A Queen Anne neighborhood clean-up event will be held Saturday, February 12 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. in honor of Seattle’s 17^th annual Neighbor Appreciation Day.

The Uptown Alliance’s decade-old Clean and Green event will have different out-door clean-up projects in Upper and Lower Queen Anne, such as raking and pruning and litter removal. The event kick-off will be held at Counterbalance Park with Deputy Mayor Darryl Smith giving opening remarks.

The event began to receive support from the City of Seattle last year, according to Neighborhood District Coordinator Christa Dumpys, and tools for the projects will be supplied by the Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation. In addition to the Uptown Alliance and the City of Seattle, the event is sponsored by the Church of Scientology Environmental Task Force and the Greater Queen Anne Chamber of Commerce.

Sustainable Queen Anne is hosting its next meeting, focused on practical ideas for sustainability in the home, on Monday, February 7. Here are the details:

“Practical Ideas for Sustainability in your home” with special guest and local sustainibility expert Jacquie Powers. Monday, February 7 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Location: 2501 Westview Dr W (corner of Wheeler). Dinner will be provided.

Remember when we asked community members for suggestions on potential P-Patch sites in the neighborhood back in August? Thanks to funding from the Parks and Green Spaces Levy, the Seattle Department of Neighborhood’s P-Patch Community Gardening Program is planning to build a new P-Patch somewhere in QA.

According to Sustainable Queen Anne, an ideal location would be publicly owned (or easily lease-able for low or no cost), mostly flat and sunny, and approximately 5,000 square-feet in size. From Sustainable QA:

The P-Patch Program’s primary goal with new garden development is to increase community gardening opportunities in Seattle, especially for underserved communities.  At least 15 new or expanded P-Patch Community Gardens will be developed with Levy funds by 2013. Like all P-Patch community gardens city-wide, the new Queen Anne garden will be a public resource that builds and sustains community as it’s imagined, built, and cared for into the future. Community suggestions for a garden site are the first step.

Suggestions for possible sites, or for information on getting involved with this project, contact Laura Raymond at laura.raymond@seattle.gov.