Check out these fun summer events at the Magnuson P-Patch Children’s Garden: “Summer Fridays in the Garden” during Free Family Concerts Get to know the garden and do free nature exploration, nature art and other activities while being serenaded by local family-friendly bands! Children’s Garden volunteers and Master Gardeners will… [ Keep reading ]
A very important public meeting to decide on the master plan for Magnolia Manor Park is coming up Wednesday, June 8, 7 pm at Magnolia Presbyterian Church, corner of W Dravus and 28th W. The Plan calls for opening up the whole park (except for the immediate area around the… [ Keep reading ]
Things are really moving along at Lettuce Link’s Seattle Community Farm. We’ve been making beds and planting food for the food bank, but we’re falling a bit behind. We would love a bit of extra help this week to get us caught up making beds and planting. You can also… [ Keep reading ]
The Growing Cities film crew interviewed P-Patch Garden Coordinators Bunly and Julie and NewHolly gardeners at the P-Patch Market Garden on May 27. Check out some photos from the filming here. Growing Cities is a feature-length documentary film about urban farming across America. It follows the film makers on their… [ Keep reading ]
The new Unpaving Paradise P-Patch Community Garden, along with the Summit Slope Park, was dedicated on May 1. Nearly 200 community members enjoyed the event, which involved a ribbon cutting ceremony, live music, and activities. Community members were heavily involved in the creation of this P-Patch, contributing more than 2,000 hours… [ Keep reading ]
Growing Cities is a feature-length documentary film about urban farming across America. It follows their road trip across country as they meet with leaders in the urban farming movement and learn how cities are being revitalized one vegetable, bee, and chicken at a time. The filmmakers are interviewing P-Patch Garden… [ Keep reading ]
The Estelle St. P-Patch community garden was originally built in 1990. It is a street right of way that was overgrown and inviting to negative behaviors. Organizing around this issue, community members worked together with the P-Patch community Gardening Program and created a community garden. After all these years and… [ Keep reading ]
P-Patch Trust provided the volunteers, planters, soil and seedlings for a recent planting party on the roof of City Hall. Check out Mayor McGinn’s blog featuring the new crop to be donated to Cherry Street Food Bank.
Summer Veggies – Tomatoes and Peppers Saturday May 28, 2011; 10am-noon Fresh, homegrown tomatoes and peppers are some of the best things to come out of the garden each summer, but can be tricky to grow. This class will teach you everything you need to know to grow the biggest,… [ Keep reading ]
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