Meadowbrook Community Garden and Orchard

MC2 and Waldorf School scheduled a outdoor event, at the Orchard in Meadowbrook this week. The 6th graders and Ms Charlotte committed to helping maintain the open space, mulching and taking care of the entry trails to NE 105th Street side of MCGO. The sunny, dry day made for easy loading and spreading of wood […]

Upcoming dates at the Community Garden are part of a matching funds from a Neighborhood Grant and the Dept of Neighborhoods. MCGO needs people who have some time, energy and ability to move soil out of the productive garden bins. Replenishing with a mixture of compost, it will enable healthy harvests of all the good […]

Fresh air, neighbors working together. Thousands of pounds of food come out of this hardworking community garden and to our local Lake City Food Bank.

Mason Bee nesting blocks and the results of their hard work (babies for next season!) are pulled out of their boxes and ready to ship back to Rent Mason Bees. Both at MC2 office and in the MCGO Orchard, success was realized. ‘Support, Educate and Engage’,  We see the need. (mc-care.org)

With the booming real estate market, and Northgate area in full bloom, market-wise, MCGO was giddy with excitement at the chance to welcome a Windermere/Northgate action team. They spent the day getting big time results. MCGO apple area receives a lot visitors, so the attention was timely. With such a big turnout, the great results […]

It’s what we do. We grow awareness and food for our neighbors in need. Homes, communities and people of faith have been proactive these last 5 years in Meadowbrook around supporting pollinators in our community. Planting native plants and food in our community strengthen the food supply that happens every year in our Lake City […]

Meadowbrook Community Gardens and Orchards, a 7 acre community based project at Seattle Parks received another boost of CARE, this week. No ‘Doug’ or or ‘Limu’, as the TV commercial plugs; just hard working insurance people offering a helping hand. MCGO formation began in 2010 at the Seattle Parks site. The community group just qualified […]

This past week, 6th graders at Waldorf ‘chipped’ in and mulched the cardboard ‘lasagne’ method of their adopted apple orchard. MCGO hosted the group and is committed to supporting their ongoing care. A portion of the day was also spent tackling the ever-present blackberries both in the Quince ‘row’ and East Orchard. Mostly plums growing […]

MCGO-Plant Sale May 7 SUNDAYGrowing with you, harvesting for the need PLANT SALE HELP SUPPORT THE GROWTH OF OUR COMMUNITY GARDENS AND ORCHARDS.$3 PER POTDONATIONS ARE WELCOME.PLEASE RECYCLE YOUR 4” PLASTIC POTS WITH US.LEAVE THEM WITH US TODAYDROP THEM OFF IN THE DONATION BOX AT THE MEADOWBROOK COMMUNITY CENTER ENTRANCE.BRING THEM TO THE GARDEN ON […]

Meadowbrook neighbor, Waldorf School, continues the commitment of building food security focused MCGO work parties here in our Meadowbrook neighborhood. Along with Liberty Mutual Insurance and Windermere/Northgate, they help MCGO play ’catch up’ with a healthy ‘Spring Clean’. These three planned May/June event partners continue the commitment required to maintaining a resilient community. Another ‘resilient […]