Take a Walking Tour of Tacoma’s Community Gardens
Over 70 gardens, orchards and forests
By Nicole Martinson
South Sound Talk
July 17
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Pierce Conservation District’s urban agriculture and local access program director Kristen McIvor said most gardeners are happy to show off their work and activate their community when chatting about harvests, although the food is grown for volunteers and donations to food banks. When enjoying the view at any community garden, be sure not to touch or take anything before signing up through Harvest Pierce County, and always follow public safety guidelines.
Strolling along South G Street, one cluster of gardens branches out through Hilltop and Downtown Tacoma. Start at the McCarver Park Community Garden on South J and South 23rd streets. This smaller locked garden is a few blocks up from the University of Washington Tacoma’s Giving Garden on South 21st Street and Fawcett Avenue. The Giving Garden is run by students and volunteers, but open to anyone who’d like to visit. Roughly 50 raised beds and native plants look over downtown at the edge of UW Tacoma’s campus.
