12 Secret Gardens for Seattle-Area Kids and Families
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Picardo Farm P-Patch in Seattle. Credit: Joe Mabel/Flickr CC
Picardo P-Patch Children’s Garden, Seattle
Have you ever wondered how Seattle’s network of community gardens — called the P-Patch Community Gardening Program — got started? If so, you must visit the original P-Patch Picardo Farm, located in northeast Seattle’s Wedgwood neighborhood.
Fifty years ago, a group of neighborhood activists and a Seattle City Council member helped develop a program to let fallow farmland in the city remain farmland. The P-Patch Community Gardening Program was born, with the “P” commemorating the Picardo family, whose farm became Seattle’s very first P-Patch.
Picardo was the first of 89 smaller gardens that have bloomed since then, sprinkled throughout Seattle’s neighborhoods. Picardo Farm covers an expansive 98,000 square feet. In the southeast corner of the garden, you’ll find the children’s garden, which features several wonderful components, including an immense climbing-bean teepee.
Location: 8040 25th Ave. N.E., Seattle
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