One of many scarecrows at Bradner.
SE Seattle’s Bradner Gardens Park is filled with interesting things to learn about and look at. There are bee hives, flowers, a basketball court, working windmill, native plants, a cozy meeting room with a gas fireplace, garden art and one of the nicest mosaic adorned public bathrooms I’ve ever visited.
This 1.6 acre park, located at 29th Avenue South and South Grand Street in SE Seattle, has seven Master Gardener ornamental theme gardens, 61 p-patch plots, a children’s A to Z garden and Seattle Tilth demonstration beds. You can learn tips for your own garden by strolling through the demonstration gardens or by taking one of the classes taught by Seattle Tilth.
If you need great reasons to visit then two events coming up are the Annual Plant Sale and gently used tool donation opportunity.
The plant sale is on Sunday, May 19th from 10 am to 1pm. Here you will find heirloom tomato plants, greens well suited for our climate, fruit trees and bushes from Raintree Nursery and experts to answer your questions and help you make great selections.
The garden tool donation is also on May 19th and the P-Patch Trust is looking for donations of gently-used shovels, hoes, soil rakes and small hand tools. They are not looking for any power tools. The P-Patch Trust supports p-patches through land acquisition and supplies. Your donations will be used to help low income gardeners reap a bountiful harvest.
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