Fresh-Picked Seattle

Intro

Image via Flickr: JS PatchworkI must admit that I am not much of a gardener myself. That's been more due to lack of time and space than a lack of interest. I'm hoping to change that soon; every time I spend $2.50 on a packet of herbs, I say to myself "I really need to start a container herb garden."

If you have your own gardening resolution to follow through on, here are some resources and events to help green your thumb.

Update! I wrote the above in December, and as of April, I've inched ever closer to my own herb garden. Here's my report from a recent visit to Squak Mt. Nursery for one of their free classes.

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Seattle-Area Gardening Blogs

See the food blog feed in the right-hand column for a feed of these blogs and some from the Gardening Consultants listed in the below section.

• The Shibaguyz blog about gardening, locavore cooking/eating and crafts.
• Willi Galloway, the West Coast Editor of Organic Gardening magazine & KUOW Weekday Gardening contributor, blogs at Diggin Food.
• Greenwalks "is a blog about parking strip gardens."
• Grow Food Seattle

Gardening Consultants

If you'd like more help with your yard, here are some local edible gardening consultants.

• Garden Mentors (Twitter)
• Go Go Green Garden (Twitter)
• Cascadian Edible Landscapes
• Green Light Gardening
• Mariposa Naturescapes
• Urban Land Army
• In Everett: Innovative Landscape Technologies

Other Resources

• Seattle Tilth has classes, events and tons of resources, including the Garden Hotline, Mon-Sat 9am-5pm.
• King County Extension Gardening also has many resources and "Dial Extension, [which] gives the public 24-hour-a-day telephone access to an audio library with reliable information on a large range of topics related to gardening, pest management, and the environment." 206-296-3425
• Are you a gardener without a plot? Or a homeowner without time to garden?  Check out the Urban Gardenshare.
• KUOW's Weekday program often features garden talk (often with Willi Galloway from the DigginFood blog above.
• The Community Harvest of Southwest Seattle has resources on its site and in 2009, put on an Edible Gardening Fair.
• Stewardship Partners is offering free rain garden classes in Spring 2010.
• 21 Acres offers many educational opportunities related to gardening and farming.
• Also check out the University of Washington's Botanic Garden department, including the Center for Urban Horticulture for many gardening and native plants events.
• In addition to the consulting services offered above, the Urban Land Army has a lot of information and resources on their site.
• Washington Native Plant Society
• Follow my Gardening list on Twitter. It's short for now but I will add to it.

 This is a very nicely-done video of the stage one of the transformation of a NE Seattle lawn into an edible gardening

Seattle Edible Gardening Events Calendar

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Seattle Gardening Blog Feed

Still Hungry?

Click here for the full alphabetical list of A La Carte food and cooking topic pages.

Contact

Contact me if you have a Puget Sound-area event to submit to this calendar or Puget Sound-based blog/site to add to the resources.  This page also has limited advertising opportunities for local businesses, contact for rates and details.

 

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