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  • Walking Tour of Kinnear Park and SW Queen Anne

    Kinnear Park 899 W Olympic Pl, Seattle, WA, United States

    Join us on a free walking tour of Kinnear Park and SW Queen Anne! This 1.5 mile loop tour will focus on the Olmsted-related history of the south Queen Anne neighborhood and Kinnear Park, Seattle’s second oldest park. Learn more and register for free at the Eventbrite link below.

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  • Walking Tour of Cal Anderson Park

    Cal Anderson Park 1635 11th Ave, Seattle

    Join us on a free walking tour of Cal Anderson Park. The city’s "newest oldest" Olmsted-designed park is the hub of the Capitol Hill neighborhood. It sensitively combines historic preservation and new design in the Olmsted tradition. The spacious design accommodates a wide variety of uses and users. Even while it creates areas for new […]

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  • Historic photo of Denny Blaine park

    Walking Tour of Lakeview, Viretta, and Denny Blaine Parks

    Lakeview Park Lake Washington Blvd, East Harrison Street, and 37th Avenue East, Seattle, WA, United States

    Join us on a free walking tour of three Seattle parks. This tour is of a lesser known segment of the system, but a pivotal one. Two of the three parks exemplify public/private conflicts over use and “ownership” of park land - a seemingly perpetual tension.

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  • Magnolia Park and Boulevard Walking Tour

    Magnolia Park 1461 Magnolia Boulevard West, Seattle

    Called out as “Magnolia Bluffs Park” in Olmsted’s 1908 report, Olmsted envisioned this scenic park bordering the “Magnolia Bluffs Parkway” (Magnolia Boulevard), which he first proposed in 1903.

  • Schmitz Preserve Park Walking Tour

    Schmitz Preserve Park Meet near the intersection of 58th Ave SW and SW Stevens St, Seattle, WA, United States

    53-acre Schmitz Preserve Park was donated to the City of Seattle in pieces between 1908 and 1912. The most generous portion came from a German immigrant/banker/realtor named Ferdinand Schmitz, who served on the park commission during those years. He and his wife Emma donated the land “to be used perpetually…for park purposes…in order that certain […]

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  • Jefferson Park Walking Tour

    Jefferson Park 3801 Beacon Ave. South, Seattle

    John Charles Olmsted visited the large tract of city-owned land on Beacon Hill (now Jefferson Park) in 1903 when he toured the city to develop his city-wide system of parks and boulevards. In the 1903 report, Olmsted recommended ways the city could develop the eastern section into ball fields, walkways, and pleasure drives. Originally purchased […]

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  • Holiday in Volunteer Park

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    Volunteer Park 1247 15th Ave. E, Seattle

    Free holiday event in Volunteer Park on December 7, 2023!

  • Halloween Pet Parade

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    Volunteer Park 1247 15th Ave. E, Seattle

    Halloween Pet Parade at Volunteer Park

  • Art Installation Opening: “UNION” by John Grade

    Washington Park Arboretum 2300 Arboretum Drive East, Seattle

    Join us on Sunday, September 24th for a FREE public event in the Washington Park Arboretum with a plant sale, food trucks, tours, and new art!

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  • Woodland Park & Woodland Park Zoo Tour

    Woodland Park 1000 N 50th Street, Seattle

    When the Olmsted's arrived in 1903 to plan Seattle's park and boulevard system, Woodland Park was the city’s largest public park. Purchased from the widow of Guy Phinney in 1899 for $100,000, it was six miles outside Seattle's city limits. The Phinney estate consisted of a large house where the Woodland Park Zoo’s south parking […]

  • Hiawatha Park & Playfield Tour

    Hiawatha Playfield 2700 California Avenue SW, Seattle

    Declared a City of Seattle landmark in 1984, Hiawatha Park and Playfield was designed by the Olmsted Brothers Firm in 1910. It began a ’new era in public recreation in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest’. At the time, it was the largest public playfield in Seattle. It included a playground, athletic field, tennis and basketball […]

  • Leschi & Frink Park Tour

    Frink Park 398 Lake Washington Boulevard South, Seattle

    Leschi and Frink Parks were privately-owned parks open to the public when John Charles Olmsted arrived in 1903 to design Seattle's Park and Boulevard system. Olmsted referred to these steeply-sloped parks as the “Rainier Heights Landslide Section" and recommended that the entire area become part of Seattle's park system to prevent major loss from future […]

  • Summer Series at the Amphitheater 2023

    Volunteer Park 1247 15th Ave. E, Seattle

    Free Summer Concerts at the Volunteer Park Amphitheater from July 13th to August 17th! Over the summer, Volunteer Park Trust is presenting the Summer Series at the Amphitheater, hosting six free shows and performances on Thursday evenings, July 13 to August 17, from 6:00-8:30 pm. Come celebrate with us all summer long! Bring a picnic, […]