Paradise Gardens Enterprises foresaw this situation and began developing a new non-government option. A high-bred cross between Entrepreneurship and Charity. It comes from the Alberta thinking of :

Don't depend on the government for what you can do for yourself.

Paradise Gardens Enterprises is a private company building a private garden environment for the exclusive use of the respectful public.

Products are designed and brought to market to grow Paradise Gardens Enterprises in order to purchase land and operate Peace Gardens, supporting Alberta families and friends around the world.

Peace Gardens
Monetary Goals and Benefits

Purchase the land for Peace Gardens through the sale of retail products by Paradise Gardens Enterprises rather than by lottery or government money to create a sense of ownership for the purchasers. Ownership brings a sense of pride and wanting to take care of what we own.

Creating a way for seniors, handicapped and stay at home moms to earn extra income through doing piece work, producing products for retail sale through Paradise Gardens Enterprises.

Creating real food resources for the food bank through the greenhouses and gardens which will be seeded, tended and harvested by daily volunteers, seniors who miss their own gardens, and young school children who are learning about nature.

Creates venues for Cultural Fair Events to use without cost, encouraging more cultural participation as well as an opportunity to promote visiting that culture throughout the year.

Developing a completely self-sustainable water and energy system to be independent from city systems to lesson the drain on their capital expenses for infrastructure, and to be self-sufficient in case of drought, or black-outs. In the long run, it will insulate heating and lighting costs for Peace Gardens.

Create new jobs for permanent positions in security, food services, first aid station, life guarding, and alternate energy areas. Along with other jobs like sanitation, janitorial, teaching, and others being filled by volunteer rotation.

Providing partnering opportunities with building companies to donate left-over wood and stone materials to the wood-working studios for retired wood-lovers to teach others fine craftsmanship and to build furniture and toys for those who cannot afford them.

Create Oakridge Homes to build specialized complexes for single parent homes to provide extra resources to accommodate the special needs of the parents and their children and to promote community within the complex.

Provide public health information in dental, nutrition, typical childhood sickness (colds, flus) to prevent tooth rot in children and adults, mal-nutrition which is a major aspect of depression and ADD.

Creating a cultural and educational center without cost to the tax payer. This center will have numerous financial benefits to many as well as community benefits of having stronger, healthier and happier residents. It will have a domino effect on communities, schools, crime levels, participation in community projects and neighborliness.

Helping in our way with Alberta's government budget of:
Health and mental health services: $12 billion
Education and employment and apprenticeship programs: $7.8 billion
People in Need: 10% of the 2007 budget

Peace Gardens
Indirect Monetary Goals and Benefits

Provide options to build up professional or trade work résumés through volunteering and apprenticeship programs at Peace Gardens. i.e. psychological screening, architects, environmental steering, teaching, all construction trades, landscape design, greenhouse management...

Providing a safe place for relaxation, reflection, interaction with others who have similar interests to increase mental health.

Providing free St. Johns First Aid and Red Cross Swimming lessons to families who cannot afford lessons in the traditional way.

Providing free scholastic tutoring to school age children who are identified as having difficulty learning by their parents. Giving opportunities for excelling high school students to tutor grades 1-4.

Providing free classes, workshops and activities to improve coping skills, parenting, anger management, victim support, assertiveness training and communication classes to improve family interaction and strengthen individuals, family bonds and diminsh neighborhood crime.

Provide the opportunity to attend studios, workshops, concerts, plays and international speakers and gardens without cost.

Providing positive activities for inter-cultural youth groups to build appreciation of each other's culture. Providing humanitarian projects to have individuals of gangs of opposing sides work side by side for the benefit of others to build a sense of unity and Calgary community, reducing crime levels and costs of crime.

Providing unskilled workers and those who were victims a place to build confidence and skills to progress toward getting their credentials in a bonefide school or training center, increasing the standard of living for them and their families.

Providing child specific educational and recreational opportunities for 0-18 in the Children's Academy (Russian Garden) while parents and caregivers may take in courses or activities. Teen programs are exciting, challenging and worthwhile.

Preserving the beautiful mountain views for public use.