by Loren McElvain | Aug 16, 2017 | At Home Resources, Find Your Forest, Guest Posts, Restoration Resources
Each year Green Seattle Partnership staff and volunteers are working hard to restore forested parklands across the city. We are always on the lookout for better ways to get the work done. It could be a new tool, a new way to deal with weed debris, or remove a...
by Nicole Marcotte | May 16, 2017 | At Home Resources, Find Your Forest, Restoration Resources
Soil enhancement for increasing conifer growth and overall diversity of under-story plants. Hugelkultur, have you heard of it? It’s like active composting while growing plants. This approach is believed to have originated in Europe as a technique for growing...
by Michael Yadrick | Dec 10, 2016 | At Home Resources, Find Your Forest
The Seattle Parks and Recreation Department is seeking consultants to provide the volunteer coordination and leadership for the Green Seattle Partnership programs in 2017, with the possibility of an extension for 2018. The Seattle Parks and Recreation Department is...
by Michael Yadrick | Dec 8, 2016 | At Home Resources
“Preserving the Duwamish Cultural Landscape” is a free public outreach event of the Duwamish Longhouse Urban Reforestation Project sponsored by a King Conservation District grant. Park’s Plant Ecologists, Lisa Ciecko and Michael Yadrick, will provide...
by Michael Yadrick | Nov 22, 2016 | At Home Resources
In 2015, over 38,000 people volunteered for Seattle Parks and Recreation, providing 270,360 hours of service. Green Seattle Partnership volunteers definitely contribute to the City’s legacy of volunteer service by helping to re-establish and maintain healthy...
by Nicole Marcotte | Nov 18, 2016 | At Home Resources
Thank you to everyone who came to Green Seattle Day this year! We were beyond thrilled to have 958 volunteers join us at 14 parks across the city. Together we planted 4,392 trees and other plants that will grow up into our future urban forest. If you were one of those...
