by Nicole Marcotte | May 16, 2017 | At Home Resources, Find Your Forest, Restoration Resources
Soil enhancement for increasing conifer growth and overall diversity of under-story plants. Hugelkultur, have you heard of it? It’s like active composting while growing plants. This approach is believed to have originated in Europe as a technique for growing...
by Nicole Marcotte | Apr 25, 2017 | Restoration Resources
It’s Native Plant Appreciation Week, which means it’s time to acknowledge the trees, shrubs, and groundcovers that make our native landscapes in the Pacific Northwest so unique. In celebration of Native Plant Appreciation Week, we wanted to share a...
by Nicole Marcotte | Mar 31, 2017 | Events Roundup
On April 22, 1970, 20 million Americans took to the streets, parks, and auditoriums to demonstrate for a healthy, sustainable environment in massive coast-to-coast rallies. Thousands of colleges and universities organized protests against the deterioration of the...
by Nicole Marcotte | Feb 7, 2017 | Find Your Forest
Check out just how much progress we made in 2016 towards achieving our goal of restoring 2,500 acres of Seattle’s forested parklands by 2025. Thank you to everyone who came out to volunteer with us in 2016, and we can’t wait to see these numbers grow in...
by Nicole Marcotte | Jan 4, 2017 | Find Your Forest
“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: ‘What are you doing to help others?'” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr This year, make MLK a day on, rather than a day off, by volunteering with the Green Seattle Partnership! Check out the list of...