This guest post comes to us via Gretchen Champoux of Sacred Spaces, a local garden design company. Green Lake is a feast for the eyes right now. No, I’m not talking about all those power-walking “BOB-Stroller-Moms.” I’m talking about the trees. Have you seen them lately? Living in the PNW, it’s easy to take trees for granted. We’re surrounded. I mean, our city gives us trees to plant for heaven’s sakes. I love it. My favorite part of my run or walk around Green Lake is the north end – that is, if you are heading counter clock-wise,…
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Freeway Estates Community Orchard’s first annual Cider Fest a success
Several neighbors gathered at the Freeway Estates Community Orchard’s first annual Cider Fest on Saturday afternoon (October 29, 2011). The Freeway Estates Community Orchard is a strip of public land on the west side of I-5, on 6th Ave NE between NE 60th St and NE 63rd St. A group of volunteers has been transforming the space into an orchard and garden for the community since last winter. Saturday’s event featured free cider and family activities. A design board was set up so that the community could submit ideas and suggestions for the future of the space. Many thanks to…
Volunteers needed to remove weeds at Green Lake Park
The Friends of Green Lake are holding a Green Lake work party on Saturday, November 5, 2011, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m., rain or shine. Participants will weed a restoration site on the Green Lake shoreline, just north of the the Green Lake Pitch & Putt golf course (5701 East Green Lake Way N). Blackberry roots and other weeds need to be removed. Volunteers should dress for the weather. Hiking boots and thick gloves are recommended. If you have weeding tools, you are asked to bring them. For more information about the work party, contact Denise Pardi at friendsofgl [at] gmail.org.
First Annual Cider Fest at the Freeway Estates Community Orchard
The First Annual Cider Fest at Freeway Estates Community Orchard is planned for Saturday, October 29, 2011, 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. The event will feature free cider and activities for all ages, including apple carving. There will also be on opportunity to supply orchard design ideas using paper and crayons that will be available at the site. The Freeway Estates Community Orchard is a strip of public land located on the west side of I-5, on 6th Ave NE between NE 60th St and NE 63rd St. A group of neighbors has been transforming the space into an orchard and garden…
Volunteer work party at the Seattle Sensory Garden
Last night, Merritt Hess posted a call for volunteers to My Green Lake’s Facebook wall. Merritt says that volunteers are needed for a work party at the Seattle Sensory Garden at the Woodland Park Rose Garden (750 N 50th St). Sensory gardens make use of all the senses. Plants and landscape elements are chosen for the garden based on not just their visual qualities, but also their smell, texture, sound and taste. In June, a crew of volunteers cleared the site of the Seattle Sensory Garden, marked the layout of the paths and beds, spread Zoo Doo and readied the site for planting, according to a Facebook…
