Tools for Running a Garden

Managing the Garden

• P-Patch Program Baseline of Services
• P-Patch Handbook: Leadership Chapter
• Leadership Teams
• Community Engagement and Outreach Tip Sheet
• Get the Word Out
  Seattle Department of Neighborhoods uses many ways to communicate department events, programs, updates, and news of community activities.
• Plot Monitoring Procedure
• Rodents in the Garden Tip Sheet

• Conflict Resolution and Grievance Procedure
• Grievance Procedure Form

• How Volunteer Hours Work for New, Expanding and Rebuilt Gardens Tip Sheet
• Sample P-Patch Hours Reporting sheet

• Safety in the Garden Tip Sheet
• Communications Agreement-Sample
• Organizing Workparties

Design & Construction

• Accessible Garden Tip Sheet
• Permitting Tip Sheet

Government - Community Gardening & Urban Agriculture

• Food in Seattle - Office of Sustainability
• 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