This secret garden called the Pike Place Urban Garden is the best treasure to be found at the…read moremarket. Find yourself lunch, a snack, or a coffee and take a seat with your book, take a date here, ask someone to marry you, or do something special. It's just top notch. Cute as a button, this is a place where special things and magic happens. Oh. And the view!

A lot of people don't know about this place! It's really quiet and good hideout place! Would…read moredefinitely recommend to come if you want to chill a bit. It's a fun stop for kids- as chalk is provided to draw on the resident pig statue or a few designated walls. The market garden has lots of fun and whimsical features, including water features, chalk-walls open to the public, art, mosaics, creative seating, and more. A particularly impressive feat since this lush garden is comprised entirely of containers and raised beds. Vegetables are inter-planted with flowers and supply the food bank and Pike Place's Senior Center. On a clear day, the views from this spot are unbeatable. The haze on this day hid Mt Rainier, but often visible is Mt Rainier to the left and the Olympic mountains to the Right, with views of miles of Puget Sound and beaches, the Seattle Waterfront, passing Washington State Ferries, cruise ships, and the ferris wheel always in view. In the middle of all the hustle and bustle and throwing of fish, there is a peaceful garden with views of Puget Sound and seating to relax from the crowds. Make sure to explore the different art and produce that is scattered around the rooftop garden and don't forget to write your name and where you are visiting from on one of the chalkboard surfaces! A lovely little gem tucked behind Pike Place Fish Market.

Bellevue Botanical Garden is a beautiful place. And the fact that it is always free too! It's open…read moreevery day even holidays! To be a small botanical garden, there's a nice walking path and many, many beautiful flowers and plants to see. There are often local community events hosted here. Activities for the young to adults. They have classes that you can find and sign up for on their website as well. And the classes are affordable!! You may even see people taking wedding photos here because again it's beautiful. The park is ADA friendly. The path is dirt and pebbled but can be navigated with a wheelchair. There are bathrooms on site and a small shop. I have never purchased bulbs or plants from here but I know there is a big community around that. The coffee shop in the garden can get busy. But a benefit is we were able to charge my husband's wheelchair there on a visit. While the park is open every day, the coffee shop is not. Definitely this should be a spot for all locals. And not just a one time visit either.

This was a nice little find. We got here late as my sister had to take her son to this de's appt…read more By the time we got to Seattle, it was already 1 pm. Once the entire family met up, we climbed back into the car and headed to Bellevue. Not sur if it was due to the time. But we were surprised there was a lot of parking available. We spent a good 2-hrs here which included getting lost and finding other street entries into the botanical park from a school and from other busy street corner at the bottom of the park. Nice and shaded, quiet little creeks, plenty of seating for those that were inspired to journal, plenty of elderly people using this time to exercise and stretch. We enjoyed the different areas like the swinging bridge, the Japanese garden and even the little cafe they have there. Fairly priced items and plenty of tables to enjoy a refreshment and snack. By the time we were done, the gift shop was already closed. So I took the opportunity to drop a donation into the box instead.

The Danny Woo International District Community Garden is an urban garden for the International…read moreDistrict neighborhood. It's pretty extensive and it's really great walking around in here as this is totally something that would be valuable for the neighborhood since it's a fairly built up one, not leaving a whole lot of areas for a garden such as this. There are lots of crops and gardens going on here and all kinds of customization that goes along with it. We even saw some chickens in a coop here. It was very cool and the birds were totally chill as we took pictured of them. These community gardens are housed or within the Kobe Terrace park so it's a nice blending of park and gardens as you walk through here. Overall it's peaceful but it is a city park right in the downtown area so obviously there is going to be noise that goes along with the package. It was a cool experience and a nice detour to stroll through the park and gardens in addition to other International District activities we had going on.

This park is a labyrinth in the city with green. It has tony gardens in the center where people…read moregrow things. There's some seating around. Loud because it's next to the highway

If you're looking for native plants in the area, the Oxbow Plant Stand is a GREAT place to go…read more They've got a good variety of different plants at an affordable price. The employee working when we were there was super helpful and the health of the plants themselves was really robust! They've been acclimating well to our yard too :) I will definitely be back again.

Very cute farm to visit :D Easy to spot with their big sign although you must pay attention that…read morethey are open to public just on weekend. Plenty of parking. During rainy days, it's gonna get muddy walking through that lot. It gets better once you pass the entrance and go through the path. You will go along the Oxbow Lake on one side and apple trees on the other. After that path, you'll get to the farm where small vegetable, pumpkin, and sunflower patches are. Everything is so cute! The most interesting part is the conservation tent is. Super big and full of baby plants. Amazing! Just don't touch anything :) They grow a lot of flowers too. They have tomatoes in another tent. There are activities for kids such as painting pumpkins or scavenging hunt. You can also have lunch at the tables and buy cider from them :)

The garden's gone better this year than I could have imagined. I've made some new friends, we've…read moreenjoyed looking out for one another, and I harvested over $200 worth of gorgeous produce from my $60/year patch -- and I have probably another $200 worth still in the ground (beets, carrots, onions, flowers, Chinese broccoli, celery, rutabegas, parsnips... the fun never ends!) And I still need to see if our popcorn will get big enough to eat... and I really really need to brave the rain to plant some lettuce! The early summer lettuce we enjoyed was so fantastic, the sweetest lettuce I've ever eaten. The Crossroads P-patch garden was featured in the Bellevue City cable channel's October edition of "It's Your City". To view our segment (and to see me in my pink shirt and lots of shots of my garden!) go here: http://bellevue.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=27&clip_id=2305 You can click the segment link on the right side to skip the Bellevue bicycling program review if that bores you to tears. :-) I will definitely be renewing my patch membership next year... as the first gardener to register, how could I do otherwise? Kudos to Ron Sher for having this lovely idea and for making it happen, spending a lot of money to make a delightful community resource available. He is an amazing guy and Bellevue is lucky indeed that he is so invested in the Crossroads neighborhood (he is the head of Metrovation, the company that owns Crossroads Mall). It's been a pleasure to get to know him a little bit as he tended the artichokes, tomatoes, and sunflowers in his plot.

Fantabulous group of conservation-minded, organic growing, urban/suburban gardeners with a…read morebeautiful demonstration garden in the city. The setting at Good Shepherd Center in Wallingford is perfect for strolling the grounds, walking the dog and running the children around till they fall asleep with exhaustion. Need ideas for composting? Tilth has 'em. Want to know if tomatoes will ever get ripe in Seattle? Tilth can fill you in on growing tips. This is a great association to associate with.

This past growing season I bought a half share in the Seattle Tilth CSA. I've gotten CSA boxes…read morethrough several other farms before (both in Seattle and Wisconsin) and the Seattle Tilth CSA really delivered. Each week the produce was diverse, fresh, and delicious. Items were well selected and I had very little produce go to waste. The half share was a good amount for my wife and I. I also really liked the add-on options; we were out of town one week, and were able to get credit, we used our credit to select goat cheese and honey from the add-on options. That goat cheese was truly incredible! I've also got to commend Seattle Tilth for their educational programming and community empowerment work. Really a great resource for our city.

Went to the Cinematique resource event with a young person I work with. Of all the booths, the…read morepeople working the Treehouse booth (I believe their names were Jack and Lou) were the most helpful, informative, and fun. They made accessing Treehouse resources easy and also gave us great information on resources outside of Treehouse. Thankful for places like Treehouse and for kind, fun, well-informed staff like Jack and Lou (I hope I am remembering names correctly)

I did a day of volunteering at Treehouse about a year and a half ago. It was a great experience and…read moreTreehouse is an amazing organization. The staff are incredibly dedicated and passionate about what they do. Treehouse offers many services to help foster kids have a more stable and normal life. From tutoring and college preparation, to school supplies and clothing, to after school care and summer activities, Treehouse improves the lives of thousands of foster kids and helps meets economic needs that foster parents sometimes cannot. Like most nonprofits, Treehouse can always use help. My (former) workplace ran a clothing drive and then a group of about 10 of us sorted and tagged clothes for the Wearhouse. It was a fulfilling and heartwarming day of service. I would not hesitate to recommend the services this organization provides or suggest it as a nonprofit worthy of your support. See the website for ways to help.

Very small, but interesting museum about the Holocaust and citizens of Seattle who were impacted by…read morethe Holocaust. Check their hours carefully - currently, they're only open on Sundays and only until 4PM. There also isn't a lot of parking around, but if you park at the Amazon Spheres, it should be free and only a short walk away. When you show up, you have to get past a security guard. Then there's a 25 min intro video that shares stories about the Holocaust from the Seattle citizens who went through it. There aren't a lot of displays and I think a person could reasonably get through the museum in maybe 1.5 hours including the intro video. While the museum is small, it was a good time of reflecting and hearing the stories shared by survivors. There's also events that seem to happen at the museum including every month, a Holocaust survivor is around to answer questions.

This museum, though small, has artifacts, a thought-provoking layout and kind staff. I enjoyed my…read morevisit and will be back! FYI: The first Sunday of every month, a Holocaust survivor visits the museum. Though I didn't get the chance to meet him, this is a fantastic opportunity to learn and hear firsthand from someone who lived through these horrific events. I believe this museum deserves more credit and appreciation than the overall yelp score it has. If you're in belltown and have 2+ hours, you should stop by.