On Sunday November 7th we held a public Eco Arts Celebration in Fremont along the Burke Gilman Trail. Funded through the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods, the event featured art highlighting and interpreting the critical passage of salmon through the Fremont cut, and the recently-installed floating wetlands that Read more…
This past spring, the Sweetgrass Team finalized a few different floating wetland designs to best fit the needs of our two Lake Union shoreline sites. After a few production days at the UW Hatchery, the wetlands were ready to be deployed! Site #1 is at the Fremont Fender walls, just Read more…
The Sweetgrass team spent the winter designing potential floating wetland and other shoreline restoration prototypes, as well as applying for permits needed for a successful spring launch. Jenn Engelke lead the design effort and came up with drawings that the prototyping team has been able to start building this past Read more…
Nancy Rottle and Mason Bowles, our team leads, were recently interviewed on the Urban Rivers Podcast. Check it out!
On two consecutive Fridays in October, the Urban Shorelines Working Group came together for a design charrette to kick off design ideas for multiple shoreline restoration sites. The Group was broken up into six different teams, each representing a different site in the Seattle area. The design brief asked teams Read more…