Edmonds Community Garden: Biodiversity Haven

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Edmonds Community Garden: Biodiversity Haven

. Native plants used in traditional Native American recipes from this region are grown here and used in recipes for events like pow wows, often serving around 100 people each occasion. 

The anthropology, engineering and cooking departments are all involved in the garden curriculum. The amount of biodiversity they have in their small amount of space is impressive; this is a prime example of natural resource conservation implementation in a small scale urban agriculture setting. 

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Launching Agriculture Resilience into Action

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Launching Agriculture Resilience into Action

The Plan acts as a resource to help farmers plan for a future with both drier and wetter climates, as well as challenges that come with an ever-increasing population. It advocates for preserving farmland and greenspace that can act as both a buffer and balance to the sprawling suburbs that are quickly sprouting up.

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Harvesting Rainwater Never Felt So Good

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Harvesting Rainwater Never Felt So Good

These handy barrels are pretty amazing. By collecting a valuable resource that literally falls from the sky, they can water your plants and livestock with chlorine-free rainwater, clean your car, bike, tools, etc. without ever using the faucet, and protect local streams and the Puget Sound. Plus, your water bill will thank you.

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Urban Stormwater- What We've Been Up To

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The last two months have been incredibly busy for our Urban Stormwater team, and we’ve had a hard time keeping up! From installing rain gardens to teaching rain barrel workshops, our staff is hard at work to offer creative ideas and incentives to help residents, businesses, schools, homeowners associations, cities, and tribes. Here’s a short recap of what they’ve been doing.

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New ECEAP Garden Beds will Teach Children, Feed Families

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The garden bed sides are short enough for small children to get a hands-on learning experience.

The garden bed sides are short enough for small children to get a hands-on learning experience.

More families will be fed thanks to 6 newly-installed raised garden beds at the Early Childhood Education and Assistance Programs (ECEAP) location in Everett, owned by Volunteers of America.

The ECEAP provides free services like child health coordination and nutrition, family support and parent involvement, and early learning preschool. These raised garden beds will be used to teach children the value of gardening and where their food comes from, and the fresh produce grown on-site will go on to provide healthy, fresh meals for low-income families.

The recycled lumber stripped of nails and coating.

The recycled lumber stripped of nails and coating.

Better yet, these garden beds are made from recycled lumber from Down to Earth Community Gardens. In 2019, the Snohomish Conservation District helped Down to Earth Community Gardens reach almost 300 raised garden beds that have since gone to individual homeowners, apartment complexes, non-profits and food banks. 

This lumber, sourced from leftover piles at construction sites and shipping crates, is a great example of how we can reuse our materials to create something new and healthy for the environment and our communities.

Bothell Residents (King County) - Rain Barrel Program

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*2023 Update* This program was sunsetted in 2019. Thanks for your interest.

If you are interested in having low cost or possibly free rain barrels, please let us know.

A rain barrel that has been painted to match local fauna.

A rain barrel that has been painted to match local fauna.

David would love to talk to you! Give him a call at 425-377-7015 or email djackson@snohomishcd.org to learn more.

More information about rain barrels --
https://snohomishcd.org/rain-barrel-program

2019 Orca Recovery Day in Snohomish Conservation District

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2019 Orca Recovery Day in Snohomish Conservation District

Here’s the wrap up of Orca Day events in Snohomish Conservation District. We’re excited to see it grow from around 20 volunteers in 2018 to a much larger reach in 2019.

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Riverfront Property, Literally: Garden Paradise for Snohomish Couple

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Riverfront Property, Literally: Garden Paradise for Snohomish Couple

What used to be a rock and garbage-filled ditch is now a scaled-down riverscape of native flowers, trees and shrubs, complete with several wood ornaments and a bridge that Paul built. The neighbors say they fall asleep to the sound of the stream.

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