Are you passionate about community gardening, or just curious? Wanting to find out more about getting on a waiting list for an available plot near your home, or about contributing your time and skills at the garden in your neighborhood? The Trust warmly accepts volunteers to help our all-volunteer board of directors make our projects and each P-Patch Garden a success!

There are many places throughout the P-Patch community that volunteers are needed.

To work in a p-patch garden near you, help out with a food bank garden, or assist a handicapped gardener, contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Be sure to include your neighborhood and a description of what you would like to do.

Lettuce Link needs drivers to pick up and deliver donated produce to feeding kitchens, shelters and food banks. Contact Michelle B. Benetua at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or at (206) 694-6754.

Blues for Food and Chef in the Garden can use your marketing skills to help grow these annual events that benefit the Trust. Contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for details, and please include your contact information and a brief summary of your experience.

The P-Patch Trust is also looking for people with successful experience in applying for grants from private foundations. Contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call 425.329.1601. Be sure to include your contact information and a brief summary of your experience.

Additional possibilities

Add your name to the P-Patch Program's waiting list for gardening plots by contacting:

http://www.seattle.gov/Neighborhoods/ppatch/waitlist.htm

Help start a Neighborhood Community Garden

Interested in having a community garden in your neighborhood, to help address the shortage of established gardening space in Seattle? Stay tuned; we'll soon post information and tips here!