Bradner Gardens Park
1730 Bradner Place South
(29th Ave S and South Grand St)
Seattle Green Power's Brandner Project Fact Sheet (85KB .PDF)
Bradner Gardens Park Community Utility Building
Bradner Gardens Park
1730 Bradner Place South
(29th Ave S and South Grand St)
Seattle Green
Power's
Brandner Project Fact Sheet (85KB .PDF)
Owner: City of Seattle, Department of Parks and Recreation
Architect: Scot Carr
This site is one that should not be missed, as Bradner Garden's Park is a jewel in Seattle City Park's crown. The day of the tour the Seattle Tilth will be holding a Comprehensive Organic Gardening class on Oct. 7 from 10 to 3 at the site.
Builder’s Firm: Norse Construction
This building features a grid-connected photovoltaic system that will make the site a “net energy producing site”. Building is designed for 8.8kW photovoltaic system of 130w Astropower APX technology modules, W2 2500 watt SMA's invertors. The system, funded by Seattle City Light, is being installed in two phases with an initial installation of (40) panels producing 5.2kW, intended to demonstrate the potential of harvesting natural resources in the spirit of the Gardens themselves. The building is exclusively daylit with electric lights for nighttime use and an on-demand electric hot water heater – Powerstar PS19T. The green screen on the west end of the building is constructed of locally produced recycled high-density polyethylene, made from #2 recycled plastics including grocery bags, plastic milk jugs, water bottles, etc. The meeting room is framed using engineered lumber ( LVL’s). The interior finish in the meeting room is Dakota Burl, manufactured from sunflower hulls, a renewable agricultural fiber by-product. The large red doors and roof decking are FSC certified lumber, sustainably harvested. The 1700 square foot roof is designed to collect water and Phase II will include (3) 2500 gallon water storage tanks for use by the gardeners with overflow directed to the existing pond.
Designated as one of Seattle's pesticide free park.
Directions to site:
From I-5 northbound and southbound:
Take the I-90 EASTBOUND EXIT. Exit at Rainier Ave S. this is the LAST EXIT
before Mercer Island. Turn right (southbound) on Rainier Ave S. for one very
short block. Turn left (eastbound) at the stoplight at South Massachusetts.
Follow South Massachusetts St to 29th Ave S. Turn right for one block. You are
at Bradner Gardens Park.
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