Edmonds Community Garden: Biodiversity Haven

The Edmonds Community College has a garden. If it were that simple, we’d leave it at that.

But this 2-acre garden has been able to produce around 200 pounds of food for their on-site food pantry in the peak of the harvest season. Native plants used in traditional Native American recipes from this region are grown here and used in recipes for events like pow wows, often serving around 100 people each occasion. 

The anthropology, engineering and cooking departments are all involved in the garden curriculum. The amount of biodiversity they have in their small amount of space is impressive; this is a prime example of natural resource conservation implementation in a small scale urban agriculture setting. 

Through extensive composting, sheet mulching, native plant propagation and diversity, pollinator gardens, food forests and agroforestry practices, they embody many of the natural resource conservation practices the Snohomish Conservation District looks to promote in our outreach materials and resources. 

For a more in-depth look at their garden, please read Edmonds Community College, Where Guerrilla Style Gardening Has Taken Shape.