Our annual fundraiser, Feast on the Farm, would not be possible without the support of our sponsors. We thank them for their contributions and encourage you to support these amazing local businesses. A special thank you to our Field Sponsors: Mithun and Lynn and Mike Garvey.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
