Beloved Teacher’s Legacy is to Plant a Seed of Peace That Continues to Grow and Inspire a Community The Aki Kurose Peace Garden at Laurelhurst Elementary in NE Seattle will reopen to the community after a significant renovation with a brief, meaningful celebration on June 5 from 10:30 AM to… [ Keep reading ]
by Lauren Englund, West Seattle Bee Garden Project Lead The West Seattle Bee Garden is officially open! On Sunday, May 19, the High Point Neighborhood Association hosted the first annual West Seattle Bee Festival at Commons Park P-Patch to celebrate the opening of the educational enclosure and the arrival of… [ Keep reading ]
Join us for four days of workshops, tours and a Saturday morning screening of select, 3-minute community gardening videos showcase exciting developments in the world of community gardening and urban agriculture. Early Bird Registration: open now to June 15, 2013 Scholarships are also available and due date for scholarship application… [ Keep reading ]
The Charlestown Hillclimb connects Rainier Valley and the Mt. Baker neighborhood. As a result of residents’ vision and persistence, a muddy path through head-high blackberry bushes is well on its way to becoming a pedestrian-friendly, landscaped green space. The Seattle Department of Transportation installed the stairway, and a $25,000 award from the Seattle… [ Keep reading ]
Information provided by Ruth Callard, Chair of the Freeway Estates Community Orchard Marketing Committee Growth of many kinds is underway at the Freeway Estates Community Orchard! Fruit and nut trees have recently been planted, a landscape architect will be hired, and a new website is now live! The Orchard recieved a… [ Keep reading ]
The 2012 Report to the Community is now available, providing an overview of the many activities of our department last year. To receive a hard copy, email wendy.watson@seattle.gov. To read the electronic version, click here.
by Jenny Frankl, North Region Neighborhood District Coordinator It was a gorgeous, sunny Saturday for the 20th annual “U-District Community Clean-Up” on May 11th, 2013. Over 140 U-District neighbors – including students, families, churches, local businesses, community groups, youth groups, and non-profits – came together to give the U-District that extra… [ Keep reading ]
Editor’s note: Our P-Patch gardens have “giving gardens,” plots where gardeners grow food for food banks and feeding programs with the help of Solid Ground’s Lettuce Link program. Last year, gardeners donated more than 26,000 pounds of produce. This story of an extraordinary gardener was shared with us by Lettuce… [ Keep reading ]
Please join Nicole Kistler, Seattle Artist-in-Residence for Urban Agriculture and the Seattle Tree Fruit Society, this Saturday, May 25 at the Magnuson Park P-Patch Orchard for the installation of a new art project called Blushing Orchards. The project is the first pilot project of a new Seattle Art Plan for… [ Keep reading ]
Mayor Mike McGinn announced in May that the Seattle Office of Emergency Management (OEM) and Seattle Department of Neighborhoods (DoN) have been awarded $35,000 from the FEMA Community Resilience Innovation Challenge. The cash award will establish community emergency preparedness “Hubs” in selected P-Patch community gardens in southeast Seattle, in addition… [ Keep reading ]
