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First visit to the greenbelt
Today our elementary school students came out for their first visit to the greenbelt. As they arrived, we gave them a history of the greenbelt and an overview of what they would be doing. In giving the history of the site, we explained the bad condition that the greenbelt used to be in. The Himalayan…
Saturday November 15th
Today was a beautiful day to work in the green belt. We began the work party with invasive species removal, clearing Himalayan Blackberry and English Ivy from a 3,250 sq ft area. While we were removing invasive species we listened to sailor shanties by Trench Mouth. Once we finished invasive removal we began planting. With…
Our busy interns
Today we accomplished a few small, but important, tasks. We started by transporting about 80 fern and 6 willow trees down the trail. We split up the group to distribute the work load: a few interns hand-pulled Himalayan blackberry through cardboard over a 4000 sq.ft. area, while the rest of our group worked on trail…
A Very busy Thursday, 11-6-2008
It was a rainy day today but everyone worked hard. We had several groups out today, including University Prep and Blank C&T. The students from University Prep did a lot of work for us; we managed to sheet mulch a 500 sq ft area. The group from Blank C&T began the day with Himalayan blackberry,…
GREEN SEATTLE day!!!
We had 59 volunteers come out this Saturday and we were able to get a lot done. We began the day by splitting up into two groups and we removed blackberry from two different sections of the cooper site. All together we removed 6,500 sq ft of invasive Himalayan Blackberry.Once the blackberry was removed we…
Empowering young minds
We took a trip to John Hay Elementary school in Queen Anne. We are in process of starting a project that we hope will continue even after these kids move on to the next grade. With the help of their teacher Ms. Burke, our team was able to come in and implant some ideas in…
Growing with what we plant
Today a group of toddlers came out and helped to plant several 1-gallon potted Salal in the West Duwamish Greenbelt. Assisted by their parents, they learned how to plant and water our little native friends. These plants are close in age with these little ones and as they grow up, the Salal they planted will…
Clearing a path
As our interns efforts are constantly challenging, today they partook in something creative and original. They created a passageway through blackberry onto a downhill slope in order to more easily transport mulch to other work sites in the greenbelt. Starting from the top of the hill, they cut and cleared through blackberry, then as they…
Saturday October 25th
It was a beautiful day Saturday, thanks to everyone who volunteered! After a brief introduction we got right to work maintaining a 2,400 sq ft area by removing invasive Himalayan Blackberry, Tansy Ragwort, and Thistle. When we finished cleaning the area, we discussed sheet mulching. All together, we mulched 350 sq ft of land. The…