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Judkins

Find 24 garden plots on 5,600 square feet at the Judkins P-Patch, a City of Seattle community garden at 1107 24th Ave S in the Atlantic neighborhood, tended by gardeners since 1986.

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Frequently asked questions

The Judkins P-Patch is at 1107 24th Ave S, at the corner of 24th Ave S and S Norman St, in the Atlantic neighborhood of Seattle's Central Area.

According to Seattle Department of Neighborhoods data, the garden covers 5,600 square feet and has 24 garden plots.

City data lists 1986 as the year the Judkins P-Patch was established.

No. The P-Patch is a community garden, while Judkins Park and Playfield is a separate city park about 0.1 mile away in a straight line.

The full guide

Twenty-four garden plots share a compact corner at 24th Ave S and S Norman St, where gardeners have been tending the soil since 1986. This is the Judkins P-Patch, a small, long-running community garden in the City of Seattle P-Patch program, set at 1107 24th Ave S in the Atlantic neighborhood of the Central Area and just steps from Judkins Park and Playfield.

The garden at a glance

Picture a tidy patchwork of 24 plots spread across 5,600 square feet, a compact footprint that has been gardened since its founding in 1986. Those figures come from Seattle Department of Neighborhoods data published through City of Seattle GIS.

Each plot is tended as part of the citywide P-Patch community gardening program, which the Department of Neighborhoods oversees. It makes Judkins one small, steady piece of a much larger network of neighborhood gardens across Seattle.

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Getting to 24th and Norman

Head to the corner of 24th Ave S and S Norman St, and you will find the garden at its street address of 1107 24th Ave S. For the latest details, including how plots are assigned, check the official Judkins P-Patch page from the City of Seattle before you go.

Garden or park? Know the difference

Plenty of people searching for Judkins actually have Judkins Park and Playfield in mind, a separate city park that shares the name. The two are close neighbors, about 0.1 mile apart in a straight line, but this guide focuses on the P-Patch alone.

Easy walks from the garden

Pair your stop at the garden with a stroll to nearby green spaces and landmarks, all within about a third of a mile in a straight line:

  • Judkins Park and Playfield, 0.1 mile
  • Benvenuto Viewpoint, 0.2 mile
  • Colman School, a city landmark, 0.2 mile
  • Blue Dog Pond and the I-90 Lid dog park, 0.3 mile
  • Sam Smith Park, 0.3 mile
  • Judge Charles M. Stokes Overlook, 0.3 mile
  • Jimi Hendrix Park, 0.3 mile

Curious how Judkins compares with other plot gardens around town? Browse our list of all community gardens in Seattle and plan your next garden stop.