The Seattle Japanese Garden invites the community to celebrate Tanabata from 10 a.m. – 7 p.m. on Saturday, July 9. The annual Japanese festival is celebrated with magnificent colors, craft making and a tradition of writing wishes. The garden is located at 1075 Lake Washington Blvd E. Tanabata (Evening of… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle Parks and Recreation staff will be out in Volunteer Park, Oxbow Park, Woodland Park Rose Garden, and surrounding parks mapping the trails, pathways, and park lands this week. We will be using the trekker camera during the work day and should be confining our treks between 9 a.m. and… [ Keep reading ]
Staff from the King County Water and Land Resources Division of the Department of Natural Resources and Parks, doing routine testing, found an algal bloom in the water of Lake Washington at Pritchard Island Beach, 8400 55th Ave. S. Seattle Parks and Recreation is posting warning signs at the site… [ Keep reading ]
Thanks to the Seattle Park District, Seattle Parks and Recreation is distributing $400,000 worth of scholarships to individuals and families for our programs and activities. We recently heard from a community center user about the impact of the scholarship program: “I am a mother of four children living in a single income… [ Keep reading ]
Thanks to funding from the Seattle Park District, we’ve added a Night Maintenance Team, which works on a variety of repairs, upgrades, and other preventive maintenance to better preserve our facilities. And because this team works at night, facilities such as our pools and community centers don’t have to be… [ Keep reading ]
No one likes to gather, workout, and play in uninviting spaces. That’s why we are thrilled our Enhanced Cleaning Team, funded by the Seattle Park District, is making our community centers and facilities shine! This new team is providing deep cleaning and preventive facility maintenance, including high dusting, pressure washing, cleaning… [ Keep reading ]
On June 3, local artist Blanca Santander held her first “Park in the Heart” kids craft table in Ballard Commons Park. With temperatures in the 80s, the park was full of children and families playing in the popular spraypark. The craft table offered a great place for kids to take a break… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle Tilth will offer a wide spectrum of classes on growing food and on sustainable use of natural resources at downtown parks this summer—for free! Topics include summer and fall gardening, growing tomatoes, composting, permaculture, organic garden pest management, and water conservation. For those who live in an apartment or… [ Keep reading ]
Join one of Seattle’s major tennis tournaments Seattle Parks and Recreation and the Amy Yee Tennis Center Advisory Council, along with the help of community sponsors, are proud to bring you the annual Seattle City Open. This year’s event will once again be hosted at Lower Woodland Tennis Courts (south… [ Keep reading ]
Awe-inspiring forests are part of the heritage and appeal of our city. They make our lives better by providing places to play, rest and contemplate. Half of Seattle’s city parkland consists of forested natural areas. Helping to care for Seattle’s urban forest is the Green Seattle Partnership (GSP). The GSP is… [ Keep reading ]
