Share fruit, build community! From our City Fruit partner: Do you still have excess fruit from your trees? Then request a U-Pick Harvest Box! City Fruit will come pick it up, and deliver your fruit to a local food bank on your behalf. It’s an easy, no fuss way to… [ Keep reading ]
Have a hand in restoring Seattle’s forests during the Green Seattle Partnership’s biggest party of the year, Green Seattle Day! We want you to dig in, and to get out into your local neighborhood to help us kick off our planting season. Join the fun at 15 parks across the… [ Keep reading ]
All Seattle Parks and Recreation community centers, pools and teen life centers will be closed on Thursday, Sept. 13 for a staff training. The only programs that will be operating will be Preschool and School Aged Care; all other programs, lessons and activities will be canceled for the day.
Spots available at Alki, Ballard & Queen Anne community centers Seattle Parks and Recreation is offering SPP Pathway Preschool Programs for families looking for high quality care with income-based financial assistance for tuition. These programs are part day (3.5 hours) and are offered five days a week from 9… [ Keep reading ]
The City, in partnership with the Seattle Public School District, is preparing contingency plans for students and families in the event school does not start on September 5th as currently scheduled. Check back here for updates.
Join Seattle Parks and Recreation and the Friends of Camp Long for the fifth annual Camp Long Mountain Fest, a celebration of Seattle’s vibrant outdoor community and Camp Long’s place in mountaineering history. This free, family friendly event will take place at the Camp Long Environmental Learning Center (5200 35th Ave…. [ Keep reading ]
Yesler Terrace Park, Seattle’s newest park, officially opened on Aug. 25 with a community celebration and ribbon cutting ceremony. With sweeping views to downtown, Elliott Bay and Mount Rainier, Yesler Terrace Park is located next to the Yesler Community Center and offers something for everyone in its two-acre footprint…. [ Keep reading ]
The Friends of Piper’s Orchard invite the community to join them in celebrating Carkeek Park’s historic orchard on Saturday, September 15 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Events will include cider pressing and tasting, live music, an apple pie contest, activities for kids, guided tours of the historic orchard and… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle was named a 2017 Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation in honor of our commitment to effective urban forest management. The community also received a Tree City USA Growth Award for demonstrating environmental improvement and higher level of tree care. Seattle achieved Tree City USA recognition by… [ Keep reading ]
Flourish: Heaven & Earth 10 at Carkeek Park, August 20 – October 21 Guest-curated by ArtSite Ltd. Opening reception Saturday, September 15, 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m., Education Center Table / Individual Artist Stations in Park. Since 2009, the Heaven & Earth exhibition series has served as a kind of incubator for… [ Keep reading ]
