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Garden Suites in Edmonton 

Thinking about building a home in your backyard, but don't know where to start? YEGarden Suites can help. We are Edmonton's only independent, non-profit, garden suite organization dedicated to serving homeowners who are interested in building what are now known in Edmonton as a Backyard Housing.  

 

Through workshops, tours, and educational events, we provide you with all the information you need to start your own Backyard Housing project. Scroll down to learn more about Backyard Housing, what we do, and how we can help you. 

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BACKYARD Housing tour october 20TH 10aM-3PM

Take a trip around Edmonton visiting a diverse selection of Garden Suites. On this YEGarden Suite Tour you will be able to visit 6 different Garden Suites on a self-guided tour. At each suite, you can have discussions with Garden Suite owners or builders, to learn from their experience building a suite in Edmonton.

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Building a better city can start in your own backyard. This book tells the stories of twelve early-adopters of backyard homes in Edmonton, and includes 65 pages of inspiring garden suite photography.

What is a garden suite?

Simply put, a Garden Suite is a Backyard Home... and under the new Zoning Bylaw, that's what they're called!

Backyard Housing are a form of infill housing that offers social, environmental, and economic benefits to owners, renters, and the city as a whole. They can be built on almost every single-family residential lot in Edmonton, and are becoming increasingly popular in cities across North America. They can be as small as you like, or well over 2,000 square feet, depending on your lot size. 

A Backyard House is a living space that’s located in the backyard of a property. To qualify as a Backyard House, the space needs to have its own kitchen, bathroom, sleeping and living space.

Some Backyard Houses include garage space and some have no garage at all. 

- City of Edmonton