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Seattle Tilth edible plant sale this weekend!

Don’t miss this great sale!  Saturday and Sunday, May 5 and 6, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., at Meridian Park (4649 Sunnyside Ave. N., Seattle).  This is a great opportunity to stock up on veggies for your garden, including hard to find and heirloom varieties.  Gardening books, supplies and food will also… [ Keep reading ]

Seattle Times reports on Mercer Garage rooftop P-Patch

The Seattle Times reported on the P-patch being constructed on the roof of the Mercer Garage.  Click here to read the article.

P-patchers kick-off opening of Giving Gardens

Councilmember Sally Bagshaw and nearly 30 Interbay P-Patch gardeners, along with representatives from Lettuce Link, Ballard Food Bank, and Seattle Department of Neighborhoods, celebrated the kickoff of the Interbay P-Patch Giving Garden and of all the giving gardens at the P-Patches throughout the city. Last year P-Patch gardeners at Interbay… [ Keep reading ]

Join the Howell Collective P-Patch for an urban agriculture tour and BBQ on April 29!

On Sunday, April 29, 2012 we invite the community to learn about and celebrate the urban agricultural movement taking place in public spaces throughout Seattle. We will meet at the Seven Hills Park for a walking/biking tour of local gardens in and around Capitol Hill then return to the Howell… [ Keep reading ]

Interbay P-Patch kicks off its food bank gardening season April 17

The Interbay P-Patch Garden kicks off its 2012 Food Bank Gardening Season on Tuesday, April 17, at 5:30PM. Every year, Interbay P-Patch donates more than 5,000 pounds of fresh, organic veggies to Ballard Food Bank, Mary’s Place and St. Martin’s on Westlake. Well over half of that produce is grown… [ Keep reading ]

Leap into Spring at the Lincoln Park P-Patch Daffodil Festival and Food Drive this Saturday, 3/17

10:00 AM to 1:00PM (rain or shine)  Bring a canned food donation to support the West Seattle Food Bank and receive a free bouquet of fresh harvested daffodils.  Fresh daffodil bouquets will also be available for sale along with potted daffodil plants and rhubarb plant starts.    location is behind the tennis courts… [ Keep reading ]

Volunteer Opportunity: Teach at Marra Farm this Spring!

Do you like working with kids outside? Lettuce Link is looking for volunteers to help with the gardening and nutrition classes at Marra Farm this spring. They will be teaching garden and nutrition education to elementary school students and need co-teachers. They work with children to plant their own gardens, cook healthy… [ Keep reading ]

Barton P-Patch hosts compost workshop

Come learn how to make rich, organic soil for your garden! WHAT: Compost Workshop WHEN: Sunday. April 1, 2012; 1:00-3:00 WHERE: Barton Street Community Garden and P-Patch Learn from Master Composters Amanda Lee and Graham Golbuff how to manage garden waste, how to set up a good, working compost system… [ Keep reading ]

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… [ Keep reading ]

Gardening with Children: Year-Round Fun and Success!

Are you and the kids in your life itching to get your knees in the dirt to start your gardening year? Start with a smile at this hands-on workshop, chock-full of information on how to have success in a children’s garden, p-patch plot, or your own back yard! Tour the… [ Keep reading ]