Nature Blog

We’re so excited to have Seattle locals The Moondoggies headlining the Arts in Nature Festival on Saturday night! They bring warm three-part harmonies, a gothic Rhodes organ, and wanderlust guitar mark a sound rooted in boogie blues and cosmic country; whip-smart songwriting leads to hook-heavy tunes that bristle with originality. This show will be an exclusive…

We give our Clips of Faith event a 10 out of 10 for being a smashing success! Thank you to everyone who came out and made this possible, especially New Belgium Brewing for giving us the opportunity. We had lots of fun! Some Stats: About 50 volunteers set up the event, served beer, checked IDs, sold…

It’s beer week at Nature Consortium! We’re gearing up for Clips of Faith (this Friday!), and we’ve got bikes and beer on the brain. New Belgium is set to have 14 of their finest brews on tap, including our staff favorite Ranger IPA. We’re also raffling off a “Fat Tire” cruiser bike (must be present…

Like beer and movies? Volunteers needed at Clips of Faith, our beer and film festival with New Belgium Brewing. The event will be held at Gas Works Park on Friday July 29th, and we need your help to make it great! We had a great weekend at the West Seattle Summer Fest. The weather was beautiful,…

Photos Are Here! Our second annual Wine in the Woods fundraiser on June 30th was a great success! We had a great time out in the West Duwamish Greenbelt listening to live music and enjoying delicious wine and treats. All of us at Nature Consortium would like to thank everyone who helped make this possible: 12th…

The salmonberries in the greenbelt are nearly ripe and ready to eat! These native treats look like raspberries but have an orange-pink (or sometimes bright red) color. They are in the same family as non-native pest Himalayan blackberry and make a great substitute when you want to remove the invasive blackberry. Salmonberries are an important…