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Seattle will soon be home to one of the most unique gardens and cultural centers in the county. The 4.6-acre Seattle Chinese Garden will be one of the largest Chinese gardens outside of China, showcasing not only plants, but also stone, architecture and water elements that are customary to Chinese gardens. Dense and complex, it will change dramatically with each season.
Located at South Seattle Community College, the Garden will reveal commanding views of downtown Seattle, Elliott Bay and the Cascade Mountains. The Garden will also feature 12 buildings, including an education center and a banquet hall with special event seating for up to 200 people. The 85-foot Floating Clouds Pavilion will soar over the Garden, placed on an axis with the Space Needle. As a major destination and cultural institution, the Seattle Chinese Garden will inspire new perspectives on world affairs and illuminate China and her cultural and economic influence on the Pacific Northwest.
Why not bring your experience and enthusiasm by volunteering with the Garden? Seattle Chinese Garden volunteers work with plants, help in our office and assist with programs and events. Sign up to volunteer in areas such as garden work, event planning, committee service, fundraising, and mailing parties. Check out the volunteer matching page to see if your company or employer will match your donation of time with cash grants to the Garden.
The Washington Native Plant Society (WNPS) has more than 30 years of activity and involvement in protecting native plants. The small group of individuals who assembled at the Pacific Science Center in 1976 has now grown to nearly 1800 members with eleven active chapters throughout Washington.
To join the WPNS, use the membership form. The form may printed and mailed with your dues check, or submitted online (see the form for payment options, including online credit card payments).
Membership benefits include Field trips to admire, study and photograph wildflowers and plant communities. There are also volunteer opportunities to help restore habitats, conduct native plant inventories, and monitor rare plant populations, and much more.
Seattle will soon be home to one of the most unique gardens and cultural centers in the county. The 4.6-acre Seattle Chinese Garden will be one of the largest Chinese gardens outside of China, showcasing not only plants, but also stone, architecture and water elements that are customary to Chinese gardens. Dense and complex, it will change dramatically with each season. Some site work was completed in 2008. In the next phase, a team will be constructing the Knowing the Spring Courtyard, the second traditional structure in the Garden. Completion of this structure is expected by end of 2010. Components for this courtyard will be fabricated in Chongqing, and assembly performed by Chinese artisans from our sister city, Chongqing and local contractors. Four Chinese artisans arrived in Seattle August 6, 2010 to help with construction of the Seattle Chinese Garden.
About the Artisans
Feng Dacheng, lead designer from Chongqing, and Song Weizhong, chief architect and project manager for the Changshu Ancient Style Garden Construction Company, will guide courtyard construction. Local partners are construction firm Krekow Jennings and Jones and Jones Architecture.
Yangming Chu is the Garden Society’s project director. An expert on Chinese art history and architecture, Chu oversaw the first stage of courtyard construction in 2008, the building of the New York Chinese Scholar’s Garden in 1998, and the Ming Courtyard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Volunteer! Share in the Excitement – Meet the Artisans
Would you like to help make the artisans’ visit a successful and fun one? Host a dinner for a small group, show artisans the sights of Seattle! Maybe you have extra tickets to the Mariners? There is also a need for interpreters, tour guides, talk time/conversation exchange participants, meal-related help, special events’ assistants, and office help. Even 3 to 4 hours a month would be great!
To learn more about all the volunteer options, please review online request.
Also, please consider donating needed items to make their visit more comfortable. To learn more about what supplies we still need, please scroll down to the bottom of the online request.
Located at South Seattle Community College, the Garden will reveal commanding views of downtown Seattle, Elliott Bay and the Cascade Mountains. The Garden will also feature 12 buildings, including an education center and a banquet hall with special event seating for up to 200 people. The 85-foot Floating Clouds Pavilion will soar over the Garden, placed on an axis with the Space Needle. As a major destination and cultural institution, the Seattle Chinese Garden will inspire new perspectives on world affairs and illuminate China and her cultural and economic influence on the Pacific Northwest.
The Danskin Women’s Triathlon in Seattle (August 15, 2010) still needs over 260 volunteers to support the nearly 4,000 athletes who will participate. Please consider volunteering to be a member of the support team in this awe inspiring experience. As part of the volunteer support team you can receive product discounts and promotions in appreciation for your time and effort. The Danskin Triathalon volunteer page lists all of the positions. Please encourage your friends and family to consider volunteering with you, or let a young adult know that this is a great way to earn community service hours. Click here: www.seattledanskintri.com to sign up for a volunteer position!
If you aren’t sure which volunteer position is right for you, come to the Team Support Member Orientation on Thursday, August 5th at 7:00 p.m. at the downtown Seattle REI store. The orientation will last about 1 ½ hours. Street parking is free after 6:00 p.m. See you there!
We also offer community groups and civic organizations a fundraising opportunity. For groups of 10 or more team support members Danskin will contribute $10 per member to the group or charity of your choice. For information on this fundraising opportunity, please contact Pamela Wuest at volunteerinfo@seattledanskintri.com.
Streissguth Gardens is a small, family maintained garden, slightly less than one acre located on the northwest side of Seattle´s Capitol Hill, on a steep hillside offering great views over Lake Union of downtown Seattle and the Olympic Mountains.
The oldest gardens surround two houses on Broadway East, just north of the East Blaine Street stairway. These gardens remain private, but we welcome visitors by appointment.
The newer portions of the gardens lie south of the East Blaine stairs and are publicly owned by the City of Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation. The public areas are open to visitors at all times.
Volunteering at the gardens is a low pressure commitment during 3-4 work parties annually. There are no skill or physical requirements as the tasks in the garden are varied. Once you´ve signed up, we’ll meet with you in person for a short orientation to the garden and our volunteer program. After that you´ll be ready to go. You can work with us on any day, or work at your own schedule. At the end of every day we ask that you sign our volunteer register with the date, your name, number of hours, task, and garden location.
Celebrating its 3rd year, the Seattle Green Festival is an energetic weekend of eco-innovations and hands-on demonstrations focusing on putting green into daily routines.
Held June 5 – 6, 2010 at the Washington State Convention Center, the Green Festival is a fun weekend of exploring sustainable solutions all under one roof, including clean technology, green building, socially responsible investing, renewable energy, green careers, local food systems, farming, and organic lifestyle.
FREE ADMISSION to the festival is available to the following people:
All students with college ID
All youth and children ages 18 and younger
Green Festival Volunteers – learn how to volunteer!
Green America members
Global Exchange members
The Green Seattle Partnership is dedicated to restoring 2500 acres of forested Parkland in Seattle by 2025. Green Seattle works to make public greenspaces healthier and more sustainable by removing aggressive invasive plants and replanting with native northwest forest species. They also seek to build a community of stewardship around these public spaces to safeguard their future.
Green Seattle offers volunteers the opportunity to make real positive change in local parks. Volunteers work on removing invasive plants, planting new native trees and understory plants, and long term maintenance and monitoring of restoration sites. Green Seattle Partnership works in collaboration with many “Friends of” and “Adopt-a-Park” groups and other organizations working on forest restoration.
Visit their website for more information about how to volunteer or for a list of volunteer work parties. There is something going on every weekend in a park near you.
As the 50th anniversary of the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair approaches, Seattle Center Foundation is launching a volunteer program to support the many exciting initiatives planned for the coming year. Seattle Center is our community’s gathering place with a little something for everyone. The generous gift of time from volunteers helps it thrive.
Volunteers will receive free admission to all events they are staffing, as well as refreshments, bus passes and assorted promotional items (such as t-shirts).
If you would like to join the Friends of Seattle Center Community Outreach Team, please contact Volunteer Coordinator Brad Wilke at 206.684.0299 or bwilke@seattlecenter.org.
The 1962 World’s Fair launched Seattle’s future as one of the world’s most vibrant cities. In 2012 we will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Fair and envision the next 50 years of innovation for our region.
You are The Next Fifty and your ideas can help shape this six-month celebration. Starting April 21, 2010 share your ideas for the 50th anniversary celebration and the future of our region and help turn ideas into reality for 2012.
What ideas do you have? Post them on the Brainstorm Wall! Your suggestions will guide the planning for The Next Fifty over the next year.
SAVE THE DATE for the Upcoming Volunteer Opportunity: Clean & Green Seattle 2nd Annual Pioneer Square Spring Clean presented by the Pioneer Square Community Association with support from the City of Seattle.
DATE: Saturday, April 24, 2010
BEGINS: 9:00 AM
ENDS: 12:00PM
MEET AT: Pioneer Square Park (1st Ave & Yesler Way)
It’s no secret that Pioneer Square’s public spaces could use a little tender loving care. On Saturday, April 24th individual volunteers and volunteer teams from community-oriented companies are going to take action to clean up our neighborhood! Last year, over 104 volunteers showed up to help, and this year we expect an even bigger turnout!
Join us to tackle the following projects:
Weed, plant and mulch 1st Avenue median strips
Litter pick-up throughout the neighborhood
Graffiti removal throughout the neighborhood
Other beautification projects
Want to volunteer? Have a team of volunteers? Email samantha@pioneersquare.org
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