Seattle Tilth

CATEGORY(IES): Pollution &Toxins/ Sustainable Communities

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Seattle Tilth educates and inspires people to garden organically, conserve natural resources, and support local food systems in order to cultivate a healthy urban environment and community. Key initiatives include classes, demonstration gardens, volunteer education and training, and a garden hotline. Our classes for adults teach people how to grow their own food organically, raise backyard chickens, goats, and bees, and develop healthy soil in an urban environment.

Our unique curriculum, Teaching Peace Through Gardening, is the centerpiece of our lessons for children and families. We maintain five separate teaching gardens, where we demonstrate innovative organic gardening techniques and offer hands-on experiences for those enrolled in our classes. The gardens are open to the public for self-guided tours. Through our garden hotline we offer individualized solutions to garden problems and educate the public on ways to reduce waste, conserve water and other natural resources, and minimize the use of chemicals. We are available by phone or email, or people can drop by to ask our experts advice on a wide range of topics including safe, effective pest and weed control, natural lawn care practices, and plant care and disease solutions.

The Master Composter/Soil Builder Volunteer Program trains thirty-five individuals annually in the latest composting and soil-building techniques. Soil building with compost and mulch is an easy way to take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and put it back in the ground. Trainees commit to providing forty hours each of volunteer outreach at events, schools, and neighborhoods during the year following their completion of this thirty-hour course. Seattle Tilth actively pursues partnerships to engage diverse audiences in creating healthy landscapes throughout the city. We work with community centers and schools to establish additional teaching gardens, and we are involved with a number of coalitions to address issues of food security for all.

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4649 Sunnyside Ave N
Seattle, WA 98103

Link to their website: http://www.seattletilth.org

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