Location: South Seattle
Address: 9026 4th Ave. S.
Acreage: 8.7
For more than 40 years the Marra family, Italian immigrants who arrived in Seattle just after the turn of the last century, farmed the area that is now known as Marra-Desimone Park. The land was sold […]
Location: Central Seattle/Eastlake
Address: 2900 Fairview Ave. E.
Acreage: 0.8
Fairview Park is one of several dozen locations in Seattle that has p-patch plots open to the public. These mini-gardens are so popular they typically have waitlists that can stretch to five years.
It […]
Location: Central Seattle/Capitol Hill
Address: 1400 E. Galer St.
Acreage: approx. 0.4
Completed in 1912, the Volunteer Park Conservatory houses hundreds of varieties of unusual plants and flowers. The beautiful glass building is divided into five “houses” with different temperatures and themes: Palms, Ferns, Cacti, Seasonals […]
Location: Central Seattle/Madison Park
Address: 1075 Lake Washington Blvd. E.
Acreage: 3.5
Located inside Washington Arboretum Park, the Japanese Garden is one of the few places on city property where you have to pay a fee to enter. But it’s worth the $5 to see […]
