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Saturday, February 22, 9 a.m.: Show some LOVE to our favorite ravine with the Friends of North Beach Park. Join us to remove some of the bluebells that come up every spring. There are already plenty of other signs of spring: skunk cabbage is coming up, osoberry and other shrubs are starting to bud. Sign up in advance so we can make our plans.

We meet, rain or shine, at the main entrance to the park, 24th Ave and 90th St. NW. Wear weather-appropriate layers that can get dirty and sturdy shoes or mud boots. We provide tools, gloves, and guidance. Bring water and a snack as you need them but there are no facilities at the park. All ages and skill levels are welcome, but children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Parking is on 90th St., east of 24th Ave. The #61 bus stops across the street from the park, and the #40 and #48 stop at 85th and 24th; check Metro for details.

Save the date for upcoming work parties: March 22nd, April 26th, and June 28th. They’re also 9 a.m. to 12 noon, and meet at the main entrance to the park.

Can’t join us for a work party? Donate to the Seattle Parks Foundation to support restoration efforts at North Beach Park. Visit their website and click on the “Donate” button. Your donation is tax-deductible.

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2013 was a really great year for North Beach Park. The previous two years of restoration were starting to have visible effect, and the work of EarthCorps and the contract crew really made a great deal of progress.

In all, we had 17 work parties this year. Six were run by EarthCorps and 11 by the Friends of North Beach Park. In all there were 160 adult and 16 youth volunteers for a total of just over 530 hours. Three volunteers had more than 20 hours, five volunteers had between 10 and 20, and five volunteers had between 5 and 10 hours. Thank you all!

We estimate that 1751 plants were installed in the park. This includes plants from the Seattle Parks Department, EarthCorps, Carbon Capturing Companies, and Green Seattle Partnership. These plants were installed all over the park, from the highest slopes to the bottoms of the wetlands.

The EarthCorps volunteers and crews cleared about 10,000 square feet of the park, between the trail and the stream. They also engaged in a big bucket brigade for some mulching needed deep in the park. They replanted both sides of the trail. Masha (from Russia) was the EarthCorps lead for all the work.

The Seattle Parks Department brought in a contract crew to work in areas where volunteers can’t, specifically the slopes of the Headwaters Bowl and just below 90th St. and 25th Ave. They cleared invasive plants, put down erosion controls, and installed plants. They worked at the South Plateau as well (entrance at 88th St. and 27th Ave.), installing a great number of plants and doing some much-needed erosion control work.

The outreach highlights included tabling at Art in the Garden in August (always a treat) and participating in our first “Give Big” in May. This raised more than $1,000 for North Beach Park, and we’d like to give a special shout out to Doris Katagiri and Julie Fretzin for their very generosity.

For 2014, we’re going to make sure the plants installed this year get some good aftercare. This won’t be “taking it easy,” but will make sure that more of them get established well and be able to live on their own. Our first work party of the year will be January 25, at 9 a.m. Hope to see you there!

If you can’t make it to a work party, a big way to help North Beach Park is by making a donation to the Seattle Parks Foundation. Even a small donation will make a big difference. We use this money for materials and tools, outreach assistance, and coffee’n’pastries for volunteers.

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The November work party was a fine end to a great year for North Beach Park. We had 12 volunteers who got more than 150 plants into various places through out the park, including some wetlands. It was great to emerge from the cool park into an atypically warm, dry, sunny November day.

Here’s what we had to work with — 200 trees, shrubs, and ground cover. The order was placed in June and delivered in late October. By fortunate coincidence, it did not duplicate too much the plants installed by EarthCorps and the contract crew.

These guys signed up in advance and when asked what brought them to North Beach Park, just said it was “their philanthropy.” Everyone who worked with them enjoyed the experience.

Later that same day: The volunteers shown signing in above are now hard at work.

Slough Sedge (Carex obnupta)

There’s a naturally-occurring stand of slough sedge in another part of the park that works with salmonberry to hold a good toe of a slope against erosion. This is planted in a bottom area that is very wet. If it establishes, it will help hold the slope and even push back the ivy.

Julie, Wenny, and Drexie did a lot of planting in the Headwaters Bowl.

Julie shows their handiwork: more slough sedge, Dewey’s sedge, and some rushes.

As usual, there are more pictures on flickr.

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Saturday, November 23, 9 a.m. to Noon: Join us for the last work party of 2013 and a planting celebration. We have 200 trees, shrubs, ferns, and ground cover, including many plants being reintroduced to the park. These plants will provide food for insects and birds, and the different bloom times give the park a long-lasting visual texture. So come on down to build up your appetite for Thanksgiving with some green calories!

Register for this work party at the Green Seattle Partnership Cedar website. Please register in advance so we know how many shovels and buckets to provide.

We’ll meet at the main entrance to the park, 24th Ave and 90th St. NW. Wear weather-appropriate layers that can get dirty and sturdy shoes or mud boots. We’ll provide tools, gloves, and guidance. Bring water and a snack as you need them but there are no facilities at the park. All ages and skill levels are welcome, but children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Events happen rain or shine, but if it’s VERY windy, we might cancel at the last minute.

There is parking on 90th St., east of 24th Ave. The #61 bus stops across the street from the park, and the 40 and 48 stop at 85th and 24th; check Metro for details.

Can’t join us for a work party? Make a year-end donation to Seattle Parks Foundation to support restoration efforts at North Beach Park. Visit their website and click on the “Donate” button. Your tax-deductible donation will be used for tools, materials, and outreach.

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2013 has been a tremendous year for North Beach Park. Between EarthCorps, Friends of North Beach Park, and a Parks Department contract crew, we cleared more than 20,000 square feet of new area. This is a significant percentage of our little park.

November will feature two major planting parties, one coordinated by EarthCorps and one by the Friends of North Beach Park. Both are on Saturdays.

Saturday, November 9, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.: THIS SATURDAY join EarthCorps for their last work party in North Beach Park. There is a LOT of planting to be done. EarthCorps cleared ivy and other invasives from a long strip of the park between the trail and the stream. Now it’s time to plant it up! Please register in advance at the EarthCorps website — select the North Beach Park event on Nov. 9 (the 2nd one listed for that day). EarthCorps provides coffee, energy bars, and a sanican.

Saturday, November 23, 9 a.m. to Noon: Join the Friends of North Beach Park for their fourth Saturday work party. Build up your appetite for Thanksgiving! This is the last one of the year, and we have 200 plants to put in the ground. This includes some plants well-represented in the park, but also many that are being reintroduced to the park. In addition to their beauty, these plants provide food for insects and birds and other species. The different bloom times give the park a visual texture that lasts well into the summer. Register for this work party at the Green Seattle Partnership Cedar website. Please register in advance so we know how many shovels and buckets to provide.

Both events meet at the main entrance to the park, 24th Ave and 90th St. NW. Wear weather-appropriate layers that can get dirty and sturdy shoes or mud boots. We’ll provide tools, gloves, and guidance. Bring water and a snack as you need them but there are no facilities at the park.

Events happen rain or shine, but if it’s VERY windy, we might cancel at the last minute.

There is parking on 90th St. east of 24th Ave. The #61 bus stops across the street from the park, and the 40 and 48 stop at 85th and 24th; check Metro for details.

Can’t join us for a work party? Make a year-end donation to Seattle Parks Foundation to support restoration efforts at North Beach Park. Visit their website and click on the “Donate” button. We use these proceeds for tools, materials, and outreach.

We hope to see you in the woods!

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October and November are going to be busy months in North Beach Park, as we finish up clearing invasives and head into planting season.

October 12th (Saturday) and 23rd (Wednesday): EarthCorps will remove invasive plants in preparation for November planting. EarthCorps work parties are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Visit the EarthCorps website to sign up.

October 26th (Saturday): The Friends of North Beach Park welcome Nordstrom employees for a day of planting Douglas Fir and Hemlock trees to start the planting season. The Nordstrom employees should fill out our roster. We look forward to seeing you in November.

November’s events feature planting, the reward for the invasive removal we’ve done the rest of the year.

November kicks off with GREEN SEATTLE DAY, November 2nd, a city-wide celebration at 17 parks, including Carkeek and Golden Gardens. To find out more and to sign up, visit the Green Seattle Day website.

On November 9th, EarthCorps returns to North Beach Park for their planting party. They’ve cleared quite a bit of area, help them meet their fall planting challenge and bring native plants back to North Beach Park. Again, EarthCorps events are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

November 23rd will be the big Friends of North Beach Park planting party. We have plants to go into different environments all over the park. This will be the time to join us if you haven’t for a while. Build up that appetite for Thanksgiving! We’ll go from 9 a.m. to Noon. To sign up, visit the Green Seattle Partnership website.

All North Beach Park work parties meet at the main entrance to the park at 90th St. and 24th Ave. NW in Ballard. They also happen rain or shine, so wear weather appropriate layers that can get dirty. And wear mud boots as the park is very muddy during the fall and winter. Bring snacks and water as appropriate, but there are no facilities at the park. We provide tools, gloves, and guidance. Parking is available on 90th St., east of 24th. The #61 bus stops across the street from the park, and the 40 and 48 stop at 85th and 24th; check Metro for details.

Can’t join us for a work party? Make a year-end donation to Seattle Parks Foundation to support restoration efforts at North Beach Park and click on the “Donate” button. We use these proceeds for tools, materials, and outreach.

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Saturday, August 10, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Art in the Garden, 8527 25th Ave. NW
We’ve mentioned this in emails before and even sent out a postcard. We’d love to see you at our table. Friends of North Beach Park will be on 25th Ave., at the southeast corner of the p-patch. We’ll have information about North Beach Park and Seattle’s forests (Courtesy Green Seattle Partnership). Art in the Garden will have a beautiful p-patch, pie auction, bake sale, food trucks, art, and more. We look forward to meeting you. For further information, visit their website.

Saturday, August 24, 9 a.m. to Noon, main entrance: Friends of North Beach Park work party.
Join us on the 4th Saturday to help make North Beach Park a better park and Seattle a better city. We provide tools, gloves and guidance. You bring a willingness to play in the woods. For registration and further details, please visit this website.

Saturday, September 14, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., main entrance: EarthCorps work party
Join us for the next EarthCorps work party. We’re making great headway in cleaning out some ivy and blackberry from the very front of the park. This is a great event to bring a group to – whether a couple friends, a family reunion, or a church group. To sign up, visit EarthCorps’ volunteer page and go to September 14th.

Both events meet at 90th St. and 24th Ave. NW. Bring water and a snack if you need it; the EarthCorps event has a lunch break. Wear sturdy shoes and weather-appropriate layers that can get dirty. (Long sleeves are helpful when working in stinging nettle and blackberry.) Parking is available on 90th St., east of 24th Ave.

Seattle Parks Foundation
Support the restoration at North Beach Park by making a tax-deductible donation to the Seattle Parks Foundation. Visit our project and click on the “Donate” button. All proceeds donated will be used in our restoration
efforts.

We look forward to seeing you at these events!

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Join Friends of North Beach Park at one of these upcoming events — we hope to see you soon.

Saturday, July 27, 9 a.m. to Noon: Friends of North Beach Park work party.
“Friends of North Beach Park” meets the 4th Saturday of the month, now through November. We provide tools, gloves and guidance. You bring a willingness to play in the woods helping make North Beach Park a better park and Seattle a better city. Wear weather-appropriate layers that can get dirty and sturdy shoes or mud boots. Bring water or snacks as you need them, but there are no facilities in the park. All ages welcome, but children must be kept under supervision of their parent or guardian. Parking is available on 90th street, east of 24th. Metro route #61 goes directly past the park, and routes #48 and #40 stop at 85th St. and 24th Ave. For registration and further details, please visit the Green Seattle Partnership website.

Saturday, August 10, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Art in the Garden, 8527 25th Ave. NW
Friends of North Beach Park will be at Art in the Garden, a neighborhood party sponsored by the Ballard P Patch. There are a beer garden, artists booths, food trucks, and a lovely p-patch in full bloom. Stop by to say hello, meet your forest stewards and talk about North Beach Park. Stay to enjoy the Art in the Garden, pie auction, food, and fun. We look forward to meeting you. For further information, visit the Art in the Garden website.

Saturday, August 24, 9 a.m. to Noon: Friends of North Beach Park work party.
Here’s a reminder for the 4th Saturday work party in August. Many of the details for the July work party are the same. Exactly what we’ll be working on hasn’t been set yet, but it’s sure to be challenging fun. For registration and further details, please visit the Green Seattle Partnership website.

If you can’t make the July or August work parties, dates for the rest of the year are September 28, October 26, and November 23. The October and November work parties are likely to involve planting.

EarthCorps at North Beach Park
EarthCorps returns to North Beach Park September 14th. EarthCorps events run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Please visit the EarthCorps website to sign up.

Donate to North Beach Park
If you can’t make it to a work party but would like to support our efforts, please visit the Seattle Parks Foundation website at http://seattleparksfoundation.org/current-projects-north-beach-park/ and click on the “Donate” button. All proceeds from your tax-deductible donation will be spent on improving the park.

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Here are some of the events coming up in or around North Beach Park. It’s a busy summer!

Saturday, July 13, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., main entrance: EarthCorps work party.

EarthCorps will provide all the tools, information, and expertise needed to help us get ahead of the ivy and woody invasives with this work party. We’ll be working at the base of the slope of the Headwaters Bowl, bringing new areas into restoration. This means we’ll encounter some fun trash. For further information and to register, please go to their website and click on the dark blue square for July 13. There are still plenty of places left!

This is the second of four work parties EarthCorps will sponsor in North Beach Park this year. We’ll post the other dates as soon as we know them.

Saturday, July 27, 9 a.m. to Noon, main entrance: Friends of North Beach Park work party.

“Friends of North Beach Park” meets the 4th Saturday of the month, now through November. We provide tools, gloves and guidance. You bring a willingness to play in the woods helping make North Beach Park a better park and Seattle a better city. Wear weather-appropriate layers that can get dirty and sturdy shoes or mud boots. Bring water or snacks as you need them, but there are no facilities in the park. All ages welcome, but children must be kept under supervision of their parent or guardian. Parking is available on 90th street, east of 24th. Metro route #61 goes directly past the park, and routes #48 and #40 stop at 85th St. and 24th Ave. Sign up on the GSP site so we know you’re coming.

If you can’t make the July work party, dates for the rest of the year are August 24, September 28, October 26, and November 23. The October and November work parties are likely to involve planting.

Saturday, August 10, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Art in the Garden – meet your forest stewards!

Art in the Garden is a neighborhood party sponsored by the Ballard P Patch, at 8527 25th Ave. NW. There are a beer garden, artists’ booths, and a lovely p-patch in full bloom. This year also features food trucks and an eating area. Don’t forget the pie auction and bake sale! Friends of North Beach Park will be at a table on 25th Ave. Stop by to say hello, find out what our plans for North Beach Park are, and make suggestions. Stay to enjoy the Art in the Garden, food, and fun. This is our second year at this event and we look forward to seeing you. For further information, visit their web site.

And, as always, if you can’t make it to a work party but would like to support our efforts, please visit the Seattle Parks Foundation website and click on the “Donate” button to make a tax deductible donation. All proceeds will be spent on improving the park.

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Thanks to the generosity of our donors, Friends of North Beach Park raised nearly $200 during GiveBIG on May 16th. This was very successful, considering our modest efforts.

A portion of these proceeds will be matched by the Seattle Foundation, for which we are also thankful.

The money raised will enable us to buy youth gloves and monitoring equipment, both of which will help us continue to restore North Beach Park.

You don’t need to wait for GiveBIG, though. You can make a donation to Friends of North Beach Park at any time, by following this link, and selecting “Friends of North Beach Park” from the Donation Designation drop-down list.

Monetary support will help us continue the work to help the forest, help the sound, and help the future.

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Today, join Friends of North Beach Park, and friends of parks all over Seattle, as we give BIG. The Seattle Foundation will match online donations made to member organizations. The Seattle Parks Foundation, our fiscal sponsor, is in that group.

If you give $20, that is $10/year for the first two years, and it will become $10/year for the next two years as well.

To GiveBIG for North Beach Park, go to the Seattle Foundation website:

Click the “Donate Now” button.
Select the “Make a credit card donation” option.
Fill out the donation form.
Here’s the important part: In the comments field enter “Friends of North Beach Park.”
Click “submit” and you’re done!

Your donation to The Seattle Parks Foundation is tax deductible. All donations to North Beach Park will go toward purchasing equipment and crew time to continue our volunteer restoration efforts. We’ve gotten a good start, but there’s much work to be done.

Here is a link to the front page of the Seattle Foundation website, so you can investigate a little further.

If you want any further information about our restoration efforts, or have any questions, please don’t hesitate to email me at lukemcguff@yahoo.com.

Thank you for your support and interest in this project.

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4th Saturday Work Party
Saturday, March 23, 2013
9 a.m. to 12 noon
(see fine-print details below)

Join us for our monthly work party and welcome spring to the park with invasive removal. See what’s budding, what’s blooming, and listen for the birdsong. Well, we might be too noisy to hear much birdsong. Here are some pictures.

If you haven’t been to the park for a while, you’ll see many pink with black polka dog flags, indicating new plants of many types. And you’ll see how last year’s plants are doing. You’ll also see how much more open the park is, with the holly and laurel removal done by the Natural Area Crew in February.

Large piles of laurel and holly.

There’s still plenty of work to do. We’ll be concentrating on working between the main trail and the stream, pulling ivy and working downstream. Another crew will go into the Central Valley to put survival rings on trees (this work can be physically demanding). We have a good long stretch of time of invasive removal before next planting season, so let’s keep up the good work!

The March work party of 2012 was the first major planting party since restoration started. In the year since, we planted more than 600 trees, shrubs, and ground covers, including many that were being reintroduced to the park. Help us make plenty of room for the 2013 planting season!

And now, the fine-print details:

Meet at the main entrance to the park, 90th St. and 24th Ave. NW.
Wear weather-appropriate layers that can get dirty and MUD BOOTS.
Parking available on 90th st. east of 24th.
We’ll provide tools, gloves, and guidance. Bring water and snacks as you need them.
All ages welcome, children must be kept under supervision of guardian or responsible adult.
This work qualifies for community service credit.
Register online at Cedar.

If you need more information, contact Luke McGuff at lukemcguff@yahoo.com.

If you can’t make it to the workparty, consider donating to support North Beach Park at the Seattle Parks Foundation. Your tax-deductible contribution will go towards hiring Natural Area Crew to work in volunteer-inaccessible areas of the park.

We look forward to seeing you there!

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Saturday, February 23, 9 a.m. to noon
Meet at the main entrance to the park, 24th Ave. and 90th St. NW
Parking along 90th, east of 24th.
Wear weather-appropriate layers that can get dirty and MUD BOOTS.
Bring water and snacks if you need them; there are no facilities on site.
All ages and skill levels welcome, but children must be under the supervision of their parents.
For further information, please contact Luke McGuff at lukemcguff@yahoo.com

All that AND it’s fun! Meet neighbors and work together to restore a great ravine park.

The 2012 planting season went very well for North Beach Park; more than 400 plants went into the park. Many thank yous to Drexie Malone and Tad Anderson, who ran the January planting party.

Salal flowers courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Photo by Walter Siegmund, East Ridge Trail, Squak Mountain State Park, Issaquah, Washington.

We reintroduced to the main body of the park such native shrubs or groundcover as ocean spray, salal, twinberry, maidenhair fern, and wetland grasses (among others). Not to mention all the conifer saplings!

By the end we had run out of room! This is not the worst problem a restoration group can have, and gives us inspiration to make sure that we clear more ground in 2013.

Join us as we begin the main push for invasive removal in 2013. One work group will pull ivy and blackberry between the trail and stream, and the other will work throughout the park to put survival rings on trees (so far, we’ve put survival rings on about 70 trees).

Can’t make it to a work party? Please donate to the Seattle Parks Foundation. Your tax-deductible donation will be used to hire work crews for areas unsuitable for volunteers. Visit their North Beach Park donation page.

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The usual details:

Saturday, January 26, 9 a.m. to noon
Meet at the main entrance to the park, 90th st. and 24th Ave. NW.
Wear mud boots and weather-appropriate layers that can get dirty. We’ll provide tools, gloves, and guidance.
Parking available north of 90th and east of 24th. Metro Route #61 stops near the park northbound.
Bring your own water and snacks.

Pictured here: Cascara, vine maple, silver spruce, tapered rush (for the wetlands) and others.

This month’s work party will be run by Drexie Malone and Tad Anderson, and they have a variety of plants ready for you to help place into the park. The plants come from Swansons Nursery‘s “Trees for Salmon” Program, the Parks Department, and private donations. Some are being introduced to the park, and others exist only because of previous restoration planting. Some are already found in the park growing wild.

Join us for what is likely to be the last planting work party of the season. Planting is part of the reward for the earlier work of removing invasives.

Can’t make a work party? Please consider donating to the Seattle Parks Foundation, which provides fiscal sponsorship to North Beach Park. Your donation to them is tax deductible and will go towards park projects. Click here to read about the park and donate.

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No work party in North Beach Park in December! But there are still plenty of opportunities to help restore our urban forests:

GOLDEN GARDENS is having a work and planting party on the 8th (this Saturday). It happens from 9 a.m. to 12 noon; meet at the dog park parking lot on Seaview Ave NW. Contact Doug Gresham at doug@greshamenvironmental.com for further information.

CARKEEK PARK is having a work party on the 15th. It happens from 9 a.m. to noon as well. Contact dalerayjohnson@comcast.net for meeting place and further information.

In both cases, tools, gloves, and guidance will be provided. Wear weather-appropriate layers that can get dirty, and bring your own water and snacks.

Our first work party. Photo by Drexie Malone.

North Beach Park work parties will return on January 26th. Save the date! We’ll be planting some trees and plants provided by Swansons Nursery’s Trees for Salmons program. There are a lot of details still to be worked out, but the date and time are set!

2012 was a great year for North Beach Park. We had nine work parties, three visiting grade schools, UW ESRM 100 students, two major planting parties, two more forest stewards, and a separate project in the South Plateau working with young adults living in the Labateyah Youth Home. We also got fiscal sponsorship from the Seattle Parks Foundation, and received a microgrant from Groundswell NW.

You can support North Beach Park by making a tax-deductible donation to the Seattle Parks Foundation, and directing it to North Beach Park. Go to their donations page, and select “Friends of North Beach Park” from the Donation Designation drop-down box. Any money raised will be used to hire a natural area crew to work in the areas too steep for volunteers.

Photo by Kelsie Mhoon for MyBallard.com

For 2013, we have ten work parties scheduled: January-April, and June-November. All work parties are on the 4th Saturday, 9 a.m. to noon, and meet at the main entrance to the park, 90th St. and 24th Ave NW

As we learn more about North Beach Park, from stewarding it, working with its neighbors, and studying its ways, our appreciation deepens. We hope you can join us in 2013, and we are thankful for your support in 2012.

November 2012 work party. Photo by Keelin Curran.

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Saturday, November 24, 9 a.m. to 12 Noon
Meet at the main entrance to the park, 90th St. and 24th Ave. NW
Parking along 24th, N. of 90th; and along 90th, E. of 24th.

Bring water and snacks. Wear sturdy shoes (or muckboots for wetland work) and weather-appropriate layers that can get dirty. We’ll provide tools, gloves, and guidance. All ages and skill levels welcome, but children must be under the supervision of their parent/guardian at all times. Email lukemcguff@yahoo.com for more information. Or register on line.

Take a break from Thanksgiving weekend and work off those calories with some community gardening. And we can be thankful we live in a place where the city and nature are so intertwined. As a special treat, 14 lucky participants will get a water bottle from Green Seattle Day.

We have nearly 200 native plants and shrubs to go into various areas of the parks, from the wetlands up the slopes. These plants will restore food sources and habitat for wildlife and will also help stabilize the slopes. Here are a few snapshots of the plants in their temporary home at the Carkeek Nursery.

We also will debut several new planting spades, gloves, and other tools purchased with the Groundswell NW microgrant. Thank you Groundswell NW!

We would also like to thank the many other organizations without whom this work would not be possible: Seattle Parks Foundation, for providing fiscal sponsorship. Green Seattle Partnership, for providing tools, training, and logistics coordination between volunteers and the Parks Department. Seattle Parks and Recreation, for providing all these lovely plants. And of course, the many volunteers who have given, in some cases, hundreds of hours to restoration work in North Beach Nature Area and other Seattle parks.

If you would like to make a tax-deductible donation to support the work of North Beach volunteers, please click here. Select “Friends of North Beach Park” from the drop-down list. Any money received will be used to hire a Natural Area Crew to work in the steeper parts of the park.

Thank you for all your support! We look forward to seeing you Saturday the 24th.

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For the presentation at Antioch, I made up a resource list of organizations working to clean up Seattle’s parks and forests and a “further reading” list. Then I forgot to hand them out. So you get them now, with the added benefit that the various links are live. (Also, explanatory verbiage.) Tomorrow will be the further reading list.

Organizations working to restore Seattle’s forested parks.

Green Seattle Partnership: GSP provides training for forest stewards, coordinates logistics on a city-wide basis, and has a great calendar of events. The Green Seattle Partnership model is being developed in other cities — Green Kirkland Partnership, Green Tacoma Partnership, and Green Everett Partnership among them.
EarthCorps: Earthcorp’s motto is “Local Restoration, Global Leadership.” The sponsor events around the city and the Sound. They have a summer program that brings youth from around the world to work in this area, who then go home to share their knowledge.
ForTerra: ForTerra used to be called the Cascade Land Conservancy, but as the importance of the work they do with Green Seattle Partnership has risen, they changed their name. ForTerra provides the manpower for much of the GSP work.
Seattle Parks Foundation: Among other things, the Seattle Parks Foundation provides fiscal sponsorship for parks seeking grants or donations. Go here, fill out the form, and select “Friends of North Beach” from the Designation drop-down list.

More information about native plants.

Washington Native Plant Society: They have chapters all around the state — Seattle’s chapter is the “Central Sound” chapter. They’ve done much research into what is and isn’t a “native” plant, where they live and so on.

King County Native Plant Guide

Photos, planting and landscaping guides, common and scientific name listings — just about everything you can use to find out about growing native plants.

More information about weeds and invasive plants.

IvyOut: A handy little website produced by the WNPS. There is a page listing ivy-free nurseries.

King County Noxious Weeds

If you’re feeling down in the dumps, browsing this page will cheer you right up.

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February Work Party at North Beach Park

Year in Review

November Work Party Report

North Beach Park November Work Party

November at North Beach Park

October and November at North Beach Park

Tomorrow! Art in the Garden

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