Come Support Seattle Magazine's Earth Day 5K with Sustainable Seattle

When we heard there would be an Earth Day race at the beautiful Myrtle Edwards Park, we just knew we had to get involved.  After learning the proceeds go to restoring our local urban parks and forests, we laced up our Brooks sneakers and ran to help faster than good 'ol Speedy Gonzalez!

Saturday, April 20 the downtown Seattle waterfront park will turn into a big, sweaty green gathering for Seattle Magazine's first ever Earth Day 5K. Sustainable Seattle will be there, in full force, with a passionate group of volunteers that we hope includes Y-O-U!

To support this event, whose proceeds go to Green Seattle Partnership, we're gathering volunteers to take on various tasks during race day.  You can sign up here and view the full list of volunteer positions.

Just Garden Project: Growing Food in High Point and Redmond

Author: Kali Orkin

Have you heard of the Just Garden Project (JGP), an Americorp program run by Seattle Tilth? JGP builds subsidized raised bed gardens in the yards of low income families and seniors.  The goal of JGP is to alleviate hunger and provide social equity to families by teaching them how to grow their own healthy food and promote healthy, happy communities.

Spring is rapidly approaching, and JGP is looking for volunteers to participate in building raised bed gardens.

Green Plate Special - Fence Building!

IT’S TIME TO BUILD A FENCE!

Not a “keep out” unfriendly fence, but a fence that says: “this property will soon be home to a cooking and growing program, please respect our space. We always welcome you to look and visit too, when we are there to talk with you.”

MAIN EVENT
SATURDAY, MAY 7TH
10-5PM
the building of the fence

PREVIEW AND RECEIVING THE GOODS
FRIDAY MAY 6TH
9-4PM
this is the day we will receive materials and mark out the post locations –ANYONE WHO IS AVAILABLE AND INTERESTED ON FRIDAY, IS WELCOME TO COME OUT

THE CORNER OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. & EAST UNION STREET

The fence in the picture is similar to what we are planning, but ours will not have the horizontal brace. Our fence WILL have lots of character as it is to be a template for the creativity and ingenuity of our youth. We will grow on the fence, add found and recycled objects and of course art. We are also working on a grant for a native plant project for the outside of the fence.

Our friend and neighbor, JEFF MCHEGG, is a design-build contractor and will be leading us in this project. We welcome any donations toward this project and we are still hoping for some of the materials to be donated, so your thoughts on this are welcome too!

WE WILL BE:
Digging post holes (we are renting a post hole digger)
Placing and securing posts with gravel
Attaching the hog wire
Doing a bit of tidy-up on the property
We are hoping for a load of compost (if we get a delivery at this time you can be sure we will be creating, with your help, a few raised beds).
WE WELCOME PEOPLE OF ALL AGES (AS ALWAYS). BUT STRONG ABLE BODIED ADULTS ARE A MUST FOR THIS OCCASION

PLEASE COME:
Introduce yourselves
Lend a hand
Share our snacks
Share your thoughts and ideas
Get more information or introduce us to a middle school youth interested in the program (we have the start of a great list already!)

Expect snacks, hot and cold beverages
(snack donations are always welcome)

RSVP
ldewell@gmail.com