FREE Festival at Camp Long – June 29th & 30th Regular visitors to Camp Long are already familiar with the park’s towering forests and the active restoration projects taking place through the Green Seattle Partnership. This weekend, however, Camp Long will be offering something different. The 20th annual Arts in Nature Festival will be […]

Both nationally and worldwide, experts are watching as pollinator populations are on a steady decline due to issues of pesticides, pollution, pests, diseases, and most glaringly habitat loss and fragmentation. As the Green Seattle Partnership works with the goal to restore and maintain forested parklands and designated natural areas of Seattle, we realize how critical […]

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 […]

Everything is connected from the tree tops to the whales’ flukes. How is your work as a volunteer supporting the health of our local Southern Resident orcas? This is a question we should be considering, especially during June, which is Orca Action Month. Recent media stories have highlighted the plight of our Southern Resident […]

For 45 minutes, which can be an eternity in kindergartner time, the students hauled buckets of mulch and dutifully emptied them around young native plants. Then finally, it was time to build. On a sunny Friday along Longfellow Creek, teaching artist Jules Hepp led students in building fairy houses using natural objects they could […]

It is now required to remove poison-hemlock on public property in King County. At the 2019 Weed List Hearing the King County Noxious Weed Control Board added poison-hemlock to the list of regulated noxious weeds for King County, with control required on public property and public rights-of-way in cities and unincorporated areas throughout the county. We want […]

An Earth Day Celebration April, also known as Earth Month, has come and gone; but it’s always the time of year when folks in our communities are looking for ways to give back to the environment. You’ve probably heard of Earth Day which is celebrated every year on April 22nd, but have you heard of […]

Bird Alley: A Hostpot for BiodiversityDiscovery Park’s Bird Alley is properly named due its hotspot status for bird abundance and diversity. In Seattle’s largest park, this area is very high profile and visible to the public due its proximity to popular nearby trails. Seattle Parks and Friends of Discovery Park have built a new trail […]

For Native Plant Appreciation Week we asked our staff and volunteers to pick a favorite native plant — which is a difficult task! Most of us struggled to pick just one of our favorites because the Pacific Northwest has so many beautiful, charismatic, fun, and important native plants. Scroll below to see some of the favorites […]

Indian plum is in full bloom, and another round of Himalayan blackberry buds are leafing out, you know what that means – Spring is here and Earth Day 2019 is upon us! It’s the perfect time of year to celebrate and give back to the beautiful planet we inhabit. We’re working to restore 2,500 acres […]

What is maintenance? We refer to the latter phases of GSP restoration, phases 3 and 4, as establishment and maintenance respectively. This work happens after initial invasive species removal has occurred, and native plants have been installed. In these phases we focus on plant establishment by weeding, watering, mulching and planting additional plants as needed […]

Governor Inslee has again proclaimed February 24 – March 2 of 2019 to be Washington Invasive Species Awareness Week. There are all sorts of problematic invasive species in Washington, including insects, disease pathogens, and plants. One of the core elements of our mission at the Green Seattle Partnership is to remove invasive plants as the first step […]

Planting Season Questions It’s winter, and that means it’s tree planting season in Seattle. The Green Seattle Partnership regularly installs over 100,000 plants each year as part of restoration projects across the city. In 2018, Seattle Parks staff, volunteers and contractors planted a record-breaking 43,000 trees alone! With all that work going into our forested […]

As we wrap up our year end reporting, we measure ourselves using metrics that are easily quantified: 170,697 native plants installed in our projects, 4,177 of trees saved from the grips of invasive English ivy, 76,920 volunteer hours dedicated in support of our ambitious goals. These numbers easily tell us that we had another successful […]

The Green Seattle Partnership is just that, a partnership. The phenomenal progress we have been able to make since 2005 is made possible entirely through the collaboration of all our partners. EarthCorps is one of the Green Seattle Partnership’s original partners, although their legacy of environmental stewardship and volunteerism extends past GSP’s inception. Maritza Mendoza joined EarthCorps […]

Happy New Year from your friends at Seattle Audubon! We’re the oldest conservation organization in Washington State and one of the largest, most active Audubon chapters in the country. We lead a community of over 4,000 members in appreciating, understanding and protecting birds and their habitats. Here are five things you can do to […]

How are your plant identification skills? Are you wanting a little extra challenge? Have you ever been curious about a plant during the winter but couldn’t tell what it was? Whether you’re a beginner looking to spice up your winter hikes with a new skill, or seasoned in plant identification and looking to brush up […]

Every year we take the third Monday in January off of work and school to celebrate and remember Dr.Martin Luther King Jr.. This year, spend the day giving back to your community, and the planet with the Green Seattle Partnership. We have events on MLK day, and the weekend before all around the city, find […]

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 […]

At the Green Seattle Partnership we are thankful everyday for our Forest Stewards. Without this dedicated group of environmental ambassadors, the restoration work necessary to achieve our goals would simply not happen. As 2018 comes to a close we would like to recognize a Forest Steward who goes above and beyond. Since 2016, she and […]