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Mayor McGinn visits site of Barton P-Patch as reported by West Seattle Blog

The West Seattle Blog recently reported on Mayor McGinn’s tour of Westwood and the Barton P-Patch.  Click here to read the blog post and Click here to view a video.

March 19 Gardening with Children Workshop is full

The Seattle Department of Neighborhoods P-Patch Workshop, Gardening with Children, Creating Success and Sustainability on March 19 at the Magnuson Children’s Garden is full and will not be taking further reservations at this time.

Gardening with Children: Creating Success and Sustainability

Are you and the kids in your life getting spring fever for gardening? Start off the growing season with this hands-on workshop, chock-full of information on how to have success in a children’s garden or p-patch plot. Tour the Magnuson Children’s Garden and P-Patch, and learn about practical and imaginative… [ Keep reading ]

Help design the new Barton P-Patch at community design workshop February 12

The wide, flat, sunny, lot at the corner of 34th Ave. SW. and SW. Barton is about to become SW Seattle’s newest P-Patch Community Garden.    At the suggestion of Roxhill/Westwood neighbors, the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods purchased the property in the summer of 2010.  Since then, neighbors have been organizing… [ Keep reading ]

Stuffed Veggies Plant the Seeds of Things to Come!

The new P-Patch, Un-paving Paradise, located in Summit Slope Park, was measured out for plots recently.  P-patchers thought they would only get 20 plots, but were able to squeeze in 36 gardening spaces.  Of those 36, three will be set aside for community collective activities.  One will be used by non-profit groups on the… [ Keep reading ]

Interbay P-Patch subject of Growing a Greener World Segment in January

If you missed it the first time, here’s your chance to catch this segment!  The Interbay P-Patch will be featured on the Growing a Greener World program on Jan. 15 at 11 a.m. on KCTS/9.  Be sure to tune in!

P-Patch’s Seattle Community Farm Construction Complete

The community farm will bring neighbors and volunteers together to grow food for low income people in the area.  Community members helped design the farm this past fall and then watched and waited as their ideas began to take shape.  With heavy construction now complete, volunteers are pitching in to… [ Keep reading ]

Seattle Community Farm Work Party November 20

The Seattle Community Farm is a new project of Lettuce Link as part of a Community Food Project Grant from the USDA in partnership with the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods P-Patch Community Gardening Program and Seattle Housing Authority. It is a third of an acre farm in the Rainier Valley… [ Keep reading ]

We’re Number 1!

Natural Home magazine recently ran an article on the top ten best cities for urban gardening.  Seattle rated number one!  Click here to read more.

Check out the Volunteer Appreciation Event photos

On Thursday, October 28, Seattle Department of Neighborhoods held an even to honor community volunteers who serve on various boards and commissions and advisory councils, the City Neighborhood Council, the District Councils, P-Patch Trust and Site Coordinators and the City-wide Review Team.  Click here to view photos.