Friends of Saltwater State Park
Friends of Saltwater State Park is an official State Parks Friends group in existence since 2016. Because Saltwater’s mixture of habitats; such as the amazing underwater marine park for adventurous scuba divers, large intertidal beach for beach explorers, salmon...
Port of Seattle’s ACE fund supported Engaging Trees speaker series
by Barbara McMichael, SoCoCulture Thanks to a grant from the Port of Seattle's Airport Community Ecology (ACE) Fund, SoCoCulture arranged a three-part Engaging Trees speaker series in Fall of 2018 that drew attention to the environmental impact and cultural...
Remembrance trees
by Stephen Lamphear Des Moines Memorial Way was established after World War I as a living memorial to those who gave their lives in it. A privately funded effort transformed a 10-mile section into an American Elm-tree-lined road, from the Seattle City limits to the...
The value of trees
by Amanda Leon Amanda Leon is a former City of Normandy Park's Community Development and Parks Director, and a certified arborist. This is an excerpt from an article that originally appeared in the May 2015 edition of Normandy Park City Scene. In 2006, the U.S. Forest...
Fomenting a pro-tree movement in South King County
by Barbara McMichael, SoCoCulture As an umbrella organization for South King County cultural groups, SoCoCulture is pleased to have as members a number of institutions that are rooted in botany (pardon the pun). Highline SeaTac Botanical Garden, Soos Creek Botanical...