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In Love with the Trees of Seattle
Are you a Tree Lover? Do you admire trees and tell others about your favorite trees? The City of Seattle has a program just for you: you can become a Tree Ambassador. The Tree Ambassador program is for those who … Continue reading
Seattle Spring Season Plant Tours
Arthur Lee Jacobson is a Seattle resident with a life-long passion for plants. He writes, teaches, and does hands-on gardening work for individuals and businesses. As the season turns to spring, Mr. Jacobson leads walking tours of Seattle’s trees and … Continue reading
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Tagged Arthur Lee Jacobson, plant identification, Seattle, spring season, walking tours
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The Road is OPEN!!!!!
Thornton Creek Confluence Project Construction Update: January 16, 2015 With the advantage of this week’s dry weather, the contractor was able to complete the remaining pieces of work in order to open 35th Ave NE. The road had been closed … Continue reading
Meadowbrook Update: January 2015
On Tuesday evening, January 13, 2015 a roomful of people at the Meadowbrook Community Center, 10517 35th Ave NE, listened intently as Seattle Public Utilities Project Engineer Jason Sharpley reviewed the work done at The Confluence from May to December … Continue reading
Posted in Meadowbrook neighborhood, Thornton Creek
Tagged road work on 35th Ave NE, Seattle, The Confluence
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December in Wedgwood: Hunter Tree Farm
Each year, the Hunter Tree Farm sells Christmas trees at 7744 35th Ave NE in Wedgwood. This article is the story of the Hunter family and how they came to establish their Christmas tree lot in the Wedgwood neighborhood of … Continue reading
Posted in businesses, Events and holidays, Hunter's Tree Farm
Tagged Christmas trees, Neighborhood History, Seattle
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Meadowbrook Update: December 2014
Along the arterial 35th Ave NE there is a low point in the road between NE 105th and 115th Streets. In past times before the building of roads and houses, the area was a natural flood plain for The Confluence … Continue reading
From Morningside to Wedgwood Presbyterian Church
In the 1920s and 1930s before Wedgwood acquired its name, its sense of identity and defined boundaries, the name Morningside was often used for the neighborhood. Beginning in 1913 the Morningside Heights plat on the west side of 35th Ave … Continue reading
Meadowbrook Update: November 2014
Since June 2014 the arterial 35th Ave NE has been closed at the point of NE 107th Street while the South Branch of Thornton Creek has been rechanneled and a flood plain created for greater capacity to hold water. The … Continue reading
Autumn Leaves
The Wedgwood neighborhood of northeast Seattle, renowned for its beautiful trees, is a wonderland of color during the autumn season. The flame ash street trees along the arterial 35th Ave NE turn crimson in October-November. These street trees extend along … Continue reading
Meadowbrook Update: October 2014
In October 2014 the flame ash street trees along 35th Ave NE are showing their autumn colors. Since June 2014 street signs have been posted to warn drivers along the arterial that 35th Ave NE is closed to through-traffic at … Continue reading
Wedgwood in Seattle History 