In 2008, the Ballard (Crown Hill) branch of HomeStreet Bank in Seattle, Wash., turned a landscaped bed next to the drive-through lane into an employee garden. During their off hours, employees work in the plot, which is about the size of two parking spaces.

This year HomeStreet expanded its garden to a planting strip that is
now full of squash and corn. Extra produce will be donated to the
Ballard Food Bank.