Community Garden Restoration
Longfellow Creek Garden is a 1/4 parcel of land that we are restoring into a functioning, food producing garden. The project is run through Growing Washington, a nonprofit devoted to revitalizing the local food industry in Western Washington.
Date: Saturday, April 19
Time: 12 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Location: 2311 SW Myrtle St., Seattle, WA 98106
(Just off Delridge and near the Home Depot in West Seattle)
Park at 2133 SW Myrtle St., 98106. From there volunteers will walk over to the garden, which is about a block away.
Project Leader: Zach Zink
425.367.9133
zach@growingwashington.org
Details: Clearing a perimeter with leaf raking and bramble clipping. Spreading mulch, painting,and weed whacking. Clearing obstacles out of rows to get ready for tilling, making a compost pile.
Bring gloves and wear boots. If you have rakes, hedge clippers, branch cutters, and other misc. lawn care tools, please bring them. We will have an assortment of tools on hand.
At 4:00 PM, when the work is over, we plan to celebrate by tilling the first row. Vince Felice from 21 Acres Farm in Woodinville has graciously donated his time and his 26 horsepower tiller to tackle the rows!
RSVP to Zach by Friday, April 11, 2008.
"Before" Pictures! - Looking North
Longfellow in Feb 2008
