Join Stewardship Partners, The City of Snoqualmie, and Green Snoqualmie Partnership for a rain garden maintenance work party. In 2013 Stewardship Partners and partners designed and installed a large rain garden at Centennial Fields. Rain gardens are a beautiful landscape amenity that help address our region’s single largest water quality threat: run off pollution. Like a sponge, rain gardens allow stormwater runoff to be soaked up and filter out pollutants while recharging ground water instead of flooding the Snoqualmie River. Today’s work includes maintenance tasks such as weeding, digging out blackberries, mulching and planting native trees and shrubs!
Directions (via I-5/I-90 from Seattle):
- Take I-90 eastbound toward Spokane
- Follow I-90 to Exit 27 toward Snoqualmie/North Bend
- At the end of the ramp turn left onto Winery Rd. Winery Rd becomes SE North Bend Way
- Slight right to stay on North Bend Way
- Turn Left onto Meadowbrook Way SE
- Turn Right onto SE Park St.
- Turn right into the parking lot. Look for Stewardship Partners/Snoqualmie Stewardship A-frame signs
How to prepare:
We will provide coffee, water, some snacks, tools and gloves. Bring your own water bottle (full), and your own coffee mug if you’d like. We will supply gloves (bring your own if you can), supervision and an overview of the work you will be doing. We suggest that you dress in layers that include long pants, long sleeved shirt and a jacket. Sturdy footwear such as work boots, mud boots, hiking boots or running shoes are recommended. Please come prepared for the weather by bringing rain gear if you have it and older clothing that you don’t mind getting dirty or muddy.