2010

Summer
Guide
Seattle Parks and Recreation
A listing of fun and exciting
family events and activities
in Seattle during
Summer 2010.

Please visit us at
www.seattle.gov/parks for
more information.
 Artsparks
(Site-Specific Art in
Free Healthy Parks, Healthy Downtown Parks)
Creative imaginations at work in Seattle’s vibrant
You ‘BIG DAY OF PLAY ’ Event arts community will transform Occidental
9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. Saturday, August 28 Square Park into an outdoor art space from June
Magnuson Park • 7400 Sand Point Way NE through September. Installations, dance, and
• Join us for great activities and programs that help families to be active together. Including a Fun performance works of many varieties will go on
Run, 3 on 3 basketball, and samples of the activities from all of our facilities and programs all summer thanks to a partnership with Seattle
Parks and Recreation, 4Culture, and the Seattle
• Celebrate Cultural Diversity – There will be music, activities, and healthy food Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs. Check the
• Encourage creative unstructured play opportunities website for artists and schedules:
• Encourage youth to demonstrate their newly developed skills in gardening and food preparation www.seattle.gov/parks/downtown
• Recess Monkey will perform at 10:45 a.m. Movies
5K Fun Run/Walk - 9:30 a.m. Center City Cinema:
Register online, or at any Seattle Parks and Recreation Community Center. The entry fee is $20 per
participant on or before August 20 and $25 per participant on the day of the event. NEW! – We’ll
FREE Saturday Outdoor
have a FREE 1K run for kids 10 and younger at the conclusion of the 5K. The entry fee includes chip Movies in Hing Hay Park
timing, an event shirt, a goodie bag, and prizes. All movies begin at sunset and will be
canceled in the case of rain.
Exhibition Booths
At the event we will promote activities and information on healthy lifestyles that show people how August 7 - Spy Next Door
to reduce their risk for obesity, diabetes, certain types of cancer, and heart disease. We would like to English with Spanish subtitles
provide you and your business an opportunity to become a vendor or to donate healthy items for the August 14 - Red Cliff
giveaway goodie bags. For more information, please visit http://seattle.gov/parks/healthyparks. Chinese with, English subtitles
August 21 - Karate Kid II
CENTER CITY English with Chinese subtitles
Explore Life Between August 28 - UP
Buildings!! English with Spanish subtitles

Downtown Parks 2010

Buskers
www.seattle.gov/parks/downtown Street performers of all kinds will display
FREE events and programs in arts, culture, and just their talents on accordions, yo-yos, flutes, toy
plain fun enliven Seattle’s downtown parks all summer pianos, violins, their own two feet…the list
long. Enjoy concerts, social dancing, outdoor movies, is as varied as city life. The fun takes place
arts installations and performances, gardening classes, weekday lunchtimes and early evenings (and
bocce tournaments, and plenty more. Take advantage some weekends) in selected parks.
of our diverse downtown neighborhoods and the fruits
of city life!
Occidental Square - Occidental Ave. S & S Main St.
Hing Hay Park - 423 Maynard Ave. S
Freeway Park - 700 Seneca St.
Pioneer Square - 100 Yesler Way
Westlake Park - 401 Pine St.
Waterfront Park - 1301 Alaskan Way
Lake Union Park - 860 Terry Ave. N
Victor Steinbrueck Park - 2001 Western Ave.

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 Music In The Park
“Out to Lunch” Concerts
This concert series is presented by the Metropolitan Improvement District in cooperation with the Downtown Seattle Association. Concerts start at noon.

Friday, June 18 Wednesday, July 28 Wednesday, August 18

Harbor Steps Bank of America Plaza Two Union Square
1st Ave. & University St. 800 5th Ave. 601 Union St.
Wheedle's Groove Po' Girl Portland Cello Project
Wednesday, June 23 Friday, July 30 Friday, August 20
Westlake Park 2200 Westlake Harbor Steps
401 Pine St. 2200 Westlake Ave. 1st Ave. & University St.
The English Beat Glen Phillips from "Toad The Wet Sprocket" LeRoy Bell & His Only Friends
Friday, June 25 Wednesday, August 4 Wednesday, August 25
Harbor Steps Two Union Square Bank of America Plaza
1st Ave. & University St. 601 Union St. 800 5th Ave.
Hey Marseilles Jovino Santo Neto Geoffrey Castle
Wednesday, June 30 Friday, August 6 Friday, August 27
Occidental Park 2200 Westlake Harbor Steps
Occidental Ave. S & S Main St. 2200 Westlake Ave. 1st Ave. & University St.
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue Chatam County Line The Dusty 45s
Friday, July 2 Wednesday, August 11 Wednesday, September 1
Harbor Steps Two Union Square Westlake Park
1st Ave. & University St. 601 Union St. 401 Pine St.
Vicci Martinez Seattle Women's Jazz Orchestra Grupo Ashé
Wednesday, July 7 Friday, August 13 Friday, September 3
Waterfront Park Harbor Steps Harbor Steps
1301 Alaskan Way 1st Ave. & University St. 1st Ave. & University St.
Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks Lucy Woodward Clinton Fearon & The Boogie Brown Band
Friday, July 9
Harbor Steps
1st Ave. & University St.
The Paperboys
Wednesday, July 14
Bank of America
800 5th Ave. Plaza
Michael Powers & Deems Tsutakawa
Friday, July 16
2200 Westlake Ave.
2200 Westlake Ave.
The Legacy Quartet w/Clarence Acox
Wednesday, July 21
Occidental Park
Occidental Ave. S & S Main St.
Ian McFeron
Friday, July 23
2200 Westlake
2200 Westlake Ave.
Greta Matassa & Susan Pascal

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Seattle Dancing In The Park
“Dancing ‘til Dusk”
Presents Each night will feature a different style of live music and dancing on a newly expanded dance floor. Pre-
Seattle Presents, the free Thursday lunchtime dance lessons (beginner level) are available from 6 - 7 p.m., followed by the dance from 7 - 9 p.m. Sorry,
performance series at City Hall, will sizzle we’ll have to cancel in the case of rain. Info: 206-264-5646 or visit www.danceforjoy.biz.
this summer with outdoor performances by
leading Seattle-area performers Thursdays on
the City Hall plaza. All concerts are from noon
to 1:30 p.m. In case of inclement weather,
most performances will move inside the City
Hall lobby and end at 1 p.m. Learn more at:
www.seattle.gov/seattlepresents.
July 1 DANCE This
July 8 Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band
July 15 The Dusty 45s
July 22 Choklate
July 29 The Not-Its!
August 5 The Tallboys
August 12 Handful of Luvin'
August 19 Latin Expression
August 26 Clinton Fearon “Dance a Little Romance”
Chorus Thursdays in Freeway Park
Thursdays, July 15 and August 12 and July 22 Portage Bay Big Band, big band
Tuesday, September 14 swing
July 29 Maia Santell and House Blend,
SeaSharps Quartet swing and blues
Thursdays, August 26 and Tuesdays, August 5 John Holte's Radio Rhythm
September 21 and 28 Orchestra, big band swing
Raining Sounds’ August 12 Tangabrazo, tango
Thursdays, July 29 and August 19 and August 19 This is a Ball Blanc: Joker's Wild,
Tuesday, September 7 “Fire on the Bricks”: Hot Dancing waltz, swing, and more!*
What’s Cookin’ Very in the Cool Plaza Thursdays at SAM
Large Quartet Thursdays in Occidental Park Olympic Sculpture Park
Thursdays, August 26 and July 1 Cambalache, salsa August 26 Tumbao, salsa
Tuesdays, September 21 and 28 July 8 Tangabrazo, tango September 2 This is a Ball Blanc: KGB, with
Chorus July 15 Louisiana Night with DJ Sean waltzing and more!*
Counterbalance Park, Saturday, August 28, "Gatorboy" Donovan September 9 Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra,
2 p.m. “Swing into the Blues and Back” big band swing. Part of the Art of
Tuesdays in Westlake Park Jazz program in connection with
July 20 Kevin Buster's Lunch Money, Earshot Jazz
swing and blues *Ball Blanc - Wear something white!!!
July 27 Blues and Swing Night with DJ Inside Out Dance Company
Ari Levitt 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
August 3 Glen Crytzer and the Westlake Park
Syncopators, big band swing Tuesdays, July 20 and 27 and August 3 and 10
August 10 Blues Night with DJ Topher Performing ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, and modern
Howard dances for your entertainment. Presented by the
August 17 Solomon Douglas Swingtet, Woodinville Dance Academy.
swing and blues

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Family Fun Days In The Park Arts, Crafts
Family Concert with Caspar Babypants, Occidental Park, Thursdays June 10 and
The Not-Its, Recess Monkey, and the September 9 & Farmers
Board of Education
Occidental Park, Sundays July 25 Markets
Freeway Park
and August 8 Thursday Pike Place Express
Sunday, June 13
Seasonal Satellite Market
Noon - 2 p.m. Summer Arts Program
Cascade Playground
Amusement park rides and Arts and crafts activities for youth
333 Pontius Ave. N
other fun for all ages!! to enjoy and take home June 24 - September 25
3 – 6 p.m. 206-684-7710 Ages: 5-11 Info: www.cascadepeoplescenter.org;
Westlake Park, Saturdays June 19, Friday, July 9 - August 27, 2 - 3:30 p.m. 206-587-0320
July 17, August 21, and September 18 International Children's Park 
First Thursdays Art in the Park
Occidental Square
Festivals And Celebrations Noon – 9 p.m. June 3, July 1, August 5, and
2010 Lake Union Wooden Boat 2010 Chinatown-International September 2
Festival District Summer Festival Info: www.firstthursdayseattle.com;
Lake Union Park HIng Hay Park 206-667-0687
1010 Valley St. Saturday and Sunday July 10 and 11 JamFest
10 a.m. – 6 p.m. daily, July 3 and 4 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. JamFest neighborhood summer music
The Center for Wooden Boats’Wooden Boat We welcome you as McDonald’s® presents festival takes place in the heart of Seattle’s
Festival is a Seattle maritime tradition, and this Seattle’s Chinatown-International District Chinatown-International District. This festival
year’s theme is heritage wooden boats. It’s an Summer Festival 2010! You’ll enjoy lively lion features a variety of live music performances
old-fashioned, down-home waterfront festival and dragon dances, rhythmic taiko drumming, at four venues on First Thursdays from June
where everything is fun and almost everything is award-winning drill teams, and a kids’ activity through September.
free. There are fun activities for family members corner the whole family can enjoy! Showcase
your vocal talents at our 7th Annual Karaoke Idol Hing Hay Park
of every age; enjoy toy boat building, sailing July 1, August 5, September 2
model boats on the pond in the park, boat rides contest and get a chance to walk away with some
great prizes! Bring your family and friends to visit Info: www.wingluke.org; 206-623-5124
and races, picnicking, clambering over boats big
and small, festive food and music, and general our many booths featuring arts & crafts, food, “The Square” Saturday Market
joy. Be sure to check out the visiting vessels and and community organizations. Don’t miss out on & Street Food
watch the teams who will build a boat in 24 this special two-day event celebrating the largest Occidental Square
hours! Admission is free, and donations are gladly Pan-Asian street festival in the Pacific Northwest, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m., Saturdays: July 17 –
accepted. Info: http://www.cwb.org/2010- with some of the best arts, activities, and food September 25
wooden-boat-festival. that Seafair has to offer! For more info please visit Info: www.thenewpioneersquare.com;
www.cidbia.org 206-356-6066
2010 Pioneer Square Fire Festival
Occidental Square Uptown Stroll
Saturday, July 10 Art in Action
11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Counterbalance Park
This Seattle institution has a long and proud 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday, August 28
history. Enjoy antique fire engines, police cars, Sponsored by the Uptown Alliance and other
bagpipes, and kids’ activities. Info: friends of Counterbalance Park.
www.lastresortfd.org/Fire_Festival-09.htm; Info: www.uptownalliance.org
206-783-4474

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Other Herbal Tea Gardening Playgrounds
Thursday, July 8, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Denny Park
Activities & Fall/Winter Veggie 100 Dexter Ave. N (corner of Denny Ave. and
Events Gardening in Containers Dexter Ave. N)
Thursday, July15, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Urban Vegetable International Children’s Park
Composting for 700 S Lane St. (International Chinatown District)
Gardening and Apartment Dwellers
Composting Classes Cascade Playground
Thursday, July 22, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Urban Gardening for Apartment Dwellers by 333 Pontius Ave. N (South Lake Union)
Container Garden Care
Seattle Tilth - $5 registration fee. To register, Drop-in Bocce
and Harvesting
please go to www.seattletilth.org. Daily, Occidental Square – Please go to the
Thursday, July 29, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Info: 206-633-0451 Information Kiosk.
Occidental Park Drop-in Chess/Checkers
Seed Starting for Fall and Daily, Freeway, Occidental Square and Westlake
Winter Gardening Parks – Please go to the Information Kiosk.
Wednesday, July 7, Noon – 1 p.m. Summer Table Tennis
Container Herb Gardening Wednesday – Friday, July 7- August 27
Belltown Cottage
Wednesday, July 14,Noon – 1 p.m. 3-6 p.m. – Hing Hay Park
Park
Fall/Winter Veggie Seattle Public Library Used Book Sales
Summer Vegetable
Gardening in Containers Monday-Friday, June, July and August,
Gardening in Containers
Wednesday, July 21, Noon – 1 p.m. Freeway Park
June 13, 10 a.m. – Noon
Container Herb Gardening Freeway Park
Sunday, June 20, 10 a.m. – Noon Container Salad Gardening Dog Off-Leash
Grow Fruit in Containers Thursday, August 12, Noon – 1 p.m. Areas
Sunday, June 27, 10 a.m. – Noon Composting for Off-leash areas provide a playground for
Apartment Dwellers downtown dwellers and their canine
Victor Steinbrueck
Thursday, August 19, Noon – 1 p.m. companions…and anyone who enjoys good
Park company, wet noses, and wagging tails.
Fall/Winter Container
Composting for
Herb Gardening Regrade Park OLA
Apartment Dwellers
Thursday, August 26, Noon – 1 p.m. 2251 3rd Ave.
Thursday, June 10, Noon – 1 p.m.
Cascade Playground Plymouth Pillars
Summer Vegetable
Park OLA
Gardening in Containers Fall/Winter Veggie
Boren Ave. and
Thursday, June 17, Noon – 1 p.m. Gardening in Containers
Pike St.
Container Herb Gardening Thursday, September 9, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, June 24, Noon – 1 p.m. Fall/Winter Container
Fall/Winter Container Herb Gardening
Herb Gardening Thursday, September 16, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Friday, September 10, Noon – 1 p.m. Composting for
Composting for Apartment Dwellers
Apartment Dwellers Thursday, September 23, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Friday, September 17, Noon – 1 p.m.
Cal Anderson Park Park Ranger Program
Seed Starting for Fall and Be on the lookout and say hello to our Park Rangers. They’re there for you to provide a strong, positive
Winter Gardening but authoritative presence in our downtown parks. They share information with tourists, families,
Thursday, July 1, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. workers, and downtown residents.

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 BICYCLE
2010
Bike helmets will be available for sale for
$10 each at these locations:
North Seattle

Sunday
Evans Pool, 7201 E Green Lake Dr. N (bike
helmets and life jackets) on Saturdays June
19, July 17, August 21, and September 18,
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Northgate Birthday Bash, 10510 5th Ave.
NE, Thursday, July 15 from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
Neighborhood Night Out at Ballard
Community Center, 6020 28th Ave. NW,
Tuesday, August 3 from 5:30 to 8 p.m.
Loyal Heights Community Center
Barbecue, 2101 NW 77th St., Friday, August
27 from 6 to 8 p.m.
Healthy Parks, Healthy You “Big Day of
Play” Event at Magnuson Park, 7400 Sand
Bicycling – Life Jacket Point Way NE, Saturday, August 28 from 9:30
Both Green and Bike a.m. to 5 p.m.

and Fun Helmet Sales Central Seattle

Queen Anne Community Picnic – South
Bicycle Sundays Life Jackets
entrance of the community center, 1901 1st
In this beloved Seattle tradition now in its 45th Did you know that life jackets save lives?
Ave. W, Saturday, July 10 from 11 a.m. to
summer, every Sunday between now and Drowning is the second leading cause of
3 p.m.
September 26, Lake Washington Boulevard is unintentional injury death among children ages
closed to vehicle traffic from Mt. Baker Beach to one to 14. Parks will have low cost life jackets for Magnolia Summer Fest – Park grounds east
Seward Park from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Exceptions sale at Evans Pool, 7201 E Green Lake Dr. N on of the Magnolia Community Center, 2550 34th
are June 20, July 4, and August 8 and 15, when these Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.: June 19, Ave. W, Saturday, August 7 from 11 a.m. to
previously scheduled special events will take July 17, August 21, and September 18. We extend 3 p.m.
place. Bring a picnic, stop in the park to rest, savor special thanks to our partners, Seattle Children’s, Central Area Community Festival at
the view of Lake Washington, Mt. Rainier, and the Fisheries Supply, Rehab Without Walls, and the Garfield Community Center, 2323 E Cherry St.,
Cascades, and enjoy one of Seattle’s best family Coast Guard Auxiliary for their support of these Saturday, August 21 from noon to 3 p.m.
outings. Grab your bikes and helmets, and cruise events. Life jackets in sizes infant to youth size
Magnolia Bike the Bluff – Magnolia Blvd.
the Boulevard at your own speed! large are $20; sizes teens to adult XXL are $30.
and W Emerson St., aturday, September 11
Mt. Baker Beach, Mt. Baker Rowing and Sailing Bike Helmets from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Center at Stan Sayres Memorial Park, and Seward The law requires that all bicyclists wear bike
Park stay open to all users. South and West Seattle
helmets when riding a bike. This summer Seattle
Mount Baker Rowing and Sailing Center,
This year’s dates are: Parks and Recreation, in partnership with the
3800 Lake Washington Blvd. S, Sunday, July
Cascade Bicycle Club Education Foundation,
• June 6, 13, and 27 11 from 1 to 4 p.m.
will provide bicycle helmet fittings by trained
• July 5 (Monday), 11, 18, and 25 volunteers at various sites and events throughout National Night Out at High Point Community
• August 1, 22, and 29 Seattle. Helmets are available for people of Center, 6920 34th Ave. SW, Tuesday, August 3
any age; youth younger than 18 need to be from 6 to 8 p.m.
• September 5, 12, 19, and 26
accompanied by a parent or guardian, and the Alki Community Picnic at Alki Community
person who will be wearing the helmet needs to Center, 5817 SW Stevens St., Tuesday,
be present for the fitting. For more information, August 31 from 5 to 8 p.m.
please call Thomas Hargrave at 206-233-7133.

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It’s a Walk in the Park Beaches Friday special events at Mounger (please call the
Get your walking shoes on! We’re helping the Parks offers safe, lifeguarded beaches at nine sites pool for details):
City’s Climate Action Now efforts by permanently around the city, and we strongly recommend June 11 Rubber Ducky Derby
closing to vehicles the interior roads in several swimming only where lifeguards are present. June 25 Out of This World Water Fun
parks. All these roads are open for walking, Beaches are open daily, weather permitting, July 2 Stars and Stripes
cycling, and other people-powered activities. from noon to 7 p.m. weekdays and 11 a.m. to July 9 Western Round-Up
7 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. We offer free July 16 Nemo’s Underwater Adventure
• Discovery Park beginning swim lessons at every beach every July 23 Jamaican Jamboree
• Interlaken Park week for kids ages 6 and older—just register at July 30 Pirate Pool Party
• The Seward Park lower loop road your favorite beach. Amenities range from swim August 6 Art on Deck
rafts and low and high diving boards to nearby August 13 Outrageous Animal Safari
• The lakefront at Magnuson Park wading pools, play areas, ballfields, and more. August 20 Fantastic Fiesta
• The western loop road in Volunteer Park Info: http://www.seattle.gov/Parks/beaches.asp. August 27 Hawaiian Beach Party
• The upper loop road in the Washington Park These beaches are open from June 26 September 3 Royal Splish Splash
Arboretum. through September 6: September 10 Kids’ Krazy Karnival
Summer Streets • Matthews, 9300 51st Ave. NE Colman Pool
Family-Friendly Events • Madison, 1900 43rd Ave. E 8603 Fauntleroy Way SW, 206-684-7494
Walk.Bike.Shop.Breathe.Play. • Mt. Baker, 2301 Lake Washington Blvd. S Opens at noon
On Friday, August 13, the Greenwood/Phinney • Seward, 5902 Lake Washington Blvd. S Open:
Chamber’s Art Up/Open Up Summer Streets Party The weekend of June 5 and 6
• West Green Lake, 7312 W Green Lake Dr.
takes place on Phinney/ Greenwood Ave. from N These beaches are open from June 26 The weekend of June 12 and 13
65th to N 87th St. from 6 to 9 p.m. through August 29: Daily from June 19 through September 6
The Rainier Valley Chamber’s Heritage Parade • East Green Lake, 7201 E Green Lake Dr. N The weekend of September 11 and 12
and Summer Streets Party, on Rainier Ave. S
• Magnuson, park entrance at NE 65 and Sand
th
The unique Colman Pool enjoys a spectacular
from S Brandon St. to S Alaska St. takes place on
Point Way NE view of Puget Sound from its prime location on
Saturday, August 21 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• Madrona, 853 Lake Washington Blvd. the beach in West Seattle’s Lincoln Park. It features
heated salt water and the Giant Tube Slide!
Everyone Into • Pritchard Beach, 8400 55th Ave. S
Special Events:
the Water! Outdoor Pools
Parks operates two unique outdoor pools for
June 25 Rubber Ducky Derby
August 13 Hawaiian Beach Party
summer fun. Each offers swimming lessons,
Summer 2010 family swimming, water exercise programs, and Please note we’ll be closed for the Seattle Open
special events. And you can rent the whole pool Swim Meets July 8-10 and July 16-18.
Aquatics Activities
for your own special event! Wading Pools
and the Budget
Seattle Parks and Recreation has planned for Lowery C. “Pop” Mounger Pool Your little ones will love the cool, shallow water
normal summer programming and activities 2535 32nd Ave. W, 206-684-4708 and you can cool your own grown-up toes
in 2010, including swimming pools, wading too! We will operate 25 wading pool sites this
Open daily through September 12 summer, and there are five parks with spray
pools, and lifeguarded beaches. The schedule Mounger Pool is really two pools in one place.
on page 9 may be affected by decisions on features to enjoy. We open on days with sunny
The “big pool” has a 50-foot corkscrew slide and skies and warm temperatures, and we update
midyear 2010 budget reductions that are the warmer, shallower “little pool” is great for
necessary because of a revenue shortfall that the hotline, 206-684-7796, by 9 a.m. each day to
relaxing and for teaching little ones. Call the pool indicate whether we will fill the pools.
affects all City departments. We expect to to reserve it for your own birthday party or other
know these decisions in early June, 2010, and special event! Please note that the pools take about an hour to
will immediately make changes to this page, fill and drain each day, as required by law.
if any are necessary, that reflect impacts on
summer programs. Brochure available online showing short and long season wading pool schedule
http://www.seattle.gov/parks/Aquatics/wadingpools.htm

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Wading Pools
Pool Locations 2010 Wading Pool Schedule Holidays
Pool Address Area Dates Days Hours July 4th Labor Day
Bitter Lake 13035 Linden Ave N NW 6/30–8/20 Wed/Thurs/Fri 12–7 Closed Closed
Cal Anderson 1635 11th Ave CE 6/26–8/22 Fri/Sat/Sun 12–6:45 12–6:45 Closed
Dahl 7700 25th Ave NE NE 6/29–8/19 Tues/Wed/Thurs 12–7 Closed Closed
Delridge 4501 Delridge Way SW SW 6/26–8/21 Thurs/Fri/Sat 12–6:45 Closed Closed
East Queen Anne 160 Howe Street CW 6/27–8/22 Sun/Mon/Tues 12–7 12–7 Closed
E C Hughes 2805 SW Holden Street SW 6/30–8/20 Wed/Thurs/Fri 12–7 Closed Closed
Green Lake N 73rd st & W Green Lake Dr N NW 6/26–9/6 Daily 11–8 11–8 11–8
Hiawatha 2700 California Ave SW SW 6/28–8/18 Mon/Tues/Wed 12–6:45 Closed Closed
Lincoln Park 8600 Fauntleroy Way SW SW 6/26–9/6 Daily 11–8 11–8 11–8
Magnuson 7400 Sand Point Way NE NE 6/26–8/29 Daily 12–6:30 12–6:30 Closed
Soundview 1590 NW 90th Street NW 6/26–8/22 Sat/Sun/Mon 12–7 12–7 Closed
South Park 8319 8th Ave S SW 6/27–8/18 Sun/Mon/Tues 12–7 Closed Closed
Van Asselt 2820 S Myrtle Street SE 6/26–9/6 Daily 11–8 11–8 11–8
Volunteer Park 1400 E Galer Street CE 6/26–9/6 Daily 11–8 11–8 11–8
Wallingford 4219 Wallingford Ave N NW 6/30–8/20 Wed/Thurs/Fri 12–7 Closed Closed

Spray / PlayFeature
Pool Locations 2010 Wading Pool Schedule Holidays
Pool Address Area Dates Days Hours July 4th Labor Day
Ballard Commons 5701 22nd Ave NW NW 4/15–10/15 Daily 11–8 11–8 11–8
Georgetown Opening in 2011
Highland Park Opening in 2011
John C. Little 6961 37th Ave S SE 5/29–9/6 Daily 11–8 11–8 11–8
Lower Judkins 2150 S Norman Street CE 5/29–9/6 Daily 11–8 11–8 11–8
Miller 330 19th Ave E CE 4/15–10/15 Daily 11–8 11–8 11–8
Northacres Opening in 2011
Pratt 1800 S Main Street 5/29–9/6 Daily 11–8 11–8 11–8

CLOSED - Wading Pools

Beacon Hill Closed for the 2010 Season——Due to park construction Project
Gilman Closed for the 2010 Season——Due to Budget Cuts
Peppi’s Closed for the 2010 Season——Due to Budget Cuts
Powell Barnett Closed for the 2010 Season——Due to Budget Cuts
Ravenna Closed for the 2010 Season——Due to Budget Cuts
Sandel Closed for the 2010 Season——Due to park construction Project
View Ridge Closed for the 2010 Season——Due to Budget Cuts

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 Pups in the Pool!
Join us from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, August 7 at Helene Madison Pool, 13401 Meridian
Ave. N, when Parks invites our furry friends into the pool just before it closes for
scheduled maintenance. The cost is $12 per dog, and each dog must have proof of
current vaccinations and license. For more information, please call 206-684-4979, or
email [email protected].

Green Lake Small To rent a boat, please go to the Green Lake Boat Mount Baker Rowing
Rental near the Green Lake Community Center, and Sailing Center
Craft Center Enjoy camps and classes in sailing, rowing,
206-527-0171.
5900 Green Lake Way N, 206-684-4074
sailboarding, canoeing, and kayaking in the
Sign up for summer classes at the Green Lake Green Lake Small Craft sparkling waters of Lake Washington. Classes run
Small Craft Center on the shore of Green Lake! Center Special Events: all summer.
We’re open Monday – Friday from 8 a.m. to 6 Ted Houk Regatta
p.m. and from 8 a.m. to noon on weekends. Please note that every summer Sunday in 2010
Saturday and Sunday, June 12 and 13 from now through September 26 (except June 20
No matter what your age, there’s a class for you The regatta is sponsored by the Seattle Canoe and and August 8 and 15, when previously scheduled
in rowing, sailing, canoeing, or kayaking. Please Kayak Club. It includes all canoe/kayak categories. special events will take place) is a Bicycle Sunday,
call the center for schedules and fees. At Green Please call the Green Lake Small Craft Center for and Lake Washington Boulevard will be closed to
Lake’s youth sailing camps, kids will have a great information at 206-684-4074. traffic from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. There are exceptions
time learning the basics of water safety, sailing, Summer Rowing Extravaganza for residents, guests, and people with disabilities.
rigging, and boat handling in our Topper sailboats. Saturday, August 7
We offer week-long, four hour per day classes A sampling of Mt. Baker
Rowing teams from throughout the Northwest
all summer. To participate, you need to weigh 80 compete in a full day of racing. Events are open Rowing and Sailing
pounds or more. If you’re an experienced sailor in all categories. Watch the Green Lake Crew Center summer offerings:
between the ages of 11 and 17, we offer junior website, www.greenlakecrew.org, for entry Mt. Baker Alumni Row
racing camps to prepare you for competition. information in June and for results after the event! Saturday, July 10, 9:30 – 11:30 a.m.,
Barbecue to follow.
This is our new tradition – junior crew veterans,
join us for the first annual Junior Crew Alumni Row
and Barbecue. Please call the office at 206-386-
1913, or email us at [email protected]
for more information.
National Learn to Row Day – FREE
Saturday, June 5, 9:30 a.m. – Noon
Ages 12 and older
Get a quick introduction to rowing. Come
town to your community facility to see what
this fast-growing sport is all about. Learn
the fundamentals on land and water. This is
a drop-in event. Youth ages 12 to 15 need to
be accompanied by an adult. 16 and 17 year
olds need a parent’s or guardian’s signature.
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Summer Open Houses – FREE for adults. To register, please go to http://www. or community center. Clinics are limited to 20
Saturday, June 5, 1 – 4 p.m. seattle.gov/Parks/aquatics/OpenWater.htm; call participants.  All swim clinics are geared to
Sunday, July 11, 1 – 4 p.m. Alvin Barnes at 206-684-4766; or email her at beginner and novice open water swimmers.
Everyone is welcome! Try sailing our 19-foot Flying [email protected]. Madison Beach clinics are located, where
Scot or paddle in a kayak or canoe. Come and enjoy E. Madison St. meets the waters of Lake
the day and look over our class offerings. 6th Annual Green Lake
Open Water Swim Washington. Meet us at the Lifeguard Building.
Dragon Boat Races Sunday, June 27 at 9 a.m. Madison Beach Clinics take place from 5:30
Saturday, September 4 and Sunday, The HALF-MILE starts at 9 a.m. and the course to 7 p.m.
September 5 goes from West Green Lake Beach to East Green Wednesday July 7 Course #58248
Races held all day at Stan Sayres Memorial Park. Lake Beach. The MILE course is at 9:30 a.m. and Wednesday July 14 Course #58249
For more information, please visit our web site at starts and ends at East Green Lake Beach. Early
http://www.seattledragonboatfestival.org Bird registration is available through June 23 Wednesday July 21 Course #58250
and costs $20 for youth and seniors and $25 for Wednesday July 28 Course #58251
Competitive adults. After June 23, registration fees are $35
for youth and seniors and $40 for adults. All
Wednesday August 4 Course #58252
Swims and participants receive a t-shirt and a swim cap. Wednesday August 11 Course #58257
Thursday August 12 Course #58258
Events To register and for more information, please call
206-684-4961 or see http://www.seattle.gov/ Wednesday August 18 Course #58259
Open Water Swims Parks/aquatics/OpenWater.htm
Green Lake clinics meet in the lobby of
26th Annual Emerald City
Open Water Swim Training to Prepare for Evans Pool/Green Lake Community Center
Open Water Swims from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
Saturday, August 21, 7:30 a.m. at Andrews
Learn how to swim in a crowd, swim straight, Green Lake Clinics
Bay on Lake Washington (Seward Park).
This event includes a half- mile straight course and swim distance efficiently, and swim in open Wednesday June 23         Course # 58246
a one-mile triangle course. Certified lifeguards will water. For more information, please call 206- Thursday June 24         Course # 58247
be in the water to supervise the swim. Swimmers 386-4282 or visit us online.
17 and younger need parental approval to For all clinics, please bring your suit, towel, and a
participate, and the minimum age is 10. pair of goggles.
Registration BEFORE August 13 is $20 for youth The fee for each clinic is $20. You can sign up
and seniors and $25 for adults. After August 13, online at www.seattle.gov/parks or at any
registration is $35 for youth and seniors and $40 Seattle Parks and Recreation swimming pool

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The Great discover the wonders of the pond, come on a and younger, bring at least one adult with your
family wagon train adventure, or just relax in the team to await you at the central depot. After the
Outdoors meadow. The Lodge is open Tuesday through hunt is complete, all the labors are accomplished,
Playground Art in Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Here are some of and the Quester has declared your team fit to
this summer’s offerings: live as humans in the wild, ... great feasting and
the Parks Program
music will ensue. Put your team together today to
This summer we offer a FREE exciting drop-in Carkeek Park
compete and discover the dark and natural secrets
program for kids ages 5 to 9 and 10 to 14: the 950 NW Carkeek Park Road. 206-684-0877 of the wild northwest.
Summer Art in the Parks Program, which takes Located in northwest Seattle, this popular park Location: Playground Meadow
place from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays offers wonderful trails, great beach access, Sign up online at www.seattle.gov/parks (click on
from June 28 to August 20, rain or shine, at the and extraordinary views of Puget Sound and SPARC) for #56808, by August 7. Fee: $15
sites listed below. Free sack lunches are available the Olympic Mountains. Years of hard work by
at all of these sites each day from noon to 1 p.m. neighbors and volunteers have brought salmon Golden Gardens Beach
Local performing arts organizations provide back to Pipers Creek in the park. Please join and Wetland
culturally relevant, fun, innovative, curriculum us for classes, events, and work parties. The Saturday, July 24, 10 a.m. to noon
based performing arts programming that will environmental learning center, the first building Ages 6 and older
help build self esteem, and welcome drop-in in Seattle to receive a gold rating from the U.S. Meet at the Golden Gardens Bathhouse (8498
participants. Parks invites participants and the Green Building Council, is open Monday through Seaview Pl. NW). Walk with a modern naturalist
community to come to Pratt Park for an End-Of- Friday from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. through the diversity of Golden Gardens: Together,
Summer Celebration on Friday, August 20 from 6 explore the mysteries of a wetland, and arrive at
to 8 p.m. to enjoy food and games and celebrate the beach at the lowest part of the tide. There,
what our young performers learned. On the last we carefully watch the life and death dramas in
Thursday, August 19, we will hold evening dress the tidepools. And we will listen to the stories
rehearsals at each playground with food for and songs told by the forests in a park known as
participants and their families. Seattle’s playground.
Othello Playground Register online at www.seattle.gov/parks (click
4351 S Othello St. on SPARC) for #56802 by July 17.
Maplewood Playfield Discovery Park
4801 Corson Ave. S 3801 W Government Way, 206-386-4236
Judkins Playground If you’re looking for real wilderness in the city,
2150 S Norman St. this is the place. This 512-acre gem provides the
perfect setting for a host of nature programs
Pratt Park Here are some unique Carkeek events this for adults and kids. Take beach walks, enjoy an
1800 S Main St. summer: evening campfire, join a habitat restoration work
Note: These are all Summer Food Service Program party, or bring the kids for Nature’s Storytime
sites, and free lunches are available from noon Twilight Adventures
or a Tot Walk. The visitor center is open Tuesday
to 1 p.m. every weekday from June 28 through in the New Moon
through Sunday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Here
August 20. Saturday, August 14
are some Discovery Park Environmental Learning
6-10 p.m.
Camp Long
Center offerings.
Ages 6 and older
5200 35th Ave. SW , 206-684-7434 The Twilight story series is a love story with Snakes Alive!
West Seattle’s Camp Long is one of the jewels nature as the backdrop. Yet it is nature that gives Sunday, June 27, 1 – 3 p.m.
in our parks crown. It’s a 68-acre oasis that Twilight much of its exciting edge. Live on that Sunday, July 25, 1 – 3 p.m.
features Schurman Rock, newly renovated by edge in a new adventure. You’ll get a sense of Ages 8 and older
the Seattle Parks Foundation for the use of rock the beauty of Carkeek and its landscape, you’ll Discover reptiles and amphibians of the
climbers, and 10 rustic cabins available for an get some of Twilight’s fantasy reality, and you’ll Pacific Northwest in their natural habitat with
overnight adventure. Camp Long naturalists offer get an encounter with your own animal nature Nick Sutton, local zookeeper and explorer
a broad array of summer hikes, camping trips, and life’s mystery. The Quester respectfully awaits extraordinaire. All children must be accompanied
and opportunities to study the wild creatures your presence the evening of August 14 for the by an adult. Fee: Adult $8 / Child $6. Register
that live in our parks. Stroll the beach at Me Kwa mystery of the nature of Twilight. Bring a team online at www.seattle.gov/parks (click on SPARC)
Mooks Park, bring your little one to a Tot Walk, of five or build a team when you arrive. Youth 16 for #56810 (June 27) or #56811 (July 25).

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Twilight Hike New Moon Night Hike - FREE
Friday, June 25, 8:30 – 10:30 p.m. Saturday, September 11, 8 – 10 p.m. Seward Park
Ages 8 and older Ages 6 and older Environmental &
Come enjoy a naturalist-led hike through Explore the park in the very dark. New moon Audubon Center
Discovery Park while the sun sets and the means no light. What animals are out at this 5902 Lake Washington Boulevard S
park atmosphere changes. Which animals are time? What are they doing? Can I see? Ooh, 206-684-4396 (City) or 206-652-2444
heading to bed? Which ones are just beginning join us and find out! All children must be (Audubon)
to wake up? We’ll explore the park for signs of accompanied by an adult. Please dress for Seward Park, located in southeast Seattle,
these transitions. the weather. is a 277-acre peninsula
Register online at www.seattle.gov/parks (click Register online at www.seattle.gov/parks (click extending
on SPARC) for #53095. Fee: $5 on SPARC) for #56817. into Lake
Washington
and the
Adventures with a Discovery Park Naturalist       site of one
Ages 50 and older
of the city’s
West Seattle Wildlife Outing Ballard Wildlife Outing prized stands
Thursday, July 15, 9 a.m. - noon Thursday, September 16. 10 a.m. - noon of old growth forest.
Experience some parks along Longfellow Creek, Experience some parks along the Ship Canal The Seward Park Environmental & Audubon
the Puget Sound, and the Duwamish River that and the Puget Sound that are beautiful to Center, a partnership between the City of
are beautiful to visit and great for watching visit and great for watching wildlife. Discover Seattle and Audubon Washington, offers
wildlife. Discover some of Seattle’s summer visitors how animals transition between the seasons. opportunities to learn about the plants and
and other animals that are here year-round. Bring binoculars if you have them. We also animals that call Seward Park home. Using
Bring binoculars if you have them. We also have have binoculars for loan. This program will the park as an outdoor classroom, the Center
binoculars for loan. This program will involve involve climbing in and out of the van at several offers a multitude of programs designed to
climbing in and out of the van at several stops and stops and walking short distances at each engage visitors of all ages in nature study
walking short distances at each stop. We will travel stop. We will travel from the Discovery Park that’s both informative and fun. Stay up
from the Discovery Park Environmental Learning Environmental Learning Center (ELC) by van and late for an Owl Prowl (dissect owl pellets in
Center (ELC) by van and return to the ELC at noon.  return to the ELC at noon. the lab!), see the current nature- themed
Fee: $3 Fee: $3 art exhibit, shake hands with the Talking
Tree, or stop in to see what is happening on
Super Saturdays! The Center is open Tuesday
Woodland Park Zoo - Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Program
NEW!!! Meerkat Exhibit and times vary.
New West Entrance Go to www.sewardpark.audubon.org
Meet the mob—of meerkats, that is! for camp registration information and
Meerkats returned to Woodland Park Zoo brownpapertickets.com to buy your tickets for
this May after a 10-year absence. You'll find one of the twilight hikes.
the mob of eight burrowing mongooses
in an indoor exhibit in the zoo’s revamped Owl Prowl Party & Walk
Adaptations Building. And now you can get At the party, learn about these amazing
there quicker with an all new West Entrance nocturnal predators and their habitats,
designed to shorten wait times and provide behaviors, and language. Then hike with us
you access to all the essential guest amenities. deep into the forest to call down our resident
Located on Phinney Ave. N between N 55th barred owls. This event is limited to 25
St. and N 56th St., the new West Entrance participants.
includes family restrooms, equipment rentals, Saturday, June 25, 8 – 10 p.m.
shade-grown coffee, souvenirs, and more. Saturday, July 24, 8 – 10 p.m.
Saturday, August 28, 7:30 – 9:30 p.m.
Photo by: Ryan Hawk/Woodland Park Zoo Fee: $4 per adult, $3 per child.

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Snow Leopard Day Red, White & Zoo ZooTunes
August 14, 9:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.        July 1, 2, 10 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Help celebrate snow leopards at the fourth annual It’s a Fourth of July picnic as Woodland BECU ZooTunes
Snow Leopard Day. Join our conservation partner, Park Zoo’s animals—orangutans, jaguars, presented by Carter
the Snow Leopard Trust, as we illustrate our hippos, pigs and more—are treated to
ongoing support of snow leopard conservation and star-shaped popsicles, watermelons or corn
Subaru concert series
the many programs we jointly support. The festive on the cob in celebration of Red, White & Zoo. June-August
day is full of activities including face painting, crafts Hear zookeepers talk about how treats and The ever-popular summer concert series is back
and more. Free with admission or zoo membership. other activities are part of the zoo’s ongoing for its 27th year, still offering the best concert
enrichment program to help enrich the lives bargain in the Pacific Northwest. Top artists and
Summer hours: May 1–September 30:
of the zoo’s animals, promote natural animal singer-songwriters perform outdoors in the zoo’s
9:30 a.m.–6 p.m. daily.
behavior, keep animals mentally stimulated and North Meadow with festival seating. Blankets,
Summer admission: May 1–September 30: engage visitors. Free with zoo admission. low-backed chairs and picnic baskets are
Adult (13–64) $16.50; Child (3–12) $11. Free welcome. Tickets on sale now at all Metropolitan
for children 2 and under year round. Seniors and Market locations. Visit www.zoo.org/zootunes for
people with disabilities receive a discount and zoo Bard in the full line-up and more information.
members receive free zoo admission year round. Park ZooTunes is presented by Carter Subaru.
Parking: $5. Parking is limited. Please call Metro The Bard in the Park Sunday, June 27
at 206-553-3000 for bus service to the zoo.
It's a summer of love! Jewel with Radney Foster ($28)
Info: For more information, call 206-548-2500 or GreenStage’s 22nd season is filled with love Wednesday, June 30
visit the zoo’s website at www.zoo.org. and lovers. Tragic, beautiful, silly, star-crossed, Steve Earle with special guest Joe Ely ($21)
Lawn Bowling unrequited, and out of their minds – you’ll find
them all here! Wednesday, July 14
Lawn bowling continues to gain in popularity— Carbon Leaf ($24)
check it out! If you’re 10 or older, you can learn the ROMEO and JULIET, directed Sunday, July 18
game this summer. Lessons are free on Saturdays at by Corey McDaniel The Round 62 at the Zoo: A multi-arts
10 a.m., and the bowling clubs provide bowls for Not another civil brawl on the streets of Verona! collaborative show featuring Star Anna,
you. For evening bowling, please call the clubs for Can the two young lovers escape the acrimony Damien Jurado, and many more ($15)
times. Please wear gym shoes or other flat-soled between the Capulets and the Montagues, or
shoes. To learn about the game and upcoming is their love doomed? This story has inspired Wednesday, July 21
lawn bowling opportunities and events, please visit poets, filmmakers, romantics, and cynics alike Jimmy Cliff with Trevor Hall ($24)
www.seattlebowls.org/site/bowling. for centuries. Thursday, July 29
Jefferson Park Great Big Sea ($22)
AS YOU LIKE IT, directed
4103 Beacon Ave. S Tuesday, August 3
by Teresa Thuman 
206-762-2490 Mary Chapin Carpenter / Shawn Colvin ($24)
Come find a patch of grass and go to the Forest
Jefferson lawn bowlers take individual requests
of Ardenne, where court life is turned on its Wednesday, August 11
for lessons and will schedule volunteers to meet
head and love comes to all who seek it - and The Levon Helm Band with Joe Pug ($26)
up with people at mutually convenient times.
some who don’t. Will Orlando prevail? Who is Wednesday, August 25
They’re open to the public and have a special
Ganymede, really? John Hiatt & The Combo ($22)
event every Friday at 6 p.m. through the end
of December. For more information, please see July 9 through August 14 – FREE Sunday, August 29
http://www.seattlebowls.org/site/about For performance dates and times, please go to Herbie Hancock’s The Imagine Project ($27)
http://www.greenstage.org/2010/performance-
Woodland Park Thursday, September 2
calendar.
N 63rd St and Whitman Ave. N Cyndi Lauper ($29)
206-782-1515
The concerts are festival seating and concert-
Woodland Park features open bowls on Fridays
goers are encouraged to spread out with blankets
from 6 p.m. to dusk throughout the season. The
and low-backed folding chairs (maximum height
lawn bowling group also offers lessons and holds
allowed: 24”).
barbecues. Please call for more information or
visit http://bowlsclub.org/club/2156/. Outside alcohol is prohibited.

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Family year – the show Time Magazine named one of
Farmers
the top five fireworks displays in the country. Info:
Fourth http://family4th.org/. The show will be broadcast Markets
Though it came perilously close to on KING-5 and simulcast on KIRO FM 97.3. Please Seattle now boasts a dozen year-round or
cancellation, Family Fourth, produced by remember to leave pets at home! seasonal farmers markets that bring the very
the nonprofit One Reel arts organization, will go freshest locally grown, newly picked fruits
on in 2010, thanks to local heroes Dave Ross of Let There Be and vegetables to our neighborhoods. You can
KIRO-FM Radio, local restaurateur Tom Douglas, eat locally, support your local farmers, and
Turner Construction, Hale’s Ales, Merrill Gardens, Music get delicious, nutritious food in the bargain.
Starbucks, Microsoft, Nordstrom, Vulcan, and many Peace Concerts And did we mention the abundant, fragrant
other generous donors. (For a full list of donors, This year marks the 30th for the free Peace flowers? There’s one near you!
please see http://family4th.org/donors.htm). Concert series, a Seattle favorite for summer Neighborhood Farmers
The festivities will kick off at noon at Gas Works Sundays from 1 - 6 p.m. This year’s sponsors are Market Alliance
Park with something for everyone: family Band Together Records, Disc Makers, Speakeasy, http://www.seattlefarmersmarkets.org/
activities throughout the park, a beer garden with and Big Sis Media? Please bring a food donation
for Northwest Harvest. For more information, University District
a view of the lake, and plenty of food vendors Saturdays, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., year-round
catering to every palate. please call 206-729-5232 or visit the web site at
www.seapeace.org. West Seattle
The day ends with the spectacular 10 p.m. Sundays, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., year-round
fireworks show that manages to outdo itself every Broadway
Sundays, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m., May 9 - Dec. 19
Columbia City
Wednesdays, 3 – 7 p.m., April 28 - Oct. 20
Phinney
Fridays, 3 – 7 p.m., May 28 - Oct. 1
Lake City
Thursdays, 3 – 7 p.m., June 3 - Oct. 7
Magnolia
Saturdays, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., June 5 - Sept. 25
Seattle Farmers Markets:
http://www.seattlefarmersmarkets.org/
Fremont
Sundays, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Ballard
Sundays, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., year round
Madrona
Fridays, 3 – 7 p.m., through Sept. 24
Wallingford
Wednesdays, 3 – 7 p.m., through Sept. 30
Fremont
Sundays, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., year round except
for June 21
Queen Anne
Thursdays, 3 – 7 p.m. through Oct. 7
http://qafma.org/
Olympic Sculpture Park
www.ARCSeattle.org www.seattle.gov/parks
Farmers Market
Thursdays, 3:30 – 7:30 p.m. through Sept. 9
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Gorgeous, Parsons Garden period of the year. Info: www.seattle.gov/parks/
7 Avenue W and W Highland Dr., Open
th parkspaces/volunteerpark/conservatory.htm
Glorious daily 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Admission is free. Mark your calendar! The Conservatory
Gardens Formerly the family garden of Reginald H. Annual Fall Plant Sale takes place Saturday,
Parsons, the park was given to the city in 1956 by September 11, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Shop for indoor
Woodland Park the family’s children. This small but lovely garden tropical plants and ferns at this sale sponsored
Rose Garden is a hidden gem on Queen Anne Hill’s south slope. by the Friends of the Conservatory. For more
5000 Fremont Ave. N, information, please call 206-322-4112 or visit
Open daily 7 a.m. to Japanese Garden
www.volunteerparkconservatory.org.
dusk. Admission 1502 Lake Washington Boulevard (in the
is free. Washington Park Arboretum), Open daily Save the date: A Tropical Evening at the
The Woodland through November 14. Conservatory, themed “It’s a Jungle in There,”
Park Rose Garden takes place from 6 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, August
Hours: May 3 – August 15, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
is managed by the 6 and features light supper and drinks, live music,
August 16 – September 20, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Woodland Park Zoo. and a silent auction to support Friends of the
Admission: $5 per adult age 18-64; $3 per youth Conservatory (FOC). Tickets, $35 for members and
The garden, open age 6-17, senior adult 65 and older, and college
since 1924, features more $45 for non-members, are available at the FOC
student with ID; and free for kids 5 and younger. Gift Shop (inside the Conservatory) from
than 5,000 rose bushes
representing 280 varieties. At 2010 marks the Japanese Garden’s 50th 10 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday,
its picturesque and fragrant anniversary! Stop by and enter through the or through the FOC Office - call 206-322-4112 or
best from May through beautiful new gatehouse that invites you into email [email protected]. Web
August, the garden displays the Garden. The new structure, which includes site is www.volunteerparkconservatory.org.
gates sculpted by local sculptor Gerard Tsutakawa,
new rose hybrids before they
creates more visibility for the garden and provides
Washington Park
become available to amateur
rose enthusiasts. an entrance worthy of one of the finest Japanese Arboretum
gardens in the country. 2300 Arboretum Drive, open daily 7 a.m.
Kubota Garden This 3½-acre formal garden was designed and built
to dusk. For more information, please call
9600 Renton Avenue S, Open daily from 206-543-8800
under the supervision of world-renowned Japanese
sunup to sunset. Admission is free. The Washington Park Arboretum is a spectacular
garden designer Juki Iida in 1960. Chado (The Way
Hidden in South Seattle, Kubota Garden is a urban green space on the shores of Lake
of Tea) demonstrations are offered regularly in the
stunning 20-acre landscape that blends Japanese Washington. Its 230 acres display a dynamic,
traditional teahouse (for more information, please
garden concepts with native Northwest plants. living museum with collections of oaks, conifers,
call 206-324-1483). It has been named one of
The city acquired the property, now an historic camellias, Japanese maples, and hollies. Parks
the top ten Japanese gardens in the world outside
landmark, in 1987 from the estate of master owns and manages the Arboretum grounds,
Japan. For special events at the Japanese Garden,
landscaper Fujitaro Kubota. Kubota was a and the University of Washington manages its
please see www.seattle.gov/parks/parkspaces/
horticultural pioneer when he began merging plant collections through the Center for Urban
japanesegarden.htm.
Japanese design techniques with North American Horticulture. The nonprofit Arboretum Foundation
materials in his display garden in 1927. The Volunteer Park manages fund raising, membership, and volunteer
Garden is a spectacular setting of hills and valleys Conservatory services. The Arboretum serves three important
interlaced with streams, waterfalls, ponds, 1400 E Galer Street functions: recreation, conservation, and education.
bridges, rock outcroppings, and a rich array of Open Tuesday – Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Parks, the Foundation, and the University are
plant material. Recent work funded by the Pro This jewel in Volunteer Park was built in 1912 and working hard to implement the Arboretum
Parks Levy has resulted in improved paths, an modeled after the Crystal Palace in London. It Master Plan. For more information, please see
upgraded entry, new restrooms, new irrigation, features an outstanding display of flowering plants http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/parks/arboretum/
and better access for people with disabilities. Be from all over the world, and its notable 600-variety arboPlanindex.htm.
sure to stop and see the beautiful gate designed orchid collection began as a gift from Anna H. Clise For a full listing of exciting and informative
by artist Gerard Tsutakawa. in 1919. The Conservatory features five houses anniversary events, programs, and activities,
– bromeliad, fern, palm, cactus, and a special please see http://www.arboretumfoundation.
seasonal house that displays the floral glory of each org/events_programs/events_programs.cfm/.

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