ACGA Conference 2013

Cultivating Community, Harvesting Health:
Community Gardens to Urban Farms
Seattle, WA | August 8–11, 2013
American Community Gardening Association’s
34th Annual Conference

Friends of ACGA:
Welcome to the ACGA 2013 Annual Bi-national Conference: Cultivating Community, Harvesting
Health: Community Garden to Urban Farms.
As President of ACGA I would like to personally thank “the local planning committee and volunteers,” our
attendees, and our sponsors because without you this conference could not have taken place.
The American Community Gardening Association would like to thank the planning committee for their
hard work to make this 2013 ACGA Conference a reality.
The theme for this year’s conference speaks for itself: “Cultivating Community, Harvesting Health, and
Community Garden to Urban Farms.” For me, community gardening goes beyond planting a seed and
watching it grow. It is about addressing the needs of many families for fresh vegetables, it’s about social
networking, it’s about community organizing, and most of all, it is about making a positive difference in the
lives of people we are called upon to serve through community gardening.
It is through our annual conferences that ACGA advocates for community gardening as a way to
strengthen communities. This association knows that through community gardening, participants learn
much more than how to grow vegetables. They learn how to sustain themselves and their communities to
have a happier, cleaner, healthier, safer, and more productive future in all aspect of their lives.
Community Gardening is about growing people. Thank you for being with us in Seattle, Washington as we
grow more people for our communities and gardens.
Sincerely,
Bobby L. Wilson, President, ACGA
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Keynote Speakers
Opening Session | Friday, August 9, 2012, 9:00–10:30 a.m.
Valerie Segrest
Community nutritionist, native foods educator, and champion for better
health and social justice for indigenous people.
Valerie Segrest is an enrolled member of the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe
and works as the Community Nutritionist and Native Foods Educator for
the Northwest Indian College’s Cooperative Extension Department. As
an independent, creative and outspoken American Indian woman, she has
developed a new perspective in addressing issues of health and social justice
for indigenous peoples.
Her goal is to restore health and well being to her tribe and other Native communities by combining
traditional Native food and plant knowledge with modern scientific findings. Valerie is committed to creating
culturally appropriate health systems in tribal communities and exemplifies dedication to tribal wellness
through community-based research that impacts health disparities.
She also creates and designs community gardens as well as researches and writes a monthly column for
her blog, Feeding the Spirit, and community newspaper on local and wild foods of the Pacific Northwest.
In years to come, Valerie will work as the coordinator of the Muckleshoot Food Sovereignty Project to
collectively develop innovative and effective ways to build community food security through exploring tribal
food assets and access to local and healthy foods.
Luncheon | Friday, August 9, 2012, 12:45–2:00 p.m.
Jim Diers
Educator, community organizer, and author of
Neighbor Power: Building Community the Seattle Way
Jim Diers has a passion for getting people engaged with their communities and
in the decisions that affect their lives. Since moving to Seattle in 1976, he put
that passion to work for a direct-action neighborhood association, a community
development corporation, a community foundation, and the nation’s largest health
care cooperative. He was appointed the first director of Seattle’s Department of Neighborhoods in 1988
where he served under three mayors over the next 14 years.
Currently, Jim teaches courses in community organizing and development at the University of Washington
and serves on the faculty of the Asset-Based Community Development Institute. He travels internationally
to deliver speeches, present workshops, and provide technical assistance to community associations,
non-profit organizations, and government.
Jim received a BA and an honorary doctorate from Grinnell College. His work in the Department of
Neighborhoods was recognized with an Innovations Award from the Kennedy School of Government,
a Full Inclusion Award from the American Association on Developmental Disabilities, and the Public
Employee of the Year Award from the Municipal League of King County. Jim’s book, Neighbor Power:
Building Community the Seattle Way, is available in both English and Chinese editions.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS | 1

2 | CONFERENCE SCHEDULE | Preconference—Thursday
Conference Schedule
Preconference: Growing a New Economy | Thursday, August 8, 2013
8:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m. Registration and Check-in Gould Hall
8:00–8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast Gould Hall
8:30–9:00 a.m. Pre-conference Welcome: Architecture Hall
Growing a New Economy
Pre-Conference Session 1p—Panel Workshop
9:00–10:30 a.m. Putting Dollars and Sense to Urban Agriculture: Gould Hall
Exploring the Community Connection
Pre-Conference Session 2p—Panel Workshop
11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Putting Up and Sharing What We Grow: Exploring Gould Hall
the Costs and Benefits of Community Gardening
12:30–1:30 p.m. Lunch Lunch on the Avenue
Self-guided with map to local restaurants
12:00 Noon–4:00 p.m. Visit Exhibitors Gould Hall
Hands-on Trade and Skill Fair
■■ Fermentation Station
■■ Pollination Station
■■ Urban Livestock Roundup
■■ Sprouting New Gardeners
■■ Tasting Tables
■■ Educational Exhibits
6:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m. Opening Night Meet & Greet Gould Hall
(See Special Events, page 22)

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE | Day 1—Friday | 3
Conference Day 1 | Friday, August 9, 2013
8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Registration and Check-in Gould Hall
9:00–10:30 a.m. Opening Session Architecture Hall, Auditorium 147
■■ Bobby Wilson, ACGA President
■■ Welcoming Committee Representative(s)
■■ Darryl Smith, City of Seattle Deputy Mayor
■■ Sally Bagshaw, Seattle City Councilmember
■■ Valerie Segrest, Keynote Speaker
10:30–11:00 a.m. Networking
Break and walk back to Gould Hall
11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Session 1 Workshop Panels
■■ Support Services for Autonomous Gould 440*
Community Gardens
Fred Conrad, Community Garden Coordinator,
Atlanta Community Food Bank (Atlanta)
Bobby Wilson, President, American Community Gardening Association
Highlighting fifteen years of our two independent service providers
that often work together to ensure the success of a huge diversity of
autonomous community gardens scattered across city and county lines in
metropolitan Atlanta. Working by invitation only, we try to fulfill the unmet
needs of every community garden demographic imaginable.
■■ City of Seattle Neighborhood Matching Fund Program Gould 114*
Patricia Lopez, NMF Program Supervisor, City of Seattle
Department of Neighborhoods
Allynn Ruth, Garry Owens, and Laurie Ames, NMF Project Manager,
City of Seattle Department of Neighborhoods
This workshop will provide an overview of the City of Seattle Neighborhood
Matching Fund program. This unique City program has 25 years of
partnering with community groups in making community projects a reality.
Workshop Themes
Make It Grow
Horticulture, permaculture, and
city livestock
Make It Happen
Policy, implementation, and
management
Community Gardening & Society
Culture & social and environmental
justice
Sound Mind & Body
Health, prevention, and therapy
The Food System
Garden/farm to table to compost to
garden/farm
Make It Happen
Make It Happen
* = combined sessions

4 | CONFERENCE SCHEDULE | Day 1—Friday
Session 1 Workshop Panels, continued
■■ Where to Grow? Using GIS to Identify Potential Gould 442
Community Garden Sites
Christopher Walter, Geospatial Director, Forterra,
Matt Dressler, Geospatial Analyst/GIS Volunteer, Forterra
Chris Hoffer, Management Analyst, Department of Housing
and Urban Development
This workshop will describe how to use Geographic Information Systems
to identify the most suitable locations for community gardens, urban farms
and food forests. Participants will learn in detail how this approach was
utilized by the city of Federal Way, Washington and identify resources for
conducting a suitability assessment in their own community.
■■ Moving Forward: How to Collaborate Across Departments Alder 107
to Achieve Integrated Citywide Food Policy
Sharon Lerman, Food Policy Advisor, City of Seattle Office
of Sustainability & Environment
Allison Schwartz, Planner, City of Seattle Department of Transportation
Shanyanika McElroy, Experiential Education Coordinator,
City of Seattle Department of Parks & Recreations
How can city department work together to improve urban agriculture
policy? This presentation brings together presenters from multiple City
of Seattle departments to share strategies we’ve used to advance food
policy in our city, including urban agriculture land use code changes and a
municipal agriculture pilot program.
■■ The Big Garden: Growing Food and Community Gould 208J
Across Nebraska
Nathan Morgan, Director, The Big Garden
Matt Freeman, Operations Manager, The Big Garden
The Big Garden’s mission is to improve nutritional health and facilitate
community development in Nebraska by building the capacity of community
organizations, congregations and schools through the act of gardening.
The Big Garden is a network of 70 community gardens across Nebraska.
■■ Working Effectively with City Governments: Gould 100
Preserving Land, Getting Water, etc.
Miriam Avins, Executive Director Baltimore Green Space
Abby Cocke, Environmental Planner Baltimore City Office of Sustainability
Does your municipality’s government understand what community gardeners
need, and how collaboration benefits everyone? Join a Baltimore City
Planner and the director of Baltimore Green Space—a nonprofit land trust
that worked with City government to secure a $1 price for land—to learn how
to talk so bureaucrats understands. Bring your issues!
Make It Grow
Sound Mind & Body
Make It Happen
Make It Happen

■■ Design in P-Patch Community Gardens: Gould 322
Realizing Community Aspirations
Jeff Hou Chair, Department of Landscape Architecture,
University of Washington
Mark Brands and Clayton Beaudoin, Site Workshop
John Barker, Principal, Landscape Architect, Barker LA
Eric Higbee, Landscape Architect, Higbee Design Collaborative
Laura Raymond, Department of Neighborhoods, P-Patch Community
Gardening Program
A panel of experienced landscape architects and the P-Patch Levy projects
coordinator will share important lessons about building consensus
for projects on limted budged, incorporating the mixed needs and desires
of diverse communities and helping communities actually build their
dream gardens.
■■ Tukwila’s New Namaste Community Garden: Gould 102
Strong Partnerships in a Diverse Community
Skye Schell, Community Engagement Manager, Forterra
Donna Ferraro, Pastoral Associate, St. Thomas Catholic Church
International Rescue Committee
Chris Hoffer, HUD Presidential Management Fellow, Forterra
The Namaste Community Garden at St. Thomas Church in Tukwila offers
lessons in how to start a new community garden with a wide group of
partners in a culturally diverse city. We will discuss what worked/what didn’t,
and dialogue with audience members who are starting similar projects.
■■ Lettuce Link and Good Cheer: Growing Gardens Gould Fish Bowl 312
and Sharing Healthy Food
Michelle Benetua, Manager, Lettuce Link
Cary Peterson, Coordinator, Good Cheer Food Bank Garden
Sue McGann, Coordinator, Solid Ground
With the healthiest food costing the most, low-income individuals face great
challenges in eating nutritiously. Lettuce Link, a program of Solid Ground
in Seattle and the Good Cheer Food Bank on Whidbey Island engage
volunteers, build community, and provide valued fresh vegetables for food
banks through education, gardening and partnerships.
■■ Community Through the Hive Gould 110*
Bob Redmond, Proprietor, Urban Bee Company
Learn how to cultivate a healthy ecosystem of bees, habitats, and humans.
We will discuss how to integrate bees in community gardens, how to
include forage in your garden and promote it locally. Finally, we will practice
hand-on experiences that can be easily reproduced in your community.
■■ Bat’s are a Garden’s (and Gardeners) Best Friend Gould 110*
Heidi Richter, Volunteer, Bats Northwest
Learn the basics of bat biology and behavior while getting an introduction
to the most common species. Discover ways to attract and retain bats
in the garden, including how to increase the chances of getting bats to
colonize a bat house. Hear common questions and answers to widespread
public misconceptions about bats. The session will conclude with hands-on
bat house building activates.
Make It Grow
Make It Grow
Make It Grow
Sound Mind & Body
Community Gardening
& Society

■■ Loutet Farm: Building a Farm Community Gould 236 / 240*
on Abandoned Space
Emily Jubenvill, Community Coordinator, Edible Garden Project
Heather Johnstone, Manager, Edible Garden Project
Loutet Farm is an exciting community farm imitative in the City of North
Vancouver. After nearly 2 years of work with the municipality, a half-acre
farm was built with over 200 volunteers on an abandoned plot of parkland.
Loutet Farm is flourishing as a community hub, and we’re working to prove
the small scale urban agriculture model. Join us to learn how we got here
and where we’re going.
■■ Reclaiming the Commons: A New Story of Dependence Gould 236 / 240*
Matthew Kenshaw, Urban Agriculture Coordinator,
LifeCycles Project Society
Matthew will highlight key findings from his recently completed thesis,
investigating how involvement with a land reclamation and food sovereignty
project influences participant’s investments in the urban landscape.
12:45 p.m.–2:00 p.m. Luncheon Gould Court
■■ Luncheon—Plenary Session
■■ Bobby Wilson, ACGA Annual Conference
■■ ACGA Committee Reports
■■ Keynote Speaker: Jim Diers
■■ Video of Next Host City: Chicago
2:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Session 2 Workshop Panels
■■ Challenges of Urban Ag in Seoul Metropolitan Gould 100
Kangoh Lee, Secretary General, Seoul Green Trust Foundation
Dr. Chang-woo Lee, Prof. Wansoon Kim, Dr. Jin Jang
Four Presentations about how urban agriculture is active and aggressive
in Seoul:
77 Dr. Changwoo Lee: Urban agriculture policy of Seoul Metropolitan City
Kangoh Lee: Community Garden Movement in Seoul
77 Dr. Jin Jang: Development of School Farm Program
77 Prof. Wansoon Kim: Policy, laws, and Institutions of Urban Agriculture in
Korea’ by. You can
■■ Mentoring for Community Gardens Gould 435
Nicole Martini Coordinator Master Garden, WSU Pierce
County Extension
Sharon Collman, Horticulture IPM Educator WSU Snohomish
County Extension
Washington State University has developed volunteer programs that train
volunteer educations to work with community gardeners so that they may
be more successful in growing their own fruit and vegetables. This is an
opportunity to learn how to begin, or further develop, a mentoring program
in your county.
Make It Grow
Community Gardening
& Society
Sound Mind & Body
Make It Happen

■■ Community Gardening in the Heartland: Gould 208J
Opportunity Gardens, Food Pantry Gardens and Seeds
that Feed in Mid-Missouri
Bill McKelvey, Project Coordinator, University of Missouri
Daniel Soetaert, Executive Director, Springfield Urban Agriculture Coalition
Jill Lucht, Project Director, Center for Health Policy, University of Missouri
Tracy Greever, Rice Interim Director, Office of Social and Economic Data
Analysis, University of Missouri
Urban and rural Missouri is innovating to improve food access and build
community through a variety of approaches. Columbia Center for Urban
Agriculture and University of Missouri will discuss projects involving public
housing gardens, partnerships between local businesses and non-profits,
seed distribution for food pantry clients, and food pantry gardens.
■■ Gardening with the Indigenous Gould 114
Valerie Segrest, Muckleshoot Food Sovereignty
Project Coordinator, Northwest Indian College
Miguel Hernandez, Muckleshoot Community Gardener,
Northwest Indian College
Caitlin Krenn, Nisqually Community Gardener, Nisqually Tribe
Elizabeth Campbell, Garden Specialist at Northwest Indian
Treatment Center, Northwest Indian College
Community gardens are sprouting up throughout tribal communities of
Western Washington. In this workshop participants will be inspired to
expand their theories on garden design for food production on many
different scales through sharing stories of gardens led by Muckleshoot,
Lummi, Nisqually and Squaxin tribal communities. Come and learn about
how these growing spaces are being utilized for more than just food
production, they are becoming spaces where healing can take place.
■■ Growing Food Security: Fighting Hunger Gould 110
in Your Community through Gleaning & Victory Gardening
Micaela Cooley, Program Coordinator, Tacoma Pierce
Community Garden Program
Emily Garofalo, Coordinator, Pierce County Conservation District
The increased need for food assistance programs in communities across
the country creates a unique opportunity for community garden & urban
agricultural programs to play a critical role in fighting hunger. The Tacoma/
Pierce County Community Garden Program support gardeners, farmers,
and volunteers to help alleviate hunger in their communities though
gleaning, produce sharing, and education.
Community Gardening
& Society
Community Gardening
& Society
Sound Mind & Body

■■ Healthy Gardens, Healthy Youth: Alder 107
The People’s Garden School Pilot Project
Brad Gaolach, Community Sustainability Specialist, WSU Extension
Kerri Wilson, Square Foot Nutrition Project and People’s
Garden School Pilot Project
Caroline Kiang, Extension Specialist, Community/Environmental
Horticulture Program
Daleta Thurness, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach,
Youth Program Specialist
Healthy Gardens, Healthy Youth is a national research project led by
Cooperative Extension involving 57 schools in 4 states, that examines
impacts of school gardens on fruit/vegetable consumption, physical activity,
science learning and other outcomes. Learn how a national project can be
regionally adapted to integrate gardening into classroom learning.
■■ Tierra de Niño’s: Global Youth Garden Gould 440
Jennifer Geist, The Language Link
Justine Connely, Global Workshop Manager, The Language Link
Tierra de Niños Project is practiced in 8 countries around the world,
engaging several thousand youth in garden projects that are based on
the Incan philosophy of cultivating the earth: any given piece of land
should be planted one third to benefit the community, one third to benefit
nature and one third our one’s self and family. The program encourages
student ownership of the land (both literally and figuratively), a sense of
responsibility, teamwork, leadership skill, art and community engagement.
At this workshop, we will display the extensive, bilingual curriculum
materials for our workshop attendees, should they be interested in starting
their own program.
■■ Retail Innovations to Support Local Agriculture Gould 322
Carrie Ferrence, CEO and Co-founder, StockBox Neighborhood Grocery
Small business also has a role to play in supporting urban agriculture by
sourcing produce, meals, and ingredients from local farmers and suppliers.
StockBox Grocery is working to support communities and the regional food
system with improved and hyper-local access to good food.
■■ FEEST: Grow, Cool, Eat, Lead Gould 236 / 240*
Cristina Orbe, Founding Director, FEEST
(Food, Empowerment, Education, Sustainability Team)
TBD, Youth Intern, FEEST
In this session FEEST explores how to turn our kitchens and gardens
into strong hubs for social change. Learn how we use both growing and
cooking food to empower youth to become leaders, take action, and
advocate for a more just food system.
Community Gardening
& Society
Community Gardening
& Society
Sound Mind & Body
The Food System

■■ Art’s Place: Envigorating Your Garden with Community Gould 236 / 240*
Nicole Kistler, Artist, Urban Agriculture Artist-in-Residence
Do you have harvest festivals, seed swaps, and music in the garden? What
else? Beginning with a brief overview of Seattle’s newly unveiled Urban
Agriculture Art Plan, the session will move to using the opportunities at
attendees own gardens to further explore strategies for incorporatingpublic
art and cultural events as a way to build community.
■■ What’s Wrong with My Vegetable Crop Gould 102*
Joe Novak, Consultant, GardenPro
This workshop will review the problems that may develop in the more
common vegetable crops. Plant problems caused by such factors as
pest, pathogens, the environment and the gardener will be examined.
Recommendations will be given for prevention and control strategies that
may be used in the holistic garden.
■■ Kill Them All, Insects? Gould 102*
Charlie Monroe, Natural Resource Manager Dekalb County Government
Kill Them All, Insects focuses on the importance of being able to properly
ID insects and their impact on gardens. All insects are not harmful—some
are beneficial. Managing the insect population of your garden impacts
the harvest. Participants will be instructed on the basis of Integrated
Pest Management (IPM) which is an environmentally friendly way to
manage pests.
■■ Creating Community through Gardening in Aging Gould 442*
Japanese Apartment Complexes
Fujio Hirata, Professor, University of Hyogo Japan
I will make a presentation about revitalizing an aging community in an old
housing complex by planning and managing a vegetable project cultivated
by residents of the housing complex.
■■ Managing Flood Area by Greening Gould 442*
Noriko Akita, Assoc. Professor, Chiba University
At this workshop, associate professor Noriko Akita shares her case study
on how community gardening and greening efforts re-energized the
Japanese tsunami affected areas, and re-connected the disaster victims.
■■ Strategic Trial of Urban Gardening Gould 442*
in Densely Inhabitated Tokyo
Dr. Yoritaka Tashiro, Professor, Chiba University
Rumi Sato, Executive Director, NPO Birth
The needs for urban gardening in the high price dense Tokyo area
presents many challenges. This workshop will share how an intermediary
organization, NPO Birth, was formed to help bring government and
the people together to make urban gardening a reality. In addition, the
workshop will present effective strategies that was used to sustain their
urban gardening efforts.
Community Gardening
& Society
Community Gardening
& Society
Community Gardening
& Society
Community Gardening
& Society
Make It Grow
Make It Grow

■■ Culturally Specific Foods: Impacts on Food Pantry Gould Fish Bowl 312*
Recipients’ Health and Well-Being
Susie Mallard Barnes, Assistant Professor / Field Director,
Campbell University
Based on Dr. Mallard Barnes’ research with food pantry clients, the impacts
of receiving culturally specific produce on client dignity and their sense of
social inclusion are explored. Information on culturally specific food is shared.
Interactive activities include a sampling of some of these plant-based dishes.
■■ Rainier Valley Eats! How to Develop Gould Fish 312*
Natural Food Centers in Your Community
Becca Fong, Seattle Tilth
Grow, share, and eat your way to a healthier, more food secure, and more
connected community.
3:45 p.m.–5:00 p.m. Session 3 Workshop Panels
■■ Show Me the Money! (Show Them the Outcomes) Gould 436*
Joy Goetz, Community Health Dietitian, Open Hand Atlanta
Marcia Berlin, Health & Wellness Specialist, Atlanta Regional Commission
Measuring the outcomes of a community garden gives you a strong case
when applying for grants. This session highlights the successes and
“lessons learned” from an evaluation of the Senior Community Garden
Initiative in Atlanta, and displays how a live cooking demonstration was an
effective teaching tool for nutrition education and behavior change.
■■ Raising Resources for Your Project: Gould 436*
Need Money & Volunteers for Your Garden, Farm or Project?
Karja C Hansen, Project Recruiting Manager, ioby.org
Need money for materials, staff or programs for your farm, garden or
related project? We will teach you how to successfully fundraise for your
project while deepening engagement with your base. Ioby.org connects
people and money to projects that make neighborhoods healthier and more
sustainable. We’ll teach tried and true practices from other community
gardens and urban farms.
■■ Increasing Community Engagement & Food Access Gould 110
through Innovative Partnerships
Claire Baker, Director of Gardening Programs, PA Horticultural Society
PHS engages neighbors and expands community gardening to increase
access to fresh produce in underserved communities. This session will tell
three stories from three culturally diverse and disparate neighborhoods that
illustrate unique partnerships that have engaged communities to introduce
or expand community gardening and education.
Community Gardening
& Society
Community Gardening
& Society
The Food System
The Food System
The Food System

■■ Inclusion: Building & Sustaining Community Gardens Gould Fish Bowl 312
in Diverse Communities
Eric Higbee, Owner/Landscape Architect Higbee Design Collaborative
Kenya Fredie and Laura Raymond, Community Garden Coordinators,
DON P-Patch Program
Eden Teng, Site Leadership Volunteer, New Holly Youth & Family P-Patch
A panel will discuss the rewarding and challenging process of reaching out
and including all members of a multi-cultural and mixed income community
during the design, construction, and ongoing operation of the New Holly
Youth and Family P-Patch in SE Seattle.
■■ Building Additional Resources into the Community Gould 208J
through Educational “Hub Gardens”
Bill Dawson, Growing to Green Program Coordinator, Franklin Park
Conservatory & Botanical Gardens
Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens-Growing to Green
Community Gardening Program-12 by 2012 Initiative. The intent is to
establish 12 community garden educational hubs throughout the area
that can act as sites for educational outreach, be examples of community
garden best practices and act as mentors to other nearby gardens.
■■ Market Gardening: Models for Community Food Gould 114
Production on Public Land
Julie Bryan, Bunly Yun, and Minh Chau Le, Community Garden
Coordinators, DON, P-Patch Program
This presentation explores two different models of market gardening
developed by the Seattle P-Patch Community Gardening Program. One
employs multicultural public housing residents who operate a subscription
farm and farm stand; the other leases small plots of public land to low
income farmers who sell or share their produce.
■■ Closing the Loop: Nutrient and Carbon Cycling Alder 107
in the Urban Ecosystem
Kristen McIvor, Community Garden Coordinator,
Pierce Conservation District
Kate Kurtz, Biosolids Project Manager, King County Department of Natural
Resources & Parks
Carbon and nutrient recycling is important for sustainable urban
infrastructure, but also can play a critical role in healthy soil management.
Organic residuals are simultaneously a waste and a resource. When
managed properly, these residuals can help to grow healthy, productive
gardens that are integral pieces of healthy cities.
Community Gardening
& Society
The Food System
Make It Happen
Make It Grow

■■ Gardening for Wildlife: at Home, at School, Gould 100
and in Your Community
Courtney Sullivan, Education Manager, Pacific Region National Wildlife
Federation (Pacific Region)
Laura Spehar, Community Wildlife Habitat Team Leader, National Wildlife
Federation (Pacific Region)
Anyone can create a garden that attracts beautiful wildlife and help restore
habitat at home, at school, and in your community. In Washington, we have
created a wildlife habitat corridor, hear from local volunteer leaders about
their community efforts and learn about resources, tools and frameworks to
help you create wildlife habitat.
■■ Cultivating a Rooftop Garden: Strategies for Successful Gould 322
Design and Management
Colin McCrate, Founder, Seattle Urban Farm Company
Jessica Roundy, Landscape Designer, Seattle Urban Farm Company
City rooftops will play a crucial role in the further development of urban
food systems, and during this session, participants will learn design
principles and management techniques for rooftop production as illustrated
by Seattle Urban Farm Company’s work at restaurants across the city.
■■ Yes! You Can Grow Rice in the City Gould 435
Phyllis Odessey, Director of Horticulture, Randall’s Island Park Alliance
Eun Young Sebazco, Horticulture Manager, Randall’s Island Park Alliance
Nick Storrs, Urban Farmer, Randall’s Island Park Alliance
The Randall’s Island Urban Farm’s three rice paddies, the first in New
York City, demonstrate how you can grow traditional rice in the city. We will
discuss the methods and techniques for utilizing rice as an educational tool
for students of all ages: especially in culturally diverse communities.
■■ Garden City Harvest: Building Community Gould 236 / 240*
through Agriculture
Genevieve Jessop Marsh, Community Outreach Director & Community
Garden Director, Garden City Harvest
Learn about an innovative model featured in critically acclaimed boo,
Growing a Garden City, of urban agriculture that centers on community.
From the PTA to the Missoula County Public School’s Central Kitchen, from
the Youth Drug Court to the local Catholic Cemetery—this session will teach
how to Garden City Harvest makes partnerships all over the place, working
with and for local food in Missoula, and how you can do the same—drawing
examples from urban farms, community gardens, school gardens, teen job
skills training, and education programs in the classroom and on the farm.
Community Gardening
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Make It Happen
Make It Grow
Make It Grow

■■ Garden City Harvest Documentary Gould 236 / 240*
Seth Friedman, Education Coordinator, Cloud Mountain Farm Center
13-minute documentary video about a unique community/educational
farm that is a partnership between a non-profit organization (Garden City
Harvest) and an educational institution (Univ. of Montana). This farm is
called the PEAS Farm (Program in Ecological Agriculture and Society),
and it involves students from elementary to college, as well as community
members through a vibrant CSA, and even involves the elderly through
volunteer programs and the Mobile Market, which brings the produce
directly into senior and low-income communities.
7:00–10:00 p.m. ACGA Gala Dinner and Silent Auction
(See Special Events, page 22)
Community Gardening
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Conference Day 2 | Saturday, August 10, 2013
8:00 a.m.–Noon Registration and Check-in Gould Hall
10:00 a.m.–Noon Video Festival: Growing Community Gould 322
from the Ground Up (See Special Events, page 22)
10:15 a.m.–Noon P-Patch and Greenway Bike Tour: How Seattle Rolls
(Meet at Recycled Cycles Bike Shop, 1007 NE Boat St.)
9:00 a.m.–10:30 a.m. Session 4 Workshop Panels
■■ Urban Agriculture in the Wild West: “Pardnering” Gould 440
with Local Government
Susan Finlayson, Network Coordinator, Wasatch Community Gardens
Julie Peck-Dabling, Program Manager, Salt Lake County Parks
& Recreation
Bridget Stuchly, Outreach Program Mgr, Division of Sustainability
& the Environment Salt Lake City Corporation
Although many cities across the U.S. have community garden programs,
Utah has innovative ways of leveraging limited local government and non-
profit capacity to nonetheless expand support for community gardens and
urban farms. By focusing on partnerships, community garden advocates in
Utah are growing stronger than ever!
■■ Roads We’ve Taken: Stories of Sustainability Gould 110
from Seattle Area Youth Garden Programs
Emily Bishton, Director/Lead Instructor, Owner/Garden Educator,
Magnuson Community Center Nature Programs/Green Light Gardening
Lisa Taylor, Program Manager, Seattle Tilth
Amelia Swinton, Garden & Nutrition Educator, Lettuce Link
Brenda Running, Director of the Nature & Art Explorers Program,
Shadow Lake Elementary School
Liz Bullard, Executive, Director & Founder, Seattle Play Garden
The goal of this panel discussion is to inform and inspire volunteers
and staff with a wide variety of “avenues for success” in creating
and developing a youth program, thinking “outside the box” in the
collaborations, partnership, and funding opportunities to reach for, and
ways to sustainably grow a program.
■■ Best Practices in Community Garden Management: Gould 114
Examples from Urban, Suburban & Rural NJ
Luke Drake, Research Associate, Rutgers University
Community gardening involves a range of benefits, but it also means
addressing a variety of challenges. Learn what has worked for others,
what hasn’t, and what other community gardens are doing to resolve some
of the common issues we all face. This session is intended for garden
managers and/or coordinators.
14 | CONFERENCE SCHEDULE | Day 2—Saturday
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■■ Edible Neighborhoods: Cooperative Growing Gould 435
Michael Seliga, El Presidente Cascadia, Edible Landscapes
Natalie Thompson, Coordinator, Edible Neighborhoods
Imagine your neighborhood as one interconnected gardening this
interactive workshop with Cascadia Edible Landscapes.You’ll discuss
the concept of an edible neighborhood, learn about edible and medicinal
shrubs, herbs, vegetables, and trees, and leave with an understanding
of how to organize and implement a community of growing food
collaboratively with your neighbors.
■■ Bridge Over Summer—Keeping School Gould Fish Bowl 312*
Gardens Thriving
Zsofia Pasztor, President, Farmer Frog
Learn innovative solutions for the ‘summer garden death’ challenge. In
schools summer is the toughest time for gardens-we solved this problem
and created a solution people can’t wait to participate in. Families are
eager to garden and share the crops while they keep the garden going for
the school.
■■ Developing Food Literacy & Community Partnerships Gould Fish Bowl 312*
through Youth Gardens
Philip Lee, Co-Founder, Readers to Eaters
Rick Swann, Author, Our School Garden
Explore garden education through books. A publisher and an author will
discuss books that promote gardening through growing, cooking, and
eating. We will also explore ways to partner with libraries, parks, and
community gardens with schools and youth programs to promote food
literacy and grow a community through food.
■■ Mapping Urban Orchards in the Digital Age Gould 436*
Kristen Ramer Liang, Board Member, City Fruit
Matt Pope, Secretary/Board Member, City Fruit
City Fruit has long used web mapping tools to display orchard steward site
and tree data; in this workshop we will share information about how we
created a mobile friendly tool for orchard steward site visitors to learn more
about urban fruit trees and sign up to volunteer on-site.
■■ Tree Fruit in Parks-Sustainable Bounty Gould 436*
or Impossible Dream
Bob Baines, Park Maintenance Crew Chief, Seattle Parks & Recreation
For 50 years, park planners and administrators have discouraged
or banned fruit growing in parks for a variety of reasons, citing high
maintenance costs, pest management issues, and legal liability. Bob will
describe the transition in Seattle Parks and the key components of a
program that now accepts and promotes fruit growing on parks property.
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Make It Grow
Make It Happen
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■■ Making the Jungle a Garden Again Gould 436*
Craig Thompson, Green Seattle, City Fruit, Dr. Jose Rizal Park
The natural landscape poses public safety challenges in our cities. By
understanding how to meet those challenges, stewards of urban forests,
orchards, and gardens can meet sustainable restoration and agricultural
goals while creating cross-cultural ties and community-base solutions.
■■ Produce Empowerment: Addressing Hunger & Nutrition Gould 100*
Through Urban Gardening
Kathy Pryor and Todd Hunsdorfer, Co-founders, South Park Fresh Starts
Dianne Garcia, Volunteer, South Park Fresh Starts
This session will examine the creation and continue success of South
Park Fresh Start, a program that empowers low-income communities to
grow healthy, nutritious food in their homes and neighborhoods. Through
a greenhouse attached to a food bank, volunteers distribute organic
vegetable plant starts for families to take home to grow. To date, the
program has distributed over 12,000 plant starts.
■■ Grow, Share, Prepare: SFC’s Integrated Food Systems Gould 100*
Approach to Cultivating a Healthy Community
and a Strong Local Food System
Susan Leibrock, Community Relations Director, Sustainable Food Center
Sari Albornoz, Co-Director, Sustainable Food Center
Sustainable Food Center’s new Training Center features gardens,
a community kitchen, and a farmers’ market, and is a place where
community members can learn experientially about growing, sharing and
preparing healthy food and participating in their local food system. Learn
how to replicate this food systems approach in your community!
■■ Elder Farm Program Serves Refugee Gould 236 / 240
and Immigrant Elders
Katie Penke Programs Manager Seattle Tilth—SE Programs
Michael Neguse, Organizer, Seattle Neighborhood Group
East African elders improve health, increase access to fresh, healthy foods,
and create community through elder food and farm programs.
10:45 a.m.–Noon Video Festival: Growing Community Gould 322
from the Ground Up
Make It Happen
Community Gardening
& Society
Community Gardening
& Society
Sound Mind & Body

10:45 a.m.–Noon Session 5 Workshop Panels
■■ Growing your Social Media Presence and Influence Gould 110
Beginning with Facebook
Kathleen Warren, President, Warren Communication
Nicole Logan, Social Media Manager, Social Werks Communications
Most people understand the importance and value of a vibrant social media
presence. But most small non-profits have a difficult time offering both the
best content and staying atop the always changing world of social media.
This is an opportunity to learn practical ways to keep your Facebook page
visible, relevant and engaging to your audience and to better understand
how to measure results.
■■ Empowering Adult Learners through Garden Education: Gould 208J
Oregon Food Bank’s Seed to Supper Program
Ali Abbors, Learning Gardens Program Coordinator, Oregon Food Bank
Jemila Hart, Resident Services Coordinator, Housing Authority of
Clackamas County
Denissia Withers, Adjunct Instructor, Portland State University
Effective, adult-focused garden education programs can increase resiliency,
community connectivity and self-confidence—empowering learners and
increasing individual and community food security. OFB’s Seed to Supper is a
mobile, basic gardening course designed for food-insecure adults. Learn about
the program and come away with ideas to replicate it in your community!
■■ Digging Economic Sustainability into the Urban Gould 435
Food Movement
Peter Ladner, Author, The Urban Food Revolution
Peter Ladner will look at what community groups, anti-poverty advocates,
cities and entrepreneurs around North America are doing to put the urban
food movement onto a more secure financial footing.
■■ Grow Food: Growing Great Food & Cohesive Gould 236 / 240
Community through Food System Programming
Shanyanika McElroy, Urban Food Systems Program Coordinator, Seattle
Parks & Recreation
Sophia Sasaki, Volunteer Coordinator, Miller Community Center Garden
Our workshop will highlight Seattle Parks and Recreation’s efforts to create
equitable access to healthy food, opportunities for culturally-relevant
recreation, and environmental awareness. Participants will get a short
overview of Good Food Program, engage in a hands-on activity that
will help illustrate the tools it takes to develop successful programs, and
participate in the group discussion.
■■ Asset Based Community Development: Identifying Gould 208J
Resources for your Community Garden & How Your
Community Garden is a Resource for the Community
Betsy Johnson, Board Member, ACGA
Based on the workshop in ACGA’s Growing Communities Curriculum, learn
how Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) brings a whole new
perspective to identifying resources and gaining support for a community
garden, farmer’s market, or other community endeavors.
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Community Gardening
& Society
Community Gardening
& Society
The Food System

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Community Gardening
& Society
The Food System
The Food System
■■ Reaching All Communities: Use of Interpreters Gould 442
and Translators in Community Gardens
Julie Bryan, Community Garden Coordinator, DON, P-Patch Program
By looking at the Seattle P-Patch Community Gardening Program, we will
have a conversation about how interpreters, translators, and bilingual staff
can help to encourage community members with limited English proficiency
to actively participate in this community-focused program. Bring your ideas
and experience working in other community groups. Let’s share!
■■ Functional Biodiversity: Managing Mini-Livestock (Bugs) Gould 436
in an Urban Setting
Rex Dufour, West Coast Regional Director, NCAT
(National Center for Appropriate Technology
This session will cover simple, ecological approaches to better manage
the mini-livestock (bugs) that can either benefit your garden, or damage your
crops. Learn how to create more habitat, above-and below-ground, for the good
bugs, and less for the not-so-good ones, and why these approaches work.
■■ Growing Youth Growing Food Growing Cleveland: Gould 440
Urban Farming & the Fight Against Food Deserts
Kelly Barrett, Farm Manager, Cleveland Botanical Garden
With over half the population gone, urban blight is overwhelming
neighborhoods in Cleveland, Ohio. However, through urban farming,
an effort is being make by numerous organizations and community
members to not only beautify vacant lots, but also provide affordable, local,
organically grown food in low income neighborhoods.
■■ Schoolyard Habitats Gould 300*
Courtney Sullivan, Education Manager, National Wildlife Federation
(Pacific Region)
To help reconnect today’s children to the outdoors, the National Wildlife
Federation assists schools in developing outdoor classrooms called Schoolyard
Habitats, where educators and students learn how to attract and support local
wildlife. Learn about resources, curriculum and school case studies.
■■ Creating Sustainable Environmental Education Gould 300*
Gardens at Schools—The Lake George
Elementary School Project
Bert Weber, Resource Educator and Community Garden Coordinator,
Cornell Extension
Presentation on the development of an environmental garden at the NY
Elementary School. The focus of the garden is sustainable practices in
gardening to protect the watershed and encourage wildlife. The garden
Features a green roof, permeable hardscape, native plants, composting
bins and vegetable gardening. The entire garden is contained in an interior
courtyard of the school.

12:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m. Tours (See page 24 for details.)
Meet tour leaders in Gould Court by 12:15 p.m. Buses leave parking location
by 12:30 p.m. Bike Tour participants leave earlier, and should have received
special instructions.
8:00 p.m. Film Night Gould 322
Join us after dinner for a cozy evening of popcorn and a screening of
Symphony of the Soil (104 minutes), directed by Deborah Koons Garcia, an
accomplished filmmaker and widow of Jerry Garcia.
Symphony of the Soil is one part of a multi-film project that explores the world
of soil, including how it is formed, its life cycle, human uses and misuses in
agriculture, and soil’s role in addressing global environmental problems.
After the film, (if you are still awake!) let’s share our ideas questions and
observations of the film in light of Urban soils and Community Gardening.
(See Special Events, page 22 for more details)

20 | CONFERENCE SCHEDULE | Day 3—Sunday
Conference Day 3 | Sunday, August 11, 2013
8:00–9:00 a.m. Registration and Check-in Gould Hall
9:00–10:15 a.m. Session 6 Workshop Panels
■■ Dirt and Determination: Building a Sustainable Gould Fish Bowl 312
Giving Garden Community
Judith (Jude) Berman and Deb Rock, Co-Coordinators, Interbay P-Patch
Food Bank Garden
Monica Diaz and Meghan James, Co-leaders, Interbay P-Patch
Food Bank Garden
Learn how to create a successful giving garden by building a strong, vibrant,
sustainable community of volunteers. Great stories and practical advice from
the team that has developed the model everyone in Seattle is emulating.
■■ Corporations & the Workplace as Catalysts Gould 435
for a Successful Community Garden
Stu Vannerson, Director, Intel DuPont Community Garden
This presentation will describe the formation and growth of Intel’s
community garden in DuPont, WA with advice to others who would like to
establish closer ties between their businesses and community, as well as
utilize the land at their workplaces for crop production.
■■ Hands on Activities and Demonstrations to Support Gould 208J
Organic Gardening Education
Cara Ianni, Program Manager, Seattle Tilth, Resource Conservation Program
Carey Thornton, Educator, Seattle Tilth
Seattle Tilth’s gardening education programs emphasize experiential
education. This session will provide an overview of select programs as
a model for community outreach. In addition, we will highlight hands-
on activities and demonstrations to enhance learners’ understanding of
organic gardening principles and techniques, including soil building, water
conservation and promoting biodiversity.
■■ Planting the Seeds of the Future: Inspiring Children Gould 236 / 240
& Youth through Garden-based Learning
Lisa Taylor, Children’s Ed Program Manager, Seattle Tilth
Falaah Jones, Eastside Program Coordinator, Seattle Tilth
Learn time-tested activities, games, songs and recipes that invite youth
into the garden. Explore activities that promote peaceful interactions, build
self-esteem, teamwork and community in this fun, hands-on workshop.
Learn how to facilitate garden projects that support peace themes such as
helping and cooperation, care of home, interconnections and friendship,
and biodiversity.
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Sound Mind & Body

Conference Day 3 | Sunday, August 11, 2013
■■ Strategies for Creating and Managing a Successful Gould 436
Volunteer Program
Brian Darby, Horticulturist, Denver Botanical Gardens
Tackling obstacles to creating a successful volunteer program is as easy
as recruiting, empowering, and rewarding good volunteer behavior. In
this session, strategies will be presented for activating current garden
members, planning effective work days, providing a wide-range of
volunteer tasks, and celebrating accomplishments in the garden.
■■ Land Analyses and Their Contribution to Community Gould 114*
Garden Siting & Farmland Preservation
Megan Horst, Student & Instructor, University of Washington
This session highlights foodshed analyses completed at various scales
across the county. The utility of foodshed analyses in advocacy, planning
and policy efforts is explored. Participants will collaboratively initiate a
foodshed analysis for a pre-selected city/region, providing opportunity to
become familiar with key questions, potential data sources and approaches.
■■ Measuring and Monitoring Urban Agriculture Activities Gould 114*
for Policy Development
Rebeccah Maskin, Senior Planner, Puget Sound Regional Council
This session will present on work conducted by staff of the Puget Sound
Regional Food Policy Council performed for Seattle on how communities
can measure and enable urban agriculture activities. Measures include
tying food policy into comprehensive planning, and creating monitoring
schemes to assess amount and types of urban agriculture activities to
aid policy development. Concepts are illustrated with local and national
examples and recommendations for best practices.
■■ Composting, Community & Corporate Responsibility Gould 110
Scott Jenkins, VP Ball Park Operation, Seattle Mariners
Susan Thoman, Director of Communication & PA, Cedar Grove Composting
In this presentation, we will discuss how companies, organizations, venues,
individuals, factors and benefits come into play in order to enable the
responsible management of organic waste streams and the development
of healthy community gardens and landscapes that benefit our local region,
environment and economy.
10:30 a.m.–Noon Proposal Plenary and Closing Session Gould 322
Cultivating Community—Harvesting Health:
Bringing It All Together
Moderator: Jim Diers, UW Lecturer, Author, Community Organizer
Panel: Richard Conlin, Seattle City Council Member;
Robert Servine, Seattle Tilth Youth Garden Works, Owner of Good Karma Farm;
Laura Raymond, City of Seattle, Department of Neighborhoods P-Patch
Community Gardening Program Community Garden Coordinator;
Graham Kerr, Author, Speaker & Chief
Make It Happen
Make It Happen
Make It Happen
The Food System
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE | Day 3—Sunday | 21 * = combined sessions

Special Events
Thursday, August 8, 2013 | 6:00–9:00 p.m.
Opening Night Meet & Greet
Gould Hall Lawn
The Hedgehags will be playing. “From the Muddy Banks of the Puget Sound comes a sound so lovely
and so old thymey that you might mistake it for the sound of Sirens if it wasn’t for their particularly modern
take on classic folk songs.”
Providing equally muddy Puget Sound tastes, Papa Bois Food Truck will be feeding us along with dessert
from Six Strawberries Pop Cycles and Fremont Brewery has ponied up a couple of kegs of brew! So get
ready to enjoy!
Friday, August 9, 2013 | 6–10:00 p.m.
ACGA Gala Dinner and Silent Auction
Daybreak Star Cultural Center
3801 W. Government Way
Spectacular Views! Native American Artworks! Native Plants!
Don’t miss Friday night’s Conference Gala and Silent Auction at Daybreak Star Cultural Center. Located in
Discovery Park, a wooded 534 acre park situated on Magnolia Bluff overlooking Puget Sound, Daybreak
Star offers spectacular views of both the Cascade and the Olympic Mountain ranges.
Daybreak Star is the cultural center for Native Americans in Seattle with a permanent art collection by and
about Native Americans. It also features a children’s food garden and Northwest native plant grove next to
the building.
Silent Auction
Cocktail hour starts at 6:00 p.m. with local brews and the Silent Auction.
Grab a glass and bid on the wonderful collection of Silent Auction items to raise funds for ACGA
programs. Auction items include limited edition prints and photographs, autographed gardening books,
handmade jewelry, handknit hats, birdhouses, bespoke shirt, gardening program t-shirts, sports
souvenirs, Latin American cultural souvenirs, event passes, and many more.
Gala Dinner
Dinner is served at 7:00 p.m. accompanied by the Jim O’Halloran Quintet, a local Afro-Cuban Jazz
ensemble, and Bluegrass vocalist Nell Robinson.
22 | SPECIAL EVENTS

Saturday, August 10, 2013 | 10:00 a.m.– Noon
Video Festival
Gould Hall, Room 322
The American Community Gardening Association is hosting its first-ever film festival, Growing Community
from the Ground Up. Amateur videographers from around the country, including kids and young adults,
have told their personal stories about growing food, participating in a community garden, and other kinds
of community food projects. A selection of these videos chosen by a four-person panel of judges will be
presented at the film festival celebration.
Saturday, August 10, 2013 | 8:00 p.m.
Film Night
Gould 322
Symphony of the Soil is a multi-film project that explores the world of soil, including how it is formed,
its life cycle, human uses and misuses in agriculture, and soil’s role in addressing global environmental
problems.
A million thanks to Deborah Koons Garcia, for donating her film for our viewing. Deborah is a filmmaker
who runs her own production company, Lily Films. Though she is better recognized as the widow of Jerry
Garcia, the legendary Grateful Dead lead singer and guitarist who died in 1995, she is an accomplished
filmmaker. Her previous film The Future of Food is an excellent documentary about genetically modified
foods.
For more information go to: www.symphonyofthesoil.com
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24 | TOURS
Tours
Art, Design and Culture
in the Edible City
Imagine a city
designed around
ecological systems
and edible landscapes
where arts and culture
play a key role in the
designing innovative
urban spaces,
reimagining our food
lifestyles, and connecting with neighbors.
P-Patch & Greenway Bike Tour:
How Seattle Rolls
From a quiet oasis
named for an herb and
slipped between two
residences to a raucous
community party with
art and live music,
experience gardens,
greenways, and bike
trails by bicycle.
Building Community in South Seattle
A community garden
begins with an idea
and progresses
through planning,
development and
construction but
does not stop when
the garden is built.
Community gardens
provide opportunities for neighbors and community
members to collaborate toward a common goal
thus strengthening the sense of community
and pride.
Historic Farm and Innovative Spaces:
P-Patch Tour
Community gardens
take on the personality
of the neighborhood,
gardeners, and the
community that adopts
it. This tour will show
you a range of these
personalities in north
and central Seattle
neighborhoods.
Learning Gardens
Seattleites grow
food and community
at Seattle Parks &
Recreation Community
Learning Gardens.
On this citywide tour,
you’ll see the whole
city while exploring
unusual garden spaces
that reflect the uniqueness and diversity of the
communities that built them.
Community Orchards of Seattle:
Traditional and Modern
This tour visits sites
large and small, looking
at both traditional and
innovative tree cultivation
techniques. Can you
have an orchard with
46 trees in 750 square
feet? Yes! Can you have
a large food forest on
public property? Yes! Can you bring a neighborhood
together by planting fruiting trees? Yes!
Meet tour leaders in Gould Court by 12:15 p.m. Buses leave parking location by 12:30 p.m.
Note: Bike Tour participants leave earlier, and should have received special instructions.

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Sharing the Harvest: Healthy Food
Access & Justice
Join us as we explore
gardens and learn how
passionate gardeners,
cooks, and eaters of all
ages and backgrounds
are mobilizing to undo
disparities in the food
system and bring our
web of life back into
balance.
Therapeutic Gardens
This tour focuses on
four gardens offering
therapeutic benefits
to a wide range of
populations. The
gardens on this tour
include examples of
gardens for children
with a range of
disabilities, families of veterans being treated at the
VA, and Japanese/American senior residents of
Nikkei Manor.
Urban
Agriculture
Seattle has a vibrant
urban agriculture
community that
includes continued
cultivation of land that
once embodied the
livelihood of local farmers.
Join us to take a look at the old lands still under
cultivation in new ways.
Walking Scavenger Hunt
This interactive tour
will lead walking
participants on a
journey through
Seattle’s urban
community gardens to
the iconic Pike Place
Market.
Sowing Seeds in Seattle: Youth and
Children’s Garden
From whimsical gardens
for young children to
composting programs
for teens, Seattle
has a wide array of
opportunities for young
people to get hands-on
experience gardening.
South Sound Regional Tour
Gardens growing food
sovereignty, justice &
access in the South
Puget Sound area.
These gardens show
that community, seeds,
and a patch of land
do more than grow
vegetables. Gardens
can also create resilient systems of neighborhood
food security, teach individuals about their cultural
heritage through food and horticulture, grow
thousands of pounds of fresh produce to feed the
hungry, and provide individuals sovereignty over
their food systems.
On this tour, you will see a wide range of
community gardens: from urban gardening tucked
in the heart of Tacoma and community run farms in
the rural Pierce county, gardens which grow tons
of produce for food banks and others which create
extremely localized models of food security.

Hosts & Sponsors
Hosting Organizations
P-Patch Community Gardening Program
A program of the city of Seattle Department of Neighborhoods, has
been growing community for the past 40 years. The program oversees
89 P-Patches distributed throughout Seattle. All P-Patch Community
Gardens are open to the public to enjoy and are used as restorative
spaces, learning/idea incubators, and places to gather and visit.
Seattle Tilth
The mission of Seattle Tilth is to inspire and educate people to
safeguard our natural resources while building an equitable and
sustainable local food system.
UW of Washington
Gould Hall, site of conference registration and many of the events is
one of two buildings that house the College of the Built Environment
and the Department of Landscape Architecture. Both schools
partner with community garden and larger urban agriculture project
around the city through their annual design build classes. There are
many examples throughout the P-Patch program representing this
partnership.
P-Patch Trust
The P-Patch Trust builds healthy and diverse communities by
fostering community gardens, urban farms and green space. This is
accomplished through public engagement, partnerships, leadership
development, advocacy, and land acquisition.
26 | HOSTS & SPONSORS

Local Sponsors
Donors
In-kind Donations
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Pierce Conservation District

Gould Hall Maps
28 | MAPS
Gould Hall is located between University and 15th Avenues on 40th street near major bus routes from downtown and
other city neighborhoods.
First Floor
Second Floor

Third Floor
Fourth Floor
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