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Support Ballard Sprouts!
The Ballard Sprouts project provides a headstart to the Seattle Giving Gardeners by starting seeds in a greenhouse in mid-February. We transplant and tend the plants and then in April donate the plants to the Seattle Giving Gardeners. These gardeners will grow and harvest the food then donate the produce to the Seattle Food Banks or food needy people. These giving gardens are usually associated with a P-Patch but anyone can have a giving garden. All the funds for Ballard Sprouts come from the Seattle Giving Garden Network. Ballard Sprouts spends about $2500 each year and we donate around 20,000 plants to the Seattle Giving Gardeners. In 2023 we had a successful Sprouts pilot…
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50th Anniversary Celebration
Join us at Magnuson Park P-Patch September 9, 2023, 3-6pm We will be celebrating the P-Patch Program’s 50th Anniversary on Saturday September 9 from 3-6 PM at Magnuson Park P-Patch! The event is free and open to all. Come enjoy snacks, live music, and children’s garden activities, to celebrate this vibrant legacy and flourishing community. Officially started in 1973, the City of Seattle’s P-Patch Community Gardening Program is celebrating its 50th anniversary all year long with events, stories, celebrations, improvement projects and more. Map of Magnuson Park https://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/p-patch-gardening/about-the-program/50th-anniversary
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SGGN Awards Small Grants to Giving Gardens
For the second year, SGGN awarded small grants to individual Giving Gardens who requested funds for a specific purpose. Grants are capped at $300 per year, per Giving Garden. We are delighted to announce the recipients of our 2023 SGGN Small Grant Programs. Thank you gardeners for all the work you do. Below is a summary of the grant recipients: University District P- Patch: $225 for a rabbit fence. Picardo Farms: $300 for tools and supplies. Gilman Gardens: $211 for garden framing. Maple Leaf Community Garden: $299 for compost, netting, hose nozzles, support towers Shiga’s Garden: $300 for two raised beds. Barton P-Patch: $98 for improvements to vertical gardening. …
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The 2023 Seattle Giving Gardener’s Handbook is here!
Big thanks to all the volunteers who worked so hard to coordinate, organize, compile these resources, and write this document for all to enjoy. To view the new handbook online: https://www.sggn.org/giving-garden-handbook/ Or click here to go straight to the Google doc!
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Heron’s Nest starts growing at home
Thank you Brandy for submitting these fabulous photos! We love to see what the community is growing! Garden sign my daughter made announcing our new arrivals. New plant starts from the Heron’s Nest tucked into an existing home garden bed.
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We Reached our Goal!
Thanks to our many generous donors, we surpassed our $5000 fundraisinggoal during our November fundraising campaign. Our donors pushed usover the top with strong early support and gainied us two challenge grantsfrom Seedmoney, which brought our total fundraising to $5600. Onehundred percent of these dollars goes towards supporting giving gardenersthrough our Sprouts and Small Grants programs. Our very sincerest thanks to everyone who donated, and a shout out to seedmoney.org forsupporting gardening projects across the country.
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Annual Seed Distribution Gathering!
The Seattle Giving Garden Network invites all giving gardeners to its annual Seed Distribution Gathering. We have hundreds of seed packets that include vegetables, herbs and flowers to be collected for planting in giving gardens around the city. When? Saturday, February 11, 2023 10:30 am Where? Montlake Community Center, 1618 East Calhoun Street, Seattle 98112 There will be a short program of speakers at 11:00 am, and opportunities to meet other giving gardeners who are involved in providing nutritious, healthy produce for our neighbors who cannot afford to purchase organic foods. We will supply tools that are donated by P-Patches that have extras to give away. The Gathering is an opportunity for giving gardeners…
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Seedmoney Donation Campaign Starts Nov 15th!
Our month long Seedmoney Donation Campaign starts Nov 15th. Your donation, whatever the amount, will fund programs that provide free vegetable starts, seeds and small grants to giving gardeners around our city. Last year these gardeners grew 42,000 pounds of fresh organic produce for local food banks and community feeding programs. Donate here: https://donate.seedmoney.org/7769/seattle-giving-garden-network-2022 to keep this work moving forward! Don’t delay! Our campaign ends December 15th.
