EVENTS

Demonstration Parking Strip Native Plant Garden

Saturday, March 21, 9 AM

2255 Minor Ave E.

How can we fit more native plants into our urban environment? Utilize our parking strips!

The ubiquitous sod or beauty bark parking strip can instead be a small park! To demonstrate we're turning a town home parking strip into a garden featuring native plants with blooms and fruits and a variety of colors and textures. We've picked native plants that can handle urban stresses like dogs and a plan that allows people parking to exit curb side and reach the sidewalk.

With the cooperation of 40 volunteers and neighbors the first planting went in March 21.

We'll be organizing a second planting of bare root plants and flowers this fall! Watch for the date!

Stop by 2255 Minor Ave E to see the garden as it fills and grows!

Shoreline Cleanup

Possible summer date to be announced

Remove garbage and invasives from our sensitive shoreline

Each year your neighbor, Harmon Rogers, working with the Eastlake Community Council, organizes a much needed shoreline cleanup. We'll pull invasive plants like English Ivy that's strangling trees and cleanup litter to keep it from entering the environment and Lake Union. The Seattle Dept. of Transportation will provide a tool truck so just wear work clothes and bring some work gloves if you have them. This is a great event if you need volunteer hours for school or work.

Eastlake Native Plant Sale

Fall 2026, date to be announced

The Blue Ribbon/Chinook Marina parking lot off Fairview Ave E.

Because fall is a wonderful time to plant

Fall offers cooler air temperatures and warm soil that stimulate root growth and allow plants to establish themselves in time for the nourishing winter rains. In addition, plants face less competition from weeds and possible harmful pests.

Our previous native plant sales have proved wildly popular. This fall, native plant specialist GoNatives! will be bringing even more plants and a wider selection. Pick up native trees, bushes, shrubs, flowers and ground covers for your gardens or pots. These plants not only look good but provide food for our local insects birds, mammals and pollinators. We'll have some parking spaces reserved for pickup and people on hand to help answer questions or help with loading.

Fairview Park Rewilding

Possible summer work party

Fall native planting

Dates to be announced

Help improve our largest woodland and home for nature

Our last work party on May 9 with volunteers from Rewild Eastlake and the Green Seattle Partnership cleared a substantial chunk of the overrun and garbage filled SE corner. Volunteers pulled out invasive English Ivy, Clematis, Morning Glory, and Himalayan Blackberry and the last remnants of an encampment.

Much needs to be done however; the SE corner still retains sections of heavy invasive plants including hard to pull Clematis. Japanese Knotweed, a plant super villian, is working to establish itself and we're working with Seattle Parks to eradicate it. In addition, the newer plants will need watering this summer to let them establish and volunteers will be needed to run hoses through the hottest months.

Want to help? Watch here for our next work party or signup for Rewild Eastlake emails. Or email us directly and volunteer!