City Matching Grant Transforms Community Orchard

February 15, 2016 It’s time to review 13 months of orchard infrastructure work, an extensive effort funded with a Seattle Department of Neighborhood (DON) Matching Grant. We are especially thankful to Allynn Ruth (DON) for securing a four-month extension of time to complete our work. Construction took longer because we did most of the work […]

Garden Bed Potpourri

January 21, 2016 Fruits, welcome vegetables! Garden beds are nearly finished and they are lively. The soil in all of the garden beds is recycled from the soil taken out to make the path. We outlined where garden beds would go and the excavators dumped soil in those spaces. This tactic saved labor but there […]

Adding Art

January 1, 2016 We are pleased to unveil two new art pieces in the orchard, both recently installed and both splendid. Chris Lemmen of Steel Bamboo is the creator of the floating bumble bee (bombus mixtus). The bee is made of metal. Landscape art is a specialty for Chris. The bee is headed north toward […]