Interbay P-Patch (Seattle, USA)
Seattle, United States · Operator: シアトル市 P-Patch プログラム
Overview
A roughly 4,000 m² allotment garden in Interbay, Seattle, opened in 1974 as one of the city's earliest P-Patch sites. More than 4,400 square feet (410 m²) along the fences is given over to food-bank gardening, which traditionally supplies about two tons of produce to community food banks each year.
Citizen participation
Gardeners rent up to 400 square feet (37 m²) of space from the city each year. To keep a plot, each gardener must put in at least eight hours of work for the good of the garden.
Operating model
A city allotment garden run under Seattle's P-Patch programme. A 1980 City Council resolution guaranteed community gardening space at this location. Originally sited on landfill, it moved in 1992 when a golf course was developed, and in 1997 was established permanently on its present site, running north from Wheeler Street along 15th Avenue West.
Impact
By setting aside part of the allotment site for donation growing, it supplies roughly two tons of produce a year to food banks. It is also an example of a site preserved through a City Council resolution across two relocations.
Land tenure
Gardeners rent plots from the city annually; the site itself is secured for community gardening by a 1980 City Council resolution.
Crops
- 野菜
Scale
3,995 m² — 43,000平方フィート（約4,000m²）。うち4,400平方フィート（約410m²）以上がフードバンク向けの栽培に充てられている。
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