Giving Garden List
We would love to share any information you have about your Giving Garden. This will make it easier for people to reach you who are interested in the Giving Garden activities for your plot. It will also help to connect you to the whole Seattle Giving Garden Network. If you would like your garden to be included in the list below, please fill out our “Tell us about your garden” form.
Angel Morgan P-Patch
30th & E Mercer
Seattle, WA 98118
Giving Gardener contact: Jamie Felton
Phone Number: (304) 580-8798
Ballard P-Patch
8527 25th Avenue NW
Seattle, WA 98117
Giving Gardener contact: Amy Ockerlander
Barton Street P-Patch
34th Ave SW and SW Barton St
Seattle, WA 98126
Giving Gardener contact: Randee Frost
Phone number: (206) 218-3320
Website: Barton Street P-Patch
This is our 2nd year of operation. Currently serving the White Center Food Bank.
Bitter Lake P-Patch
N. 143rd and Linden N.
Seattle, WA 98133
Giving Gardener contact: Angela
Phone number: (206) 954-2310
We are a brand new P-Patch and are excited to be a part of the giving gardens. May this be the first year of many more to come! We have a dedicated Food Bank garden as well as two youth gardens (one is a Scout troop patch) that are going to be donating to the food banks.
Bradner P Patch
1730 Bradner Place South
Seattle, WA 98144
Giving Gardener contact: Joyce Moty
Phone number: (206) 905-1601
Bradner has p-patch plots, dedicated food bank plots, and children’s and Seattle Tilth demonstration gardens that grow produce for food banks.
Cascade Community Garden
1201 Thomas Street (corner of Thomas St and Minor Ave N.)
Seattle, WA 98109
Giving Gardener contact: Barrett J. Nehilla
We are especially proud of our water collection system and our giving gardens! (and we are right next door to the Garden of Happiness) (Part of the P Patch Community Garden Program)
Delridge P Patch Community Garden
5078 25th Avenue SW (25th Ave SW and Puget Blvd SW)
Seattle, WA 98106
Giving Gardener contact: Simone Manne
Delridge P Patch is a diverse community of gardeners in West Seattle.
Evanston P Patch
604 N 101st St (Evanston Avenue N and N 102nd Street)
Seattle, WA 98109
Giving Gardener contact: Cay
Established in 1974, Evanston P Patch (in the Greenwood neighborhood) is proudest of its year-round gardening, and the sharing of garden knowledge and experience from “generation to generation” of gardeners. Its giving garden and gleaning programs are productive.
Fremont Whirled Peas P-Patch
3934 Woodland Park Ave N
Seattle, WA 98133
Giving Gardener contact: Carol Tompkins
Phone number: (206) 784-1987
Facebook: Fremont Whirled Peas Facebook
Begun in 1995 on a vacant residential lot, its first gardeners removed weeds, blackberry bushes and assorted litter before building 30 (10′ x 10′) beds. We have one plot dedicated to our giving garden and in 2014, a total of 440 lbs of produce was donated to local food banks.
Goat Hill Giving Garden
5th Ave & Jefferson St
Seattle, WA 98104
Established in 2010, the Goat Hill Giving Garden is tended by King County employees on a voluntary-basis. All produce is donated to the Pike Market Senior Center and downtown food bank. The garden is also a demonstration plot, with a series of classes each summer.
Good Shepherd
50th Street (near Wallingford and Seattle Tilth’s offices)
Seattle, WA 98104
Giving Gardener contact: Corrine Gajdusek
Phone number: (206) 235-0163
It is great!
Greenwood P-Patch
345 NW 88th St, Seattle, WA 98117
Giving Gardener contact: Sharon Harding
Phone number: (206) 235-0163
Facebook: Greenwood P-Patch
We have planted our first giving garden this year 2013. We are so happy to be able to give to our neighbors.
Greg’s Garden P-Patch
14th Ave NW & NW 54th St
Seattle, WA 98107
Giving Gardener contact: Greg
Facebook: Greg’s Garden P-Patch
Hawkins Garden
On MLK between Cherry and Jefferson
504 Martin Luther King Jr. Way
Seattle, WA 98144
Giving Gardener contact: Hope Hensley
Phone number: (206) 329-9063
We have a plot in the garden which is designated our giving garden. It is about 10′ x 10′. We have a pretty informal system of communication although much of the work is done at our monthly work parties. Harvesting is done much more often, several times a week in season. St Mary’s Food Bank is the recipient of most of our produce from the giving garden although Hawkins Gardeners donate to friends, neighbors and church members from their individual plots.
We are always interested in hearing about other gardens, have appreciated the starts we have received and are interested in how other gardens manage their record keeping. (A P-Patch Community Garden)
Hazel Heights Giving Garden
Baker Ave NW & NW 42nd St
Seattle, WA 98107
We harvest every Monday at 6 PM , from April through September. In off months, we harvest once a month on Sundays. We have a great view of the Olympic mountains and benches to sit on once the harvest is done. Snacks are welcome. We harvest rain or shine. Join us for any amount of time you can share! (A P-Patch Community Garden)
Hillman City
4613 S Lucile St (46th and S. Lucile St.)
Seattle, WA 98118
Giving Gardener contact: Lori Ahouse
Phone number: (206) 723-2401
Our neighborhood garden has a very diverse mix of gardeners, just like the 98118 zip code. We have many Hmong, Cambodian, and Laotian gardeners who grow a variety of food unique to their culture. We also have a plot that is affiliated with Orca School just up the street, and a garden belonging to a nearby pre-school. A wonderful old willow tree is the hub by the shed, but most of the garden is sunny. Our community grape vine is a thing to admire and indulge in from late August-September. Over the past year, we have added many new plots, creating space for more gardeners. We gather for work parties, monthly, and currently our harvest is scheduled to go to the Rainier Valley Food Bank. (A P-Patch Community Garden)
Interbay P-Patch
2451 15th Avenue West
Seattle, WA 98119
Giving Gardener contact: Monica Diaz, Meghan James, Mary Mills
YouTube: Seattle’s Interbay P Patch Giving Garden
The Interbay Giving Garden occupies roughly 2500 sq. ft. of designated raised beds in the P-Patch. From early April through October, our team meets every Tuesday, from 5:30 p.m. until dusk, to till, plant, weed, water, harvest and build compost. We’re a friendly, social group of people and after we work, we always gather for a simple potluck supper on the patio. We welcome volunteers of every age and background, with or without experience. Whatever you don’t know, we’ll teach you! Just show up in your gardening clothes and we’ll take it from there.
Many generous P-Patchers donate some of the food they grow to the Giving Garden program, and together we donate about 4,000 pounds of organically grown produce every year to the Ballard Food Bank, Mary’s Place and St. Martin’s on Westlake.
Jackson Park P-Patch
13049 10th Ave NE (10th Ave NE & NE 133rd)
Seattle, WA 98125
Giving Gardener contact: Callista A. Bevans
Facebook: Jackson Park P-Patch
Jackson Park P-Patch is one of the oldest community gardens in Seattle. We are located in the Northeast, with green spaces on three sides, including a branch of the Thorton Creek. We have about 60 gardeners.
The Giving Garden is approximately 300 square feet, with plans to expand. The majority of our produce goes to the Lake City Food Bank, part of North Helpline.
Judkins P-Patch
24th Ave S & S Norman St
Seattle, WA 98144
Website: Judkins P-Patch
Giving Gardener contact: Kenya Fredie
Judkins has a lot of natural habitat, including an all natives planting in the parking strip. There’s a small pond, wetland habitat as well. The borders are planted richly with additional northwest natives and beneficial flowers and herbs. Judkins is rare, nestled amongst urban growth, but we’re permanently preserved for community gardening!
Our food bank donations are shared with St. Mary’s Food Bank, Cherry St. NW Harvest, and low income neighbors. Come visit us, we’re right on bus routes 4 & 48!
Kirke Park P-Patch Giving Garden
7028 9th Ave NW
Seattle, WA 98117
Giving Gardener contact: Melissa King
Contact Phone: (206) 819-5048
Facebook: Kirke Park P-Patch Giving Garden
The Kirke Park P-patch opened in 2013. The Giving Garden is two 10×10 plots. We are a small committee that is working to organize and plan, and hopefully involve others in the P-patch with Giving Garden work parties.
Our goal for this year is to set up an organization, and to grow a few different crops that are very productive and simple to grow. We will donate to local food banks, but haven’t decided definitively which ones they will be.
Linden Orchard
Linden Ave N & N 67th St
Seattle, WA 98103
Giving Gardener contact: Susan London
Contact Phone: (206) 393-2459
Our garden is about 250 square feet.
Mad P
3000 E Mercer St
Seattle, WA 98112
Giving Gardener contact: Wallis Bolz
Contact Phone: 206-329-3672
You will find the Mad P at 30th and E Mercer St in Madison Valley. We dedicate garden space to growing for our food bank program, and we donate from our own garden plots. We donate to the Northwest Harvest Cherry Street Food Bank and the St. Mary’s Food Bank. (A P-Patch Community Garden)
Magnolia Manor P-Patch
3500 28th Avenue W
Seattle, WA
Giving Gardener contact: Deborah Wade
Phone Number: (2060 213-0610
Website: Friends of Magnolia Manor Park
We are a newly established P-Patch. Our Giving Garden is planted thanks to the good help of the folks at Lettuce Link and Interbay P-Patch.
Mayor’s Office Balcony Giving Garden
600 4th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98104
Picardo Farm P-Patch
25th Ave NE
Seattle, WA 98115
We have 22 – 4 foot x 8 foot x 18 inch beds built of juniper planks that were installed between spring of 2012 and fall/winter of 2012. We are growing at present: pac choi, broccoli, mustard, kale, leeks, garlic, onions, lettuce, spinach, chard, beets, carrots, peas, orach, turnips, rutabagas and radishes. We will be transitioning into some summer crops to include more lettuce and other greens, more root crops and green beans, zucchini, yellow summer squash, cucumbers, tomatoes, tomatillo and winter squash.
We are coordinated in a few different ways to grow food: we have groups who adopt a bed which this year includes Girl Scout Troop 789, Whole Foods Roosevelt Green Team, Sustainable NE Seattle, University Presbyterian Church and University Christian Church. We also have individual gardeners adopt a bed and then a team of people that take care of the beds through a Volunteer Spot calendar. We generally plant the team beds as a group through work parties. Last year we grew 584 pounds of fresh, organic produce, and we were only growing in half the beds at that point! Imagine what we will do this year!
Queen Anne P Patch Community Garden
3rd Ave N and N Lynn Street
Seattle, WA 98109
Giving Gardener contact: Laura Ehstrom
Phone number: (206) 285-3692
Ours is a large pea patch garden next to a ravine and neighborhoods
Ravenna P Patch Community Garden
5200 Ravenna Avenue NE
Seattle, WA 98105
Giving Gardener contact: Kelly Chandler
Phone number: (425) 941-0396
We have a small garden with lots of shade, at the bottom of Ravenna Hill near the University Village and the University of Washington
Republican P Patch Community Garden
20th Ave E and E Republican Street
Seattle, WA 98105
Giving Gardener contact: Stephanie Stone
Phone number: (206) 419-9097
Roosevelt P-Patch
7012 12th Ave NE
Seattle, WA 98115
Giving Gardener contact: Renee Davis
Saint Marks Kitchen Garden
10th Ave E and E Galer St
Seattle, WA 98102
Giving Gardener contact: Claire West
(206) 909-8758
We provide food for the Noel House Women’s Shelter
South Park Fresh Starts at Providence Regina House Garden
8201 10th Ave S
Seattle, WA 98108
Giving Gardener contact: Dianne Garcia
Website: South Park Fresh Starts
We have a passive greenhouse (for veggie starts) and a 3×30 foot raised bed and lots of pots (and bags!) for showing that food can be raised in an urban space, even in very small spaces. We are on the grounds of a food bank: veggie starts are provided to food bank clients and to those who serve the poor; produce from the “show me” garden is given to the food kitchen and/or the food bank line. We grow organically, and emphasize using “found” resources for the growing program.
Twin Ponds Giving Garden
14915 First Avenue NE
Shoreline, WA 98155
Giving Gardener contact: Nancy Short
(425) 442-1474
Garden email: twinpondsgarden@gmail.com
Our garden has a dedicated 1400 square feet of giving garden in the middle of Shoreline’s first Community Garden. 2015 will be our fourth year of growing!
Unpaving Paradise
Our p-patch (a P-Patch Community Garden) is co-located with Summit Slope Park, and is on the corner of East John St and Summit Ave E on Capitol Hill.
200 Summit Ave E.
Seattle, WA
Giving Gardener contact: Nanette Fok
(206) 409-7135