Organic Gardening Information
Tools-to help you run a Community Garden
Volunteer Resources
Grants/Fundraising
Cooking and Processing the Harvest
Local Government - community gardening & urban agriculture
Local Food Blogs
Community Garden Research Papers and Urban Agriculture Legislation
Policy
KBCS-Green Radio Spots

• Organic Gardening 101 (377KB PDF)
• Resources and Tips (1.7MB PDF)
• P-Patch_Planting_Calendar (2.3 MB)
• Growing Food in the City-Seattle
• King County Free Soil Testing Program
• UMass Soil Testing
• Logan Lab Soil Testing
• Cornell University's Good Agricultural Practices Grower Self Assessment kits
• Seed Saving Handbook
• National Gardening Seed Swap
• ACGA Seed Company Suggestions
• King County Master Gardeners Clinic Schedule
• King County Master Gardener Fruit and Vegetable Fact Sheet List

       Edible Weed Information

       Spring

• Shotweed or Bittercress
  

Tools- to help you run a Community Garden

• P-Patch Leadership Handbook 2009 (2265 KB PDF) Full version
• History Chapter
• Organic Gardening Chapter
• Leadership Chapter
• Get the Word Out-Seattle Department of Neighborhoods uses many ways to communicate department events, programs, updates, and news of community activities.
• P-Patch Program Baseline of Services
• Requirements for Beehives in P-Patch's
• Protecting Bumble Bees In P-Patches
• Inclusive Outreach and Engagement

Leadership and Managing the Garden

• Leadership Chapter
• Leadership Teams
• Safety in the Garden
• Plot Monitoing Procedure
• Collecting Hours at New, Expanding & Rebuilt Gardens
• Sample P-Patch Hours Reporting sheet
• American Community Gardening Association Publications
• Conflict Resolution and Grievance Procedure
• Grievance Procedure Form

Maintaining the Garden

• Organic Gardening Chapter
• Invasive Plant Guidelines
• Sustainability Ideas from the Interbay P-Patch (2,075KB)
• Calender Year in Tasks at a Community Garden
• Tree Services-woodchip source
• West Seattle Tool Library
• Water Conservation Tips (post at garden on bibs)
• Click on coupon to print a copy, for P-Patch gardener use only

Volunteer Resources-Seattle

• United Way Day of Caring
• Seattle Works
• Flash Volunteer
• Volunteer Spot
• Seattle-Change by US
• CityQuest-Seattle Pacific University

Grants/Fundraising

• Department of Neighborhoods Matching Fund Grant Program-City of Seattle
• Environmental Grants-King County
• Strong Neighborhood Action Program (SNAP)
• Department of Agriculture (USDA)-United States
• American Community Gardening Association (ACGA)
• Urban Sparks
• USDA People's Garden Grant Program

Local Government - community gardening & urban agriculture

• Food in Seattle-Office of Sustainability
• City of Seattle, Local Food Action Initiative
• City of Seattle, Department of Planning and Development Urban Agriculture CAM
• Ordinance 122749 -2008 Parks and Greenspace Levy
• City of Seattle, Department of Transportation-Gardening in Planting Strips CAM

Cooking and Processing the Harvest

• 105 Ways of Preparing the Peanut-George Washington Carver

Local Food Blogs

• Drizzle Diary-Blogger gardens at Cascade P-Patch
• Chef Improv-Blogger gardens at Bradner P-Patch
• Go Go Green Garden-Blogger gardens at Queen Anne P-Patch
• Gardening in Seattle-Blogger gardens Interbay
• Sustainable Eats
• Hot Cookie on the Road in Italy -Blogger gardens at Haller Lake

Community Garden Research Papers and Urban Agriculture Legislation

Research

PPatchEvaluation2009 Full Text (1,346KB)
P-Patch evaluation Executive Summary 2009 Executive Summary

Urban Agriculture Benefit Matrix

Productive Neighborhoods-A Case Study based exploration of Seattle Urban Agriculture Projects

Institute for Culture and Ecology Urban Foraging Study-Seattle

Human Health and Wellbeing
Brown: Cooking Classes increase fruit and vegeatable intake

Neighborhood socioeconomic status and fruit and vegetable intake among whites, blacks, and Mexican Americans in the United States

Olsho, L. Evaluation of the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program

Impact of a Community Gardening Project on Vegetable Intake, Food Security and Family Relationships: A Community-based Participatory Research Study. Carney PA, Hamada JL, Rdesinski R, Sprager L, Nichols KR, Liu BY, Pelayo J, Sanchez MA, Shannon J. J Community Health. 2011 Dec 23. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 22194063 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

LA Sprouts: A Gardening, Nutrition and Cooking...Reduces Obesity

Benefits of Plants

Benefits of Horticulture Therapy

USC-LA Gardening Nutrition study

How Hospital Gardens Help Patients Heal

Outreach and Inclusion
Messaging with Relevance: Some Considerations for Communicating Issues of Sustainability to Un-Messaged Communities (72KB PDF)

An assessment of the barriers to accessing food among food-insecure people in Cobourg, Ontario. Tsang S, Holt AM, Azevedo E. Chronic Dis Inj Can. 2011 Jun;31(3):121-8. PMID: 21733349 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Free Article

Growing Community: The Impact of the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program on the Social and Learning Environment in Primary Schools. Block K, Gibbs L, Staiger PK, Gold L, Johnson B, Macfarlane S, Long C, Townsend M. Health Educ Behav. 2011 Dec 13. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 22167317 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Land-Use
Growing Green: An Inventory of Public Lands Suitable for Community Gardening in Seattle, Washington (12MB PDF)

Community benefit. From community gardens to whole foods. Hicks J. Hosp Health Netw. 2011 Oct;85(10):17. No abstract available. PMID: 22111260 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

City of Buffalo-Queen City Gardens Report (4,746KB PDF)

School/Youth Gardening

The Effects of School Gardens on Students and Schools: Conceptualization and Considerations for Maximizing Healthy Development

Best practices models for implementing, sustaining, and using instructional school gardens in California. Hazzard EL, Moreno E, Beall DL, Zidenberg-Cherr S. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2011 Sep-Oct;43(5):409-13. PMID: 21906553 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Growing Community: The Impact of the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program on the Social and Learning Environment in Primary Schools. Block K, Gibbs L, Staiger PK, Gold L, Johnson B, Macfarlane S, Long C, Townsend M. Health Educ Behav. 2011 Dec 13. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 22167317 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

School Gardens Measure Up

Florence MD. Diet quality and academic performance. Journal of School Health. 2008. 78(4):209-215

Garden Based Learning

Policy/Legislation

Law & Regulation Paper: Urban Agriculture in Seattle Policy andBarriers (3492KB PDF)

National Food System Best Practices (University of Buffalo)

Chicago: Urban Agriculture Zoning Code Amendment

Beyond the USDA: How other government agencies can support a healthier, more sustainable food system (Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy)

City of Portland: The Diggable City: Making Urban Agriculture a Planning Priority
- Diggable City Phase III Report (PDF Document, 926kb) - 2/4/08 
- Diggable City Phase II (PDF Document, 582kb) - 2/4/08 
- Diggable City Phase I - Part 6 (PDF Document, 2,904kb) - 2/4/08 
- Diggable City Phase I- Appendices (PDF Document, 3,003kb) - 2/4/08 
- Diggable City Phase I - Part 2 (PDF Document, 3,006kb) - 2/4/08 
- Diggable City Phase I - Part 5 (PDF Document, 2,956kb) - 2/4/08 
- Diggable City Phase I - Part 4 (PDF Document, 497kb) - 2/4/08 
- Diggable City Phase I - Part 3 (PDF Document, 2,795kb) - 2/4/08 
- Diggable City Phase I - Part 1 (PDF Document, 2,511kb) - 2/4/08 

• Whole Measures for Community Food Systems (Center for the Whole Community) pdf
• San Francisco Water Power Sewer- Community Garden Irrigation Meter Grant Program
  
• Triennial Survey (2007) results

KBCS-Green Radio Spots

P-Patches, Part 2: Local Food from Local Gardens
April 17, 2008
Next up is Green Acre Radio with stories of sustainable living, the environment and you. This week we continue the three part series on community gardens, otherwise known as “p-patches.” Urban community gardens are becoming an important part of the local food supply and a sustainable solution for alleviating hunger, as well as, the climate impacts from transporting food. This week we join local gardeners and learn about a Local Food Action Initiative.
Reporter: Martha Baskin Green Acre Radio Episode 10 Full Version (mp3)

P-Patches, Part 3: Marra Farm

April 24, 2008
To begin our Earth Day section, Martha Baskin of Green Acre Radio concludes her 3 part series on community gardens with a visit to Marra Farm. Like Picardo P-Patch from Part I of this series, Marra is a historical farm within Seattle city limits. At Marra, growing food for as many people as possible isn't only a mission appealing to adults, but a hands-on (and sometimes funny) educational experience for children.
Reporter: Martha Baskin Green Acre Radio Episode 11 (mp3)

Green Radio-Edible Security in City
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