P-Patch Trust

P-Patches in Seattle

Neighbors and city residents come together every year to grow fresh fruits, vegetables, herbs & flowers in the more than 70 p-patch gardens throughout Seattle.   These gardens are coordinated at each site by volunteer coordinators who take on the task of maintaining infrastructure, developing work parties/plans, seeking support from each gardener and the surrounding community as well as provide the vision and overall responsibility for each garden.  City P-Patch staff oversee and support the gardens by providing materials, skills and labor, resources and countless hours of time towards the overall P-Patch system as a whole.

P-Patch Land & P-Patch Trust’s Role

The more than 70 gardens that make up Seattle’s P-Patch Program are located on municipal, county, state, and other private & public lands.  The P-Patch Program maintains ongoing agreements with land-owners and agencies but often land that P-Patches are on are not permanent.  When there is an opportunity to secure existing gardens or to develop new ones, P-Patch Trust offers support, advocacy and legal shelter for securing this land.

Below is a list of the p-patch gardens that P-Patch Trust has played a role in securing in perpetuity.

Our Gardens in Trust

Over the years P-Patch Trust has had opportunities to acquire land to preserve access to community gardening space for Seattle residents.

Pinehurst P-Patch (acquired in 1976)

Hillman City P-Patch (acquired in 1994 & 2006)

Greenwood P-Patch (acquired in 1997)

Judkins P-Patch (1/3 share acquired in 2001)

Hazel Heights P-Patch (currently under development)

Fremont-Whirled Peas (acquired in 2000)

Photos on this page by Ron Williams.