Seattle Parks and Recreation is planning to remove a community garden that became a symbol of hope during the 2020 protests following the murder of George Floyd. The garden, located in Cal Anderson Park on Seattle’s Capitol Hill, was created by volunteers inside the Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP). Since then, the garden has inspired several other urban farms across Seattle and contributed to a Black and Indigenous food sovereignty movement in the region. Now the city wants it gone. A City of Seattle sign near the garden says the area will soon undergo “turf renovation” and that “natural grass” will replace the space that is currently growing food such as corn and collard greens as well as medicinal herbs and native plants. Read more: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/community-organizers-fight-seattles-plan-remove-black-lives-memorial-garden-chop/281-67941a24-4e70-4a71-8a35-158443cc7d30