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Your After Seafair Lake Washington Fecal Coliform Report
King County Public Health has released fecal coliform data for Lake Washington beaches, measured on Monday, August 6th. Here are the before-and-after-Seafair results for Madison Park Beach: 7/30/2012:...
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Agua Verde Paddle Club offers Arboretum wetland tours via kayak
The University of Washington Botanic Gardens and Agua Verde Paddle club are organizing guided kayak tours in the Arboretum Wetlands for the third year in a row. These wetlands are famous for their...
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Arboretum to celebrate gardener Nancy Davidson Short’s 100th birthday
Acclaimed Northwest gardener and former Sunset Magazine editor, Nancy Davidson Short, is turning 100 years old and the Arboretum is throwing a party: Beloved member, advocate, and horticultural expert...
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RERUNS: As Seattle Prep property talks break down, attention turns to green...
Since property talks broke off between WSDOT and Seattle Prep regarding the school’s 2 acres of forested land next to 520, efforts to transfer the land into the public domain have turned to green space...
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Playfield play area renovation begins with community input and design
The children’s play area at Montlake Playfield will be renovated next year to bring it into compliance with current safety standards, and Seattle Parks is asking for community input during the design...
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OMG There is a computer growing in the Garbage Bay wetlands + Monday news
Over the weekend the Seattle Times published an underwater photograph of the Arboretum lily pads, showing a unique perspective on urban bio-diversity. Nearby, in Garbage Bay, there is this: Nature and...
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Interlaken forest restoration work to close road, Friday September 21
Friends of Interlaken Park and the Green Seattle Partnership are hosting a 150+ volunteer work party to clean up Interlaken Blvd between 21st and 24th Avenues. The road will close to vehicles during...
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Montlake Cut gets 75 new native trees
Student volunteers for UW Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability planted 75 new native trees along the Montlake Cut today. The project was funded by a $10,000 grant won in a video competition...
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Tonight: Montlake play area design review
The second of three design meetings for the Montlake Playfield play area renovation is tonight from 6:30-8:30 at the Community Center. Via Seattle Parks: In September, Parks conducted a workshop to...
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Arboretum holiday sale: Gifts & greens galore
The Arboretum Foundation’s holiday sale and fundraiser is December 7th & 8th, offering sustainably harvested wreaths, eco-friendly swags and garlands, and plenty of non-invasive Highclere holly....
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Sick Volunteer Park coyote ‘removed’— Sightings continue in Interlaken Park?
CHS and King 5 report that USDA wildlife officials today shot and killed a coyote showing signs of mange that had been roaming around Volunteer Park. From CHS: UPDATE: 3:30 PM: A USDA spokesperson...
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New HistoryLink: Washington Park Arboretum
HistoryLink has published another new neighborhood article, this time on the Washington Park Arboretum. A few highlights… The park was planned as part of the city’s first Bicycle Master Plan, at a time...
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New multi-use trail coming to the Arboretum, Ramp-to-Nowhere to be demolished
Walking and biking in the Washington Park Arboretum will be easier in coming years, with today’s announcement of a new multi-use trail to be funded through SR 520 mitigation efforts. The trail will...
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Union Bay Watch: The First Sign of Spring
These beautiful young owlets may very well be some of the first Washington birds hatched in 2013. While this photo is not from our neighborhood there is a good chance that young Great Horned Owlets may...
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Arboretum creating digital map of plant collection
The folks at UW Botanic Gardens are at work on a digital map of the Arboretum’s plant collection that will allow visitors to look up species info on smartphones as they wander through the park. The...
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Montlake Family Fitness group seeks donations for new outdoor sport court
There’s a new community group in town. Montlake Family Fitness is a group of neighbors working to add an outdoor sport court to the renovation of the playground at Montlake Community Center this fall....
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Fire Station 22 to grand marshal Montlake family 4th of July parade
Montlake’s annual 4th of July parade and picnic is ready to roll through the neighborhood again this year. The festivities are set to begin at Montlake Community Center at 10am with bicycle, tricycle...
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Woodpecker fledgling leaves Interlaken Park nest
Union Bay Watch has been following the family nest of Elvis the Woodpecker in Interlaken Park and has posted photos showing the rapid growth of two hatchlings likely born around June 1st. On Monday,...
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Public comment: Create wildlife habitat along the 520 corridor
Submitted by Larry Hubbell, on behalf of the eagles, herons and other species living near 520 in Union Bay: The current 520 plans contain a number of positive environmental improvements, for example:...
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Arboretum North Entry project to reclaim wetlands, create overlook hill
The end game for the new Arboretum multi-use trail announced last week is the second phase North Entry project planned for the post-520-replacement-era. The project would return the WSDOT Peninsula /...
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