Saturday morning I treated myself to a road trip to the historic North End neighborhood of Everett for their 3rd Annual Garage Sale Day. What fun it was!
Over 100 families participated. There is no ticket or entrance fee.
All are welcome to just stroll down the tree lined streets and browse the sales.
The neighborhood is filled with historic homes and well worth a walk on a normal (non-garage sale) day.
I spent less than $10, and picked up three new books and some vintage yellow dishes.
For the dates of next year's garage sale day, visit www.northwesteverett.org.
But what i really wanted to share with you from that morning is my discovery of a beautiful P-Patch tucked between downtown Everett and the waterfront.
A P-Patch is public land that has been set aside for individual's from a community to have a small patch of land to bring their own gardening dreams to life. In an urban area, P-patches can be one of the only resources available for citizens to grow their own fruits, vegetables, herbs and flowers.
I stumbled upon Everett's Bayside Bicentennial P-Patch. Talk about making lemonade out of lemons! The space is no wider than two of the car lanes of the highway racing beside it.
The gardens are beautiful. Each patch is obviously well-loved and cared for.
In a strange way it felt like my dog and I were visiting someone's home as we strolled through. Each patch so personalized.
Instead of falling to disuse, becoming an addition to the parking lot beside it, or just another example of inner-city decay, this small piece of land has been used to build and sustain the community around it.
The P Patch will be celebrating 20 years this Saturday 06/21/2014 at 2pm. Come and join us for cake, music and festivities. :)
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