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Magnuson Community Garden Receives DeLoach Community Garden Award.
A Community Garden Award Contest
was sponsored by Organic
Gardening magazine and the DeLoach Vineyard organic
winery. In August 2011, the top five garden entries each
received a $4,000 grant. Our grant award will support a much needed
expansion to our ADA accessible raised bed and add interpretive signs
to improve visitor use and experience. Many thanks DeLoach Vineyard and those who voted for the Magnuson Community Garden |
2011 marks the 10 year anniversary of the
four-acre multipurpose community garden built in Magnuson
Park by neighborhood volunteers in cooperation with the Seattle
Parks Department and the Department of Neighborhoods.
The project was funded
in part by a Department of Neighborhoods Large Project
Award, the Pro Parks Levy, and private donations.
The garden was
designed by Barker Landscape Architects through a public
participation process over several months. A central feature
of the garden is an arbor at the top of the amphitheater,
designed and built by Jon Ruhnke Landscaping; a gift
of the University Lions Club. More
about the Arbor.
Among
the garden components are: An amphitheater, a children's
garden, a native plant demonstration area, a native plant
nursery, an orchard, and P-Patch plots.
The garden was designed to provide
support programs for seniors, transitional housing residents,
youth, people with special needs, and neighborhood P-Patch
gardeners. Its purpose is to encourage people to enjoy the
an environment and learn about sustainabile practices. It promotes beauty, neighborliness,
living and stewardship of the natural resources of the Sand
Point Peninsula.
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