The Community Learning Garden is located in the Wallingford neighborhood. In this garden you’ll find a solar greenhouse, cordon and espalier-style fruit trees, blue elderberry, persimmon, cane berries, drought tolerant plantings, annual vegetable beds showcasing the variety of crops that grow in our climate, worm bins, a green roof, a rain garden, a 12 acre park and a farmer’s market.

The Children’s Garden, also located in Wallingford, captivates children with annual and perennial vegetables, a sensory garden, an animal trail and wildlife tunnel, giant kiwi vines, fruit trees, a container garden demonstration, worm bins, compost area, a playground, bathrooms and a picnic area nearby.

Each year, through a partnership agreement with Seattle Parks and Recreation, Tilth’s Community and Children’s Garden provides scholarships and free community events.

Scholarships: Tilth offers gardening classes along with summer camps for kids (ages 1-15) at this community and children’s garden. There are scholarships available for these programs for those that cannot afford to pay.

Community Events: Tilth puts on a variety of community events at this garden location that are open to the public. Please check their calendar for more information.

Madison Park Cooperative Preschool (MPCP) offers a play-based preschool program that provides a solid foundation for future academic learning. MPCP is located at the Madison Park bathhouse on the shores of Lake Washington. Each year, through a partnership agreement with Seattle Parks and Recreation, MPCP provides  scholarships and free community events.

Scholarship: MPCP offers scholarships for those who cannot afford to pay the monthly tuition. See details and application here.

Community Events: Each year MPCP puts on a few community events that are open to the public. In past years they have put on Lectures by parent educators and a Halloween Festival. Check their calendar for events.

Jefferson Park Lawn Bowling Club (JPLBC) provides lawn bowling within Jefferson Park in Beacon Hill. Come enjoy lawn bowling as a serious sport and a recreational activity. JPLBC is proud to belong to the international family of lawn bowlers, and excited to share their sport with Seattle. Each year, through a partnership agreement with Seattle Parks and Recreation, JPLBC provides scholarships, free community events, and discounted room rentals for non-profits, school groups, and community groups.

Scholarships: JPLBC offers up to 50% discount on annual membership fees for those who need assistance. Please see more details here.

Free Community Events: JPLBC hosts a variety of free community events such as: Neighbor Day, Bowl-O-ween, and holiday open house. During the summer JPLBC hosts a weekly Friday Night BBQ & Bowls where anyone can come try out lawn bowling for free. Check out their calendar for upcoming events.

Discounted Room Rentals: JPLBC is has both lawn bowling greens and a clubhouse available to be rented by community members. JPLBC offers a discounted rate for non-profits, school groups, and community groups. Get more info here.

The Roger Dahl Shooting Range is an eight position, 50′ indoor small bore and air range that is conveniently located under the West Seattle Stadium near the Bridge. Dahl runs a number of organized leagues, matches, open practices and a great Junior program. Each year, through a partnership agreement with Seattle Parks and Recreation, Dahl provides youth team scholarships with no-cost for equipment, and hosts community events.

Youth Team: Dahl offers a Junior Rifle Team for participants ages 10-20, for more info see here.

Community Events: Each year Dahl offers a variety of free public events. They offer an annual Fishing Derby that provides gear, fish, and support to all attendees. They also offer an annual open house to their facility with a focus on safety. Check out their calendar here.

Seattle Children’s PlayGarden is a safe, supportive, accessible and innovative place for children of all abilities to play. The PlayGarden offers open play, summer camps, and preschool. Each year, through a partnership agreement with Seattle Parks and Recreation, the PlayGarden provides scholarships to summer and preschool programs, improvements to the park space, and public access to the PlayGarden.

Program Scholarships: Seattle PlayGarden offers half day preschool to children ages 3-5. Financial aid is available. The PlayGarden also offers summer programs for kids, teens, and young adults (up to age 21), and junior counselors. Financial aid is available.

Park Improvements: In 2018 the PlayGarden installed new accessible surfacing and new play equipment.

Open Play: Seattle PlayGarden offers Open Play events where the park is open to all ages and abilities with staff on site to support. Activities in the past have included soccer clinics, events with Kids Carpentry, and others. For upcoming events check here.

Cascade People’s Center (CPC) is operated by the YMCA and is located in the South Lake Union’s Cascade neighborhood. CPC runs programs that engage and connect diverse communities through programs, services and activities that strengthen their neighborhood. Each year, through a partnership agreement with SPR, CPC provides free wilderness first aid training, environmental education and leadership workshops, Bold and Gold wilderness expeditions for youth, and building improvements.

Wilderness First Aid Training: CPC offers YMCA Earth Service Corps programs, where teens can engage with environmental education programs, god on outdoor adventures, and become environmental leaders.

BOLD & GOLD Program: CPC offers YMCA BOLD and GOLD programs, where youth 11-18 can take expeditions to amazing natural spaces in the Pacific Northwest. Financial support is available when needed.

Events: CPC offers free and low-cost events throughout the year to the public. Check here for their monthly calendar.

Building Improvements: In 2018 CPC made significant improvements to the building that they lease from Seattle Parks and Recreation, including improved HVAC, fire alarm, paint, and installation of a security system.

The Smilow Rainier Vista Boys and Girls Club is a place to inspire young people and enable them to realize their full potential. The center offers childcare, teen programs, wellness rooms, computer labs, and two basketball courts. As part of Smilow Rainier Vista Boys and Girls Club’s partnership with Seattle Parks and Recreation offers youth recreation opportunities, low cost teen programs, and low cost access to the computer lab and gym to community and neighbors.

• Youth recreation: The Boys and Girls Club offers school year, summer, and athletic programs for youth. For more information see here.
• For access to teen programs at as low as $50/year, please register here.
• For access to the computer lab or gym access please contact the club at 206-436-1890.

Rainier Beach Urban Farm and Wetlands is Seattle’s largest urban farm. Community members of all ages participate in educational activities at the farm, learning to grow food using practices that are healthy for the environment, restoring the natural wetlands habitat that runs down the middle of the farm, eating farm fresh food and learning about nutrition, and supplying fresh food for the community. The site is co-operated with Friends of Rainier Beach Urban Farm and Wetlands, is owned by Seattle Parks and Recreation and is located in Seattle’s Rainier Beach Neighborhood. As part of this partnership with SPR, Rainier Beach Farm and Wetlands offers free field trips to school groups, a free lunch program in partnership with SPR’s East African Senior Meal Program, free monthly community kitchens open to all, and a free Farm Festival Celebration open the community.

• Field Trips: Rainier Beach Farm and Wetlands is available for school, daycare field trips. The trip will involve age-specific learning, and invite students to use all their sense in exploring the farm, the plants, the animals, and community. Scholarships are available for these field trips for Title I schools or those with financial need. More info here.

• Community Kitchens: The third Sunday of each month anyone can come to Rainier Beach Farm and Wetlands to enjoy at fresh, culturally diverse, and delicious meal. Families can join in the cooking (starts at 1pm), or just come to eat (meal served at 5pm). More info here

• The East African Lunch program is a Seattle Park and Recreation program through our Lifelong Recreation program, that takes place at Yesler Community Center on Thursdays and Saturdays from 11am-1pm, and at Rainer Beach Farm and Wetlands on Fridays from 11am-1pm. Please call 206-684-4664 to join.

• Farm Fest takes place every summer at Rainier Beach Farm and Wetlands! The whole family is invited to enjoy free activities like picking blueberries, cooking demos, discovering the wetlands, making herb crowns, planting seeds, and food trucks, music and more. Check here for the upcoming Farm Fest.

• Rainier Beach Farm and Wetlands also host dozens of volunteer work parties to maintain this land and this farm at no cost to Seattle Parks and Recreation. If you are interested in volunteering, see here.