Growing & Giving in Seattle
2015 End of Season Report
Giving Garden at Hazel Heights P-Patch An Introduction to Growing & Giving
What Lettuce Link and the Seattle Giving Gardeners Network call Growing and Giving encompasses the diverse ways gardeners across the city share the bounty of their gardens with their communities. Giving Gardeners range from backyard gardeners growing extra for the Food Bank, to large volunteer-run programs at P-Patches. Examples of Growing and Giving include:
• 53 P-Patches grow produce in a plot dedicated to growing for donation to a local food bank or emergency meal program • 6 Community and Backyard Gardens grow produce dedicated to local food banks, meal programs, and low-income community members. Lettuce Link’s role in Growing & Giving
Materials Lettuce Link provides seeds to Giving Gardens, provides gardening materials and information, and signs for gardens.
Technical and Recruitment Support Lettuce Link offers resources, ideas, and connections to other gardeners for Giving Gardens that are struggling to get people involved, have specific gardening challenges, or are just starting out.
Reporting and Celebration Lettuce Link collects the poundage totals and stories from Giving Gardens at the end of the season and presents a picture of Giving Gardening for the year. It also co-hosts Giving Gardener Gatherings annually. Totals Pounds Donated in 2015
P-Patch Total: 39377.6 lbs Other Giving Garden Total: 7901.7
LL Seattle Community Farm: 5251 LL Marra Farm: 8724 Grand Total: 61,254.3 Participating Giving Gardens (pg 1 of 4)
Giving Garden Total Pounds Where Donated
Magnuson 4739 North Helpline, Magnuson Park Transitional Housing Twin Ponds 4074 Hopelink Shoreline Interbay 3415.5 Ballard Food Bank, Mary’s Place Queen Anne 3415.5 The Lord’s Table, Fay Abe Picardo 2869 University District Food Bank, North Helpline Orchard Gardens 2000 Hopelink Bellevue Ballard 1640 Ballard Food Bank Magnolia Manor 1527 El Centro de la Raza Magnuson Transitional Housing 1500 Magnuson Park Transitional Housing Solstice 1335 West Seattle Food Bank Haller Lake 1147 North Helpline UpGarden 1130 Queen Anne Food Bank, Ballard Food Bank Beacon Food Forest 1100 El Centro de la Raza, Community Ferdinand 1075 Beacon Ave Food Bank, Lao Sr Club, Hmong Sr Club, Filipino Hall Community Center Marra - Mien 1075 Beacon Ave Food Bank, Lao Sr Club, Hmong Sr Club, Filipino Hall Community Center
Participating Giving Gardens (pg 2 of 4)
Giving Garden Total Pounds Where Donated Snoqualmie 1075 Beacon Ave Food Bank, Lao Sr Club, Hmong Sr Club, Filipino Hall Community Center Ferdinand 1075 Beacon Ave Food Bank, Lao Sr Club, Hmong Sr Club, Filipino Hall Community Center Thistle 1075 Beacon Ave Food Bank, Lao Sr Club, Hmong Sr Club, Filipino Hall Community Center Bradner Gardens Park 1010 Rainier Valley Food Bank Evanston 942.5 Greenwood Food Bank, Noel House Food Bank, Family Works Delridge 889 White Center Food Bank Hillman City 850 Rainier Valley Food Bank Eastlake 748 University District Food Bank Barton St. 735 White Center Food Bank Jackson Park 660.9 North Helpline, Hopelink Shoreline, Ballard Food Bank Judkins 624.7 Rainier Valley Food Bank, Food Bank at St Mary’s Bitter Lake 590 Greenwood Food Bank, Hopelink Shoreline, Tri-Court Apartment residents Unpaving Paradise 564.5 Cherry Street Food Bank Hazel Heights 534.5 Family Works Pike Market Urban Garden 440 Pike Place Market Food Bank
Participating Giving Gardens (pg 3 of 4)
Giving Garden Total Pounds Where Donated Good Shepherd 427 Ballard, Family Works
Mad Pea (Madison Valley) 358.6 NW Harvest, Cherry St Food Bank, Food Bank at St Mary’s
Queen Pea 357.8 The Lord’s Table, Ronald McDonald House, Union Gospel Mission
Fremont 352 Family Works Food Bank University District 352 University District Food Bank Linden Orchard 346.7 VOA Greenwood Licton Springs 312 St Vincent de Paul Cascade 296 Immanuel Lutheran Church, Pike Place Sr Center, Orion Youth Center Colman Park 245 Jewish Family Service, Food Bank at St Mary’s Westcrest 183 White Center Food Bank Myrna’s Garden (Eden’s Edible 171.7 Queen Anne Food Bank Garden) Maple Leaf 170.2 Unknown
Greenwood Station 165.5 Greenwood Food Bank Roosevelt 153 University District Food Bank Hawkins 145 Food Bank at St Mary’s, Community members
Participating Giving Gardens (pg 4 of 4)
Giving Garden Total Pounds Where Donated Kirke Park 142.1 Ballard Food Bank
Squire Park 125 Cornerstone, Indian Day Center, Food Bank at St Mary’s
Climbing Water 120 Food Bank at St Mary’s
Belltown 119 Pike Place Market Food Bank Greenwood Senior Center (Sage 99 Greenwood Senior Center Garden) Pinehurst 90 North Helpline, Seattle Children's Odessa Brown Children's Clinic nutrition program Joseph K. Skillings 57 St Vincent de Paul Phinney (Billy Goat Gruff) 39.1 Ballard Food Bank Greg’s Garden 32 Ballard Food Bank Beacon Bluff 30 El Centro de la Raza
Immaculate 30 Centerstone
Thyme 30 Nyer Urness, Ballard Food Bank Ravenna 25 Phinney Ridge Food Bank Republican 20 Jewish Family Service
Thomas St Gardens 11 Jewish Family Service 20 Smallest Giving Gardens by Square Feet
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1400
1200
0 1000
800 1500
600
Sum of Pounds from
1075
0 Individual Plots
400
20
29.5
152.75
534.5
444
200 248.1
0
0
332
28
317.2
0
40
205
0
153
0
171.7
99
0
117
0
80
0
57
0
110.5
32
30 30
0 0 0
25
20 11
0 39.1
Sum of Pounds from
Hawkins Fremont
Ravenna Giving Garden
Roosevelt
QueenPea
Republican
Immaculate
BeaconBluff
HazelHeights
Greg's Garden
LindenOrchard
Climbing Water
Joseph K. Skillings
Thistle(seeMien)
ThomasSt Gardens
PhinneyGoat (Billy Gruff)
Mad Pea (MadisonValley)
PikeMarket GardenUrban
MagnusonTransitional Housing
Myrna'sGarden (Eden's Edible Garden) GreenwoodSenior Center(Sage Garden) 4500 20 Medium Giving Gardens by Square Feet
4000
3500 868
3000
Sum of Pounds from Individual 2500 Plots
2000 Sum of Pounds
from Giving
500 Garden
1500 3206
43
0
0
1000
0
128.5
1500
68.8
405.5
81
1292
1147
500
1075
123.45
332
735
0
760.5
200
679.2
537
579.9
81
0
0
501.25
0
296
50
227
47.5
0
164
90
232.5
75
119
30 165.5
0 94.6
Judkins
Solstice
Eastlake
Delridge
Cascade
Belltown
Evanston
Pinehurst
Barton St.
KirkePark
HallerLake
SquirePark
ColmanPark
JacksonPark
ThymePatch
Good Shepherd Good
OrchardGardens
UnpavingParadise
GreenwoodStation
Twin Ponds Garden Marra(Mien (Yao Fou) 18 Largest Giving Gardens by Square Feet 5000
4500
4000 1708
3500
3000 1193.5
2500 966
2000
Sum of Pounds from
2185 Individual Plots
1500 50
3031
0
710
0
0 0
1000 2222
Sum of Pounds from
1939
Giving Garden
1590
250
610
500 1130
130
1100
1075 1075
817
20
684
600
0
460
400
33
332
312
150 0
0 170.2
Ballard
Picardo
Interbay
Westcrest
UpGarden
Magnuson
Bitter Lake
MapleLeaf
HillmanCity
QueenAnne
LictonSprings
Magnolia Manor
UniversityDistrict
BeaconFood Forest
Ferdinand(see Mien)
Bradner GardensPark SnoqualmieMien) (see Where does the food go?
% by # of Recipients Giving Gardens donated to 25 7% food banks 15%
Food Bank Meal Program Giving Gardens donated to 13 Other meal programs 78% Giving Gardens donated to 5 community groups, neighbors, and low-income apartments
Number of Donors for Each Location, Percentage of Total
Lords Table Feeding Pike Place FB, 2, 2% El Centro Da La Raza, 3, 3% Program, 2, 2% Queen Anne FB, 2, Cherry Street FB, 2, 2% 2% University FB, 4, 4% St Vincent de Rainier Valley FB, 3, 3% Paul, 2, 2% Orien Youth Center, 1, 1% White Center FB, 3, 3% Jewish Family Indian Day Center, 1, 1% Service, 3, 3% Centerstone, 1, 1% Phinny Ridge FB, 1, 1% Filipino Community Cornerstone, 1, 1% Center, 4, 4% West Seattle FB, 1, 1% Greenwood Senior Center, 1, 1% Immanuel Church, 1, 1% Ronald McDonald House, 1, 1% North Helpline, 5, 6% Union Gospel Mission, 1, 1% Other, 12, 13% Greenwood FB, 4, Mary's Place, 1, 1% 4% Pike Market Senior Center, 1, 1% Noel House FB, 1, 1%
Family Works, 4, Ballard FB, 9, 10% Shoreline FB, 1, 1% 4% NW Harvest, 1, 1% Seattle Children's Odessa Brown Hopelink FB, 4, 4% Clinic, 1, 1% St Mary's FB, 6, 7% Beacon Ave, 4, 4%
Community, low-income apartments, neighbors, 7, 8% Giving Garden Stories
Colorful Harvest from Roosevelt P-Patch , 2015 Hillman City P-Patch: “This year we had an extra plot adjacent to ours, as normally we are just a 10x 20' plot. We had a great season, increasing our yield and starting delivery early. Our first gifting was in June and we ended in late Sept. We had many events, including hosting RVFB staff at our harvest potluck. We continue to develop a relationship and are trying to meet the needs of RVFB clients.”
Giving Garden Stories
Bitter Lake P-Patch: “This year, we reached out to our immediate neighbors in the TriCourt apartments, a SHA property directly across the street from Bitter Lake P-Patch. Most, if not all, of the residents are regular food bank clients, so we thought we could make some of their food hyperlocal. We met with their Resident Council, who suggested we schedule our sharing days for late in the month when resources are stretched way too thin. Some of our gardeners live in the building, and were instrumental in getting flyers posted throughout the buildings. We had a sharing day in July, and again in August. It was so much fun to connect directly with everyone who came. We all talked about how we like to prepare our vegetables, and everyone was just delightful, and so appreciative. In 2016, we plan to do this a lot more often.”
Judkins P-Patch: “Great team work! Having a designated delivery day really helped increase donations from independent plots! Cheers to Judkins P Patch!” Giving Garden Stories
Orchard Gardens: “This is our 6 gardening year and the first year that we gave one TON of produce to Hopelink. We are proud of our garden, the great production and everyone's sharing.”
Hazel Heights P-Patch, 2015