P-Patch Community Garden Program

The Mercer Island P-Patch is a community garden program coordinated by the City of Mercer Island and cultivated by Mercer Island residents through environmentally sustainable practices. The P-Patch program provides the opportunity for participants to grow food and ornamental plantings within individual plots enabling opportunities for connections within the community, increased food security, and improved physical and mental health for visitors and participants alike.

Program Objectives:

•  Provide and allocate designated plot areas for community gardening activities. 
• Enable gardening and gathering opportunities which improve both mental and physical health.
• Align participation with maintaining the natural character of the park and minimize unnatural physical and visual impacts to the surrounding park and neighborhood area.
• Provide an environment that enables participants of different ages and demographics to come together, interact, and cultivate meaningful relationships through gardening.
• Utilize garden plots and the surrounding area to enhance biodiversity and contribute to the preservation of the environment.

The P-Patch is located behind the Mercer Island Community & Event Center. As plots become available, the city will offer plots to those on the waitlist. To join the waitlist, please call 206.275.7609.

All participants must register for the program annually. The Mercer Island P-Patch Community Garden objectives, rules and eligibility requirements were updated and endorsed The Parks and Recreation Commission on October 5, 2023.

Recreation Coordinator: Dave.Setterlund@mercerisland.gov or 206.275.7841