Organizations

• Seattle's Childrens Playgarden: The PlayGarden was founded in 2002 on the core principles of Adventure Play, Garden to Table and Full Inclusion the PlayGarden was designed to be a safe, supportive, accessible and innovative place for children of all abilities to play.

• Natural Start Alliance: A network of people and organizations that believe that all young children need frequent opportunities to experience, learn from, and care for nature and the environment through high-quality education. The Alliance, a project of the North American Association for Environmental Education, serves as a backbone organization to focus and amplify the collective impact of the people and organizations that share this common vision.

• Braided Seeds:A Black-experience-centered org removing barriers to the outdoors for BIPOC. Braided Seeds provides opportunities for rest, restoration and reconnection to the land, especially for communities of color through increasing access, knowledge, and opportunities to outdoor recreation and food sovereignty.

• Tacoma Tree Foundation : This is a nonprofit organization with a community-based approach to growing the urban forest. Their mission is to educate, empower, and support community members in neighborhood-based greening. Together we can grow a greener, healthier, and more connected Great Tacoma area!

• Local Color Farm and Fiber: Owned and operated by Emily Tzeng and Brian Love. They grow food, flowers and fiber. They live and farm in the Puyallup River Valley of Washington and are excited to be growing fresh vegetables, heritage breed lamb, and naturally dyed fibers for your family. 

• Zestful Gardens: Providing organic vegetables, fruits, meat and eggs to Tacoma and surrounding areas through its CSA program and at Tacoma farmers markets.  They offer a wide variety of fresh and delivious seasonal produce. Over 80 different varrieites are grown including heirloom varieties.  

• Rose Island Farm: An Indigenous family-owned farm in southeast Tacoma. They prioritize and center people of culture and all of their Indigenous relatives.  Located in the territory of the Puyallup Indian Tribe and their coastal Salish relatives, they lovingly grow and care for herbs, foods and create herbal supports. These supports are for the Tahoma Indian Center and local BIPOC relatives.  Melissa hosts community classes at the farm and provides safe space for Black and Indigenous community and families.