As part of our Outdoor Classroom project, we transformed our Fairhaven Park wetland mitigation site into a public space with the addition of the park bench. Most recently, we added Native Plant & ... Read More →
Volunteers
Give Back. Go Play. April at Backcountry Essentials ~ Bellingham, WA.
Backcountry Essentials is making April a month to encourage community engagement! They are going about this in a couple of ways: one is to highlight some local non profits at a table in the shop, ... Read More →
March – Confluence from Recreation Northwest 2023
We are well on our way through Winter. We've spent the first 9 weeks of the year outside building our Outdoor Classroom space in Fairhaven Park. Dig in here to see the complete construction timeline ... Read More →
Week Nine – Outdoor Classroom Construction Timeline 2023
With Week Eight behind us and the cold freeze thawing, I spent the week in the office getting other stuff done. But by Friday, March 3rd, I knew that there were some anxious plants wanting to get in ... Read More →
Week Eight – Outdoor Classroom Construction Timeline 2023
The weather wasn't really working with us during Week Eight. We had plans to get the third bench in and also host a volunteer work party with our faculty friends from Western Washington University's ... Read More →
Week Seven – Outdoor Classroom Construction Timeline 2023
Feeling better and dressed for the weather, we set out to install the first set of our benches in the amphitheater area. With the bases secured into the underside of the flitch*, they were ready to be ... Read More →
Week Six – Outdoor Classroom Construction Timeline 2023
As we entered our sixth week of work, it was time to start installing the benches!! Here's our sample bench sitting on site waiting to be set in place. Well, it was a short week between the ... Read More →
Week Five- Outdoor Classroom Construction Timeline 2023
Diving in to the week of January 30th, 2023. Rock ON!! Bringing in more materials. Wood, rock and mulch to fill in the adventure trail. Go with the flow Getting ready to put a lid on the small ... Read More →
Week Four – Outdoor Classroom Construction Timeline 2023
Going into the week of January 23rd, we worked to add some extra walls to help hold back the dirt and give more places for us to plant more native plants!! The space behind the wall was covered in ... Read More →
Week Three – Outdoor Classroom Construction Timeline
Mike from McAuley Design Works joins Chris Mellick at our job site so we can talk about where we're going to plan to put the bases for the poles for our future pavillion. Mike is my other "bestie" who ... Read More →
