Seattle Municipal Archives
P-Patch Program Records
Seattle (Wash.). Dept. of
Neighborhoods
5751-10
1 cubic feet
3 boxes
1975-2009
Records documenting the City of Seattle's
P-Patch neighborhood gardening program. English .
The Department of Neighborhoods was created in 1991 by consolidating
staff from the Executive Department's Citizens Service Bureau and Office of
Neighborhoods, the Community Service Centers of the Department of Human
Resources, and the Neighborhood Assistance Division of the Department of
Community Development. The Office of Urban Conservation, the City's historic
preservation agency, was added in 1992. The following year, the department
added a community development function by taking over projects in the Central
Area, Southeast Seattle, and the Port of Seattle. In 1999, the Neighborhood
Planning Office was abolished and its continuing functions were assumed by the
Department of Neighborhoods. The Department's mission is to bring local
government closer to the citizens by maintaining a responsive presence in
Seattle neighborhoods, by responding to citizen concerns and complaints, and
providing a communications link for neighborhoods on City issues that will have
an impact on them. The department operates the Neighborhood Service Centers
(Little City Halls), administers the Neighborhood Matching Grant Program,
staffs the Landmarks Preservation Board, and manages the P-Patch program.
Seattle's P-Patch program has been around since 1973, when part of the
old Picardo family farm was acquired for a community garden. The Department of
Neighborhoods now manages dozens of these gardens throughout the city. This
collection includes records documenting the program as a whole, including
strategic planning, funding, data about participants, and coordination with the
Parks Department, City Light, and the Seattle Housing Authority. There are also
files on prospective sites in specific neighborhoods, as well as on the
management of individual gardens.
Records are open to the public.
[Item and date], P-Patch Program Records, Record Series 5751-10. Box
[number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.
P-Patch Community Gardening
Program (Seattle, Wash.)
Community
gardens--Washington (State)--Seattle
Urban
agriculture--Washington (State)--Seattle
Seattle (Wash.)
Early P-Patch Program
1975
English.
1
1
Gardener
Questionnaires/Surveys
1975-1976 English.
1
2
Gardener
Questionnaires/Surveys
1980-2004 English.
1
3
Report to Council on P-Patch
Program
1997
English.
1
4
5-Year Strategic Plan
1998-2000 English.
1
5
Funding Proposals
1990-1993 English.
1
6
Parks Policies re:
P-Patches
1997-2000 English.
1
7
Parks Policies re:
P-Patches
1996-2001 English.
1
8
Parks Dept. Interdepartmental
Agreements
1979-1997 English.
1
9
Parks Dept.
Correspondence
1977-1988 English.
1
10
Seattle Housing Authority -
Community Gardens
1987-1994 English.
1
11
Seattle Housing Authority -
Community Gardens
2003-2009 English.
1
12
City Light Property
1978-1997 English.
2
1
City Light Surplus
Property
1999-2000 English.
2
2
Central Sites
1996-1999 English.
2
3
Capitol Hill Sites
1993-2001 English.
2
4
Southeast Sites
1998-2003 English.
2
5
North End Sites
1999-2004 English.
2
6
West Seattle Sites
1994-2000 English.
2
7
Meadowbrook
1995
English.
2
8
Dexter Pit
1991-2002 English.
2
9
75th and 27th NE
1978-1989 English.
2
10
Graham P-Patch (includes
photos)
1978-1990 English.
2
11
Phinney Ridge P-Patch
1997
English.
2
12
Maple Leaf
2001-2002 English.
2
13
24th and Marion
1992-1996 English.
2
14
Jackson Place
1995-2001 English.
2
15
Leo Street P-Patch
1998-2007 English.
2
16
15th and Angeline
1982-1984 English.
2
17
2126 Alki Ave SW
2001-2006 English.
2
18
26th and McGraw
1975-1979 English.
2
19
Beacon Ave P-Patch
1992-2005 English.
2
20
Hillman City Orchard
2001-2007 English.
2
21
Licton Springs
1999
English.
2
22
16th and Yesler
1978-1982 English.
3
1
Sand Point P-Patch
1981-2001 English.
3
2
Picardo Farm
1999-2000 English.
3
3
Cherry Street P-Patch
1992-1993 English.
3
4
4th and Ward
1999-2000 English.
3
5
Greenwood Greenhouses
2000
English.
3
6
215 27th Ave E
1987-1989 English.
3
7
SW Webster Terrace
Garden
0000
English.
3
8
Burke-Gilman P-Patch
2001-2002 English.
3
9
Cherry and Terry
1999-2001 English.
3
10
36th and Aurora - Troll's
Knoll
1978-1988 English.
3
11