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
Many thanks to our wonderful speakers, host committee, sponsors, advisory committee, volunteers, and everyone who was able to attend. We recognize and appreciate the time and energy you put in. Huge shout-out to the team at Touch Worldwide! If you like what you saw at the Summit, make sure to check them out for all your branding and event needs.
Join us for a memorable fall harvest evening on September 19, 2026, at Griffin Creek Farm in Carnation—the local breadbasket of Seattle.
We’re thrilled to welcome this year’s featured chef, Logan Cox of Homer. 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.
This year’s event also carries special meaning. Farmers Wendy Munroe and Andrew Stout experienced one of the most destructive floods in recent history this past winter. A portion of the proceeds will go toward supporting the farm’s recovery and their continued work growing healthy, local food for our community.
Tickets go on sale in May. By attending, you’ll join fellow Stewardship Partners who are dedicated to protecting the future of the Salish Sea and all who call it home.
Interested in contributing? Contact us to see how you can give your support.
Get your tickets now for Kraken’s Green Night on April 2nd, presented by our partners at Boeing! A portion of this Common Thread special ticket purchase will go to Stewardship Partners, as the Kraken continue to honor the Climate Pledge and join the cause for sustainability! We hope you will join us and cheer on the Kraken as they take on the Utah Mammoth! Please use this specific link to purchase tickets.
For years now, Stewardship Partners has been working alongside local Snoqualmie Valley schools, libraries, municipal governments, and businesses to install green stormwater management features such as rain gardens, cisterns, and rain barrels. Back in 2021, we were awarded King County Flood Control District Flood Reduction Funds to install some signage and features (possibly a rain garden) in the city of Duvall. We teamed up with the City of Duvall and our old amazing friends, Luke & Sarah, at The Grange. The initial idea was to install a rain garden and some signage at the restaurant. After many iterations of planning and design drafts with our other friends at MxM Landscape Architecture we decided a biofiltration box would be the best option for the Grange site. We posed the idea to Luke and Sarah, and they loved it! We then worked with yet \more friends at Dirt Corps to purchase and install a beautiful prefabricated artful biofiltration box. The box was built and designed by Tabasco Mills of the Blacksmith Shop in Seattle. The installation of the box entailed clearing a space for the box, two different types of forklifts to move and place the box and staff from both Dirt Corps and Stewardship Partners! Postponed by flooding, the box finally had a new home at the Grange!
In addition, we have installed signage in these highly traveled areas that explains how the green stormwater management features work and why they’re so important to the community and environment. This is another prime example of Stewardship Partners collaborating with many partners and friends to accomplish our goals!
At Stewardship Partners, we are grateful for the support of our community in helping us achieve so much this year. We know that bringing together individuals as caretakers of our environment makes powerful, meaningful change happen. A special thank you to all of our 2025 donors, sponsors, in-kind donors, volunteers, and partners that supported us throughout the year.
This year has brought a new reality of much less public funding being available as federal and state grant programs are reduced or withheld. We continue to have great success with our programs, but we still have lots of work to do. We are relying on your support to endure these uncertain times and carry on with our important work partnering with landowners to protect our water and habitat for orcas, salmon, and people. Our crucial impact today ensures the bounty of the Salish Sea region continues for generations.
Thanks to our supporters like you, Stewardship Partners celebrated a decade of hosting the Green Infrastructure Summit of the Salish Sea, worked with an all time high of 1,400 volunteers, installed two new Adopt-a-Downspout sites, and much more in 2025.
Please consider donating to Stewardship Partners before the end of the year to make an on-the-ground impact. Every amount helps. Your support is instrumental to our programs promoting clean water, native salmon and orcas, habitat restoration, sustainable agriculture, and green infrastructure. We are excited to continue our work together in 2026 building a sustainable future of a healthy land and sea where we all live and play.
Thanks to our supporters like you, Stewardship Partners celebrated a decade of hosting the Green Infrastructure Summit of the Salish Sea, broke organizational volunteer records, installed two new Adopt-a-Downspout sites, and much more in 2025. Rebuilding our volunteer base and Adopt-a-Buffer program was a focal area this year. Emphasis on this paid off! In the past year, Stewardship Partners worked with an all time high of 1,400 volunteers! Next, the DLR Group planted a record 976 native trees and shrubs in a mere 3.5 hours out at Wallace Acres. No volunteer group has planted that many trees/shrubs in one event since we’ve been keeping track of the stats. We worked with multiple new corporate volunteer groups this year and signed on two new Adopt-a-Buffer sponsors.
In March, Stewardship Partners hosted the 10th Annual Green Infrastructure Summit of the Salish Sea, bringing together 250+ partners across the educational, nonprofit, tribal, private, and government sectors with a theme of community, collaboration, and connection. This landmark 10th anniversary year saw an unprecedented number of speakers, including a feature of Stewardship Partners’ Adopt-a-Downspout program as the keynote session on a panel alongside our key partners – WA Department of Transportation, The Nature Conservancy, and Herrera. Since then, the Adopt-a-Downspout program has installed two new sites, filtering toxic tire chemicals from stormwater in Mercer Slough and at the I-5 Ship Canal Bridge. We completed guides to replicate the Design, Installation, Operations & Maintenance, and continue to refine each process as we work towards our goal of more boxes built to save more salmon! View the guides and more about the Adopt-a-Downspout program.
10th annual Green Infrastructure Summit of the Salish Sea held in March 2025
Stewardship Partners supports farms engaging in sustainability and stewardship on their land. This year’s Feast on the Farm hosted 150 people for a delicious dinner at Salmon-Safe certified Griffin Creek Farm and raised an incredible $115,000! We recertified six existing farm partners as Salmon-Safe, certified one new farm, and plan to have a new cidery certified by the end of the year. We provide farms with full or partial scholarships if the cost of assessment and certification is a barrier to them joining the program.
Live auction during the 2025 Feast on the Farm at Griffin Creek Farm
Stewardship Partners’ latest strategic plan recommits to inspiring all people to take innovative, inclusive, science-based action. To operationalize our strategic goal for inclusion, the staff and board are going through an internal organizational assessment with support from a Capacity Building Consultant, Jonathan Joseph, provided by King County Parks. Key learnings will help us identify our strengths as well as gaps in services so that we can better align our operations guided by our values and community needs. We have also updated our website as part of our outreach efforts to engage people in becoming stewards of the land and water of the region. Lastly, four new members were added to our Board of Directors in 2025!
A special thank you to all of our 2025 donors, sponsors, in-kind donors, and volunteers that supported us throughout the year. We wouldn’t be able to accomplish these goals without your support. We are excited to continue our work together in 2026 protecting our water and habitat for orcas, salmon, and people.
At Stewardship Partners, we are grateful for the support of our community in helping us achieve so much this year. We know that bringing together individuals as caretakers of our environment makes powerful, meaningful change happen. Our crucial impact today ensures the bounty of the Salish Sea region continues for generations.
Together with help from supporters like you, Stewardship Partners celebrated a decade of hosting the Green Infrastructure Summit of the Salish Sea, broke organizational volunteer records, installed two new Adopt-a-Downspout sites, and much more in 2025. Thank you for your support!
Jello Mold Farm is a seven acre farm which sits in the Skagit River Delta and provides habitat to an astounding web of wildlife. Owners Diane and Dennis are passionate about growing in collaboration with the natural world and have built a reputation for pristine quality and customer service. They grow over 80 different kinds of flowers and foliages – supplying many of the Puget Sound area’s top floral designers.
Jello Mold has been certified as Salmon-Safe since 2010. The farm is free from toxic chemicals and fertilizers and is committed to land stewardship.
Did you know 80% of cut flowers sold in the United States are imported? Most come from countries with cheap labor and less developed environmental standards. By supporting growers in the Slow Flowers Society you can help preserve our domestic and local flower farming heritage. You can find Jello Mold products at the Seattle Wholesale Growers Market.
BYU Idaho Horticulture Students Touring Jello Mold Farm
