Seattle Tilth Farms & Gardens
Find out about Seattle Tilth's farms and gardens in the region.
Our gardens serve as an outdoor classroom for people who take our classes and for volunteers who work alongside teaching staff to gain hands-on experience. Take a self-guided tour and learn organic garden techniques you could try at home by following informational signs.
Bradner Gardens Park
This garden is located in Seattle's Mt. Baker neighborhood (directions). At this site, you'll find creative raised beds, annual and perennial vegetables, a dry stream bed, a windmill, a P-Patch, a children’s garden, city fruit trees, drip irrigation, a rain catchment system and cistern, bee hives, a picnic area and covered gazebo, wheelchair accessible beds, as well as bathrooms and meeting rooms. Find out more...
Good Shepherd Center -- Adult Community Learning Garden
Our original learning garden in the Wallingford neighborhood (directions), you'll find a solar greenhouse, cordon and espalier-style fruit trees, blue elderberry, persimmon, cane berries, drought tolerant plantings, a pollinator border, straw bale and hugelkultur beds, a green roof, a rain garden, a 12 acre park and a farmer’s market (Wednesdays, May-October). Find out more...
Good Shepherd Center -- Children’s Garden
Located behind the Good Shepherd Center in Wallingford (directions), this garden captivates children with annual and perennial vegetables, a sensory garden, an animal trail and wildlife tunnel, giant kiwi vines, fruit trees, a container garden demonstration, worm bins, compost area, a playground, bathrooms and a picnic area nearby. Find out more...
Pickering Barn in Issaquah
The historic barn in Issaquah (directions) frames our annual and perennial vegetable crops. The site features deer and rabbit fencing, a large cistern and numerous rain barrels, green roofs, an outdoor classroom, native plant garden, grapes, a dahlia demonstration bed, drought tolerant plantings and fruit trees with a picnic area and farmer’s market (Saturdays, April-October) nearby. Find out more...
Rainier Beach Learning Garden
Located in the Rainier Beach neighborhood (directions), you will find raised beds made from stacking blocks and rough hewn logs, burlap sack planters, gabion benches, a native plant garden, a worm bin, a compost area, an outdoor classroom, a sensory garden, drip irrigation as well as a playground, bathrooms, tennis courts and playfield nearby. Find out more...
Rainier Beach Urban Farm & Wetlands
Our newest farm sits on 10 acres in the Rainier Valley neighborhood (directions) and is host to annual and perennial vegetables, raised beds, native plants, five large greenhouses, giant blueberry bushes, wetlands, a nature trail and a large compost area. Find out more...
Seattle Tilth Farm Works
This 39-acre site in Auburn (directions) features greenhouses, production-scale row crops, nature trail, a picnic area and fire pit, large farm equipment, tractors, and stunning views of Mt Rainier. The farm stand opens in June. Find out more...
Seattle Youth Garden Works Farm
The SYGW urban farm is located west of the buildings and Northwest of the Union Bay Natural Area at the UW Botanic Gardens (directions). It features production-scale row crops maintained by our youth crew, drip irrigation, picnic area, wetlands and the Union Bay nature trails, the Elizabeth Miller Library and the UW Botanical display garden. The SYGW farm stand is at the University District Farmer’s Market (Saturdays, May-October). Find out more...
