Let’s face it, kids like nothing better than mucking around in dirt. And messing with sticks and harassing worms. The Children’s Garden at Seattle Tilth, tucked southwest of the Good Shepherd Center, allows them to indulge their primal side to their hearts’ content while nurturing knowledge about gardening and a love of nature.
I recently chatted with Lisa Taylor, the exuberant, ukulele-playing Children’s Program Manager. She said the Children’s Garden was conceived in 1988 when the Center’s unused swimming pool was filled in and turned into a garden. They began with family P-Patches and worked with the kids at the …