Green Tukwila Partnership

Volunteer & Learn with Green Tukwila!

Join friends, neighbors, and bring your families outside to learn about trees, shrubs, invasive plants, how to use tools, and much more. Work parties are being planned for community members and businesses to care for precious urban forests and to ensure healthy, safe, and beautiful public spaces to enjoy in the future.

Contact us: email Olena.Perry@TukwilaWA.gov or call 206-768-2822

Upcoming Events

Restoration at Riverton Park:

Work parties are led by Park Staff and resident Forest Steward, Debbie G. In cases of extreme weather work parties will be canceled. All tools and training are provided onsite.

Love your LOCAL PARK, February 8th, 11:30-1:30 pm CLICK HERE
March 8th, 11:30-1:30 pm, CLICK HERE
April 12th, 11:30-1:30 pm, CLICK HERE

May 10th, 11:30-1:30 pm, CLICK HERE
June 14th, 11:30-1:30 pm, CLICK HERE

July 12th, 11:30-1:30 pm, CLICK HERE
August 9th, 11:30-1:30 pm, CLICK HERE

September 13th, 11:30-1:30 pm, CLICK HERE
October 11th, 11:30-1:30 pm, CLICK HERE
November 8th, 11:30-1:30 pm, CLICK HERE
December 13th, 11:30-1:30 pm, CLICK HERE

Cottonwood Corner, a youth-focused work party:

Love your LOCAL PARK Planting event, February 9th, 11:00-2:00 pm. CLICK HERE

Duwamish Hill Preserve: 2023 dates coming soon!

Environmental Workshops- FREE

Blue Herons and their habitat- March 1st

More information coming soon!

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What can I expect at a work party?

Work parties are fun, family-friendly, community-focused events in public parks or open spaces. Each work party will have the goal of removing invasive plants, planting native plants, or mulching. No experience is necessary. Training and tools will be provided at the site.

Why is this work important?

Healthy parks and natural open spaces are a gift to our city and everyone in it. They provide places where people can connect with nature, see wildlife, and explore the beautiful Pacific Northwest. They also keep the air and waterways clean, buffer noise, provide habitat for local wildlife, and absorb carbon to fight against climate change. These valuable places can’t take care of themselves in an urban environment, they need our help to make sure we have a healthy and green Tukwila-today, tomorrow, and into the future.

More about the Green Tukwila Partnership

The City of Tukwila joined the Green Cities Partnership, a collaboration of Puget Sound cities working to steward natural open spaces in 2017. Tukwila’s program is called Green Tukwila. Together with Forterra, EarthCorps, Duwamish Alive Coalition, Dirt Corps, King County Parks, and the Tukwila community, Green Tukwila will care for public parks and natural open spaces across the city. Over the next 20 years, the partnership will work to restore and maintain 138 acres of Tukwila’s urban forest.

Community Resources:

How to remove Himalayan Blackberry- Green Cities
How to Remove Herb Robert- Green Tukwila
Tree Survival Rings, removing English Ivy – Green Tukwila
2021-Green-Duwamish-Journey-Guide-Book-Spring (Onsite activity book, download and print)

Forest Steward Partner Tool Kit:

Government