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Seattle to Tacoma
Municipal Assistance (alphabetically by city)
Bellevue
The City of Bellevue Parks and Community Services Department Natural Resource Division manages 1347 acres of Bellevue's 1888 acres of park land to maximize multiple public benefits including land buffering, wildlife habitat, passive recreation and water quality. Visit: www.ci.bellevue.wa.us
Key staff include:
Geoff Bradley, Natural Resource Supervisor
P.O. Box 90012
Bellevue, WA 98009-9012
T:425.452.2740
F:425.452.2740
gbradley@ci.bellevue.wa.us
Redmond
The City of Redmond has 1000 acres of developed parkland and 300 acres of undeveloped parkland. The city has conducted several restoration projects along trails and roadway shoulders, including the River Walk on the Samammish River and the Watershed Preserve area. Visit:
www.ci.redmond.wa.us/insidecityhall/parksrec/parks_recreation.asp
For more information contact:
Park Operations (general number)
Natural Resources Department
16600 NE 80th Street
Redmond, WA 98073
T:425.556.2825
The Public Works - Natural Resources Division also conducts restoration projects.
Key staff include:
Peter Holt, Outreach Coordinator
T:425.556.2822
Seattle
Seattle has many native plant projects throughout the city, and has its own nursery for growing native plants. For more information on this nursery or other city efforts related to naturescaping please contact Park and Recreation Department staff.
Forward all questions regarding native plant projects within the Parks to:
Parks and Recreation Department
Parks & Recreation Administration Building
100 Dexter Avenue North
Seattle, WA 98109
T:206.684.4075
Seattle's Public Utilities Department - Conservation and Environment Division provides free information on beneficial landscaping practices and sustainability. Visit: www.cityofseattle.net/util/rescons/default.htm then click Natural Landscaping or Natural Lawn or Landscape Professionals or another.
For more information on Conservation and Environment Division's Programs contact:
Seattle Public Utilities
710 Second Avenue, Suite 505
5th Floor Dexter Horton Building
Seattle, WA 98104
Reception: T:206.684.7666
While not offered by the City of Seattle, the U.S.E.P.A. provides a list of "Demonstration Gardens" around Seattle that illustrate beneficial landscaping concepts. Visit:
http://yosemite1.epa.gov/R10/ECOCOMM.NSF/BLstartpage?OpenPage
Snohomish County
Snohomish County Native Plant Salvage Project
Many volunteer opportunities to assist in plant salvages and learn more about native plant ecology.
Scott Moore, Native Plant Salvage Coordinator
T:425.388.3464, ext.6462
http://yosemite1.epa.gov/R10/ECOCOMM.NSF/BLstartpage?OpenPage
Tacoma
Tacoma Parks and Recreation manages approximately 1,730 acres of parklands, about 600 of which is developed. Tacoma boasts several natural areas including Point Defiance Park which is primarily forest, Swan Creek natural area, tidal lands, wet lands, the Nature Center at Snake Lake and a native garden at Point Defiance. Visit: www.tacomaparks.com
Key staff include:
Kristi Evans, Planning and Development Manager
Parks Department
4702 South 19th Street
Tacoma, WA 98405
T:253.305.1054
kristie@tacomaparks.com
Marina Becker, Program Manager Horticulture & Landscape
T:253.591.5328
marinab@tacomaparks.com
Non-Profit Assistance in Salem to Tacoma
King County Native Plant Salvage Project
Offers workshops on Naturescaping and native plant salvage. Conducts native plant salvages four times a year. Their website has a lot of useful information about sustainability and native plants. For more information contact:
Greg Rabourn
T:206.296.1923
greg.rabourn@metrokc.gov
http://dnr.metrokc.gov/wlr/PI/salopps.htm
Kitsap Conservation District Native Plant Salvage Project
Kitsap Conservation District NPSP conducts salvages and has workshops regularly. Their website has a lot of information on beneficial landscape practices.
Sandy Jacobson, NPSP Coordinator
817 Sidney Avenue
Port Orchard, WA 98366
T:360.337.7171
kcd@wa.nacdnet.org
www.kitsapcd.org
Plant Amnesty
Plant Amnesty advocates for urban landscape management and provides a referral service to landscape professionals that provide naturescaping services.
P.O. Box 15377
Seattle, WA 98115-0377
T:206.783.9813
www.plantamnesty.org
Seattle Audubon's - Gardening for Life Program
Gardening for Life runs free naturescaping workshops in Seattle and King County. Look under conservation on the Seattle Audubon website for more information.
Lauren Braden
8050 35th Avenue NE
Seattle, WA 98115
T:206.523.8243, ext.14
conservation@seattleaudubon.org
www.seattleaudubon.org
Seattle Tilth Association
Their emphasis is on organic gardening, but they promote ecologically beneficial gardening and are a clearinghouse of information on composting and related subjects.
4649 Sunnyside Avenue North, Room 1
Seattle, Washington 98103
T:206.633.0451
tilth@seattletilth.org
www.seattletilth.org
Washington Native Plant Society
Website has sections on naturescaping, plant salvage programs and related events.
Washington Native Plant Society
7400 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle, WA 98115
T:206.527.3210 or 888.288.8022
wnps@wnps.org
www.wnps.org
See also nonprofits such as The Nature Conservancy and others on the Rural Assistance page.
Academics in Seattle to Tacoma
This section includes contact information for locally based individuals who are capable of teaching naturescaping classes or workshops. Contact information for educational institutions that provide professional degrees relating to naturescaping are also provided in this section, yet further below.
Victoria Olson, Landscape Designer and Contractor
Puget Sound Native Landscape
T:253.759.5637
gardens@seanet.com
Also runs Design Your Own Native Landscape Workshops through Clover Park Technical College in Lakewood, Washington, Spring Quarter and the City of University Place, Washington, Winter Quarter (call or email her for exact workshop dates).
Brett Johnson
Mercer Island, WA
T:206.232.5734
bnbjohns@home.com
The following educational institutions provide professional degrees relating to naturescaping
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
UW provides degreed programs in landscape architecture. An emphasis in naturescaping is possible. For more information contact:
Iain Robertson, Department Head - Landscape Architecture
T:206.543.9246
iainmr@u.washington.edu
www.caup.washington.edu/HTML/LARCH/
UW Center for Urban Horticulture (in the College of Forest Resources) provides a "Restoration Ecology" certificate in a BA program and an MS/PhD program in Environmental Horticulture and Urban Forestry. For more information contact:
Dr. Linda Chalker-Scott
Center for Urban Horticulture
Box 354115
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195
lindacs@u.washington.edu
http://depts.washington.edu/urbhort/
Note that Washington State University coordinates the Master Gardener program through WSU Extension Service. While Master Gardeners typically know little about naturescaping (previously there was no section on naturescaping in their manual, and most Master Gardeners seem very fond of chemical use), it is now possible, though rare, to find a Master Gardener with some knowledge of naturescaping. For more information see: http://gardening.wsu.edu/text/about.htm
We also recommend inquiring at local community colleges to determine if they offer naturescaping or native plant identification/awareness classes.
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