Stone Soup Gardens

02/12/2025

Photos from our “should be on AllTrails” folder 😉

Do your pathways need a creative refresh? We’d love to help! Email or call us to schedule a consultation.

02/10/2025

Project highlight! This was a super fun full transformation that lets nature reclaim an almost all-paved yard and turns it into a permaculture playground paradise. After allll that concrete was removed, we remade the space into the micro forest of our dreams with lots of edible and native plants, huckleberry stone steps, an herb spiral, nurse logs, and even a living tube slide! Swipe through to see some awesome before and afters.

We highlighted this garden in a tour of permaculture gardens by the in August 2024.

Looking to revamp your outdoor space using permaculture principles, edible gardening, interactive play and sustainable practices? Hire us today for a consultation by visiting our website!

09/17/2024

Hello urban farm enthusiasts! Come join us this weekend at the Rainier Beach Farm Fest, hosted by our friends , and . We will be at the Rainier Beach Urban Farm & Wetlands on Saturday, September 21, 10am-3pm.

It’s going to be a day filled with hands-on farming fun where you can learn all about composting, get crafty with nature’s inspiration, and even whip up smoothies using the power of your own two feet! Stone Soup Gardens will be there with our mobile chicken-cuddling coop, the Joy of Chickens, to spread the joy of keeping backyard chickens. Bring the whole family for a day of community celebration in the heart of Southeast Seattle.

08/06/2024

So excited for this Thursday to share one of our favorite permaculture play spaces with the AAPLD!

04/09/2024

Upcoming Classes Update!
We have some exciting opportunities to learn about keeping backyard chickens, mushroom foraging and cultivation, and green stormwater design, led by Stone Soup’s own Jake Harris. Follow the QR codes to learn more and register!

10/09/2023

Stone Soup’s Jake Harris is back with another FREE mycelial learning opportunity! Did you know that you can grow edible mushrooms in your own back yard? Jake will show attendees how to get started growing wine cap mushrooms outdoors. He will also teach about how mushrooms grow in the natural environment and tell about some of the wild edible mushrooms of the PNW.
During this class, to build hands-on practice, we will be building and inoculating a wine cap mushroom bed. Wine caps (Stropharia rugosoannulata) are a choice PNW edible - similar to a big portobello, they have hints of hazelnut and potato.
This workshop is hosted at the Shark Garden in Burien on Oct 21, 10am-12pm. There is limited capacity, so be sure to register soon! You can sign up with the QR code above, or at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-workshop-grow-your-own-wine-cap-mushrooms-tickets-734764509427?aff=oddtdtcreator

09/19/2023

Soup’s back on the menu! We’re back with some exciting stuff on the calendar this fall. Come join us for one or all of these fun educational opportunities!

08/22/2023

In honor of Stone Soup wrapping up hardscape and prep for planting on our second project at this high school, we are resharing some photos from our first project, the RAIN GARDEN!

Last year, after delays due to the pandemic and school scheduling, we were finally able to install this rain garden that was 2 years in the making. This was the product of a few passionate students who took the lead on bringing green stormwater infrastructure to their high school campus, seeing the process through from grant writing, to reaching out to us at stone soup, to participating in a collaborative design process. This project paved the way for us to come back to the school this year to create another GSI project at another site on campus. We loved working closely with these students and helping bring ecosystem resilience to an urban area!

10/24/2022

Tune in this Saturday, Oct 29 for the 2022 Northwest Green Building Slam. Stone Soup’s Jake Harris, accompanied by David Valle .valle95, will be one of 10 speakers presenting on innovative and sustainable projects and buildings which have contributed to our communities and environment. This is a hybrid event with options to attend in person at Seattle City Hall, or online. You can learn more and snag your tickets by heading on over to the organizer page .ecobuilding.guild. Hope to see you there!

10/12/2022

Interested in learning about how to find or grow your own edible mushrooms? Join us for a fungi workshop on October 22 at the with our own Jake Harris. In this session, Jake will talk about how to grow a variety of mushrooms in your own home garden and how to properly identify some delicious edible mushrooms when visiting their ecosystems. Discover the joys of finding and eating fruiting fungus!
Link in our bio to register for this class hosted by .

10/12/2022

We are teaching a fun class on Oct 22 - come learn about farming and foraging edible mushrooms!

Description Are you curious about how to find and grow your own edible mushrooms? Join us for a fungi workshop at Beacon Food Forest with Jake Harris, Mushroom Ambassador and Owner of Stone Soup Gardens! In this session, Jake will talk about how to grow a variety of mushrooms in your own home garden...

08/25/2022