2025 was a year packed with many accomplishments, struggles and joys. We are eager to begin the work of moving forward the ambitious goals laid out in our updated strategic action plan, but as we take a moment to look back, we have much to be proud of, and a lot to smile about. Take a look at the year’s achievements laid out here in our Annual Report.
In 2025 we celebrated Green Seattle Partnership’s 20th anniversary. What exactly does that mean for a land-based project? What does that mean for what’s ahead? The first trees planted by GSP are stretching towards maturity but are still young. There are environmental professionals who started working in the early days of GSP and are now reaching mid-career (not to mention middle age). There are restoration crew members starting their careers now who are no older than GSP itself. There are stewards who did this work long before GSP began and have helped guide it to where it is today. Some are enjoying their retirement as volunteers, and some are no longer with us.
Ecological time can be both humbling and inspiring. We aren’t the longest living organisms in this ecosystem, we may not be the wisest, but we might be among the most tenacious. Day after day, year after year, we are stretching and pushing our bodies and our spirits to make the biggest positive impact that we can with the precious little time that we have. What’s more, we are so often doing it with a smile. With that in mind, let’s look back at the best of 2025, represented by these smiling faces.
Pic 1: Natural Area Crew members Matthew and Herbert deliver a new jobox to Forest Steward Walter at Magnolia Park
Pic 2: Plant Ecologist Jacob and Dirt Corps staff pose on a bridge at Kingfisher Natural Area
Pic 3: Senior Urban Ecology Analyst Danielle and soil science student Dira posing with soil samples at Schmitz Preserve Park
Pic 4: Staff and new Forest Stewards pose for a group photo at Forest Steward Orientation at Genesee Park
Pic 5: Staff and partners pose for a group photo at Green Seattle Partnership Relational Land Care event at Be’er Shiva Park. Photo credit: Keith Sibal
Pic 6: Plant Ecologists Michael and Jacob pose with their display at Seattle Parks Foundation’s Earth Day event at Town Hall
Pic 7: Founding Nature Consortium staff pose with Delridge Neighborhood Development Association staff at an Earth Day event at Pigeon Point. Photo credit: DNDA
Pic 8: Green Seattle Partnership BIPOC affinity group pose for a group photo at Kubota Garden
Pic 9: Plant Ecologist Jacob and Tareq of Trillium Sustainability pose with plants at Kubota Garden Natural Area
Pic 10: Plant Ecologist Eric and Forest Stewards Sarah and Kathy pose in front of trees in Cheasty Greenspace
Pic 11: Plant Ecologist Matthew and Zaldivars Forestry Foreman Mario pose in front of planting site at Amy Yee Tennis Center
Pic 12: Student Conservation Association staff pose with tools at a restoration site in Colman Park
Pic 13: Plant Ecologist Jay with Kailyn Wise of Lakewood Marina pose in front of a restoration site at Lakewood Marina
Pic 14: Plant Ecologist Eric, Southwest District Senior Gardener Tim and Forest Steward Sharon pose in front of the Duwamish River at Herring’s House Park
Pic 15: Volunteers pose with empty pots at a planting event at Magnolia Park. Photo credit: Walter Hughson
Pic 16: Forest Stewards and Friends of Discovery pose with arms lifted high in front of a restoration site in Discovery Park. Photo credit: Phil Vogelzang
Pic 17: Forest Steward Gerry and volunteers pose in rain ponchos in East Duwamish Greenbelt in south Beacon Hill. Photo credit: Amazon staff
Pic 18: Green Seattle Partnership staff Eric, Matthew, Danielle and Jay pose while mapping restoration sites in East Duwamish Greenbelt
Pic 19: Staff gather for a photo during the Relational Land Care event at Daybreak Star with United Indians of All Tribes and Futures Rising: Co-creation and Restoration LLC.
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