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Join us for the Maple Leaf Play Area Dedication this Saturday!

In conjunction with Parks and Green Spaces Levy, a Large Matching Fund Award of $100,000 from the Department of Neighborhoods provided funding for the children’s garden, adventure play and whimsical art area. The community raised $75,000 in cash to support the effort and contributed $25,000 in volunteer labor. The event on Saturday includes

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Posted: May 16th, 2013 under Front Porch, Neighborhood Matching Fund, North District, parks, Parks and Green Spaces Levy.
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Join us at the Roxhill Park Playground and Skatepark Celebration!

Seattle Parks and Recreation is hosting a community celebration for the renovated Roxhill play area and the new skatespot on Saturday, April 20, 2013 from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. The official ribbon cutting will take place at 12:30 p.m. The afternoon will be filled with skate lessons, giveaways, music and light

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Posted: April 16th, 2013 under Delridge District, Front Porch, Grant Opportunities, grants, Neighborhood Matching Fund, parks, Parks and Green Spaces Levy.
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Mayor McGinn announces more city investment in our P-Patches and urban agriculture

On December 18, Mayor McGinn announced the creation of additional space for community gardening and urban agriculture in the city. Approximately 185 P-Patch community garden plots will be developed or made available, along with 14,500 square feet of land dedicated to large tract gardening.

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Posted: December 19th, 2012 under Ballard District, Central District, Delridge District, Downtown District, East District, Front Porch, General, Greater Duwamish District, Lake Union District, North District, Northeast District, Northwest District, P-Patch, Parks and Green Spaces Levy, Queen Anne/Magnolia District, Southeast District, Southwest District.
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Kirke Park P-Patch opens

Congratulations to P-Patch gardeners who celebrated the grand opening of Kirke Park P-Patch this fall. The opening not only featured a fine spread of food by the  organizers, but P-Patch plots were assigned, and the winter cover crop was sown to celebrate. The P-Patch is located in Ballard at 7028 9th Avenue

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Posted: October 31st, 2012 under Ballard, Ballard District, Front Porch, General, P-Patch, Parks and Green Spaces Levy.
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Marra Farm Fall Festival September 22

 FREE community event with tasty food, live music, and fun games for the whole family ~ Make apple cider on our old-timey cider press  ~ Paint pumpkins, carve zucchini, and meet our famed “tromboncino” squash ~ Take on your friends in a gunny rack race ~ Enjoy grilled veggies, salmon, and other

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Posted: September 14th, 2012 under Front Porch, Greater Duwamish District, P-Patch, Parks and Green Spaces Levy, South Park, Youth and Families.
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P-patch Food Forest featured on King 5

This innovative concept of an edible forest was supported by a Neighborhood Matching Fund Small and Simple award for $22,000 in December of 2010 to hire a design consultant and create a schematic design for a food forest.  After a series of community meetings, the team presented a final schematic (viewable here). In

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Posted: March 7th, 2012 under Beacon Hill, Front Porch, grants, P-Patch, Parks and Green Spaces Levy.
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Design workshops scheduled for city’s first rooftop P-Patch community garden

Community members are invited to participate in designing a P-Patch community garden on the roof of the Mercer Garage at Seattle Center.  Landscape Architects Kistler/Higbee Cahoot will facilitate three public workshops to design the garden. Each session will build on the last, so attendance to all three meetings is encouraged. WHEN: Meeting

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Posted: December 5th, 2011 under Front Porch, P-Patch, Parks and Green Spaces Levy.
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P-patch garden to take root on Mercer Garage roof

Come learn more about this new garden, funded by the Parks and Green Space Levy, November 17 at 7:00 in the Shaw room at Seattle Center.  Click here for more information.

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Posted: November 7th, 2011 under Front Porch, P-Patch, Parks and Green Spaces Levy.
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Barton and 34th Ave P-Patch Pumpkin Fundraiser this Saturday

Come support the P-Patch and have your pumpkin carved this Saturday at the Barton and 34th Ave P-Patch Fundraiser.  Carving and other fun will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the garden, located on the corner of  SW Barton St and 34th Ave SW.  Click here for more information and

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Posted: October 27th, 2011 under Front Porch, P-Patch, Parks and Green Spaces Levy.
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Rainier Beach Urban Farm and Wetlands Preserve Groundbreaking October 1

Join us for the groundbreaking ceremony of the Rainier Beach Urban Farm and Wetlands Preserve.  This project was supported in part with a $50,000 award from the Neighborhood Matching Fund Large Projects Fund. Saturday, October 1, 2011 Time: 10:00 am - 3:00 pm Location: Rainier Beach Urban Farm & Wetlands at Atlantic City Nursery

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Posted: September 15th, 2011 under Front Porch, General, grants, Neighborhood Matching Fund, Parks and Green Spaces Levy, Rainier Beach.
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