Community Forum

You are among like-minded individuals. With your membership, you are automatically added to The Garden’s community forum. Please allow for 24 hours to be added to the group.

Our private, moderated chat group is the perfect place to get to know other people like you. You can share your thoughts, feelings, and experiences with others who understand what you’re going through.

Joining our community will make you feel connected and supported. You’ll have a safe place to express yourself and be yourself – without judgement.

We are using Google Spaces as the platform that hosts the group. You will be provided with a link via email to join the forum, as we decided to keep this group as private as possible, through our GoogleWorkspace platform. For privacy and abuse protection, you will not be able to add in members, as only the facilitators can add participants. When you end your membership, your membership to the community forum will also end. If you would like to learn more about Google Spaces, check out this in-depth tutorial below ⬇.

Community Guidelines

Just a gentle reminder of our community guidelines:

1. Garden Community Forum is a safe place for people to share their thoughts and feelings without judgement or repercussion. What’s said here, stays here, unless the moderators are legally obligated to disclose information due to safety concerns (i.e. yours or others) or as required by Canadian law.

2. The community rules create a safe and supportive environment for all members. Show grace and kindness to other group members. Divisive or oppressive statements will be deleted as they may trigger trauma responses in others.

3. The facilitators reserve the right to remove any community member at any time for breaches of these guidelines. The moderators will speak once to individuals if they breach these community rules, and a second breach will be considered removed from the forum and potentially the community. We take oppression and confidentiality very seriously and we ask that you do too.

4. Garden Community Forum provides a space for people to connect with others who may be experiencing similar challenges, so let grace and compassion lead your responses.

5. The moderators are available to help members who may be struggling with the content or with interacting in the forum safely and respectfully.

6. This forum is not to replace any sort of therapy. Just because we are counsellors does not mean we are your counsellors. We ask that you take the information and talk with your healthcare professional about if it’s right for you.

7. Keep it kind. Keep it fun. Keep it respectful.

Have questions or need support? Let us know!