The Green Seattle Partnership Blog
MLK day on with GSP
Every year we take the third Monday in January off of work and school to celebrate and remember Dr.Martin Luther King Jr.. This year, spend the day giving back to your community, and the planet with the Green Seattle Partnership. We have events on MLK day, and the...
Community Partnerships in Seattle Parks
The Green Seattle Partnership (GSP) brings communities together to restore our public spaces through forest restoration events. These events bring neighbors together from all walks of life to work toward a shared goal of greening the city. There are several ways to...
Forest Steward Spotlight – Karuna Poole
At the Green Seattle Partnership we are thankful everyday for our Forest Stewards. Without this dedicated group of environmental ambassadors, the restoration work necessary to achieve our goals would simply not happen. As 2018 comes to a close we would like to...
The Seahawks aren’t the only Hawks in Seattle
Ed Deal, from the Seattle Cooper's Hawk Project, has had a busy year of monitoring our resident population of Cooper's Hawks. He and his dedicated team of volunteers made over 700 sight visits this year to increase our understanding of Cooper's Hawk nesting in...
Giving Tuesday: Give Back to Seattle’s Parks!
This time of year, there are a lot of campaigns out there geared towards our wallets like #BlackFriday, #SmallBusinessSaturday, and #CyberMonday. But how much have you heard about #GivingTuesday? #GivingTuesday is a global day of giving fueled by the power of social...
Imagining Green Seattle in 2028
On November 3rd, 1,145 community members spent the morning planting over 8,430 plants across 15 parks in Seattle. We are immensely thankful for the hard work of our wonderful volunteers. It is their dedication, year after year, that allows us to restore Seattle's...
Post Green Seattle Day – Now What?
So you volunteered for Green Seattle Day and you’re wondering, what’s next? First of all, thank you for coming out to volunteer with us! This year we were blown away by the number of volunteers that came out for Green Seattle Day. Secondly, there are so many ways to...
Green Seattle Day 2018 Achievements
Laying Roots in our Local Communities For Green Seattle Day 2018, we encouraged Seattle residents to have a hand in restoring their neighborhood parks; to not wander far from home, and to give back in their own neck-of-the-woods.This is because we acknowledge...
Madrone is 1st Western tree on TreeSnap app
See a notable Pacific madrone while cruising through your neighborhood? Know about a cool tree in your favorite park? Maybe you can be our "eyes-in-the-field" as you sit in the backyard shade of your Arbutus menziesii. Now anyone can "tag" these trees using...
1 Bandana, 6 Great Looks
Give Back, Get Back There are a lot of great benefits to volunteering with the Green Seattle Partnership: quality time outdoors, connecting with your community, exercise and good vibes! Sometimes there are extra perks too like free snacks and coffee, and even some...
From Twigs to Trees: Baby Plants Grow into Forests
On the Green Seattle Day poster it says “Plant a Tree.” That is a bit of an over simplification of what will be going down on Green Seattle Day. The Green Seattle Partnership plants native trees, like Douglas-fir and western redcedar, but the majority of the plants...
Forest Steward Spotlight – Kathy Pendras
How long have you been involved with Green Seattle and why did you chose the park where you work? I've been volunteering for 5 plus years. I chose Pritchard Beach because it's a beautiful setting; it has a pond which adds complexity, and interest. It had been restored...