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April 22 @ Westlake Park: Join King County at Westlake Park (4th & Pine, Seattle) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to celebrate Earth Day and learn more about King County programs that protect and preserve the environment.

Help us mulch, weed, or pot up trees.
Restoration projects are focused on restoring stream and wetland buffer habitats for fish and wildlife. Potted up plants are grown at the nursery for future projects. Volunteer efforts have been and continue to be critical to the success of our restoration projects.

Meet the Yard Talk duo
Doug Rice and Greg Rabourn, resident gardening gurus of the King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks will be on site to answer your garden lawn care questions.

Northwest Natural Yard Days - April 15 - May 15, 2008
Northwest Natural Yard Days is a region-wide promotion of pesticide free and salmon friendly yard care practices. Northwest Natural Yard Days offers discounts of up to 25% off mulch mowing lawn mowers, bagged compost, natural organic fertilizer, less toxic pest and weed control, weed pullers and water conscience garden tools in home improvement centers and garden stores throughout Seattle, King County and Tacoma.

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For questions about this Web page, please contact Glynnis Vaughan, Public Affairs.

For questions about the Natural Resources and Parks Web site, please contact Fred Bentler, webmaster.

Department of Natural Resources and Parks


Updated: April 21, 2006

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