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October 03, 2023

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Camp Long Restoration Event

October 03, 10am-12:30pm @ Camp Long

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Cascade Management Comes to the Woods

October 04, 1pm-4pm @ Dr. Jose Rizal Park

We'll create survival rings around trees and sheet mulch an area to counter invasive plants. more

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Noxious weed removal at 45th Ave NE & NE 55th St

October 04, 9am-12:30pm @ Burke-Gilman Trail

We'll be weeding our way east to Princeston Bridge - Weeds beware!!! more

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Noxious weed removal at 45th Ave NE & NE 55th St

October 06, 9am-12:30pm @ Burke-Gilman Trail

We'll be weeding our way east to Princeston Bridge - Weeds beware!!! more

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A Conversation with Indigenous-lead Organizations on Restoration Efforts

October 07, 9:30am-12pm @ Daybreak Star

Green Seattle Partnership, Na'ah Illahee Fund, and Futures Rising are excited to invite you in participating in a conversation with indigenous-lead organizations doing restoration efforts. Our workshop will include listening and learning from indigenous groups and the important work they are doing. Following that, we will go on a field tour to see the herbs, helpful weeds, and medicinal plants present in Discovery Park. Be prepared to be inspired and come enjoy a cup of root tea with us! more

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Magnuson Reforestation

October 08, 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 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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Maple Wood Playfield Community Workparty

October 08, 11am-4pm @ Maple Wood Playfield

Futures Rising is inviting you to nourish and restore the land. We will be preparing the land for planting traditional foods and medicines. This space will center Black, Indigenous, and People of Color to come together talk about possibilities, be held by the land and each other. In our deep need for community and the restoration of relation with the land we invite you to share space with us! more

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Plants, plants, plants

October 08, 10am-1pm @ Martha Washington Park

Please join us to weed and starting making space for more plants this fall and winter more

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Prep for Planting at Little Brook Natural Area

October 08, 10am-12pm @ Little Brook Natural Area

A variety of activities are planned for this work party to prepare for the arrival of an Autumn plant delivery. Help us clear out a few ivy patches and weed out returning invasives from a couple other small sections this time. Then come back in a month or two for the planting parties. Mulching the areas will help keep them in good condition for the new natives. We also need to cage a few plants for protection against hungry bunnies. If we get some heavy rain the day of the work party, it will be rescheduled. more

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Restoration and Planting on Cheasty Blvd & Greenspace

October 08, 10am-12pm @ Cheasty Boulevard

Come join-in restoring and beautifying Cheasty Blvd and Cheasty Greenspace. Be prepared to remove invasive plants and plant native species. Know that your work will provide the Cheasty walking path and the Greenspace better habitat for pedestrians and wildlife. more

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south meadow view enhancement

October 08, 9am-12pm @ Discovery Park

We'll be removing the ugly invasive blackberry in preparation to plant the beautiful native plants of our natural forest and meadow habitat. Most of the task will be removing resprouts of blackberries and spreading woodchips to keep new seedlings from popping up. more

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Preping the Pollinator Patch

October 09, 9am-12:30pm @ Burke-Gilman Trail

We'll be digging up weeds that have come back after our initial weeding to ready this area for planting more

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University of Virginia Alumni Come to the Woods

October 10, 10am-2pm @ Dr. Jose Rizal Park

We'll clear invasive plants and make the park more accessible to all users. more

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Preping the Pollinator Patch

October 11, 9am-12:30pm @ Burke-Gilman Trail

We'll be digging up weeds that have come back after our initial weeding to ready this area for planting more

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More Preping in the Pollinator Patch

October 13, 9am-12:30pm @ Burke-Gilman Trail

We'll be digging up weeds that have come back after our initial weeding to ready this area for planting more

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Community Restoration Event - GSD Site Prep

October 14, 9am-12pm @ Lincoln Park

Welcome community stewards! Our urban forests need your help to thrive and remain healthy. We promise you lots of good nature vibes and high fives. We'll be removing plants (e.g. blackberry, ivy, holly...) and making room for our hardworking native trees and plants. Good for the environment and good for your health! more

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Forest Restoration in Longfellow Creek Forest

October 14, 10am-12:30pm @ Longfellow Creek GS: Central

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Golden Gardens Park Work Party

October 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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Harrison Ridge ecosystem improvement

October 14, 10am-1pm @ Harrison Ridge Greenbelt

We will prepare the upper part of Harrison Ridge for fall planting. This means we'll move IN wood chips by wheelbarrow and bucket, and also move OUT some piled wood and other small organic matter by wheelbarrow. more

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Help Get Licton Springs In Shape

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

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Kubota Gardens Natural Area Community Workparty

October 14, 11am-4pm @ Kubota Gardens Natural Area

Futures Rising is inviting you to nourish and restore the land. We will be preparing the land for planting traditional foods and medicines. This space will center Black, Indigenous, and People of Color to come together talk about possibilities, be held by the land and each other. In our deep need for community and the restoration of relation with the land we invite you to share space with us! more

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North Genesee Forest Restoration

October 14, 10am-12:30pm @ Genesee Park and Playfield

Spend a morning with us in the Genesee forest and get your hands dirty. Come to marvel how the woods have grown and changed as we get the ready for Fall planting. There will be ivy to pull, blackberry to hack, and new people to meet. Bring the kids, of course--all ages are welcome. more

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Orchard Street Ravine Work Party

October 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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Restoration is for the birds!

October 14, 9am-12pm @ Discovery Park

We are truly doing all of this hard work for the birds! North America has lost a quarter of our bird population since the 1970s. These are not just rare or endangered birds; our familiar backyard birds like Dark-eyed Juncos and Chickadees are disappearing too. Removing invasives to make way for a new diverse forest will provide more habitat and forage for the many bird residents of Discovery Park. The invasive that we will be removing is Himalayan blackberry and preparing the area for planting a wide diversity of native shrubs by spreading wood chips (which will keep weed seeds from sprouting and provide a moist environment for new plants, soon to come). more

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Second Saturday Neighborhood Work Party

October 14, 9am-11am @ Washington Park and Arboretum

Weed with us. Treats. more

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St. Mark's Greenbelt Autumn Discovery

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

Discovery the early autumn flora and fauna in the greenbelt as we rid the lower wetland of non-native plants. more

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"Batty for Bats" Volunteer Restoration Party!

October 15, 10am-1pm @ Westcrest Park

This October we’re getting Batty for Bats as we learn about the role of bats in our environment and in Westcrest Park. We’ll also be clearing the way for planting new native plants during the Green Seattle Day volunteer event in November. Come learn and work with us as we celebrate Fall and Halloween season! more

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Cheasty Forest at Hanford Steps

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

Please help to restore this site to the beautiful forest it once was. This time of the year we will do mostly weeding and mulching, letting the young tress, shrubs and ground cover have a chance to grow. more

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Frink Park Community Workparty

October 15, 11am-4pm @ Frink Park

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Llandover Woods October Trails Day

October 15, 9am-12pm @ Llandover Woods Greenspace

We will be doing some light trail maintenance to prepare the trail for the rainy season which always takes a toll on dirt and gravel trails. Even though the Llandover Woods trail is kept in great condition by enthusiastic volunteers it will still need some extra help this time of year. We may also do a little fall planting, but our major planting efforts will take place in the coming months. I hope that you will choose to come and join in! Sunday October 15th, 9 am to noon. Paul more

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the preping of the pollinator Patch goes on

October 16, 9am-12:30pm @ Burke-Gilman Trail

We'll continue the clean up of the Pollinator Patch to get it ready for planting on Green Seattle Day more

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Longfellow Creek GS Restoration Event

October 17, 10am-12:30pm @ Longfellow Creek GS: Yancy

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Longfellow Creek GS Restoration Event

October 17, 10am-12:30pm @ Longfellow Creek GS: Central

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Plant with EarthCorps at Beaver Pond!

October 19, 10am-1pm @ Beaver Pond Natural Area on TC

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Prepare for fall planting

October 19, 10am-1pm @ Harrison Ridge Greenbelt

We will prepare the upper part of Harrison Ridge for fall planting. This means we'll move IN wood chips by wheelbarrow and bucket, and also move OUT some piled wood and other small organic matter by wheelbarrow. more

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The Prepping goe on for the Pollinator Patch

October 20, 9am-12:30pm @ Burke-Gilman Trail

We'll be digging up weeds that have come back after our initial weeding to ready this area for planting more

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3rd Saturday Cheasty Main (North Loop)

October 21, 9:30am-12:30pm @ Cheasty GS: Cheasty Blvd

Destress by getting out in nature to help restore a wetland and a forest! For this event we will be reworking a seasonal wetland that has been transformed (thanks to volunteers like you) from a vast area of blackberry bushes to an area with native grasses, shrubs, trees. This work helps reduce the urban heat island effect in South Seattle and improve habitat for birds like the resident cooper hawk and screech owl for example. During this event we will be preparing this area for winter plantings. more

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Blackberry and Ivy Maintenance

October 21, 10am-12:30pm @ Peppi's Playground

If you like hunting for small blackberry and ivy starts and removing them before they can take over the park, this is the work party for you! We'll also have mulch to add to the forest floor, for those that like shoveling and dumping wood chips. more

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Carkeek STARS Work Party

October 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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Deadhorse Canyon in fall

October 21, 9am-1pm @ Lakeridge Park

Please join us to pull ivy and blackberries so we can plant more endemic plants more

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Duwamish Alive!

October 21, 10am-2pm @ Herrings House Park (Tulaltwx)

The salmon are returning! Join us for a fun day in nature as we work to improve the health of the river by planting native plants, improving the soil by mulching and removing invasive plants. This is an important salmon habitat area near the mouth of the river where the young juvenile salmon are able to rest and feed before entering Elliott Bay. Our work in improving the health of its ecosystem, is vital in supporting these young salmon on their journey to the ocean. Visit the Duwamish Longhouse, which is across the street, to learn about the Duwamish Tribe and Salish culture. more

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Duwamish Alive Restoration at Pigeon Point Park

October 21, 10am-12:30pm @ Pigeon Point

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East Duwamish Work Party

October 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; but always having a good time! You can check out our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/eastduwamish more

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Jackson Park Trail 3rd Saturday Volunteer Event

October 21, 10am-2pm @ Jackson Park Golf Course

Come and join our monthly work party to restore the natural areas along the Jackson Park Trail! https://www.jacksonparktrail.org/ more

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Boogie at Disco Park

October 22, 9am-12pm @ Discovery Park

Boogie on down to Disco Park to help improve the urban ecosystem at the City's largest wilderness park. By removing invasive exotic plants and transplanting natives, we will be improving the habitat for a more biodiverse Discovery Park. First on the agenda is to remove invasive blackberry to open up a good space for new trees to thrive, then spread mulch to keep new weeds from sprouting. All of this is in preparation for planting more native forest habitat when the fall rains come.We will be working in an area of the south meadow called Spruce Island. more

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Maple Wood Playfield Community Workparty

October 22, 10:30am-3:30pm @ Maple Wood Playfield

Futures Rising is inviting you to nourish and restore the land. We will be preparing the land for planting traditional foods and medicines. This space will center Black, Indigenous, and People of Color to come together to talk about possibilities, be held by the land and each other. In our deep need for community and the restoration of relation with the land we invite you to share space with us! more

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October 22 work party - Friends of Discovery Park

October 22, 10am-1pm @ Discovery Park

Please join our monthly Friends of Discovery Park volunteer work party this coming Sunday October 22, from 10 am to 1 pm. There will be 3-4 different sites and forest steward volunteers to choose from. We will meet in the South Parking lot off West Emerson St at 10 am sharp. From there we will hike (or carpool) to our sites. We will be digging, weeding, mulching and watering our recently planted native trees, shrubs and ground cover. Forest stewards will show you how they are re-building the ecology of Discovery Park one square foot at a time. more

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Snowberry for Livestaking

October 23, 9am-12:30pm @ Burke-Gilman Trail

We'll be cutting live stakes of Snowberry for the steep areas of the Pol Patch. more

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Holden Forest Restoration Event

October 24, 10am-12:30pm @ Longfellow Creek GS: South

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Live staking at the Pollinator patch

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

We'll be live staking the hillside along the Trail that is too steep to plant more

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Prepare for fall planting

October 26, 10am-1pm @ Harrison Ridge Greenbelt

We will prepare the upper part of Harrison Ridge for fall planting. This means we'll move IN wood chips by wheelbarrow and bucket, and also move OUT some piled wood and other small organic matter by wheelbarrow. more

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Come Celebrate Seattle Forest Week- Meditation Forest Walk in Seward Park

October 28, 10:30am-12:30pm @ Seward Park

Come celebrate Seattle Forest Week by joining us on a meditation walk in the old growth forest in Seward Park. Tune your awareness to the natural world of Seward Park's ancient forest, sky, and shore. Find peace and rejuvenation on a guided meditation walk with Kimberly Bowen, a meditation and martial arts teacher and former staff at Seward Park Audubon Center. Modest pace, up to 2 miles including some stairs. Older children who can maintain silence may join with their adults. No pets, please. more

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Forest Restoration in Longfellow Creek Forest

October 28, 10am-12:30pm @ Longfellow Creek GS: Brandon Street

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October 2023 NW Frink Park Work Party

October 28, 10am-12pm @ Frink Park

We will gather to visit with neighbors and help out native rooted friends. We will be digging up English Ivy, Himalayan Blackberry and Morning Glory so that our native plants have room to thrive. more

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St. Mark's Greenbelt Fall Colors

October 28, 10am-2pm @ St. Marks Greenbelt

Enjoy the fall beauty of our native plants as we remove non-native ivy and blackberries that hinder the diversity of our surroundings. more

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Fall, Fronds, & Urban Farm Fun!

October 29, 11am-2pm @ Rainier Beach Urban Farm & Wetland

Join us for the start of Seattle Forest Week at Rainier Beach Urban Farm & Wetlands! Seattle Forest Week is a weeklong celebration of urban forests in Seattle, including the forests and wetlands at the farm. From 11 a.m.-2 p.m. on Sunday, October 29, we will be enjoying plant medicine activities, plant arts and crafts activities, self-guided farm & wetland tours, planting, and local food! This is a drop-in event and no registration is required. Partners include ECOSS, Tilth Alliance and the Friends of the Rainier Beach Urban Farm & Wetlands. Learn more about Rainier Beach Urban Farm & Wetlands. Come for as long as you can — we would love to see you as we embrace the joy that cooler, rainier weather brings us as we steward the land more

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Kubota Gardens Natural Area Community Workparty

October 29, 10:30am-3:30pm @ Kubota Gardens Natural Area

Futures Rising is inviting you to nourish and restore the land. We will be preparing the land for planting traditional foods and medicines. This space will center Black, Indigenous, and People of Color to come together to talk about possibilities, be held by the land and each other. In our deep need for community and the restoration of relation with the land we invite you to share space with us! more

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