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June 14, 2025

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Community Forest Restoration Event at Lincoln Park

June 14, 10am-12pm @ Lincoln Park

Welcome community! Bird nesting season is slowing and we'll be removing plants (e.g. blackberry, ivy, holly.) and making room for our hardworking 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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Forest Restoration at Longfellow Creek

June 14, 10am-12:30pm @ Longfellow Creek GS: Delridge Natural Area

You and your fellow volunteers will participate in hands-on conservation work. At this event, we will be removing invasive plants to prepare an area for planting in the fall. more

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Golden Gardens Park work parties

June 14, 9am-12pm @ Golden Gardens Park

Do you want to restore the forest at Golden Gardens Park? Come out and help us the second Saturday of every month. We remove invasive weeds and plant native species that return the forest to a more natural ecosystem. We provide tools and training so we only need your enthusiasm to help restore this beautiful park. more

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Have Fun, Get Fit

June 14, 10am-1pm @ Licton Springs Park

Area maintenance with some planting of new plants and spreading of wood chips. more

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Helping the Duwamish River and its Salmon

June 14, 9am-12pm @ 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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Leschi-Lake Dell Natural Area Restoration

June 14, 10am-1pm @ Leschi-Lake Dell Natural Area

Come refresh and restore our beautiful but neglected Natural Area. Join neighbors and friends to care for the land and build healthy relationships! more

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Orchard Street Ravine Work Party

June 14, 10am-1pm @ Orchard Street Ravine

Join other enthusiastic volunteers for a fun morning restoring and preserving our native forest. more

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Pride with Pollinators

June 14, 10am-1pm @ Westcrest Park

Join us for our annual Pride With Pollinators restoration party! We'll be celebrating Pride month by tending to our pollinator garden (and our pollinators), allowing this space to stay colorful and diverse, just like us! We'll be removing non-native blackberry shrubs and applying mulch to bare ground to make way for new native plantings in the fall, as well as watering last year's plantings. We hope to see you there! more

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Pulling ivy with Schmitz Creek Restore

June 14, 10am-12pm @ Schmitz Preserve Park

Help the community group, Schmitz Creek Restore, remove ivy and blackberry to make space for native plants that will support birds, insects and other wildlife 🦅 more

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Ravenna Revitalization

June 14, 10am-12pm @ Ravenna Park

Start your Saturday by helping us revitalize a lush section of Revenna Park that is becoming crowded with weeds. This will be the first of a number of work parties at the southeast end of the park, so join us to see how the space transforms! more

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Roxhill Park Volunteer Event

June 14, 10am-1pm @ Roxhill Park

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St. Mark's Greenbelt June 14, 2025

June 14, 10am-2pm @ St. Marks Greenbelt

Removal of non native plants. more

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3rd Saturday forest restoration at Jackson Park Trail!

June 15, 10am-2pm @ Jackson Park Golf Course

Help restore native plants along this lovely trail around the public golf course. We're out there every third Saturday. Enjoy the birds, trees, Thornton Creek, and views into the golf course (and the occasional golf ball find!) more

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Cheasty Forest at Hanford Steps

June 15, 1pm-3pm @ Cheasty GS: Cheasty Blvd

A lot of new plantings need help to survive the coming dry summer. We will reduce competition from weeds and put a blanket of wood chips around them to keep the soil moist. more

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Magnuson Reforestation

June 15, 10am-1pm @ Warren G. Magnuson Park

Help improve habitat and create replacement forest on a formerly denuded navy airfield. (Above photo taken in Navy era). The aim is to create healthy forest habitat and increase beneficial ecosystem services including provision of human enjoyment and health. It is also an opportunity to enjoy nature and learn a bit about native plants while doing satisfying work. Work is most likely to include removing invasive plants like ivy, Canada thistle, and blackberry but may also include other tasks such as distributing wood chip mulch. Because the work may be beyond capability of youth below high school age, please get the leader’s permission before registering if younger. more

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South Meadow multitask

June 15, 9:30am-12:30pm @ Discovery Park

Celebrate Father's Day by helping mother nature. We have a number of small projects that need to be completed including hauling wood chips, clearing scotch broom, pulling blackberries and watering new plants. We'll set priorities on the day of the event. more

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Weeding the BGT at NE 65th

June 16, 9am-12pm @ Burke-Gilman Trail

Weeding the Burke-Gilman Trail at NE 65th more

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Brandon Street NA Restoration Event

June 17, 10am-1pm @ Longfellow Creek GS: Brandon Street

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Longfellow Creek GS Restoration Event

June 17, 10am-1pm @ Longfellow Creek GS: Central

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Magnuson Park North Meadow and Wetlands

June 17, 10am-12:30pm @ Warren G. Magnuson Park

We've been hard at work restoring vital natural habitat in Magnuson Park—and wildlife is taking notice. Amphibian sightings are on the rise, and more birds are choosing the park as their home. We want to keep the momentum going by knocking back weeds. We'll remove thistle if any remains plus patrol for blackberry. We may also work on building habitat near a wetlands area. It’s a great time to be in the park with the temperatures warming up! Many native plants are in bloom. Birds are nesting and their songs create a nice background chorus while we pull weeds. more

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Stantec in the Community - Annual Workparty

June 17, 12:30pm-3pm @ Cheasty GS: Cheasty Blvd

Come help restore a native habitat for birds and other animals by removing invasive ivy and blackberry in the heart of South Seattle. Enjoy the added benefit of relaxing in a beautiful forest while getting to know your coworkers. Join us to help restore Cheasty so future generations can enjoy the old growth conifer forest that you helped restore. We will also be adding mulch around recently planted trees to help them survive through the dry summer months. This will be year 12 for SITC at Cheasty! more

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Beating back weeds at Blakeley Crescent on the B-G Trail

June 18, 9am-12:30pm @ Blakeley Crescent Park

We'll continue our weeding operation at Blakeley Commons Park more

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Helping the Duwamish River and its Salmon

June 18, 9am-12pm @ 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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More fun weeding at Blakleley Crescent Park on the Burke-Gilman Trail

June 20, 9am-12:30pm @ Blakeley Crescent Park

We'll continue our weeding operation in Blakeley Commons Park on the B-G Trail more

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Bucking up Buttercups in Dead Horse Canyon

June 21, 9am-1pm @ Lakeridge Park

Come see how tough a Buttercup can be and meet some new friends along the trail in the most beautiful natural area park in the city. more

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Carkeek STARS Work Party

June 21, 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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East Duwamish Work Party

June 21, 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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Pigeon Point Park Restoration Event

June 21, 10am-1pm @ Pigeon Point

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South Meadow multitask

June 21, 9:30am-12:30pm @ Discovery Park

We have a number of small projects that need to be completed before summer starts, including hauling wood chips, clearing scotch broom, pulling blackberries, weeding and watering new plants. We'll set priorities on the day of the event. more

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Summer Coming with Dry Soils Ahead

June 21, 10am-1pm @ Harrison Ridge Greenbelt

Creating moisture protective elements to our plantings before the summer dries it all out. more

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Herb Robert Pull at Little Brook Natural Area

June 22, 10am-12pm @ Little Brook Natural Area

Last blast before the hot summer weather to get out in nature and give this gem of a natural area some TLC by pulling out Herb Robert and uncovering young native plants. Each area you clear will then be mulched. Work areas are level, and this weed is easy to remove. We will show you the best technique to use. Of course, if you see some blackberry sprouts, feel free to take those out too! more

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Seward Park Forest Restoration

June 22, 10am-12pm @ Seward Park

Join us as we continue restoration of a half-acre fern die-off area within Seward Park’s beautiful Magnificent Forest. Our goal is to bring back a diverse, healthy understory by restoring sword ferns and other native plant species. This event will focus on sheet mulching sections of bare ground in preparation for winter planting. more

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Camp Long Restoration Event

June 24, 10am-1pm @ Camp Long

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Private work Party with UW IHME staff and students” Day of Service

June 25, 9am-12:30pm @ Burke-Gilman Trail

We'll be doing a private work party with UW IHME staff and students” weeding along the Trail more

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English Ivy Removal - Forest Fun for Everyone

June 28, 10am-12pm @ Kubota Gardens Natural Area

Although this part of the Kubota Natural Area has been worked on before, the ivy is back! Let's get the pesky plant out of the way so that we are ready to add new trees, shrubs and ferns next winter. No experience needed - just bring your enthusiasm & energy. A cookie awaits you at the end of the session! more

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Private Work Party with Boeing Reach

June 28, 10am-2pm @ Burke-Gilman Trail

Private work party with Boeing Reach more

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