Growing Community Gardens with Housing Hope
|
We are grateful for a productive season and partnership with Housing Hope. The gardens built this year create space and beauty that all of the Housing Hope residents can enjoy.
Read MoreCommunity Harvest and Hustle a Success!
|
What a great way to spend an evening - harvesting corn for those in need and seeing up close the connection between our urban residents and the agricultural land that feeds them!
Read MoreLawns to Lettuce Updates
|
It’s always fun to see before and after photos. Here are some updates from Lawns to Lettuce projects from this year and a few years in the making in Monroe and Everett.
Read MoreTeacher Workshops Held
|
With school out for the summer, SCD offered two different workshops to K-12 teachers. One is called Project WET, and the other is called Green Schoolyard. Learn more and see how much fun they had!
“I enjoyed all of the excellent presenters and tours – all were inspiring and knowledgeable… best training I’ve been to in years.”
Read MoreVet Crew Complete Rain Garden at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Everett
|
In 2017, Our Savior's had SCD out for a site visit to determine if they were a good candidate for a rain garden. They were, but the construction season of 2017 was cut short, ironically, by heavy rains, so it had to wait until 2018. Check out the landscape now!
Read MoreSound Education Earth Day 2018 Event Wrap-Up
|
Earth Day is for students, and all of us. Here’s a summary of some of the projects that were driven by our young people in Snohomish County and on Camano Island.
Read MoreEverett School Wins Round One of the FIRST® LEGO® League Hydro Dynamics Challenge
|
The heroes from the RoboGator Team Green at Northshore Christian Academy in Everett recently won the champion award to qualify for the semi-finals of the FIRST® LEGO® League Hydro Dynamics Challenge
Read MorePartnership Tour with June Robinson
|
This week we had the opportunity to spend a morning showing off projects in the 38th district to June Robinson. We are grateful for our partners in conservation!
Read MoreThe Hardest Working Rain Garden
|
Here's a series of videos showing how hard a recently installed rain garden is working for Cascade High School in Everett.
Read MorePuget Sound Starts at My School
|
Several schools recently finished up their participation in a National Fish and Wildlife funded grant, Puget Sound Starts at My School. This program involved 658 students in the planning, design, and installation of stormwater projects on school campuses. In total, the projects completed through this grant will divert and filter an estimated 435,769 gallons of stormwater every year!
Read MoreEverett Rain Garden Class of 2017
|
Here are another six completed rain gardens in the City of Everett. Want one for your property? Contact the City of Everett and inquire about their rain garden rebate program.
Read MoreWhittier Elementary Rain Garden
|
Photos of the rain garden installation process at Whittier Elementary School in Everett by our Vet Crew this August.
Read MoreSnohomish County Council Member Tour with Monte Marti from Snohomish Conservation District
|
On Monday May 15th, the Snohomish Conservation District (SCD) invited out Council Members Brian Sullivan and Stephanie Wright, to join District Manager, Monte Marti, on a tour around south Snohomish County to view completed stormwater treatment projects within their districts (2 and 3).
The tour consisted of a rain garden on an right of way and a property owner’s house in Edmonds, the Mukilteo Library, Mukilteo Elementary School to view their outdoor classroom, and condominiums along 112th St. SE in Everett.
Read More