"Picnic in the Park" an event sponsored by West Seattle's Nature Consortium is set for Saturday, June 15 as an outdoor celebration of the West Duwamish Greenbelt, Seattle’s largest forest.

The event will run from 10am-2pm in the West Duwamish Greenbelt – Soundway located near South Seattle Community College. The trail entrance is at 14th Ave SW & SW Holly St and Treats will be provided by Marination.

More information from Nature Consortium:

Event Schedule
10am Picnic in the Park begins
10:15am Toddler Walk
10:30am – 1:30pm Art Activity: making nature flags with Amy Pille
11am – 12pm Live Music in the Woods by The Mighty Tiny Band
11am Eco Hike with our Restoration Director
12pm Ceremony and Golden Shovel Award Presentation
12:30pm – 1:30pm Live Music in the Woods by The Acoustic Laboratory
12:30pm Eco Hike with NC Staff
2pm Picnic in the Park ends

Celebrating Our Community
Nature Consortium rallied our community and our legislators to save a section of our beloved greenbelt called Soundway from being sold to developers. After six long years, the City of Seattle finally designated Soundway as a public park in January 2011. We’d like to take the time to celebrate everyone who made this possible.

Picnic in the Park will be a celebration of the community’s work to save the Soundway property, both legally and ecologically. Nature Consortium will honor community members who saw value in the land and fought to preserve it, as well as the thousands of volunteers who have helped transform it from a wild, overgrown blackberry jungle to the vibrant forest habitat it is today.

Celebrating Our Back Yard
The Soundway property is just one section of the largest forest in Seattle. Nature Consortium has been working to restore habitat in Soundway with an army of volunteers since 2003.

As restoration has improved the quality of the landscape and trails over the years, Soundway has become a recreation destination for hikers, dog walkers, neighbors, and families in the area. Picnic in the Park will bring neighbors old and new together to celebrate this important local green space as habitat, as community space, and as a vital resource for our city.

It’s Official: June 15 is Soundway Day
Mayor McGinn issued a proclamation to officially declare June 15 as Soundway Day in the City of Seattle.