Friends of P-Patch can also help with volunteers experienced in building and maintaining gardens. There's also a Site Coordinators Committee to provide gardeners with a forum to seek assistance and share stories. All gardens in Seattle's P-Patch Program are organic and gardeners must agree to refrain from use of chemicals. Produce grown in a P-Patch cannot be sold commercially, though it may be given away to family, friends, strangers, or food banks. Gardeners pay a small annual fee for the right to garden in a P-Patch plot.
Assistance is available to reduce or waive plot fees for low income gardeners.
Garden sites are managed and maintained by P-Patch users. Assistance to build site leadership and coordination is available.