June 11, 2008

Get your green on.

urban flower

Looks like the Central District is getting a little greener. A new P-Patch is coming to 25th & Spring, making it easy for landless residents, including apartment dwellers and townhouse folks, to get out and grow. (To learn more about P-Patches, check out Rick’s P-Patch Proximity post.)

While the CD Patch is still in the development stage — no news on number of plots, nor how long the waiting list will be — we do know that it will offer 1,900 square feet of garden space. That’s a whole lotta summer squash.

If you’re not into (or nowhere near) a community garden, but you still want to give the city an even greener edge, there’s always seed bombing. Last weekend’s New York Times Magazine reports on the “guerilla gardening” movement, led in London by author and opportunistic gardener Richard Reynolds. His mission? To turn unkempt, citified stretches into urban oases with his crack team of midnight mulchers.

Given Seattle’s generally clean bill of green health, I’m not sure we need seed bombers and other clandestine planting operations. Of course, you can never have too many tulips, can you?

How can you get closer to the CD’s agri-action? Take a look at these nearby listings:

919 26th Ave.
Price: $429,900
Specs: 2 bd/1 bath
Size: N/A

924 23rd Ave.
Price: $525,000
Specs: 4 bd/3 bath
Size: 2,900

925 26th Ave.
Price: $679,950
Specs: 4 bd/2 bath
Size: 2,320

1116 25th Ave.
Price: $825,000
Specs: 5 bd/3.5 bath
Size: 2,756

2315 E. Columbia St.
Price: $849,950
Specs: 4 bd/3.5 bath
Size: 3,850


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