Incredible Garden Transformation | Landscape Designer Tips with Tour of Shark Garden (Ep 9)

This incredible garden transformation went from an abandoned field to a 1.6 acre abundant, diverse community garden producing thousands of pounds of food for the community, including local food banks. Landscape Designer and Director Taryn Koerker, takes us on a tour of Shark Garden in Burien, Washington while sharing invaluable garden tips all along the way. We also get to take part in a berry and vine pruning class provided by Julian Garcia of City Fruits in Seattle.

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Learn more from Taryn by following Shark Garden @sharkgardenburien on Instagram.
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After converting our Santa Cruz, CA home into an urban homestead, the dream to build our own regenerative farm became too strong to ignore. We’ve decided to give away our belongings and hit the road, traveling by van in search of where we will build our future regenerative farm.

Along the way, we’re interviewing regenerative farmers and immersing ourselves in communities. And as always, a mountain peak or two may call us to climb it.

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:05 Spring is on the way | Upcoming Plans
03:53 Shark Garden Overview
07:03 Timing the blooming of perennials
07:42 Pollinator Garden
08:15 Designing/Planting with the community in mind
09:09 Fun plants in the Pollinator Garden
10:03 Winter garden is intentionally messy! (Hear why!)
10:28 Fruit Tree Guild
11:12 Community Rental Plots
11:30 Senior & wheelchair access rental plots
11:49 Fig Forest
12:39 Native Food Forest
13:45 Grain Garden
16:35 Volunteer event – Processing Harvested Grains
19:52 Herb & Tea Garden
21:43 Multi-Grafted Fruit Tree Orchard
21:57 Native Bee Homes in Orchard to improve pollination
22:57 Main School Garden
24:03 Desert King Fig Tree
25:34 Austrian Winter Pea edible cover crop!
26:23 Food Bank Garden plant selection
27:24 Rain Garden
28:29 Julian Garcia of City Fruits
29:46 Pruning Blackberry Vines
31:33 Pruning Grape Vines
33:35 Pruning Kiwi Vines
35:18 Coming Up Next

Music:
Summer Nights by Justhea (Copyright Free Music)
Right Here Instrumental by Atch (Copyright Free Music)
Keep Trying by LiQWYD (Copyright Free Music)
Feel by Limujii (Copyright Free Music)
Ethereal by Punch Deck (Copyright Free Music)

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