Congratulations to the UpGarden P-Patch and Kistler l Higbee Cahoot upon receiving the 2014 top award from the Washington Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects. Lynn Porter of DJC tells the story here.
Seattle Department of Neighborhoods and Seattle Office of Emergency Management received a $35,000 Community Resilience Award from FEMA to establish community hubs at P-Patch community gardens that serve as gathering places in an emergency. The funds supported volunteer training, translations and emergency hub kits at 12 southeast Seattle gardens with… [ Keep reading ]
More than 50 people attending the National League of Cities Conference had the opportunity to visit neighborhoods in Southeast Seattle when we hosted a mobile workshop on community engagement. Hailing from big cities to small, the attendees learned about DoN programs, but also got to hear and visit Seattle Housing… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle Magazine just posted their list of the most influential people of 2013. We want to call-out and congratulate Lauren England of the West Seattle Bee Garden, Sarah Bergmann of the Pollinator Pathway, Bob Redmond of the Urban Bee Company, and Corky Luster of the Ballard Bee Company – all… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle Farms is a city of Seattle pilot project to use land owned by the city for commercial food production. The goals of Seattle Farms are to address the need for more opportunities to grow and sell food in the city of Seattle and to establish high-quality urban agriculture sites… [ Keep reading ]
Come to see the result of a merger of ideas from two public meetings, hard work by the architectural/permaculture team, the Design Steering Committee and the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT). All are welcome to say yea or nay! Friday, November 15 7:00 -9:00pm at the Hearthstone Retirement Facility 6720… [ Keep reading ]
This article by Knute Berger shares the story of our P-Patch Community Gardening Program. As the largest municipally-managed community gardening program west of New York City, P-Patch is celebrating its 40th Year. Read this Crosscut article to learn about our start and celebrate these 40 years of P-Patch with us…. [ Keep reading ]
More than 100 volunteers showed up to get their hands dirty this past weekend at the Beacon Food Forest. Click here to view photos of the day.
This week will be your last chance of the season to visit High Point and NewHolly Farm Stands. High Point Farm Stand’s last day is on Wednesday and the NewHolly Farm Stand’s last day is this Friday. The hours of operation are 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. So come on… [ Keep reading ]
In August, more than 300 people interested in community gardening and urban agriculture attended the 2013 annual meeting of the American Community Gardening Association. “Cultivating Community, Harvesting Health: Community Gardens to Urban Farms,” was the theme that drew gardeners, planners, government workers, organizers and academics from all over the country… [ Keep reading ]
