Ntamtqen Community Garden & Food Hub

Ntamtqen Community Garden & Food Hub is located on Smelqmix (Similkameen) community land of the Lower Similkameen Indian Band.

We welcome you to our traditional unceded territory to share in building this
community led vision.

Ntamtqen community garden sits on 7.5 acres of on-reserve community land, which has a farming history of being an organic mixed vegetable farm, a hay field and Similkameen Native Organic Produce. Now it’s being revitalized as a community garden and food hub.

Driven by Dixon Terbasket and the community’s vision and experience in farming this land, the team and the support from Lower Similkameen Indian Band (LSIB), the Garden & Food Hub has really sprung into action through 2023 and 2024, now thriving in 2025. This action is informed by LSIB community planning and goals, and a vision of food security and Indigenous Food Sovereignty.  

We have successfully raised the funds for a food processing facility. The priority for the remainder of 2025 is getting the facility to the lockup stage, as well as growing food and ongoing infrastructure development.

We hold huge gratitude for our funders, supporters and volunteers. Thank you to our funders Lower Similkameen Indian Band, Indigenous Agriculture Development Programme, ETSI-BC, Local Food Infrastructure Fund, United Way BC, REDIP and New Relationship Trust.