We'll drop back in along the Alki Trail and continue south down the fence line where we’ve been opening up the foliage since last year—creating a brighter, safer and more welcoming expanse along the bike path. There will be trash collection and Sprucing opportunities here as well, continuing to address blackberry, ivy and weed overgrowth—and raising the under-canopy a bit for better lines of sight.

We’ll return to Seacrest Park this week and continue Sprucing along the shoreline path between Cove 1 just north of Salty’s and Cove 2 in front of Marination. The area has some willow overgrowth as well as the usual English ivy and blackberry brambles that we’ll work on removing, we got a great start the past several weeks and look forward at moving north towards Marination.

We'll head back to the east side of S. Spokane St. to help Mary clean up this always in need area. We’ll park in the little lot that we started Sprucing last year and continue down the bike path on that side of Spokane. We’ll be working on removing invasives, trimming the edges along the bike path, and clearing trash.

Hi team, a group member’s granddaughter has made a special request to cleanup the neighborhood around her dance studio. In particular she wanted to clean up a little planting bed at 42nd & Edmunds which was recently pruned up uncovering lots of trash, it is kitty-corner to Jefferson Square Safeway and across the street from US Bank.

Genesee Hill Elementary School reached out about a Block Drop cleanup at Lincoln Park on MLK Jr. Day, so I’ll set up for a bunch of kids on the south parking lot, closest to the ferry dock.

While the kids work on trash in the park we’ll plan on Sprucing up under a couple large trees between the small parking lot and the play area.

We’ll meet forest steward Heather Scott at her dead end entrance into Schmitz Park off Spokane St., and continue helping dive into English ivy removal. We’ve made great progress there this past year with many large-scale ivy pulling events. We’ll work on connecting past areas cleared.

We’ll return to Seacrest Park this week and work on Sprucing up on the path between Cove 1 just north of Salty’s and Cove 2 in front of Marination. The area has some willow overgrowth as well as the usual English ivy and blackberry brambles that we’ll work on removing, we got a great start on it last week and look forward at moving north towards Marination.

We’ll join Mary down at Cove Park next to the Fauntleroy Ferry this week and give it a seasonal Sprucing; weeding beds, thinning overgrowth, pruning and removing any trash. This is a beautiful little street end park with active ferry traffic and great water views.

We'll drop back in along the Alki Trail and continue south down the fence line where we’ve been opening up the foliage since last year—creating a brighter, safer and more welcoming expanse along the bike path. There will be trash collection and Sprucing opportunities here as well, continuing to address blackberry, ivy and weed overgrowth, and raising the under-canopy a bit for better lines of sight.

We’ll be helping the group Schmitz Park Creek Restore pull ivy, blackberry and other invasives so that native plants and animals can continue to flourish in the park. This is an ongoing, impactful effort to help the group restore the park and creek.

We’ll meet forest steward Heather Scott at her dead end entrance into Schmitz Park off Spokane St., and continue helping her dive into English ivy removal. We’ve made great progress there this past year with many large-scale ivy pulling events. We’ll work on connecting past cleared areas.

We’ll return to Seacrest Park this week and work on Sprucing up on the path between Cove 1 just north of Salty’s and Cove 2 in front of Marination. The area has some willow overgrowth as well as the usual English ivy and blackberry brambles that we’ll work on removing, we got Cove 1 cleaned up over the past months so will now focus on heading north.

We'll head back to the east side of S. Spokane St. to help Mary clean up this always in need area. We’ll park in the little lot that we started Sprucing last year and continue down the bike path on that side of Spokane. We’ll be working on removing blackberry along the bike path and clearing trash.

We’ll meet forest steward Heather Scott at her dead end entrance into Schmitz Park off Spokane St., and continue helping her dive into English ivy removal. We’ve made great progress there this past year with many large-scale ivy pulling events. We’ll work on connecting past cleared areas.

We’ll head back to the always in need, abused street end that is Marginal Place. We were there just a couple weeks back and it’s already trashed due to the ongoing wire-stripping and illegal dumping opportunists. This will become more of an area of emphasis in 2026.

We have a special cleanup request in and around the oft neglected no-man’s land in the triangle between Alaska St, Fauntleroy Way and 35th Ave. We’ll meet outside the American Legion Post at 37th & Alaska and can spread out in all directions within those boundaries and anywhere else close by.

We'll drop back in along the Alki Trail and continue south down the fence line where we’ve been opening up the foliage since last year—creating a brighter, safer and more welcoming expanse along the bike path. There will be trash collection and Sprucing opportunities here as well, continuing to address blackberry, ivy and weed overgrowth, and raising the under-canopy a bit for better lines of sight.

We'll drop back in along the Alki Trail and continue south down the fence line where we’ve been opening up the foliage since last year, creating a brighter, safer and more welcoming expanse along the bike path. There will be trash collection and Sprucing opportunities here as well, continuing to address blackberry, ivy and weed overgrowth, and raising the under-canopy a bit for better lines of sight.

We'll drop back in along the Alki Trail and continue south down the fence line where we’ve been opening up the foliage since last year, creating a brighter, safer and more welcoming expanse along the bike path. There will be trash collection and Sprucing opportunities here as well, continuing to address blackberry, ivy and weed overgrowth, and raising the under-canopy a bit for better lines of sight.

Hi team, I was reached out to by the Park Punks who are throwing a social cleanup on Alki on Monday, Dec 22 from 12-6pm, and they asked if we’d like to join in!

We’ll head back to Duwamish Head Greenspace with Heather on Friday and continue pulling ivy after getting 200+ native plants in the ground over the past month! We’ll be “scouting” for an area for an upcoming Eagle Scout project for a West Seattle scout who will be clearing a section of the green space with his troop.

We’ll return to Seacrest Park this week and work on Sprucing up Cove 1 just north of Salty’s with the little pier and the Luna Girls sculpture. The cove has some willow overgrowth as well as the usual English ivy and blackberry brambles that we’ll work on removing, we got the south end of the cove cleaned up over the past two visits so will now focus on the north end.

Hi team, join us on Wednesday, December 17th from 4-7pm at Christo's on Alki for our third annual Winter Solstice party to celebrate all our hard work and fellowship over the past year.

We'll join Mary back down on the fishing pier side of S. Spokane where we’ll Spruce up the pier and bike trail. The area just had an encampment sweep so we’ll be able to get in and work the fence line and other areas we haven’t touched in a while.

We’ll head back to the always in need, abused street end that is Marginal Place. We were there just a couple weeks back and it’s already trashed and “in need” due to the ongoing wire-stripping and illegal dumping opportunists. This will become more of an area of emphasis in 2026.

DNDA is holding a planting sessions this Saturday at Roxhill Park now that the bog project is underway. We’ll show up and help collaborate, DNDA will have all the planting tools so you can just show up to this event if interested in helping to restore the park.

We’ll head back to our newly adopted forest steward parcel in Schmitz Park which we started planting last week and got a lion’s share of our 200+ native plants in the ground! We'll be planting and clearing over in the tributary section of the parcel this week which is about 100 yards down the paved trail from the park entrance.

We’ll return to Seacrest Park this week and work on Sprucing up Cove 1 just north of Salty’s with the little pier and the Luna Girls sculpture. The cove has some willow overgrowth as well as the usual English ivy and blackberry brambles that we’ll work on removing, we dug into the north end of the cove last week and will pick up where we left off.

We'll join Mary back down on the fishing pier side of S. Spokane where we worked last week Sprucing up the pier and bike trail. The area just had an encampment sweep so we’ll be able to get in and work the fence line and other areas we haven’t touched in a while.

DNDA is holding two planting sessions this week at Roxhill Park now that the bog project is underway. Just an FYI, I will not be at this Tuesday event due to an appointment, but I will be at Saturday’s event. DNDA will have all the tools so you can just show up to this event if interested in helping to restore the park.