U P C O M I N G E V E N T S - monthly on second Thursdays 11a-2p
Thurs 6/12 - Cottonwood Corner, Tukwila, RSVP here
Thurs 7/10 - location TBD
Thurs 8/14 - location TBD
May 2025 Photo Post - King Conservation District Wetland Plan Nursery
King Conservation District
U P C O M I N G E V E N T S - monthly on second Thursdays 11a-2p
Thurs 6/13 - Cottonwood Corner, Green Tukwila Partnership, RSVP here
Thurs 7/11 - Pritchard Island Beach, **summertime swimming after**
May 2024 Photo Post - King Conservation District Wetland Plant Nursery
March 2023 Photo Post - King Conservation District Native/Wetland Plant Cooperative Nursery
UPCOMING EVENTS for the Homeschool Stewardship Squad (2nd Thursdays & 4th Wednesdays 11a-2p)
Thurs 3/12: Cottonwood Corner, Riverton Creek, Green Tukwila Partnership
Wed 3/25: Cottonwood Corner, Riverton Creek, Green Tukwila Partnership
Thurs 4/9: Seahurst Beach Park, Green Burien Partnership
Wed 4/22: EARTH DAY! Northacres Park, Haller Lake, Seattle, GSP
Native Plant Potting with the King Conservation District
Squad potted up Pacific ninebark / Physocarpus capitatus for growing on in King Conservation District’s wetland plant cooperative nursery. The plant cooperative is a resource for home and landowners who can trade volunteer time in the nursery for native plants to take home. Additionally, KCD has a wonderful annual bare root native plant sale and community festival, it is coming up on Saturday March 14 at the Tukwila Community Center both indoors and out plus food trucks!
We all enjoyed working alongside the Department of Ecology’s Washington Conservation Corps members. The WCC program hires young people to perform a variety of stewardship tasks around the state, at the end of their term they receive an education grant to spend on tuition or trainings.
NEXT EVENTS for the Homeschool Stewardship Squad (2nd Thursdays & 4th Wednesdays 11-2)
Wed 4/24: Northacres Park, Haller Lake, Seattle, GSP
Thurs: 5/9: Riverton Creek Parcel, Tukwila, GTP
Wed 5/22: Magnuson Park, Seattle, GSP **
Frog Egg Masses, Tadpoles and Potting Natives at the KCD's Wetland Plant Nursery
A few wiggly tadpoles around the abundant egg masses delighted at our work party with the King Conservation District. The flooded beds at their Wetland Plant Nursery Cooperative are always popular for investigation in between bursts of potting, mixing soil, watering and snacking.
Bags and bags of adorable bare root conifer seedlings needed potting up as the end of the season is rapidly approaching. KCD utilizes a mix of 50% mineral soil & 50% recycled organic matter so there was plenty of work to be done shoveling, mixing and delivering soil to the covered potting area.
Even though It was drizzly off and on, newly potted plants always need to be watered to help settle the soil down around the roots and reduce transplant stress. These plants will grow in the nursery for a bit before they are ready for restoration projects. Volunteers can earn their own native plants by working at the nursery, $10/hr!
