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 […]

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 […]

Right now we’re all working to balance our love of the outdoors and our need to keep our communities safe. This weekend, many major parks are closing to keep even the most well-meaning of folks from gathering in great abundances. But fear not! Seattle has 2,500 acres of forested parklands, and lovely parks in every neighborhood of […]

During this past month we’ve celebrated the 50th anniversary of Earth Day and Native Plant Appreciation Month, all while adapting to the changing circumstances caused by the coronavirus. One of the most popular activities we’ve had the pleasure of sharing last month were our live plant walks! Each had a different GSP staff member take […]

Welcome to Fall! Fall is here and the colors are changing! Well…sort of. Here in the Pacific Northwest we don’t get the landscape-wide color changes that happen in places like the Eastern Seaboard. As most of you might already know, our landscape is dominated by evergreen trees, which as the name suggests, stay green year-round.Why […]

The Legacy Trail If you happen to be taking a stroll down the Longfellow Creek Legacy Trail in West Seattle, you may be surprised by the diversity of habitats you find yourself in. One moment you will be enjoying a shaded forest next to a meandering creek, and the next you will be within […]

The summer months make for a “berry” tasty time out in the forest. Walking through Seattle’s parks at the start of summer, you can easily spot the peachy colors of salmonberry fruit hiding in the foliage; while later in the summer, you start to notice the deep-blue berries from such native plants as salal and […]

Most of the time removing aggressive Himalayan blackberry involves cutting thorny canes, digging up brainy-looking roots, and suppressing regrowth with thick layers of mulch. This time of year, for just a few weeks, the work gets a little more delicious. Removing the berries from the bushes before the birds get to them and redistribute their seeds all […]

What is community science? Community science is a way for volunteers to participate in the collection of scientific data. The data collected are often used for large-scale projects, where it would be impossible for professional scientists to collect all the necessary information. Additionally, it allows researchers to analyze data from a larger geographic range than […]

The Green Seattle Partnership (GSP) brings communities together to restore our public spaces through forest restoration events. These events bring neighbors together from all walks of life to work toward a shared goal of greening the city. There are several ways to get local neighbors involved in restoring our local parks. One way is to […]

Ed Deal, from the Seattle Cooper’s Hawk Project, has had a busy year of monitoring our resident population of Cooper’s Hawks. He and his dedicated team of volunteers made over 700 sight visits this year to increase our understanding of Cooper’s Hawk nesting in Seattle. Before reading his 2018 report below, you can find an […]

On November 3rd, 1,145 community members spent the morning planting over 8,430 plants across 15 parks in Seattle. We are immensely thankful for the hard work of our wonderful volunteers. It is their dedication, year after year, that allows us to restore Seattle’s urban forests. So Green Seattle Day 2018 was a success, what’s next? […]

So you volunteered for Green Seattle Day and you’re wondering, what’s next? First of all, thank you for coming out to volunteer with us! This year we were blown away by the number of volunteers that came out for Green Seattle Day. Secondly, there are so many ways to continue your involvement with the Green Seattle Partnership. […]

Laying Roots in our Local Communities For Green Seattle Day 2018, we encouraged Seattle residents to have a hand in restoring their neighborhood parks; to not wander far from home, and to give back in their own neck-of-the-woods.This is because we acknowledge that volunteering in your own neighborhood allows connections to be made between […]

Give Back, Get Back There are a lot of great benefits to volunteering with the Green Seattle Partnership: quality time outdoors, connecting with your community, exercise and good vibes! Sometimes there are extra perks too like free snacks and coffee, and even some giveaways. Volunteers who come out on Green Seattle Day will get a […]

On the Green Seattle Day poster it says “Plant a Tree.” That is a bit of an over simplification of what will be going down on Green Seattle Day. The Green Seattle Partnership plants native trees, like Douglas-fir and western redcedar, but the majority of the plants that go in the ground are what build […]

It’s official: Spring is here! This means it’s time to close the door on our annual planting season, and to celebrate our season’s accomplishments. Each year, we officially kick-off the planting season with our Green Seattle Day celebrations in November, and continue to plant through the end of winter in March. From last year’s Green Seattle […]

Seattle has 485 parks and natural areas. Ever wonder how they got there? Each park has a unique story, a messy assemblage of history and ecology. Though this brief post cannot do justice to them all, it will tell a broad-stroke story of the park system. Early Days The Denny Party, credited as Seattle’s founders, […]

It’s been a wild few days of weather – from spurts of hail to howling winds to shiny blue skies. While this cannot be completely attributed to climate change, it follows a trend of intensifying weather events. And it makes you wonder how the changing climate will affect our region. We have some predictions already. […]