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Cultivating Communities
Martha Goodlett, Coordinator
Seattle Dept of Neighborhoods
700 3rd Ave
Seattle, WA 98104
Phone: 206-684-0264
Email: martha.goodlett [at] seattle.gov
Web: www.cityofseattle.net/neighborhoods/ppatch/cultivating.htm
Cultivating Communities is a collaborative effort of the Dept of Neighborhoods’ P-Patch Program and the Seattle Housing Authority to provide gardening and income-producing opportunities to low-income refugees living in four public housing communities. The program now has 10 community gardens providing organic gardening space for 120 families. Several of the families grow food for a Community Supported Agriculture program, which provides weekly deliveries of fresh produce to Seattle residents.
Garden-Raised Bounty
Kim Gaffi, Executive Director
711 State Ave NE
Olympia, WA 98506
Phone: 564-753-5522
Email: grub [at] goodgrub.org
Web: http://www.goodgrub.org
Garden-Raised Bounty (GRuB) is a grassroots non-profit organization dedicated to nourishing a strong community by empowering people and growing good food. We grow inspired, self-confident and community-minded youth through educational and employment opportunities. We help low-income families and seniors to help themselves by building raised-bed gardens at their homes. Our work is guided by our core values: caring youth and adult partnerships, strong communities, sustainable land stewardship, education, and good food for all people. We work in Thurston & Mason Counties in Washington state.
Marra Farm
Michelle B. Benetua, Marra Farm Coalition
Street address: 9026 4th Ave S, Seattle, WA 98108 (no mail)
Mailing address: 1501 N 45th St, Seattle, WA 98103
Phone: 206-694-6754
Phone: 206-694-6746 en español
Email: michelleb [at] solid-ground.org
Web: http://www.solid-ground.org/PROGRAMS/NUTRITION/MARRA/Pages/default.aspx
Marra Farm is an urban community farm engaging people in sustainable agriculture and education while enhancing local food security. It is 4-acres of historic preserved farmland tucked into the South Park neighborhood of Seattle. Working as the Marra Farm Coalition, Lettuce Link, Seattle Youth Garden Works, P-Patch Program, and the Mien Community Garden engage hundreds of community members, provide sustainable agriculture education, and donate several tons of fresh produce to local area food banks.
Seattle P-Patch Program
Contact: Rich Macdonald
Seattle Dept of Neighborhoods
PO Box 94649
700 5th Ave, Suite 1700
Seattle, WA 98124-4649
Phone: 206-386-0088
Email: rich.macdonald [at] seattle.gov
Web: http://www.cityofseattle.net/neighborhoods/ppatch
The Seattle P-Patch program is a leader in the national community gardening movement. The P-Patch Trust is devoted to making gardening opportunities available to more people in the city.
Seattle Tilth Association
Contact: Karen Luetjen
4649 Sunnyside Avenue N #1
Seattle, WA 98103
Phone: 206-632-1999
Email: karenluetjen [at] seattletilth.org
Web: http://www.seattletilth.org
Established in 1978, Seattle Tilth is a nonprofit grassroots organization that promotes urban self-reliance and builds community through public education about gardening, composting, and urban ecology. The Tilth Gardens provide a learning environment where various organic techniques are demonstrated and the greater community can observe, contribute, and exchange ideas about urban gardening. In 1985 Seattle Tilth initiated the Master Composter Program, which was the first formal home composting training program in the country. Since then the concept has spread across North America as well as to Western Europe and Australia. A full slate of activities is posted on the group’s website.
See also listing under Children's Gardens.
Seattle Youth Garden Works
Contact: Janice Dilworth, Director
5700 Sixth Ave S, Suite 207
Seattle, WA 98108
Phone: 206-632-0352 X 16
Email: info [at] sygw.org
Web: http://www.sygw.org
Seattle Youth Garden Works provides opportunities for homeless and at-risk youth through an innovative, entrepreneurial market gardening program. Homeless and at-risk youth are employed at two different garden sites and produce is sold weekly at neighborhood farmers markets, providing participants with the skills and confidence to achieve their personal goals.
4-H Restorative Community Service Gardening Project
Contact: Karen Poulin, Extension Educator
Washington State University Clark County Extension
Address:11104 NE 149th Street, C-100
Brush Prairie, WA 98606
Phone: 360-397-6060
Email: poulink [at] wsu.edu
Web: http://clark.wsu.edu/youth/food.html
The 4-H Restorative Community Service organic gardening project helps successfully reintegrate youthful offenders into the community. Along with Clark County Juvenile Court and Battleground School District, the WSU Extension 4-H Youth Development Program sponsors an organic garden on the grounds of the Center for Agriculture, Science and Environmental Education in Brush Prairie. Youthful offenders work side-by-side with adult volunteers trained in the 4-H principles of youth development. Youths are intentionally guided to reflect on what they have learned, accomplished, and contributed. The program donates garden produce (13,906 pounds from 2003 through 2006) to a local food bank serving 600 families per month.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Cascadian Edible Landscapes
http://www.eatyouryard.com
City Farmer
http://www.cityfarmer.org
City Farmer News
http://www.cityfarmer.info
SPIN Farming
http://www.spinfarming.com
Urban Agriculture category edited by Steven Garrett
Martha Goodlett, Coordinator
Seattle Dept of Neighborhoods
700 3rd Ave
Seattle, WA 98104
Phone: 206-684-0264
Email: martha.goodlett [at] seattle.gov
Web: www.cityofseattle.net/neighborhoods/ppatch/cultivating.htm
Cultivating Communities is a collaborative effort of the Dept of Neighborhoods’ P-Patch Program and the Seattle Housing Authority to provide gardening and income-producing opportunities to low-income refugees living in four public housing communities. The program now has 10 community gardens providing organic gardening space for 120 families. Several of the families grow food for a Community Supported Agriculture program, which provides weekly deliveries of fresh produce to Seattle residents.
Garden-Raised Bounty
Kim Gaffi, Executive Director
711 State Ave NE
Olympia, WA 98506
Phone: 564-753-5522
Email: grub [at] goodgrub.org
Web: http://www.goodgrub.org
Garden-Raised Bounty (GRuB) is a grassroots non-profit organization dedicated to nourishing a strong community by empowering people and growing good food. We grow inspired, self-confident and community-minded youth through educational and employment opportunities. We help low-income families and seniors to help themselves by building raised-bed gardens at their homes. Our work is guided by our core values: caring youth and adult partnerships, strong communities, sustainable land stewardship, education, and good food for all people. We work in Thurston & Mason Counties in Washington state.
Marra Farm
Michelle B. Benetua, Marra Farm Coalition
Street address: 9026 4th Ave S, Seattle, WA 98108 (no mail)
Mailing address: 1501 N 45th St, Seattle, WA 98103
Phone: 206-694-6754
Phone: 206-694-6746 en español
Email: michelleb [at] solid-ground.org
Web: http://www.solid-ground.org/PROGRAMS/NUTRITION/MARRA/Pages/default.aspx
Marra Farm is an urban community farm engaging people in sustainable agriculture and education while enhancing local food security. It is 4-acres of historic preserved farmland tucked into the South Park neighborhood of Seattle. Working as the Marra Farm Coalition, Lettuce Link, Seattle Youth Garden Works, P-Patch Program, and the Mien Community Garden engage hundreds of community members, provide sustainable agriculture education, and donate several tons of fresh produce to local area food banks.
Seattle P-Patch Program
Contact: Rich Macdonald
Seattle Dept of Neighborhoods
PO Box 94649
700 5th Ave, Suite 1700
Seattle, WA 98124-4649
Phone: 206-386-0088
Email: rich.macdonald [at] seattle.gov
Web: http://www.cityofseattle.net/neighborhoods/ppatch
The Seattle P-Patch program is a leader in the national community gardening movement. The P-Patch Trust is devoted to making gardening opportunities available to more people in the city.
Seattle Tilth Association
Contact: Karen Luetjen
4649 Sunnyside Avenue N #1
Seattle, WA 98103
Phone: 206-632-1999
Email: karenluetjen [at] seattletilth.org
Web: http://www.seattletilth.org
Established in 1978, Seattle Tilth is a nonprofit grassroots organization that promotes urban self-reliance and builds community through public education about gardening, composting, and urban ecology. The Tilth Gardens provide a learning environment where various organic techniques are demonstrated and the greater community can observe, contribute, and exchange ideas about urban gardening. In 1985 Seattle Tilth initiated the Master Composter Program, which was the first formal home composting training program in the country. Since then the concept has spread across North America as well as to Western Europe and Australia. A full slate of activities is posted on the group’s website.
See also listing under Children's Gardens.
Seattle Youth Garden Works
Contact: Janice Dilworth, Director
5700 Sixth Ave S, Suite 207
Seattle, WA 98108
Phone: 206-632-0352 X 16
Email: info [at] sygw.org
Web: http://www.sygw.org
Seattle Youth Garden Works provides opportunities for homeless and at-risk youth through an innovative, entrepreneurial market gardening program. Homeless and at-risk youth are employed at two different garden sites and produce is sold weekly at neighborhood farmers markets, providing participants with the skills and confidence to achieve their personal goals.
4-H Restorative Community Service Gardening Project
Contact: Karen Poulin, Extension Educator
Washington State University Clark County Extension
Address:11104 NE 149th Street, C-100
Brush Prairie, WA 98606
Phone: 360-397-6060
Email: poulink [at] wsu.edu
Web: http://clark.wsu.edu/youth/food.html
The 4-H Restorative Community Service organic gardening project helps successfully reintegrate youthful offenders into the community. Along with Clark County Juvenile Court and Battleground School District, the WSU Extension 4-H Youth Development Program sponsors an organic garden on the grounds of the Center for Agriculture, Science and Environmental Education in Brush Prairie. Youthful offenders work side-by-side with adult volunteers trained in the 4-H principles of youth development. Youths are intentionally guided to reflect on what they have learned, accomplished, and contributed. The program donates garden produce (13,906 pounds from 2003 through 2006) to a local food bank serving 600 families per month.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Cascadian Edible Landscapes
http://www.eatyouryard.com
City Farmer
http://www.cityfarmer.org
City Farmer News
http://www.cityfarmer.info
SPIN Farming
http://www.spinfarming.com
Urban Agriculture category edited by Steven Garrett
