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Mulch & Mingle with Partner in Employment (PIE)April 13, 3pm-5pm @ Kubota Gardens Natural Area Join Partner in Employment for a fun-filled community event! This event will be centered on caring for the native plants our fall restoration crews have installed in previous years by laying down mulch around them. We'll also learn about the amazing benefits and importance of mulch! We would love to see you there :D more |
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The weeding goes on and on, but we'll get it done with your helpApril 13, 9am-12:30pm @ Burke-Gilman Trail We'll continue our weeding while we look for the Bumble Bees to emerge more |
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Grass Begone!April 15, 9am-12:30pm @ Burke-Gilman Trail We'll be removing intrusive grass in our Pollinator Patch more |
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Daybreak Star Community and Land TendingApril 16, 11am-2:30pm @ Daybreak Star We welcome you to an embodied Community and Land Tending Day at Daybreak Star Cultural Center. Our work will be informed by our ongoing readings of "Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World" by Aboriginal scholar Tyson Yunkaporta of the Apalech Clan in Cape York, Australia. These gatherings are a return to land, to care, and to being in right relationship with one another. Guided by Indigenous leadership at United Indians of All Tribes Foundation, we come together to practice food sovereignty, cultural memory, and collective care in ways that are grounded, relational, and real. This season, we’re tending the Forest Garden, which supports elders, youth, and Indigenous-centered community programs while helping grow a future rooted in reciprocity, responsibility, and long-term care. All ages are welcome. You’re invited to come, move your body, tend the land, be witnessed, be in community, and build relationships. If you’re looking for a place to show up and grow something lasting, this is a space to gather, care for the land, and imagine what’s possible together. more |
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Daybreak Star Community and Land TendingApril 17, 11am-2:30pm @ Daybreak Star Tending Day at Daybreak Star Cultural Center. Our work will be informed by our ongoing readings of "Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World" by Aboriginal scholar Tyson Yunkaporta of the Apalech Clan in Cape York, Australia. These gatherings are a return to land, to care, and to being in right relationship with one another. Guided by Indigenous leadership at United Indians of All Tribes Foundation, we come together to practice food sovereignty, cultural memory, and collective care in ways that are grounded, relational, and real. This season, we’re tending the Forest Garden, which supports elders, youth, and Indigenous-centered community programs while helping grow a future rooted in reciprocity, responsibility, and long-term care. All ages are welcome. You’re invited to come, move your body, tend the land, be witnessed, be in community, and build relationships. If you’re looking for a place to show up and grow something lasting, this is a space to gather, care for the land, and imagine what’s possible together. more |
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3rd Saturday forest restoration at Jackson Park Trail!April 18, 10am-2pm @ Jackson Park Golf Course Enjoy the "natural areas" along the Jackson Park golf course perimeter trail. We'll walk to a work area and continue to make progress removing invasive ivy and blackberries, planting native plants, weeding, or mulching, as the season demands! more |
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Carkeek STARS Work PartyApril 18, 9am-12pm @ Carkeek Park Join other enthusiastic volunteers for a fun morning of forest restoration and trails maintenance. We have a wide variety of tasks you can help with. Adults and teenagers welcome. If you are a group of 5 or more contact Dale Johnson. Follow the STARS signs to our meeting place, which will be the parking lot at the Environmental Learning Center. Welcome! more |
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Duwamish Alive! Celebrating Seattle's RiverApril 18, 10am-2pm @ Herrings House Park (Tulaltwx) Join us for a morning along the river, enjoying its wildlife while helping to heal this special ecosystem. We will be watering young plants, removing invasive ones and mulching to prepare for our fall planting of native plants. This is one of the few lower river salmon habitats, so you may even see juvenile salmon as they head out to Elliot Bay. We are honored to help steward this special place, the ancestral home of the Duwamish Tribe. more |
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Earth Day at Pigeon Point ParkApril 18, 10am-1pm @ Pigeon Point Join DNDA's Nature team and help restore important habitat in the critical West Duwamish Greenbelt, Seattle's largest forest! Each work party begins with a short informal forest ecology workshop, and we spend the remainder of the time performing various restoration activities, including planting native trees and shrubs, removing invasive species, mulching previously-planted areas and more. We work rain or shine. more |
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East Duwamish Work PartyApril 18, 10am-12pm @ East Duwamish GS: S Chicago St Help take care of the forest along this neighborhood trail! Depending on the time of the year, we'll be pulling and removing ivy, cutting back and digging out blackberry or planting new plants; and always having a good time! more |
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South Meadow Blackberry PurgeApril 18, 9:30am-12:30pm @ Discovery Park Help us make way for more native plant habitat by removing the many invasive blackberry plants encroaching on the south meadow. This will be a little bit of cutting back the blackberry out of the forest edge of the meadow and a bit of digging up roots. All tools will be provided. more |
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Springtime weeding in Dead Horse CanyonApril 18, 9am-11am @ Lakeridge Park We will be removing weeds from along the trail and off the trail. A chance to explore areas of the park that you may not have seen before. more |
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Friends of Discovery ParkApril 19, 10am-1pm @ Discovery Park Capehart Forest is the most wildlife-safe area in Discovery Park. Come help us increase its biodiversity by weeding out invasives, mulching and aerate the soil to encourage symbiotic fungi, and plant this years native shrubs and groundcovers. more |
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PitchBook group work partyApril 21, 1pm-4pm @ Thorndyke Park While the exact tasks can vary, our projects focus on improving the forests and parks in our local cities. Healthy and thriving forests are vital to our community because they absorb and filter rain water, produce clean oxygen, provide living spaces for wildlife, and create a place for people to connect with the outdoors. In order to help create healthy forests, the work can include: • Removing aggressive weeds (like Ivy or Blackberry) • Maintaining areas where invasives have been removed more |
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Earth Day Community Restoration EventApril 22, 10am-1pm @ Beer Sheva Park Join us this Earth Day to give back to our environment and strengthen our community. Volunteers will work together to remove invasive plants, clean up the park, and spread mulch to support healthy soil and tree growth. This hands-on event is a great opportunity to protect our local ecosystem, learn about environmental stewardship, and make a lasting impact. more |
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Earth Day Community Restoration EventApril 22, 10am-1pm @ Leschi Park Join us this Earth Day to give back to our environment and strengthen our community. Volunteers will work together to remove invasive plants, clean up the park, and spread mulch to support healthy soil and tree growth. This hands-on event is a great opportunity to protect our local ecosystem, learn about environmental stewardship, and make a lasting impact. more |
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Earth Day: Hands in the Land! (DNR)April 22, 10am-12:30pm @ Seward Park Join us this Earth Day for Hands in the Land, a community restoration event dedicated to caring for our local green spaces. Together, we’ll roll up our sleeves and remove invasive English ivy, helping native plants breathe, grow, and reclaim the forest floor. This hands-on volunteer day is a chance to connect with the land, learn about the impacts of invasive species, and support the health of our shared ecosystem. No experience is needed—just a willingness to get a little muddy and make a meaningful difference. We’ll provide tools, gloves, and guidance. You bring your enthusiasm, your curiosity, and your commitment to giving back to the Earth. As we work side by side, we honor the reciprocal relationship between people and place: our hands help the land heal, and the land heals our hands in return—grounding us, teaching us, and reminding us of our shared resilience. Celebrate Earth Day through collective action, community care, and the renewal that comes from restoring the land together. 🌿 more |
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Phase one weed removal work partyApril 22, 8am-12pm @ Magnolia Park There is work to be done to reclaim Magnolia Park S.E. Forest in Magnolia Park. Non-native plants have taken over, and volunteers are needed to help defend this beautiful natural area. Join neighbors and friends to help out and learn about how we plan on bringing this forest back to a natural environment. more |
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Private Work Party with PitchbookApril 22, 9am-12:30pm @ Burke-Gilman Trail This is a private work party for Pitchbook more |
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Daybreak Star Community and Land TendingApril 23, 11am-2:30pm @ Daybreak Star We welcome you to an embodied Community and Land Tending Day at Daybreak Star Cultural Center. Our work will be informed by our ongoing readings of "Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World" by Aboriginal scholar Tyson Yunkaporta of the Apalech Clan in Cape York, Australia. These gatherings are a return to land, to care, and to being in right relationship with one another. Guided by Indigenous leadership at United Indians of All Tribes Foundation, we come together to practice food sovereignty, cultural memory, and collective care in ways that are grounded, relational, and real. This season, we’re tending the Forest Garden, which supports elders, youth, and Indigenous-centered community programs while helping grow a future rooted in reciprocity, responsibility, and long-term care. All ages are welcome. You’re invited to come, move your body, tend the land, be witnessed, be in community, and build relationships. If you’re looking for a place to show up and grow something lasting, this is a space to gather, care for the land, and imagine what’s possible together. more |
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Earth Day in the South MeadowApril 23, 9:30am-12:30pm @ Discovery Park Help us make way for more native plant habitat by removing the many invasive blackberry plants encroaching on the south meadow. This will be a little bit of cutting back the blackberry out of the forest edge of the meadow and a bit of digging up roots. All tools will be provided. more |
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Private Work Party with Pitchbook for Earth WeekApril 23, 9am-12:30pm @ Burke-Gilman Trail This will be a Private work party for Pitchbook more |
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Daybreak Star Community and Land TendingApril 24, 11am-2:30pm @ Daybreak Star We welcome you to an embodied Community and Land Tending Day at Daybreak Star Cultural Center. Our work will be informed by our ongoing readings of "Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World" by Aboriginal scholar Tyson Yunkaporta of the Apalech Clan in Cape York, Australia. These gatherings are a return to land, to care, and to being in right relationship with one another. Guided by Indigenous leadership at United Indians of All Tribes Foundation, we come together to practice food sovereignty, cultural memory, and collective care in ways that are grounded, relational, and real. This season, we’re tending the Forest Garden, which supports elders, youth, and Indigenous-centered community programs while helping grow a future rooted in reciprocity, responsibility, and long-term care. All ages are welcome. You’re invited to come, move your body, tend the land, be witnessed, be in community, and build relationships. If you’re looking for a place to show up and grow something lasting, this is a space to gather, care for the land, and imagine what’s possible together. more |
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April ShowersApril 25, 10am-2pm @ St. Marks Greenbelt Come out and observe the emergence of spring in St. Mark's Greenbelt as we removed non native plants from the landscape. more |
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EVERY Day is Earth Day Restoration EventApril 25, 9am-12pm @ Lincoln Park Earth Day is EVERY Day! Connect with nature and community while we remove blackberry, ivy, and other introduced plants to make room for beneficial native trees and plants. We promise you lots of good nature vibes and high fives. PLEASE BE SURE THAT ALL VOLUNTEERS (including youth) IN YOUR GROUP ARE REGISTERED SEPARATELY. Thank you! more |
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Kubota forest work - always ivy!April 25, 10am-12pm @ Kubota Gardens Natural Area So much ivy! Every month, volunteers make a big difference by removing ivy so that trees, bushes, ferns and other native plants have room to grow. As you will quickly see, the ivy covers large areas of ground and is climbing up trees. We also are discovering small Himalayan blackberry plants and getting those out immediately is a priority. No experience is needed - just bring your energy and interest in making a difference! We like to show our thanks with homemade cookies at the end. more |
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North Genesee Forest RestorationApril 25, 10am-12:30pm @ Genesee Park and Playfield Celebrate Earth Day at Genesee Park! We'll be pulling English Ivy and protecting new baby plants with mulch as we enjoy the smells of Spring and the return of warmer weather. All are welcome--bring the kids, of course! more |
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PRIVATE work party with Boeing ReachApril 25, 10am-2pm @ Burke-Gilman Trail This is a Private Work Party with Boeing Reach and we'll be weeding. more |
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PwC corporate work party at CapehartApril 25, 10am-1pm @ Discovery Park Capehart Forest is the most wildlife-safe area in Discovery Park. Come help us increase its biodiversity by weeding out invasives, mulching and aerate the soil to encourage symbiotic fungi, and plant this years native shrubs and groundcovers. more |
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Micro-forest Work Party (ivy and blackberry removal)April 26, 12pm-2pm @ Interlaken Park Continue work along Interlaken Blvd to remove ivy and make space for a new micro-forest along the area. We'll be touching up a well planted space as well as starting a new space for planting next fall. more |
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Second Reunion Bird Walk with Woody Wheeler on the Burke-Gilman TrailApril 26, 7am-9:30am @ Burke-Gilman Trail Come and join us for a second reunion Bird walk on the Burke-Gilman Trail. Hopefully we can see how the Merlin and the bushtits are coming on their respective nests. more |
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Magnuson Park (Magazine Meadow): Boeing (Private Event)April 29, 1pm-2pm @ Warren G. Magnuson Park |
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Daybreak Star Community and Land TendingApril 30, 11am-2:30pm @ Daybreak Star We welcome you to an embodied Community and Land Tending Day at Daybreak Star Cultural Center. Our work will be informed by our ongoing readings of "Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World" by Aboriginal scholar Tyson Yunkaporta of the Apalech Clan in Cape York, Australia. These gatherings are a return to land, to care, and to being in right relationship with one another. Guided by Indigenous leadership at United Indians of All Tribes Foundation, we come together to practice food sovereignty, cultural memory, and collective care in ways that are grounded, relational, and real. This season, we’re tending the Forest Garden, which supports elders, youth, and Indigenous-centered community programs while helping grow a future rooted in reciprocity, responsibility, and long-term care. All ages are welcome. You’re invited to come, move your body, tend the land, be witnessed, be in community, and build relationships. If you’re looking for a place to show up and grow something lasting, this is a space to gather, care for the land, and imagine what’s possible together. more |
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