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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The forecast is for sunny weather this coming Sunday, May 1 for the dedication of Summit Park and Unpaving Paradise P-Patch at 200 E John St. The ceremony begins at noon. Click here for more information.
Seattle Department of Neighborhoods, Seattle Parks and Recreation, and the Capitol Hill Community Council invite the public to the dedication of Summit Slope Park and Unpaving Paradise P-Patch on May 1, 2011 at noon. Summit Slope Park is located at 200 E John St. Click here for more information.
The 2008 Parks and Green Spaces Levy set aside $2 million for development of four or more community gardens on City-owned property. Not only have 4 projects been completed, but there are 11 additional projects underway. This success is due to the P-Patch Program’s focus on engaging neighbors, collaborating with… [ Keep reading ]
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.
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.