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The P-Patch Trust builds healthy and diverse communities by fostering community gardens, urban farms and green space. This is accomplished through public engagement, partnerships, leadership development, advocacy, and land acquisition.


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P-patch community gardens keep growing with levy funds
P-Patch Post - The P-Patch Trust's Newsletter - Issue: Winter 2011
Written by Laura Raymond, Levy Projects Coordinator, P-Patch Program   

comgaThe 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...

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Matching Fund connects
P-Patch Post - The P-Patch Trust's Newsletter - Issue: Winter 2011
Written by Nate Moxley   

Over the past 23 years, the Matching Fund Program has funded over 5000 community-led projects throughout the city. Most P-Patch participants know the critical role that the Matching Fund has played in the establishment and improvement of many of our gardens. The tours gave us an opportunity not only to

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P-Patch tours a hit!
P-Patch Post - The P-Patch Trust's Newsletter - Issue: Winter 2011
Written by Nate Moxley   

tours1aFrom 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...

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Work party adventures: A shed, a gang and a shoe!
P-Patch Post - The P-Patch Trust's Newsletter - Issue: Fall 2011
Written by Diane Zebert; Photos by Diane Zebert and Len Eisenhood   

work_party_smallThe 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...

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From P-Patch to P-Plot
P-Patch Post - The P-Patch Trust's Newsletter - Issue: Fall 2011
Written by Eddie Hill   

Urban Agriculture Goes Suburban with Seattle Tilth’s Small-Farm Incubator Program

On a former dairy farm in the hills of unincorporated King County, just outside Auburn, WA, a group of farmers meets with Seattle Tilth staff outside the hoophouse and tool storage area to plan their day. Red Barn Ranch, a 39-acre pasture and forested site owned by the City of Seattle and managed by the Seattle Parks &...

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