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 urban forests. Superintendent Jesús Aguirre recently announced the winners of Seattle Parks and Recreation’s 2016 Denny Awards for Outstanding […]

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 people: THANK YOU. You […]

Community leaders locally, nationally and abroad are interested in learning and supporting stewardship motivations. Over the past year, Green Seattle has heard from some of the most active volunteers on what can make the stewardship experience with the Green Seattle Partnership the best it can be. From the Local In Summer 2015, Green Seattle Forest […]

Background Green Seattle Partnership (GSP) annually inventories 300 – 500 acres of our active restoration sites using the GSP Inventory Protocols (available at www.greenseattle.org search: Inventory). Active restoration means that Parks staff, volunteers, or professional crews have initiated restoration activities such as invasive plant removal and planting. The Inventory allows us to monitor ecological change in […]

Kinnear Park Kristen Reichardt, GSP Forest Steward at Kinnear Park since 2015 Day Job: Education Programs Coordinator at King Conservation District When I first moved to Seattle, I looked for ways to find a place in my new neighborhood. I wanted an opportunity to meet and connect with my neighbors in a meaningful and important way and […]

Matthew Hilliard Day job: Corpsmember with Washington Conservation Corps Forest Steward at East Duwamish GS: Beacon Ave S (aka Horton) My 1st priority for becoming a GSP forest steward was and still is to restore the ecosystems and habitat that have existed in the East Duwamish Greenbelt (EDGB) for so long. My 2nd priority was […]

A day without rain is like a day without sunshine -Weathering by A.R. Ammons There aren’t poems about Seattle’s dry summers. A week of cloudless, bright blue skies are as predictable and needed as the rain, as vital to growth. But Seattle has always been hesitant to claim that brightness, and outsiders love to ask […]

Great Blue Herons are fascinating birds that can live up to 20 years. These majestic animals can grow to up to 4.5 feet tall and have a wingspan of over 6.5 feet wide, and they are living right in our wild backyard! Seattle is home to heron colonies in Kiwanis Ravine and Commodore Park, as […]

There is a certain kind of Seattleite that is driven to give plants some love and/or restoration of their community is a unifying force in their life. Collectively, we refer to them as the Forest Stewards. They are part of an ever-growing community in which forest restoration adds sustenance to their lives. In conversations with two relatively new […]

There are endless ways to experience and benefit from being in our Seattle parks. Running, walking, and playing in a community green space provides social and health benefits. Relaxing experiences, like sitting on a bench and watching the clouds roll by, lowers stress and refreshes our cognitive abilities. The experiences, labor, and emotions of stewardship- […]

Have you volunteered recently? If you have, let us take a minute to say a huge thank you! The Green Seattle Partnership could never do be what it is without your help. With thousands of people pitching in tens of thousands of hours at hundreds of events every year, you are a force to be […]

Do you know that the Green River and the Duwamish River are actually one river, 65 miles long with its headwaters in the Cascade Mountains flowing through wilderness, farmlands, tribal lands, suburbs and dense urban areas? Join us for a day of learning about this complex watershed, its challenges, successes and those who are working […]

Thank you so much to all 792 of you who made the 10th Annual Green Seattle Day such a success! Together we planted 5,896 trees and other plants that are now taking their place in 16 forested parks throughout the City. We had a great day and hope you did too! Here are some pictures, […]

Seattle’s forests need volunteers to safeguard our favorite forested parks. Are you interested in leading your own forest restoration project, or joining an existing volunteer team that needs a boost? Then we want you to reserve some dates in advance of the 2016 Forest Steward Orientation! Forest Stewards are dedicated volunteers who know that the more […]

The Patsy Collins Award for Excellence in Education, Environment, and Community is distributed by the Seattle Foundation to three teachers annually “to reward teachers who embody the spirit of Patsy Collins: educators who create learning experiences that make a difference for kids, their communities, and the earth.” Two of this year’s winners are Christine Benita […]

Back in the summer, we posted about the “Dashboard” and how it helps us track our progress citywide. Well, here it is again! As you can see the numbers keep going up. Looking at this Dashboard as we close out the 3rd quarter of the year, one can see we are nearing some of our principal […]

We don’t need qualitative analysis, statistics, or assignments of monetary value to know how important Forest Stewards and volunteers are to our forests and communities. But these techniques can help, especially when justifying expenditures on programs like the Green Seattle Partnership. Seattle Parks & Recreation staff involved in the GSP conducted an analysis and put […]

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Where can you check out the latest science from UW student researchers, pick up a free whistle from Safety Officer Marlin, get help navigating the CEDAR events portal, win cool prizes, eat a free dinner, and learn what’s going on these days in the world of the Green Seattle Partnership? All this and more at […]

Hello friends, fans, and supporters of Seattle’s urban forest! If you want to plug into a volunteer project this week, look no further than these upcoming events. Your parks need you – so pick a date and head outside to dig in with some hands-on forest restoration. Flex those muscles for a good cause and […]