Annual Harvest Tour to Celebrate Tacoma’s Community Gardens 

Hop on the bus and tour a diverse array of Tacoma’s amazing community gardens! Pierce County has a rich agricultural heritage shaped by many different communities over the decades, and together we will tour five different examples of community gardens, each a different representation of the importance of place, food, and family.

Many of our gardens are led by immigrant and refugee communities who have planted heirloom seeds from their families in order to keep the feeling of 'home' alive in a new place. We are therefore proud to include this tour as a National Immigrant and Refugee Welcoming Week activity with the City of Tacoma Commission for Immigrant & Refugee Affairs, the Tacoma Community House, and other community partners.

You'll have a chance to meet the gardeners, ask them questions, and even get your hands a little dirty! You will see a wide variety of gardens and ways of growing food and medicine, including Filipino, Mexican, Vietnamese, Cambodian, Russian, Ukrainian, and Moldovan gardening traditions. Your ticket includes lunch, and all proceeds directly support community gardens in low-income neighborhoods throughout the County. 

The tour will be offered in Spanish, Vietnamese, Khmer, Ukrainian, and English.