Green Seattle Day 2025 is coming up fast on October 25th, 2025! Find more information, the full event list, and sign-up links on our website. Here are some tips, tricks, and FAQs to help you get involved! Tips: Tricks: FAQ’s: We are looking forward to celebrating 20 years of the Green Seattle Partnership! If you […]

Where are the bees? We may associate bees with the classic honeybee-style hive, but our native bee species are actually more likely to be nesting below your feet! Bumble bees and solitary bees are ground nesters requiring exposed soil for their homes. Bridget Kelsh, Integrated Pest Management and Wildlife Coordinator for the Seattle Parks and […]

The solstice has just passed and summer is officially here! With warmer weather on the way, here are some places to beat the heat and to see community ecological stewardship in Seattle’s public Parks! Lake Washington Shoreline See on Google maps The Natural Area Crew, partner organizations, volunteers and professional crews have been steadily at […]

Coming prepared for Earth Day with Green Seattle PartnershipVolunteers often come with the expectation to plant trees for Earth Day. While we absolutely love planting trees, April is a time to care for plants that were recently installed during the PNW’s most appropriate planting window of November to early March. While the planting season has […]

In honor of Women’s History Month, GSP is highlighting some of the women across our partnership who are shaping the future of Seattle’s urban forest. From restoration work, to connecting folks to their local environment, these women bring expertise and dedication to every action they do, empowering communities and the next generation of women in […]

Washington state is home to 14 different species of bats, half of which have been spotted hanging around Seattle! Since bats are nocturnal, we don’t commonly see them in our day-to-day activities, but bats are a huge contributor to our ecosystem. The importance of Bats Bats play a major role in keeping insects at bay […]

Green Seattle Partnership has been busy these last couple months welcoming visitors from around the world! What an honor to host attendees of the Greater Greener Conference, leadership and staff from NPO Birth in Tokyo, judges from the Green Flag Award, the UNEP delegation for World Environment Day, as well as participants with the Bloomberg […]

Summer is here, embrace the season with stories that connect you to the local land and people, examine the environmental challenges we face to foster ecosystem resiliency, and provide insightful narratives to our relationship with nature. From poetic reflections that examine what time and science has shown us to picture books that encourage even the […]

Summer is just around the corner and Green Seattle Partnership is excited to share seasonal opportunities that will provide youth with valuable, hands-on experience in ecological restoration and community care. Through these career exposure and job training programs. youth work with our partner organizations to care for Seattle parklands while learning about how we nurture Seattle’s […]

Kick off the new year by getting the whole family involved in volunteering with the Green Seattle Partnership. It’s a perfect way to connect with your community, get outside, get active, and keep local parks healthy. Many events on the CEDAR volunteer page are open to folks of all ages and is a great opportunity […]

What a big year for participants and partners with the Green Seattle Partnership! The numbers don’t lie—together we initiated work in 32 new acres, cared for 289 acres of ongoing restoration work, and worked across 119 park sites. But the story is much bigger than that, so in no particular order, we offer you our […]

Back in October 2023, I became acquainted with Alex Templeton, a West Seattle resident who lives adjacent to the Duwamish Head Greenbelt. On a drive-by of the neighborhood adjacent to the greenspace, I noticed Alex growing healthy baby madrones in his front yard. I knocked on his door and told him I was a fan […]

This year marked the 3rd annual Seattle Forest Week from October 28 to November 4, a time dedicated to celebrating the Urban Forest through education and restoration. Events ranged from art exhibits and symposiums to planting bulbs and trees. Saturday, November 4th was set as Green Seattle Day, an opportunity for community members to join […]

The Green Seattle Partnership (GSP) is excited to share that Seattle has been selected as a “Role Model City” by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). As a part of being a Role Model City, Seattle will participate in a two-year collaborative effort to universally share best practices for supporting urban habitat with an International […]

This restoration of the shoreline helps Seattle Parks and Recreation meet commitments to advance their vision of Healthy People, Thriving Environment, and Vibrant Community. As the stewards of open spaces, shorelines, and healthy urban forests, the Seattle Parks and Recreation shoreline restoration project will help to slow stormwater, stabilize banks against storm surges and provide […]

Get involved with Green Seattle Partnership this summer by applying to a job, internship, or youth program offered by one of our partners! Not only do these positions offer valuable experience in the field, but they also contribute towards restoring the health of our local urban forests to build a more resilient community in the face of climate change.

Fall is in the air, local coffee shops have ramped up their autumnal beverages, spooky season is in full force, and the days of a scorching hot summer have began to cool off. The official autumnal equinox took place on Thursday, September 22nd at 9:03 p.m. EDT – or 8:03 p.m. CDT, 7:03 p.m. MDT and 6:03 p.m. PDT. […]

The following summarizes a recent workshop presented by Molly Duttry, Delridge Neighborhood Development Association (DNDA) Art Manager, who shared insights into how to bring accessible, community-based art activities to local parks and restoration events. You can find the full presentation here, and below. DNDA’s EcoArts program offers a unique interdisciplinary blend of arts and environmental education for youth and adults in King County. EcoArts classes foster […]

This fall, the Green Seattle Partnership hosted a workshop with Celeste Mari Williams and Lisa Fink to explore how the words we use impact our success with community-based restoration. Lisa is a PhD candidate in Environmental Sciences, Studies, and Policy with English as a focal department at the University of Oregon, where she is currently […]

You may have heard the acronym TEK pop up in conversations recently, but what is it and how do we engage with it? The term Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) was used widely in the 1980s. It was coined by Western scientists wanting to describe Indigenous Peoples’ knowledge and understanding of the environment (1, 2). The research of TEK […]