Pemco bloggers check out Bradner Gardens P-Patch
April 26, 2010
A recent Pemco blog featured Brandner Gardens P-Patch. Read more here.
P-Patch gardeners give back
April 26, 2010
Lettuce Link, one of our nonprofit partners, is highlighting individual P-Patchers donating produce to Seattle food banks. Read about a gardener from Judkins P-Patch: http://lettucelink.blogspot.com/2010/04/giving-gardeners-christina-cummings.html
Update about P-Patches located on Seattle Parks Department Property
April 22, 2010
Seattle Department of Neighborhoods has heard from many community members expressing concerns about changes to P-Patch operations that have been suggested by Department of Parks and Recreation for those P-Patch community gardens located on Parks’ property. Over the past few months, Seattle Department of Neighborhoods, which manages the P-Patch Community… [ Keep reading ]
P-Patch garden season gets underway
April 19, 2010
Spring has arrived, and P-Patch gardeners are busy getting beds ready for the growing season. Queen Pea P-Patchers got to work on their site recently, and recorded their activity to share. Click here to watch the action.
Capitol Hill celebrates Unpaving Paradise P-Patch groundbreaking tomorrow
April 16, 2010
April 13, 2010 (SEATTLE, WA)—Seattle Department of Neighborhoods invites you to celebrate Earth Day this year by saying goodbye to another parking lot and hello to Capitol Hill’s newest P-Patch community garden, “Unpaving Paradise.” Saturday, April 17 at 2 p.m., marks the groundbreaking celebration, when the Unpaving Paradise Committee begins… [ Keep reading ]
P-Patch gardens continue to grow in Seattle
April 15, 2010
Seattle Department of Neighborhoods is pleased to announce the first full growing season of a number of new P-Patch Community Gardens. In 2009 and early 2010 a total of seven new sites were opened, including Hazel Heights in Fremont, which recently opened in March. With the groundbreaking of these new… [ Keep reading ]
Picardo P-Patch celebrates Seattle’s first composting toilet
April 7, 2010
Seattle Department of Neighborhoods is pleased to announce Seattle’s first public composting toilet, located at the Picardo Farm in Wedgwood. On Saturday, April 3, Picardo hosted the opening ceremonies, featuring a T.P. ribbon cutting, speeches by local dignitaries, and garden tours. Big thanks go out to Trent Elwing, Eileen Long,… [ Keep reading ]
PBS filming at Interbay P-Patch today
March 31, 2010
SEATTLE — At 1 p.m. today, a new PBS garden series called “Growing A Greener World” will be filming at Interbay P-Patch Community Garden, 2452 15th Avenue W, a P-Patch managed by Seattle Department of Neighborhoods. They will be interviewing two key volunteers about the history of Interbay, its development,… [ Keep reading ]
P-Patch posts new gardener sign-up information
March 30, 2010
If the arrival of spring has got you itching to get gardening, click here for new information on the P-Patch wait list, and other possible gardening options.
Picardo P-Patch celebrates Seattle’s first composting toilet
March 25, 2010
Join us Saturday April, 3, when the Department of Neighborhoods will host a public celebratory opening of the newest Picardo feature, located at the intersection of 25th Ave NE and NE 82nd. The 1 p.m. ribbon cutting will be followed by garden tours. Click here for more information on the… [ Keep reading ]