Phillips 66 Ferndale Refinery employees came out for a Good Energy community volunteer event to continue to help with our stewardship work in Fairhaven Park. In preparation for the event, I (Todd) was ... Read More →
Native Plants
Most Common Pacific Northwest Native Plants and their traditional/cultural uses.
“Ethnobotany is the study of how people of a particular culture and region make use of indigenous (native) plants. Plants provide food, medicine, shelter, dyes, fibers, oils, resins, gums, soaps, ... Read More →
Hey 2022, Here we go – OUTSIDE!
We at Recreation Northwest, known for producing fun community events over the years, now plan to leverage our Fairhaven Park Stewardship and Parkscriptions programs to expand and evolve into new ... Read More →
Recreation Northwest Kicks off 2022 with a Stewardship Event
On Sunday, January 16, Caleb Savage, Program Coordinator for Recreation Northwest, held a volunteer appreciation gathering and the first stewardship event of the year! At Recreation Northwest, we are ... Read More →
Giving Thanks to our Volunteers of 2021
The pandemic may have shifted our approach as an organization, but it didn’t change our appreciation for our amazing community. Our 2021 volunteer work parties helped us reconnect with familiar ... Read More →
Looks like Rain, Restoration Volunteer Project with New & Old Faces a Huge Success!
Fairhaven Park Work Party in Bellingham, WA Helps Clear Invasive Species To Restore Native Northwest Plants The first rain Bellingham had seen in 52 days was welcomed by volunteers during Recreation ... Read More →
August 7th Volunteer Work Event at Fairhaven Park
Join us on Saturday, August 7th for our next work party. We will work from 9:00 am - 12:00 pm. In order to maintain our Fairhaven Park, Native Plant Gardens, we host Fairhaven Park Work Parties as ... Read More →
First public volunteer work party with Recreation Northwest of 2021!
Public Volunteer Work Party at Fairhaven Park in Bellingham, WA This past Saturday July 17, 2021 we had our first public volunteer work party of the year at Fairhaven Park! There was an aura of ... Read More →
Thank you Volunteers! A day of service for MLK Day 2021
Our partners at Bellingham Parks put together a series of work parties for Martin Luther King Day of Service on Monday, January 18. Altogether, more than 182 volunteers participated including 26 Park ... Read More →
Thank YOU – Chuckanut 50K Volunteer Work Party in Fairhaven Park – Feb. 15th
Thanks to our dedicated board member, Krissy Moehl, we had a great turnout of folks who came out on a Saturday to help remove invasive blackberries from our Upland Meadow Buffer Native Plant garden. ... Read More →
