The Seattle Times: Local News: Good earth gives urban sustenance for 30 years
The P-Patch program began in 1973, when the Picardo family no longer found truck farming profitable and allowed an activist to use their land to teach youngsters about gardening. The kids’ produce was then donated to Neighbors in Need.
Within the next few years, activists expanded the program, and P-Patches, named for the Picardo family and “passionate people producing peas in public,” sprung up around the city.
The Picardo farmhouse is where I catch the bus every day, and I find the P-Patch a nice place to reflect and take a breath. So we couldn’t stay away when we saw the draft horses at work in the patch.