In May, Wallyhood told you that Seattle Tilth was seeking additional gardens and chicken coops to feature in their July 9th Chicken Coop and Urban Farm Tour. Now, they’ve got all the locations ironed out & it’s time to enjoy. On July 9, you can take a look at how people are incorporating animals and food production into their home landscape.
The self-guided tour includes many neighborhoods from Edmonds to Skyway, not just Wallingford.
On the tour, you will see chicken coops built in an afternoon as well as elaborate set-ups that took weeks to plan and build. See how chickens, goats, ducks and honey bees live together with people in an urban environment. Discover other creative trappings of modern Seattle urban farms; productive organic gardens, fruit orchards, water catchment devices, solar and cob construction, and crazy garden art. And, you can visit people sharing food with their communities. No need to reinvent the wheel! Learn from what your neighbors are doing.
So how does the tour work? Get your tickets here through Brown Paper tickets. They’ll send you an electronic map. You can also buy your tickets at the Seattle Tilth offices, open today through Friday, from 10am to 5:30pm, at the Good Shepherd Center (4649 Sunnyside Avenue N). Each map allows participation in the self-guided tour. You are welcome to visit all sites, or tour by neighborhood.
- What: Chicken Coop and Urban Farm Tour
- When: Saturday July 9th, 10am – 4pm.
- Cost: $12 per individual, or $35 for a family of 3-7 people. Discounts for Tilth members. Buy tix here.
- Where: Scope of the tour is city-wide. Start or end your tour at the “NW Coop Expo“ with professional chicken coop builders showing off their designs for sale at the Rainier Beach Farm (formerly Atlantic City Nursery), 5513 S Cloverdale St, Seattle WA 98118. Read more, or see a broad map of the tour locations here.
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Just a reminder that the Wallingford Kiddie Parade and Street Fair takes place on the same day as the Chicken Coop and Urban Farm Tour. Be prepared for extra parking and traffic hassles in and around Wallingford on Saturday, and note that N. 45th Street will be closed to traffic from Corliss to Woodlawn (and Woodlawn between 45th and 43rd) for the parade from 11am to 12:30pm. Wallingford Avenue North, from N. 45th to N. 43rd St. will be closed for the Wallingford Street Fair, from 10am to 5pm.