The Green Seattle Partnership Blog
Poison Hemlock Gets a Noxious Weeds Promotion
It is now required to remove poison-hemlock on public property in King County. At the 2019 Weed List Hearing the King County Noxious Weed Control Board added poison-hemlock to the list of regulated noxious weeds for King County, with control required on public...
Duwamish Alive!
An Earth Day Celebration April, also known as Earth Month, has come and gone; but it's always the time of year when folks in our communities are looking for ways to give back to the environment. You’ve probably heard of Earth Day which is celebrated every year on...
Bird Alley Restoration in Discovery Park
Bird Alley: A Hostpot for BiodiversityDiscovery Park's Bird Alley is properly named due its hotspot status for bird abundance and diversity. In Seattle's largest park, this area is very high profile and visible to the public due its proximity to popular nearby...
Celebrating Northwest Native Plants
For Native Plant Appreciation Week we asked our staff and volunteers to pick a favorite native plant -- which is a difficult task! Most of us struggled to pick just one of our favorites because the Pacific Northwest has so many beautiful, charismatic, fun, and...
Earth Day 2019
Indian plum is in full bloom, and another round of Himalayan blackberry buds are leafing out, you know what that means - Spring is here and Earth Day 2019 is upon us! It's the perfect time of year to celebrate and give back to the beautiful planet we inhabit. We're...
2019 – The Year of Maintenance
What is maintenance? We refer to the latter phases of GSP restoration, phases 3 and 4, as establishment and maintenance respectively. This work happens after initial invasive species removal has occurred, and native plants have been installed. In these phases we...
Invasive species awareness week 2019
Governor Inslee has again proclaimed February 24 - March 2 of 2019 to be Washington Invasive Species Awareness Week. There are all sorts of problematic invasive species in Washington, including insects, disease pathogens, and plants. One of the core elements of our...
Successful Seedlings in Seattle Parks
Planting Season Questions It’s winter, and that means it's tree planting season in Seattle. The Green Seattle Partnership regularly installs over 100,000 plants each year as part of restoration projects across the city. In 2018, Seattle Parks staff, volunteers and...
2018 Accomplishments
As we wrap up our year end reporting, we measure ourselves using metrics that are easily quantified: 170,697 native plants installed in our projects, 4,177 of trees saved from the grips of invasive English ivy, 76,920 volunteer hours dedicated in support of our...
Partner Spotlight – Maritza Mendoza with EarthCorps
The Green Seattle Partnership is just that, a partnership. The phenomenal progress we have been able to make since 2005 is made possible entirely through the collaboration of all our partners. EarthCorps is one of the Green Seattle Partnership's original partners,...
Five Things You Can Do to Protect Seattle’s Resident Birds
Happy New Year from your friends at Seattle Audubon! We’re the oldest conservation organization in Washington State and one of the largest, most active Audubon chapters in the country. We lead a community of over 4,000 members in appreciating, understanding and...
Winter Twig ID
How are your plant identification skills? Are you wanting a little extra challenge? Have you ever been curious about a plant during the winter but couldn't tell what it was? Whether you're a beginner looking to spice up your winter hikes with a new skill, or seasoned...