I love my Pea Patch in South Lake Union. My neighborhood was originally called The Cascade District until Mr Allen changed it’s name with the press. Technically, it still is the Cascade District. I’ve lived here 4 years, before the “upgrading” of the hood. Now, there is a giant building of apartments, shops, architectural firm…across the street. I endured a lot of LOUD noise and shakes for 1.75 years and now they want to build next to me. Still, the Hood has character and it’s a little cleaner and less industrial looking now. Still, lost some old school appeal of living on “the fringe” of Seattle City. My Pea Patch garden is like therapy for me and the Cascade Community Center holds my yoga classes, among child care and a plethora of events. Starbucks and REI volunteered to spruce up the Center grounds and it looks pretty good! They layed down a bunch of wood chips so it doesn’t have the rangey wild look. Local perennial flowers were removed. It’s neat and clean like the companies who volunteered. I prefer a more natural looking garden but still…they did their best. Here’s some info on our Pea Patch Trust in Seattle. Contact me if you are moving here or live here and want to join and get a garden.Building Gardens…
P-Patch Trust is a nonprofit organization working to acquire, build, preserve and protect community gardens in Seattle’s neighborhoods. Through advocacy, leadership and partnerships, the Trust expands access to community gardening across economic, racial, ethnic, ability and gender lines. We promote organic gardening and build community by breaking urban isolation by providing opportunities to for people to garden together, learn from each other, develop a sense of neighborhood and create a more livable urban environment.
The Trust owns various properties that serve as community gardens. These gardens are managed with the help of the City of Seattle’s P-Patch Program and enable the Trust to:
• Provide education on urban ecology and biodiversity through organic gardening and sustainable development.
• Promote healthy organic gardening and urban ecology practices.
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Photo By Ray Schutte
Growing Communities…
P-Patch Trust seeks to break urban isolation by providing opportunities for people to garden together, learn from each other, develop a sense of neighborhood and create a more livable urban environment. The P-Patch Trust grows communities by:
• Providing community gardens with small development grants, plot rental fees for low-income gardeners and tools for all at the garden to use.
• Creating greater public awareness of food security.
• Supporting community supported agriculture (CSA) programs in public housing communities in partnership with the City of Seattle and the Seattle Housing Authority.
• Helping to distribute tons of fresh produce from the more than 60 community gardens to area food banks each year.
Gardening is fun and a great way to get dirty!!!
