Category: gardens

Maple Leaf Community Garden

Location: Northeast Seattle Address: 529 N.E. 103rd St. Acreage: 0.37 This small community garden boasts the sweetest design for a p-patch I’ve seen in a Seattle park. The stairway, which has tile art on each step, leads up to a round storage building that looks like something playfully designed to resemble a Disney cartoon. All… Continue reading Maple Leaf Community Garden

Warren G. Magnuson Park

Location: Northeast Seattle Address: 7400 Sand Point Way N.E. Acreage: 320 Warren G. Magnuson Park is one of Seattle’s biggest parks. Only Discovery Park at more than 500 acres and Green Lake Park (by a hair) are bigger than this 320-acre waterfront park in northeast Seattle. And, I am going to make the argument that… Continue reading Warren G. Magnuson Park

Oxbow Park

Location: South Seattle Address: 6430 Corson Ave. S. Acreage: 0.81 A gigantic cowboy hat and boots greet visitors to Oxbow Park in Seattle’s Georgetown neighborhood. “Hat ‘N’ Boots” was rescued from a Texaco gas station where they were icons in the 1950s. They’re now designated as a Seattle landmark after many residents protested their destruction… Continue reading Oxbow Park

Thyme Patch Park

Location: Northwest Seattle Address: 2853 N.W. 58th St. Acreage: 0.11 Sitting between two older homes in Ballard, from the sidewalk Thyme Patch Park looks like someone’s front yard. Take the winding, fully accessible path into the park and you’ll find a neighborhood P-Patch. The front section is a Master Gardener demonstration garden. The back features… Continue reading Thyme Patch Park

Picardo (Rainie) P-Patch

Location: North Seattle/Wedgwood Address: N.E. 82nd St. and N.E. 25th Ave. Acreage: 2.93 Did you know that the term P-Patch is native to Seattle? And, it doesn’t refer to “pea-patch,” as some people think. The “P” comes from “Picardo,” which is the original Seattle P-Patch. Seattle used to be filled with large family-run farms. Today,… Continue reading Picardo (Rainie) P-Patch

Belltown Cottage Park

Location: Downtown Seattle Address: Elliott Ave. and Wall St. Acreage: 0.21 It’s a great thing for a city when you can find a community garden among high rises condos. Belltown Cottage Park, just a couple of blocks from the main bustle of Belltown, is a cute little garden with adjacent p-patch. The nicely planted park… Continue reading Belltown Cottage Park