Rain gardens and cisterns help our environment, and we can help lower your costs. Depending on where you live in King County, a rain garden or cistern may not be expensive! You may be eligible for a grant or rebate to help you with costs.
Head to rainchangers.org to learn more about grants and rebates available to you!
Be our guest for a memorable fall harvest evening on September 19, 2026, at the original home of Feast on the Farm 17 years ago, nestled in the heart of Carnation, Washington.
Founded in 1996 by farmers Wendy Munroe and Andrew Stout, Griffin Creek Farm was the founding farm of the Full Circle farm box service. From the beginning, the farm has embraced organic and sustainable agriculture not simply as a business model, but as a way of life—guided by a deep commitment to caring for the land, its employees, surrounding wildlife habitat, and the broader food system.
Since 2004, our restoration team has worked alongside the Snoqualmie River at Griffin Creek Farm, planting native vegetation and restoring critical habitat for fish and wildlife. We are currently preparing for an October volunteer planting event where Feast on the Farm guests will have the opportunity to roll up their sleeves, get their boots muddy, and help bring this restoration project to life.
By participating, you’ll experience firsthand the work your support makes possible while building a lasting connection to the farm and the landscape it sustains.
When this project is complete, nearly 8.5 acres of fish and wildlife habitat will have been restored along this stretch of the Snoqualmie River.
Purchase your tickets today and join us for an unforgettable evening featuring a farm tour, locally sourced cuisine, and great company. Then return in October to help plant native trees and shrubs while wild salmon make their journey through the river below.
Celebrate local agriculture. Support habitat restoration. Help create a healthier future for salmon, wildlife, and our community.
Perennial Vintners (PV) is a tiny family run estate winery on Bainbridge Island. Just across Puget Sound from Seattle, PV is the closest commercial vineyard to downtown Seattle restaurants, just 7 miles from the local restaurant scene. PV has been Salmon-Safe certified since 2011.
Being in a cool maritime climate, PV specializes in highly aromatic delicate wines with the bracing acidity that makes for ideal food wines. Newer releases include berry port-style dessert wines, and more familiar dry white and red table wines from warmer climate eastern Washington.
Winemaker Mike Lempriere first made wine as an amateur in 1997, then going on to achieve a WSU certificate in Viticulture. PV opened as a commercial winery in 2006. With vineyards planted in 2004, and lease agreements with nearby vineyards, Perennial also has “old vine” products, with some of WA States older vines, planted in the early 1980’s. (Doesn’t sound like much, but for WA state, 30 years is old!). PV is extremely proud of its estate wines made with Puget Sound AVA fruit, consistently emphasizing Seattle area local product matches in food pairings.
Celebrating Earth Month (April) has come and gone and we wanted to reflect on all our accomplishments. Our volunteers are truly the ones who make our Snoqualmie Stewardship program such a success. We could not restore so much habitat without your help! This past April we worked with 430 volunteers. That is more than all of 2025 in total and we’re only halfway through the year! Volunteers helped us plant nearly 2,000 native trees and shrubs, restoring and maintaining 2.4 acres of riparian habitat on Snoqualmie Valley farms! Our newest Adopt-a-Buffer sponsor, the DLR Group, stood out by planting the most native trees/shrubs by a single group AGAIN. This year they planted nearly 600 plants at Wallace Acres! Thank you DLR Group and all of our amazing volunteers!
Save the date for a webinar in partnership with Greenprint Partners about the Adopt-a-Downspout initiative on July 30th (time TBD). You will learn about 6PPD-q, the toxic chemical killing salmon, and what Stewardship Partners, WSDOT, The Nature Conservancy, and Herrera are doing to stop its spread.
Become a part of a movement where together we protect and restore Washington’s natural beauty!
Join us on September 19th, 2026, at Griffin Creek Farm in beautiful, bountiful Carnation, Washington. The evening will feature an abundance of locally grown produce from the farm and regional food with cocktails, wine, and beer from local producers, tours of the Salmon-Safe farm operation, and a live auction and raffle with goodies you won’t want to miss.
The event promotes awareness of local farms that provide healthy food and actively participate in environmental stewardship. Proceeds will fund Stewardship Partners’ restoration projects in the Snoqualmie Valley. Join us at the farm and experience firsthand the hope that these practices bring for the health of our environment.
Spring has sprung at Salmon-Safe certified Carnation Farms and so have two new rain gardens! Over the past couple of months the Snoqualmie Stewardship Team has been planning, designing and installing two new rain gardens on the farm. They worked closely with Eric Popp, Carnation Farms Director of Regenerative Agriculture, to plan the location of the rain gardens. Eric even provided excavator training for the crew. These rain gardens will filter over 50,000 gallons of water a year and act as great demonstration gardens and talking points about stormwater management and the extra mile Carnation Farms is going to operate sustainably!
As a sustainable, Salmon-Safe certified farm our commitment to ensuring water quality runs deep. Because we recycle millions of gallons of water from our facilities each season, managing runoff is a daily concern for our agricultural operations. Rain gardens help us ensure we think about runoff holistically, beyond just what we use in our fields and facilities. Filtering water from our gutter systems through rain gardens ensures that we are mitigating our water quality impact on the greater environment surrounding the farm, ensuring the long term health of our ecosystem.
Eric Popp, Carnation Farms Director of Regnerative Agriculture
Be sure to visit Carnation Farms for their annual plant sale and Spring Market May 1, 2, 8 & 9! While you’re there stop by the rain garden and talk to Geoff Bough. He’ll be there providing stormwater management education and talking about the rain gardens. Check out all their upcoming events here: https://events.carnationfarms.org/events/
The Rose Family Foundation and King County Flood District provided Flood Reduction Funds for these projects.
Join us for a memorable fall harvest evening on September 19, 2026, at Griffin Creek Farm in Carnation, Washington.
We’re thrilled to welcome this year’s featured chef, Logan Cox of Homer and Milk Drunk. Based in Beacon Hill, Logan and his team are known for their commitment to locally sourced, sustainable ingredients, with a special focus on creative vegetarian cuisine. After dinner, Settle in on a haystack to the sounds of emerging
Stewardship Partners is filtering polluted stormwater runoff, restoring fish and wildlife habitat, supporting green building initiatives, and maintaining sustainable farms, forestland, and communities. Will you join us? Support our online 2026 Spring Fundraiser and spread the word at https://stewardship-partners-spring-fundraiser.auctria.events/.
Is there a better way to celebrate the gift of nature than throwing on your boots, grabbing a shovel and planting native trees and shrubs to restore fish and wildlife habitat? We think not, at Stewardship Partners! We have multiple projects for you to join starting at the end of March to celebrate Earth Month. Here are some examples:
3/28: Help us maintain the rain garden at Centennial Fields Park in Snoqualmie
4/11: Join The Boeing Company and us for a day of planting and maintenance at Sinnema Farm in Carnation
4/18: Visit our Green Stormwater Infrastructure and Habitat Restoration booth at the Duvall Earth and Arbor Day Festival! Enter to win a free rain barrel! No need to sign up, just show up!
4/22: Earth Day Extravaganza at Carnation Farms! We’ll be restoring the banks of the Snoqualmie River by digging out blackberry and planting native trees at a brand new restoration site on the farm.
4/25: Restoration site maintenance and planting at Changing Seasons Farm in Carnation!
We were sold out and at full capacity, and even a surprise snowfall didn’t keep people away. The room was full, the energy was high, and there was a clear sense from the start that this community had shown up ready to engage around the theme of building the green infrastructure community.
We opened the day with remarks from Bothell Mayor Mason Thompson, whose leadership set the tone in a powerful way. What stood out most wasn’t just his vision, but his authenticity. He leads not only with ideas, but with heart—speaking candidly about what it takes to build stronger, more equitable communities, and demonstrating a willingness to say the hard things if it means moving us forward. It was a reminder that real leadership in this space requires both courage and conviction.
Throughout the day, that spirit carried forward. The agenda was rich, the conversations were thoughtful, and the level of engagement in the room was palpable. Between sessions, you could see connections forming—people leaning in, exchanging ideas, and building the relationships that ultimately make this work possible. There was a shared recognition that we are part of something larger than any one project or organization.
We closed with reflections from Andrew Lee, General Manager and CEO of Seattle Public Utilities, who offered a grounding and inspiring perspective. He spoke about the humility he sees in this community—a willingness to trust natural systems and to work with, rather than against, nature. This is a new paradigm, one that asks us to listen, adapt, and partner with the environments we’re working to protect.
Taken together, the day felt like a clear signal of momentum. The challenges in front of us are real, but so is the collective energy, creativity, and commitment in this community. If the Summit showed us anything, it’s that when we come together—bringing both head and heart to the work—we are capable of building something truly transformative.
With gratitude to everyone who showed up fully and continues to push this work forward. Written by Stewardship Partners Board Member Rose Jordan
