Chén̓chenstway Healing Garden and Indigenous Food Forest

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Water bottle refillWater without admission

Chén̓chenstway — meaning 'to lift each other up, to stand and work together' in the Squamish language — is a free, publicly accessible Indigenous healing garden and food forest in Oxford Park, created through a partnership between the Vancouver Urban Food Forest Foundation, the Aboriginal Mother Centre Society, and the Vancouver Park Board. The site includes a Running Free Wildflowers Memorial Garden honouring children who never returned from residential schools. Regular community volunteer jams and plant teachings make it a living gathering space rooted in intergenerational, cross-cultural land stewardship.

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✓Water bottle refill

VUFFF news post states 'The water fountain was installed today in Oxford Park!' — the garden's location at 2050 Wall Street

✓Water without admission

Water fountain installed at Oxford Park (2050 Wall Street); site has free admission (, no fees mentioned on website)

Not confirmed yet

Bike parkingWashroomsShowers (drop-in or fee)Café or food on siteLuggage / bag storageVending machinesBike rack visible from insideCovered bike parkingPublic rack nearbyBike allowed inside/on patioDevice chargingWi-FiE-bike chargingPumpDiscount for arriving by bike

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Kid-friendly

Time to allow: Short visit

Planning: Walk-up, no booking needed

Best time to visit: Food Forest jams & garden in growth (May, June, July)

Indigenous

This place is in the traditional territory of the Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group, S’ólh Téméxw (Stó:lō), səl̓ilwətaɁɬ təməxʷ (Tsleil-Waututh), Skwxwú7mesh-ulh Temíx̱w (Squamish), Stz’uminus, šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmaɁɬ təməxʷ (Musqueam), and Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla.

Territory data from Native Land Digital, for educational purposes only.

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