You’ve heard about them on the news and GrowLocalTacoma.com, now this Saturday you can get up close and personal with some of Tacoma’s gems: community gardens.
You can visit the gardens yourself or participate in a guided bike tour. Passport maps for self-guided tours will be available at the Proctor Farmers Market the day of the event. You can also download a map at GrowLocalTacoma.com or pick up a map at TAGRO headquarters.
The bike tour, guided by the Tacoma Wheelmen’s Bicycle Club, will depart from the Proctor Street entry of the Proctor Farmers Market at 11:00 a.m. Please come at least 15 minutes early to fill out a waiver. The route is approximately 10 miles over mostly flat terrain with a few moderate hills. Helmets are required and please bring your own snacks and water.
Get your passport map stamped at all four gardens and receive a free plant at the tour’s final garden stop, courtesy of the Pierce Conservation District. Maybe to start your own garden, eh?
Tour participants will also get a 50 percent discount on special local food dishes at The Hub on Saturday when they show their passport maps.
Tour stops include:
- Proctor Farmers Market, South 27th & Proctor – bike tour meet-up and/or pick up your map
- North Proctor & 21st
- Franklin Park, South 12th & Puget Sound Avenue (far south corner of park)
- Guadalupe Land Trust’s La Grande garden, South 18th & G
- Neighbors Park community garden, South 8th & I
- The Hub, 203 Tacoma Ave. S.
Maps Are Available From:
Proctor Farmers Market
N 27th and Proctor
August 23, 11:00 a.m.
Or
TAGRO Headquarters
2201 Portland Ave., Gate 5
Or
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