Thyme Patch leadership 2025
Choi, Alicia
Hi all,
Happy New Year!
I wanted to check in about leadership at Thyme Patch for 2025. If you could let me know who will be filling garden leadership roles for 2025 that would be helpful. If you need help finding gardeners to participate in leadership, I’m happy to help.
Please also let me know when you plan to have a garden gathering this spring. I’ll try to attend if I can!
Alicia
Choi
Community Garden Coordinator, P-Patch Community Gardening Program
Pronouns: she/her/hers
City of Seattle, Department of Neighborhoods
M: 206-376-2539 | Alici...@seattle.gov
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From: Choi, Alicia
Sent: Tuesday, January 7, 2025 10:45 AM
To: Choi, Alicia <Alici...@seattle.gov>
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Subject: Your 2024 P-Patch Leadership
Happy New Year, and welcome to our 2025 P-Patch Gardening Season!
You’re receiving this email because you were a P-Patch office liaison/site lead for your P-Patch in 2024 or played an active role in the leadership of your garden.
In the coming weeks I will be updating our garden leadership records on the P-Patch website. Please send me an updated 2025 leadership list for your P-Patch by January 31st or let me know if you are no longer planning to participate in leadership at your garden. I understand that not all garden roles will be filled at that time, but I’m hoping to at least confirm the follow positions:
- Office liaison
- Leadership team (if applicable)
- New gardener orientation lead
I’d also appreciate if you could send me the date of your spring Garden Gathering as soon as you have that. Please plan to hold this gathering no later than mid-April. I will attempt to attend as many of these as I can and getting them in my calendar early will really help!
As your garden works to fill leadership roles, I encourage you to ensure leadership roles are open to both longtime and newer gardeners, and that, when possible, appointing leaders is a collective process that all gardeners have the option to participate in. I’ve attached a document outlining P-Patch leadership roles for your reference.
Note: Larger gardens might consider whether a “Pod” leadership structure could be helpful. Within larger gardens, specific blocks can be assigned as pods, with individuals within the pod supporting new gardener orientation, plot monitoring, work party hosting, and one-on-one check-ins related to volunteer hours, etc. Please refer to the attached “Pod leader tasks” document for a helpful format that University District P-Patch has been utilizing.
Currently, we anticipate plot renewals to open in early February. Please reach out if you have any questions or concerns.
I’m looking forward to supporting your P-Patch gardens in 2025!
Community Garden Coordinator, P-Patch Community Gardening Program
Pronouns: she/her/hers
City of Seattle, Department of Neighborhoods
M: 206-376-2539 | Alici...@seattle.gov
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