The Seattle Department of Neighborhoods’ P-Patch Community Gardening Program is welcoming suggestions from the community for possible future P-Patch sites in the Ballard area.

Residents are encouraged to submit potential sites that they feel might be a good fit here.

The Department of Neighborhoods considers a good site one that is:

• Publicly owned (or easily leasable at low or no cost)
• Mostly flat and sunny
• At least 5,000 square feet

Recently, Seattle voters passed the Parks and Green Spaces Levy, which includes $2 million for new P-Patch community gardens.

The Seattle Department of Neighborhoods wants to use this money in order to serve areas that are getting denser, have relatively high percentages of under-represented populations and are currently underserved by the P-Patch Community Gardening Program, as well as areas that are specifically called for in the Parks and Green Spaces Levy, according to the a Department of Neighborhoods press release.

Ballard has been identified as one of these areas, according to the press release.
Click here for a map of the other priority areas.

The Seattle Department of Neighborhoods is proud to help improve Seattle through its P-Patch Community Gardening Program by providing gardens which supply food and encourage community, according to the press release.

In 2009 alone, gardeners contributed more than 18,500 hours and donated more than 12.4 tons of food to Seattle food banks and feeding programs, according to the press release.