people can rest and sample locally grown and prepared food options.

The site has an Energy Centre that displays renewable energy systems and sustainable building materials for visitors to see. Professionals and students attend practical courses there to learn how these technologies work in real buildings and projects.