Why Was the Sand Point P-Patch Relocated?
For 25 years gardeners used property leased from Childrens’ Hospital and Regional Medical Center for a community P-Patch. The site was located on N.E. 70th adjacent to the Burke Gillman Trail. Children’s Hospital gave notice that it planed to build on its property. In seeking a new location, an opportunity arose to include the P-Patch concept in a larger community garden on the Magnuson Park grounds. With the assistance of the Seattle Parks and Recreation Magnuson Park Division, the Department of Neighborhood P-Patch Office, and Childrens’ Hospital, a temporary P-Patch was opened on a portion of the site of the Magnuson Community Garden. The permanent Magnuson P-Patch was completed in the spring of 2004.
