DNDA is holding two planting sessions this week at Roxhill Park now that the bog project is underway. Just an FYI, I will not be at this Tuesday event due to an appointment, but I will be at Saturday’s event. DNDA will have all the tools so you can just show up to this event if interested in helping to restore the park.

We’ll head back to our newly adopted forest steward parcel in Schmitz Park which we’ve only been clearing to this point, but this visit we’ll get to put some beautiful native plants back in the ground! We'll be planting in areas that we cleared of dense blackberry and ivy overgrowth and also an area we removed an abandoned encampment from.

We’ll return to Seacrest Park this week and work on Sprucing up Cove 1 just north of Salty’s with the little pier and the Luna Girls sculpture. The cove has some willow overgrowth as well as the usual English ivy and blackberry brambles that we’ll work on removing, we got the south end of the cove cleaned up over the past two visits so will now focus on the north end.

We'll join Mary back down on the fishing pier side of S. Spokane where we worked over the Spring & Summer Sprucing up the planting beds and the bike trail. The area just had an encampment sweep so we’ll be able to get in and work the fence line and other areas we haven’t touched in a while.

I did an impromptu leaf cleanup at Fresh Flours this morning but didn't get the area quite done. So I'm throwing an impromptu cleanup tomorrow morning to get the Fresh Flours and the Produce stand side of the street cleaned up before the rain returns and turns it all to mush. Leaf cleanup and garbage pickup opportunities abound. We can head to Fresh Flours after for a little treat.

We’ll head back to S. Oregon Street End Park which is south of the West Seattle Bridge by a half mile or so. We’ve done some nice Sprucing there in 2025 and uncovered a grove of Madronas that are breathing free now. Blackberry, ivy and other invasives still abound as does trash picking opportunities.

We’ll return to Seacrest Park this week and work on Sprucing up Cove 1 just north of Salty’s with the little pier and the Luna Girls sculpture. The cove has some willow overgrowth as well as the usual blackberry brambles that we’ll work on removing, we got a nice jump on it last week but it could use another visit.

Join us on Saturday, November 22 in the Mt. Baker neighborhood for our final cleanup of the series! We’ll meet at the Mt. Baker Light Rail Station and send teams out in all directions to remove litter, spruce up our streets, clear drains and build community together.

We’ll head back to Duwamish Head Greenspace with Heather on Friday and start putting our native plants in the ground from our West Seattle Garden Tour Grant. We’ll be planting in the areas we’ve been clearing the past year down by the new cistern. This should be a fun and satisfying day :)

We’ll return to Seacrest Park this week and work on Sprucing up the cove just north of Salty’s with the little pier and the Luna Girls sculpture. The cove has some willow overgrowth as well as the usual blackberry brambles that we’ll work on removing, of course there will also be trash picking opportunities along the beach and Alki Trail as well.

We’ll head back to S. Oregon Street End Park which is south of the West Seattle Bridge by a half mile or so. We did several great cleanups there over the Summer and rung a grove of Madronas that are breathing free now. Blackberry, ivy and other invasives still abound as does trash picking opportunities.

This will be a collaborative cleanup of Longfellow Creek shadowing Puget Soundkeepers’ salmon surveyors with DNDA. We’ll help cleanup along the creek and all through the park and Dragonfly Pavilion.

We'll drop back in along Alki Trail and continue south down the fence line where we’ve been opening up the foliage since last year, creating a brighter, safer and more welcoming expanse along the bike path. There will be trash collection and Sprucing opportunities here continuing to address blackberry, weed overgrowth and raising the under-canopy a bit for better lines of sight.

Parks & Rec is requesting some trail work throughout the park, similar to the work we recently did in Lincoln Park trimming the sides trails to create more space. This will be our initial trip in with Tim so we’ll walk in from the Stevens end of the bridge and get a sense of what they’re after and likely create a series going forward depending on what we get busy on.

We’ll head back to help Mary at the Diagonal Ave Park and Shoreline Habitat which is south of the West Seattle Bridge by a mile or so. It’s a cool park with a little cove for litter pickup and a little pocket park that we can Spruce and tidy up.

Stu from Alki Bike & Board reached out for a cleanup of Marginal Place and the bike path. Jeremy has also recently been working to remove leaves off the bike path. We’ve cleaned up Marginal Place multiple times over the past several years due to the high traffic from illegal dumping and wire stripping, you never really know what you’re going to get or see, but it always needs help.

Join us at the Friday screening of Join or Die, a documentary based on the research of Robert Putnam, author of Bowling Alone. The documentary examines the value of building community and creating Social Capital within a connected community. I think this is something many of us are finding doing our work with A Cleaner Alki.

Join us at the Friday screening of Join or Die, a documentary based on the research of Robert Putnam, author of Bowling Alone. The documentary examines the value of building community and creating Social Capital within a connected community. I think this is something many of us are finding doing our work with A Cleaner Alki.

We'll drop back in along Alki Trail and continue south down the fence line where we’ve been opening up the foliage since last year, creating a brighter, safer and more welcoming expanse along the bike path. There will be trash collection and Sprucing opportunities here continuing to address blackberry, weed overgrowth and raising the under-canopy a bit for better lines of sight.

We’ll revisit the Cottage Grove Recovery Garden with Seattle Parks and Rec this week to help Susanna, the garden’s steward, Spruce up the garden and the surrounding neighborhood. Last week we did an initial Fall cleanup, and this week we’ll get some new plants in the ground and potentially spread some wood chips.

We’ll head back down under the West Seattle bridge on Wednesday to help Mary pick up where we left off last week. This week we’ll focus on the Delridge triangle property defined between the backside of Nucor, the fire station and Delridge Way. We’ve worked this area before and there’s always trash and overgrowth to work on.

White Center Solidarity is starting a First Saturday of the month cleanup with this coming Saturday being the first of the series. We’ll help facilitate with gear and reporting to Adopt a Street if they don’t have their own account yet. As always, feel free to come out and help amplify their work.

We'll drop back in along Alki Trail and continue south down the fence line where we’ve been opening up the foliage since last year, creating a brighter, safer and more welcoming expanse along the bike path. There will be trash collection and Sprucing opportunities here continuing to address blackberry, weed overgrowth and raising the under-canopy a bit for better lines of sight.

We’ll revisit the Cottage Grove Recovery Garden with Seattle Parks and Rec this week to help Susanna, the garden’s steward, Spruce up the garden and the surrounding neighborhood.

This week we’ll head back down under the West Seattle bridge across from The Chelan Cafe to help Mary. There will be ample opportunities for trash collection under the bridge as well as along the perimeter of Nucor, the pass-thru area and along Delridge—with Sprucing opportunities under the bridge as well.

Councilman Rob Saka’s office is presenting an amendment to the City Budget that could be a potential source of funding for ACA. Anyone who is willing and able to come down to the first public meeting about all the budget amendments are encouraged to show up and advocate for this hopeful inclusion in person.

Hey all, the Weglins are hosting another dinner at the West Seattle Eagles on Saturday October 25th at 5:30 with all proceeds benefitting A Cleaner Alki. You don’t have to be a member, so come on out for a group dinner and fellowship!

We’ll head back to the alley behind the Barton St. P-Patch to finish removing the blackberry overgrowth. Last week we probably got 75% of the material cut out and hauled off. This time we’ll remove the remaining brambles, go after the roots and find the edge of the concrete under the accumulated dirt to widen the alleyway.

We’ll head back to the new South Park Plaza where we joined Seattle Parks & Rec the past two weeks to clear weeds and overgrowth from the planting beds. We’ve moved through a good chunk of the large beds during those visits and we’ll continue that work this week removing invasives and trash.

This week we’ll head back down under the West Seattle bridge across from The Chelan Cafe to help Mary. There will be ample opportunities for trash collection under the bridge as well as along the perimeter of Nucor, the pass-thru area and along Delridge—with Sprucing opportunities under the bridge as well.