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The idea of long quiet winters that allow gardeners to rest, reflect and plan for the next year’s sowing has always seemed a romantic fallacy in our P-Patch world of year-round gardening. Even snow and freezing temperatures that leave most plants brown and rotting can’t kill the hum of activity...
From mid-September through late October, city vans shuttled passengers between P-Patches and Neighborhood Matching Fund (NMF) projects throughout the city for the first official 2010 P-Patch tours. Tours visited 26 sites from Seattle’s southeast district to the...
The Ballard P-Patch had an unexpected surprise this summer: we were the grateful recipients of a solidly constructed 4 foot by 12 foot garden shed, generously donated by a lovely family from the neighborhood. The family was redoing their landscaping and no longer needed the...Upcoming Events
Blues for Food 2012
Saturday, September 1 noon to 9 pm
Magnuson Park Amphitheatre & P-Patch
Action Items for P-Patch Gardeners
- Connect with your community. Find out who provides, shares or hosts your garden space; reach out to them and volunteer your time or services.
- Build a 5- and 10-year plan for your garden. How will you grow not just your food, but your garden and your community?
- Nominate someone from your garden to reach out to the P-Patch Trust and discuss your garden’s plan and your community.
P-Patch Post
News Notes
- P-patch community gardens keep growing with levy funds
- Matching Fund connects
- P-Patch tours a hit!
- Work party adventures: A shed, a gang and a shoe!
- From P-Patch to P-Plot
- Levy update: World’s strongest community gardeners
- Saving seeds for the future: Mayor Mike McGinn’s gardening and political philosophy
- P-Patches in the community: Lessons from University Heights
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The P-Patch Trust relies on the generous support of its donors to help build gardens and grow communities. Please contribute to our work and success by donating now.