Past Events
Walking Tours
Events
Hiawatha Playfield Walking Tour – June 21st
Hiawatha Playfield was the first playfield developed in the Seattle park system. John Charles Olmsted designed it in 1910. The original plan featured two wading pools and two "open air gymnasiums" - one for women and girls and one for men and boys. Come join FSOP as we tour the playfield on June 21st, at […]
Schmitz Park Walking Tour – May 17th
The first of our monthly summer walking tours will be held this Saturday, May 17th, beginning at 10:00 a.m. We will meet at the intersection of 58th Ave. SW and SW Stevens St., near Alki Elementary. We'll take a look at the park as a component of the Olmsted system of parks and boulevard, compare […]
Volunteer Park Tree Walk – February 22
Penny Kriese, FSOP board member and Seattle Tree Ambassador, will be leading a tree tour of Volunteer Park on Saturday, February 22nd. The FREE tour will start at 10:00 a.m. from the front of the Seattle Asian Art Museum, in the park. It will last two hours and cover a number of the trees included […]
Walking Tour of New Zealand Focal Forest in Washington Park Arboretum
Join FSOP as we tour the newly opened New Zealand Focal Forest in the Washington Park Arboretum on September 28th, at 10 a.m. We will meet at the Japanese Garden parking lot and the tour will last about 2 hours. Andy Mitton, FSOP board member and The Berger Partnership's landscape architect for the project, will […]
Walking Tour of Volunteer Park
Doug Bayley, FSOP board member and chair of the Volunteer Park Trust, will lead a walking tour through Volunteer Park. Learn about the park's history, the Olmsted plan for the landscape, and the integral role the park's city water system elements (the water tower and the reservoir) play in the park's design. The tour will […]