John Barber
Oct 1, 2018
Parks & The Art of Mowing
September’s clearing of vegetation by the Parks Department along Lake Washington Boulevard through Frink and Leschi Parks was a mixed...
Diane Snell
Oct 1, 2018
Sawant Redux
Our third district councilmember, Kshama Sawant, attended our September meeting using her outside voice! One might have thought we had...
Leschi Council
Apr 1, 2018
Parks Update: Our Third Saturday Work Party
Neighborhood volunteers put their skills and grit together on St. Paddy’s Day (March 17) to wipe out some blackberries that were...
Sally Wagner
Apr 1, 2018
A Very Short History of Leschi Park
The Leschi Park area was known as “Changes its Face” by the indigenous residents of our area before contact. It was felt that a powerful...
Leschi Council
Nov 1, 2017
Leschi’s Jewels-by-the-Lake
Imagine a quiet time on a small piece of green space next to Lake Washington. The Leschi neighborhood has five of these unique green...
Karen Daubert
May 1, 2017
String of Pearls — Celebrating 20 years with a community Work Party
Join your friends and neighbors on Saturday, June 17, 10am-12pm, for a fun and impactful neighborhood work party! We will start at...
John Barber
Jan 1, 2017
Year in Review for Leschi’s Parks & Open Space
This past year, there have been multiple work parties restoring nature and improving trails in Leschi, Frink, the Leschi Natural Area,...
Diane Snell
Oct 1, 2016
Polishing a Pearl
In September, we moved from stairway cleaning to sprucing up one of the Pearls, our street end parks along the lake. We worked on the...
Diane Snell
Sep 1, 2016
Stairs into Pearls
Our Stairway work parties ran into some barriers during the past few months. We were rained out in May and June and had a small worker...
Betsy Zickler
Jun 1, 2016
Leschi Natural Area Update
A recent meeting of the stewards of the Leschi Natural Area resulted in a fundraising plan to hire the Conservation Corps or a similar...
John Barber
May 1, 2016
Guidelines on Tree Removal
Trees are valuable not only to the environment but also to the neighborhood. Yet, sometimes it seems they disappear mysteriously, or...
John Barber
May 1, 2016
Saving Colman Park Trees
How I view the proposal for clearing a view through the trees at the upper, 31st Avenue, end of Colman Park, writing as a trained Urban...