Why your Volunteer Service is Important
Our forests need to have diversity and interdependence in order to be healthy and thrive. When forests are thriving, they can provide many benefits to our community like filtering pollution, mitigating erosion and storm damage and providing habitat for wildlife and green spaces where people can connect with nature and the outdoors. Aggressive noxious weeds like English Ivy and Himalayan Blackberry were brought to this area and planted by for their desirable characteristics of staying green all year round or tasty fruits. These plants have upset the balance that our forests need to survive and thrive. Removing these aggressive plants and planting native plants can help restore the balance to a damaged ecosystem.
What to Expect
Event will begin with a discussion that includes information about King County Parks, the park that you are serving in, why this work is important and tool use and safety. King County will supply work gloves, a jug of water, light snacks, all instruction and tools. Young people under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult. Any minors under the age of 18 attending the event without a parent or legal guardian must also bring a signed youth waiver to event in order to participate. Please plan to arrive on time for the start of the event and allow extra time to find parking. Valuable information about the park and instruction on the project is given at the start of the event and it is important for all volunteers to be present. Our project for the day is removing invasive plants from an area of the park and moving woodchip mulch.
What to Bring
Our events run rain or shine so please arrive prepared for the weather. We want you to enjoy your time with us!
- Layers of warm clothing that can get dirty. Jeans or thick pants are ideal, stretchy leggings, shorts or capris are not recommended
- Rain jacket and rain pants
- Closed –toed shoes are essential. Sturdy sneakers, rain boots or hiking boots are ideal
- Full water bottle
- Lunch and snacks
Please do not use GPS or Google Maps alone to navigate to parks. If you use GPS, please double check against this map and/or these directions to ensure the GPS is sending you to the correct meeting spot.
Directions from Seattle
Drive I5 southbound to Exit 162 for Corson Ave toward Michigan St. Merge onto Corson Ave S. Turn right onto S. Michigan St. Take the Washington 99 S/1st Av S Bridge ramp to Washington 509. Merge onto State HWY 509 S/WA 99 S/1st Ave Bridge. Take the exit towards Myers Way/White Center. Merge onto 1st Avenue South. Slight right onto Olson Pl SW. Slight left onto 4th Ave SW. Turn right onto SW 108th St. Turn left onto 10th Ave SW. Park entrance is on your left. Pull in parking lot, marked with a red bullseye on map, and walk up toward picnic shelter/bathroom building. Continue walking along the trail to the other side of the pond. We will meet on the east side of the pond near our worksite. Feel free to call me if you arrive and are unsure where to meet the group.
Closest cross streets are SW 112th St. and 10th Ave SW.
