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P-Patch
YOUTH Gardening
Seeding
the next generation of organic gardeners
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Table of Contents
 Youth
Gardening Objectives
How to get a Plot?
Apply to online wait list
What to Plant?
News
Stay informed, join our youth email list
Map (showing Schools in relationship to P-Patch's)
Want to get your youth group involved in the local
P-Patch Garden?
Want to Get Involved with an existing group or activity?
Contact Us
Recipe
to try with the youth in your garden
Roasted Root Vegetables
Here is a simple, yummy recipe to try making with your youth this winter:
Combines basic ingredients like root vegetables and olive oil to create an explosive treat!!
Ingredients:
3 medium potatoes of any variety scrubbed and cubed
3 Carrots coarsely chopped into 1 inch pieces
3 parsnips scrubbed and cubed
1/3 cup extra -virgin olive oil
Sea salt and freshly ground pepper
Any other herbs you have from the garden (optional)
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees and position a rack in the center of your oven.
- On a baking sheet toss the cut vegetables with olive oil, salt, pepper and any other herbs you have.
- Bake in the oven for 20-30 minutes, taking the time to turn the vegetables half way through.
Tips:
-Cut all vegetables into even pieces so that they all bake at the same rate.
-Half way through baking time take baking sheet out and toss vegetables.
-Add herbs such as rosemary or thyme for added flavor.
About
our Youth Gardening Objectives
P-Patch Community
Gardens actively offer opportunities for youth to discover food, nature,
gardening, and community building. It is our hope that these community
gardens are used as a tool to promote safe gardening practices and
healthy lifestyle choices to future generations. We encourage youth
to be involved in the community garden through assisting in the garden
giving plot, renting a plot with a school group or after school program,
utilizing the space for service projects, or simply taking a visit
to one of the gardens. Partnering with local gardening experts, P-Patch
as acts as an agent in distributing community gardening knowledge
to youth of diverse economic, racial, and ethnic backgrounds. Our
youth gardening opportunities strive to incorporate youth into the
fabric of the community and foster the growth of active and involved
citizens.
How
to get a Plot?
Make sure Youth
Organization meets requirements for plot priority
Requirements
-Must be an organization, community member, or school that services
youth (0-19 yrs) or has a youth component.
-Youth from group will be coming to the garden and utilize space consistently.
-Will be committed to caring for the garden year long
-Be able to fill the 8hr minimum volunteer labor to support their
site and/or the P-Patch Program.
-Produce grown in a P-Patch cannot be sold commercially, though it
may be given away to family, friends, strangers, or food banks.
Apply
to online wait list
Be sure to specify-under designated organization- plot
request will be utilized by youth organization.
Contact
P-Patch Youth Gardening Coordinator
Contact
P-Patch staff directly and let them know of your potential interest
and what type of support you may need. They can point you toward a
plethora of gardening resources as well as connect you with community
members/organizations they may want to assist you in the care of your
plot.
Youth organization supervisor must attend youth gardening
workshop
It is often hard to gage the extent of opportunities/commitment in
having a youth plot in a P-Patch. P-Patch sponsors a twice a year,
introductory, workshops filled with helpful tips on how to best utilize
your youth garden space. It is a requirement to have whoever is supervising
the plot in your organization, attend one of these workshops before
obtaining the plot.
Pay a small annual fee for the right to garden in
a P-Patch plot.
The fees cover cost of direct services: use of land, rototilling,
water and organic fertilizer. ***Assistance is always available, from
the P-Patch Trust, to reduce or waive plot fees for under-served gardeners***.
WHAT SIZE ARE THE PLOTS? HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?
PROGRAM PLOT FEES
$23 application fee
$11 for each 100sf gardened
Please refer to the examples below:
10 x 10 (100 square feet) - $34 annual fee
10 x 20 (200 square feet) - $45 annual fee
10 x 40 (400 square feet) - $67 annual fee
Must attend gardening orientation and commit to Rules/Regulations
Once you have been assigned a plot, usually in early spring, you will
undergo an orientation at the garden you have been assigned to. Each
garden has its own specific rules in addition to the general rules/regulations
that must be followed by all the sites.
• You must contribute a minimum 8 hours of time to the common
areas of the garden
• You must give four of those hours at your P-Patch site.
• You must care for your plot (keep it weeded, watered and harvested!)
and paths on a year-round basis
• You must provide soil improvements, seeds, tools (some tools
available for loan) and labor.
• Keep in mind, as a gardener, you reflect the P-Patch program
to the surrounding neighbors – please be nice.
What
to Plant?
Youth
Resource Binder-Bringing the next generation of organic gardeners
into your local P-Patch
What
can you do with Youth in the Garden?
Plants
for Kids-Click
News
THE WINTER SESSION OF GARDEN EXPLORERS HAS BEGUN!
Garden Explorers is an after school program offered to children on the New Holly Campus in South Seattle. We meet on Tuesdays from 3:45 until 5:00pm. Over the course of the program kids will learn about playing and working in their P-Patch plots. They will have opportunities to plant garlic, learn about garden critters and make fresh garden treats! As the Youth Development and Outreach Coordinator I would like to offer this opportunity to other organizations. Please contact me (Jackie Dagger) Jaclyn.dagger@seattle.gov if you are interested in having an after school program in your youth plot!
Garden Explorers Syllabus November-December
11/3: Garden Introduction: Using your five senses
We will use the senses of touch, smell, sight and sound to introduce ourselves to the garden.
11/10: Growing Together-Understanding the garden lifecycle: Seeds!
Seeds can teach us a lot about the lifecycle of plants. We will look closely at how seeds grow, and then plant our own seeds to watch during the winter and spring.
11/17: Garden Critters-Worms in the Garden
Look at worms and the important part they play in the Garden.
12/1: Winter Garden part. 1- Roots!
Think about winter plants and their different parts then make a sweet root snack!
12/8: Winter Garden part.2- leaves/flowers
Think about different leafy plants we eat throughout the winter and make a leafy snack!
12/15: Holiday in the garden
Celebrate the Holidays in true garden fashion. Let the garden inspire you to paint garden rocks.
Gardening Education
This Spring,
P-Patch Youth Programming will be partnering with the Vietnamese Friendship
Association and the Girl Scouts at New Holly. We will also be partnering
with Powerful Schools at John Muir and TT Minor Elementary. If you
are interested in having a regularly scheduled garden club or one
time gardening experience please contact us!
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Girls Scouts 2nd Monday Month 4:30-5:30 At New Holly: 3:45-5:00 TTMinor
Elementary
3:30-4:30 John Muir Powerful Schools
3:30-4:30
Map-See
How Close Your Child's School is to city P-Patch's (837 KB)
Want
to get your youth group involved in the local P-Patch Garden?
Here are some ideas
on how to incorporate your group into the fabric of the community.
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Giving
Garden
Often the Community Giving Plot is in need of assistance. Contact
the local site leader and see if your group could assist this plot
on a regular basis or as a one time experience.
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Kids
in the Garden Day
Teaming up interested garden member with community youth groups
to have a kids in the garden day. This could include activities
revolving around processes occurring in the garden using discovery
kits.
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Garden
Tours
Each Site has a designated volunteer to offer tours of the garden
area. This could be followed by using the garden common area to
conduct an activity, such as planting container seedlings, worm/insect
discovery, garden scavenger hunt.
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Hands
on Composting
The garden sites have a variety of composting techniques depending
on interest. Come check out the composting facilities to go along
with the lesson plans. If there is a need for a worm composting
container your group could adopt that project with the permission
of site leaders.
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Volunteer
in Communal Spaces
Many of the P-Patch sites are in need of help for small projects
on-site These could range from painting a shed with a youth mural,
weeding, planting in communal areas, or harvesting. Gardens are
in constant need of the support of the community throughout seasonal
changes.
Want to Get Involved with an existing group or activity?
Looking
for our volunteer application? Youth Volunteer Application(69KB) If you are interested
in getting involved with youth activities and are not an established
organization you will need to fill out our volunteer application.
Work we Need Help with
Volunteers
Volunteers are an essential part of our program. We depend on volunteers
for keeping our staff to student ratio low and providing great nutrition
education opportunities. Our volunteers get to participate in an exciting
program, working with children in the classroom and garden. They get
to enrich their knowledge with education, nutrition and gardening
and assist with all aspects of our program. Our current volunteer
opportunities include:
Classroom Assistant
Come help out in our nutrition education classes! Classroom assistants
commit to the same class every week for a full season with one of
our partners. They will have the opportunity to work with students
as a class and in small groups on hands-on recipes, classroom activities,
and in the garden. The next season starts in February Check out our
schedule to see if there is a class that might work for you!
Events
We will be participating in several events this winter and spring.
Events volunteers can help out with set-up and clean-up in addition
to the event itself.
Office Assistant
Can't commit to regular hours? Interested in learning more about nutrition
and gardening curriculum and/or helping create educational games and
activities? Help us out the in the office! We are in the process of
organizing and taking inventory of our large collection of curriculum
materials. We are also always working on creating fun and educational
games and activities for our students. We can work with you to find
the best time and project to fit your schedule and level of interest.
Garden Assistant
Come help out for a few hours. Youth plots need help cleaning up and
preparing for spring. Youth plots also need help with compost and
starting worm bins. Alternatively, participate in a garden work party!
If you and your coworkers, club, or group of friends are looking for
a fun, active, team-building outdoor activity to give back to your
community, contact us to schedule a work party that will work for
you.
All volunteers must complete our Volunteer Application and return
it to our office. A Washington State Background check is required
to work with our students or in our schoolyard gardens and will be
completed after the application is received.
Volunteers/Partners/Internships
Partners
We partner with a variety of schools and youth organizations to facilitate
creating opportunities for nutrition and gardening education. Contact
us if your organization is interested in creating a partnership with
P-Patch Youth Gardening.
Internships
Inquire about future opportunities
Sign
Up on the Youth Discussion Listserv
Messages and notices
should be limited to topics relevant to children and youth activities
in local P-Patches, whether they already are occurring, in the planning
process, or simply brainstorming ideas. This discussion group hopes
to give all P-Patch gardeners and other garden groups working in the
area, a place to post their questions and concerns regarding how to
inspire the next generation of gardeners to take part in our community
gardens. It will evolve as a resource to those gardeners wishing to
become more involved with youth programming and activities.
Helpful Links
Contacts
P-Patch Youth
Gardening
700 5th Ave Suite 1700
PO Box 94649
Seattle WA 98124
Kenya Y. Fredie
Seattle P- Patch Program
Kenya.Fredie@seattle.gov
Office: (206) 733-9243
Jaclyn Dagger
Youth Garden & Outreach Coordinator
Jaclyn.dagger@seattle.gov
Cell: (206)
257-8245
Office: (206) 733-9982
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