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Seattle Tilth’s Citywide Chicken Coop Tour Coming to SE Seattle

06.29.2010 Arts/Living

Seattle Tilth’s 2010 City Chicken Coop Tour is coming up on Sat., July 10, and five of the hosts are in southeast Seattle: Learn about raising hens and building coops! Do you have the urban farm itch? Spend a summer afternoon with family or friends visiting some of the city’s hardy urban farm folk and [...]

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From Mt. Baker to Beacon Hill: Get Your Garden on With Seattle Tilth

05.19.2010 Urban Farmer

Seattle Tilth is offering a whole slew of gardening classes in southeast Seattle this summer: Container Veggie Gardening (Van Asselt Community Center) June 4-25, 7-8pm – Learn everything you need to know to grow food in containers. Be Cistern Savvy! (Bradner Gardens Park in the Mt Baker neighborhood) June 24, 6-7:30pm – Everything you need [...]

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Save the Date: Rainier Valley Garden Tour (CORRECTED)

05.18.2010 Arts/Living

The community is invited to the Rainier Valley Garden Tour on Sat., July 17: What was formerly known as the Columbia City Garden Tour is expanding this year to include diverse gardens all across the Rainier Valley, from Martin Luther King Way east to Lake Washington, and I-90 south to the city limits. Co-sponsored by [...]

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TUESDAY: Help Design & Build Rainier Beach Learning Garden

05.17.2010 Urban Farmer

The community is invited to come share ideas for a new community learning garden in Rainier Beach on Tues., May 18, from 6-8pm at South Lake High School (8601 Rainier Ave. S.). From Seattle Tilth: The garden is located behind the tennis courts on Rainier Beach Playfield. It gives our community a place to dig [...]

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Save the Date: Bradner Gardens Spring Plant Sale

05.17.2010 Arts/Living

The community is invited to join Bradner Gardens Park for its spring plant sale on Sat., May 22, from 10 am to 1 pm: Get your Heirloom Tomatoes just in time to plant ‘em without any extra fuss. Also herbs, veggie starts, perennials, shrubs and ground covers at bargain prices. Pick up Bill and Bryan’s [...]

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Orca Plant Sale Coming Up This Weekend

05.04.2010 Urban Farmer

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Help Create Community Farm in Rainier Vista

04.24.2010 Arts/Living

Rainier Valley residents are invited to participate in designing the new Seattle Community Farm this Mon., April 26, from 6-8 pm at Rainier Vista Neighborhood House (4410 29th Ave. S.): The Seattle Community Farm will be a space for residents of Rainier Valley to grow food for low-income residents and food banks in the Rainier [...]

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TUESDAY: Help Design Rainier Beach Learning Garden

04.19.2010 Health & Wellness

Interested in helping to connect kids with where their food comes from? Come out and share your ideas for our new community learning garden in Rainier Beach! On Tues., April 20, the Steering Committee of the Rainier Beach Learning Garden will host the second of three meetings to create a design for the expanded garden. [...]

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Longtime Mt. Baker Gardener to Mayor McGinn: No Term Limits for P-Patches on Parks’ Land

04.19.2010 Arts/Living

Open letter to Mayor McGinn from Joyce Moty, P-Patch Gardener at Bradner Gardens Park since 1990, Site Coordinator at Bradner since 1990, Member of P-Patch Trust Board Member of Citizens Oversight Committee Parks and Green Spaces Levy: When will p-patch gardeners get a chance to be heard regarding the park department’s MOU proposal for term [...]

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From Vacant Lots to P-Patches: Where Would You Like to See a New Community Garden?

04.15.2010 Arts/Living

Erica C. Barnett/PubliCola: I’m starting to think that it’s easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for me to get a P-Patch plot in Seattle. For more than a year, I’ve been on the waiting list for a plot in one of three P-Patches in Southeast Seattle. Even staying [...]

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Get Involved: Rainier Valley Garden Tour Wants You

04.05.2010 Arts/Living

The community is invited to join the organizers of the 2010 Rainier Valley Garden Tour for a public meeting this Thur., April 8, from 6 to 8 pm at Southside Commons (3518 S. Edmunds St.): This year’s tour will be on Sat., July 17, from 10 am – 5 pm. Come find out about being [...]

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Lettuce Link Working With Rainier Vista Neighbors to Create Community Farm

04.01.2010 Arts/Living

Last month, Lettuce Link – a program of Solid Ground that serves to educate the community about food security and sustainable food production – met with Rainier Vista neighbors to discuss ideas for a community farm: We wanted to give Rainier Vista residents the opportunity to formulate design ideas for the Seattle Community Farm that [...]

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Get Involved: Rainier Beach Urban Farm & Wetlands Project Wants YOU!

03.13.2010 News

What is the Rainier Beach Urban Farm & Wetlands Project? The Rainier Beach Urban Farm & Wetlands Project is a community led and community bred effort to establish an Urban Farm in the heart of the Rainier Beach Community at the former Atlantic City Nursery site located at 5513 South Cloverdale Street in Southeast Seattle. [...]

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Dare to Dream: What Would You Do With a 7-Acre Green Space in Rainier Beach?

12.02.2009 Opinion

By Peter Masundire Have you ever thought of what you would do if your community had access to a piece of property located on a 7-acre site within Southeast Seattle, if the only limitation was that you couldn’t build on it? Well, this is not just a dream! As some of you may know, Seattle [...]

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City Goats Head to the Country for “Buck Service”

09.17.2009 Arts/Living

Big thanks to Othello neighbor and urban farmer Catherine Burke who adopted two dairy goats earlier this year and has been kind enough to keep us posted on their progress: I’ve recently become acquainted with a few folks right around here who produce lots of different kinds of food on their urban lot. The folks [...]

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More Farm Animals on the Lam in the Rainier Valley; Is One Yours?

09.15.2009 Arts/Living

The RVP inbox is filled with reports of farm animals running loose throughout the south-end. Some, like the Beacon Hill rooster, have already found good homes. Others, like the Mt. Baker and Dunlap roosters, have been reported as dead and “flatter than a pancake” respectively. From an anonymous RVP commenter in January, 2009: I’m afraid [...]

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Learn How to Put Your Garden to Bed With Seattle Tilth

08.31.2009 Arts/Living

Seattle Tilth has announces its 2009 schedule of classes and there’s all sorts of gardening fun to be had at Bradner Gardens Park in Mount Baker. Advance registration and payment is required. Go here for more information or to download a registration form. Comprehensive Organic Gardener Program Sept. 23 – Oct. 14; Wednesdays 7-9 p.m. [...]

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Goats?! in the Rainier Valley?!

08.22.2009 Arts/Living

Sure enough. This weekend, there’s a herd of goats camping out in Othello Park. And they’re not just there to shoot hoops and drink 40′s – they’re actually working! According to Daphne Schneider with Othello Park Alliance (OPA), Tammy the Herder is there with her goats through Sunday afternoon to chew through the weeds and [...]

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Ready to Start Thinking About Winter Gardening?

07.04.2009 Arts/Living

Seattle Tilth is offering a Winter Gardening workshop at Bradner Gardens Park (1733 Bradner Place S.) in Mt. Baker on Sat., July 25, from 10 am to noon: It’s the middle of July and it’s as hot as it gets. Are you thinking about your fall and winter garden? Why not! This is the time [...]

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How to Water the Garden During Dry Summer Months? Learn About Drip Irrigation

06.17.2009 Arts/Living

Gardening Diva Joyce Moty has the word on two drip irrigation classes offered at Bradner Gardens Park in Mt. Baker this Sat., June 20: Drip Irrigation 101 (9am-noon) How are you going to water your garden during the hot dry months of summer? Come to this workshop and find out how to save money, time, [...]

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Bethany Garden Hosting Free Organic Gardening Class

05.13.2009 Arts/Living

Join Bethany Garden (corner of Beacon and Graham) on Beacon Hill this Sun., May 17, from 1-3pm for a free Organic Gardening Class that is open to all. Professional gardener Betsy Widdick from Laughing Crow Farm on Bainbridge Island will lead the class. For more info, call Carole Claasen, Bethany Garden Coordinator at 206-322-2903. Photo/Ryan [...]

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