GROW

Mission

We believe in building healthy and diverse communities in the Northwest by educating, encouraging, and enabling people to grow organic produce for themselves and their families and to be part of an inclusive neighborhood gardening community. 

GROW and its predecessor organizations have been providing effective and consistent advocay and services for organic community gardens for more than 40 years. 

What We Do

GROW provides advocacy, leadership, education, and critical financial resources to make gardening more accessible in all corners of our city and beyond. As a 100% volunteer-lead nonprofit, GROW is able to devote nearly 90 percent of its funds directly to projects and services for the 90+ community gardens in Seattle. GROW also owns (or co-owns with community partners) nine community gardens across the greater Seattle are, ensuring those properties are used as community garden space in perpetuity.

GROW builds healthy and diverse communities by:

1. Advocating for community gardeners and the growth and sustainment of p-patches, urban gardens, and open space. 
2. Providing opportunities for people to grow, share and prepare food.
3. Working to alleviate hunger by managing the growing and distribution of produce to people in need.
4. Acquiring and holding land for community gardens and urban farms.

Giving Back

Gardeners are remarkably generous people, and many who have P-Patches help support GROW to ensure services are available for low-income plot-holders. P-Patch gardeners also demonstrate their caring for others by growing produce for the hungry in our city. Each year, our community of gardeners donates tens of thousands of pounds of produce to Seattle food banks and meal programs.