Welcome

Seattle Market Gardens is a partnership between in-city farmers and consumers resulting in weekly deliveries of high-quality, farm-fresh, organic produce during the growing season.

In 2009 Seattle Market Gardens provided produce for approximately 79 households over 22 weeks. It currently has two community supported agriculture (CSA) gardens located and farmed by residents in Southeast and Southwest Seattle.

Seattle Market Gardens' mission is to help establish safe, healthy communities and economic opportunity through development of CSA enterprises in low-income neighborhoods.

NEW in 2009 Seattle Market Gardens will offer weekly Farm Stand days from June through October at each of our two gardens. Keep an eye on this new development.

How do you subscribe?

You can subscribe now by filling out an application and sending it (see application for mailing address) — or if you need more information you can contact Michelle Jones, Seattle Market Gardens' Marketing Manager at michellej58@hotmail.com.

Who runs Seattle Market Gardens?

Seattle Market Gardens is a collaboration between the non-profit P-Patch Trust and the City of Seattle Department of Neighborhoods' P-Patch Community Gardening Program.

Providing organic gardening space, the P-Patch Community gardening Program has 66 gardens with over 1900 plots and 4,000 gardeners. In 1995, P-Patch began collaboration with Seattle Housing Authority. Currently there are twelve community gardens within three mixed-income Seattle Housing Authority communities (Rainier Vista, High Point, and NewHolly), one low income community ( Yesler Terrace) and in the non-profit housing community Mt. Baker Village Apartments. The P-Patch Community Gardening Program works closely with the respective community councils and neighborhood groups to set priorities for garden development.

P-Patch Trust markets produce subscriptions for the two Seattle Market Gardens, serves as the fiscal agent and provides financial support.

The Department of Neighborhoods provides staff to work with low-income communities to develop and manage the gardens.