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Pollinator Pathway NW Seattle
Welcome to the Pollinator Pathway NW Seattle website. We are following in the footsteps of Sarah Bergman who started the first Pollinator Pathway on Columbia St. in 2007. We hope to build upon her legacy and establish other pathways in Seattle. We would like to acknowledge we are living and working on the ancestral grounds of the Duwamish peoples and the legacy of their caring for the plants and animals we all interact with is what we hope to participate in. Along with neighborhood pathways we hope to emphasize the use Pollinator Plantings in habitat restoration. Please click on the link provided to see the main Pollinator Pathway NW. website.
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Tulatuwx
Tulatuwx, previously known as Terminal 105, is a park and habitat restoration site that was established by the Port of Seattle in the early 1990’s. Its prior use was as a marine service and painting facility so was heavily polluted with chemicals and industrial debris. Restoration began in 1995 with a partnership between the Port of Seattle and People for Puget Sound and subsequently Earth Corps. After clearing and excavating the site volunteers did most of the restoration planting with the help of Stewards from People for Puget Sound, Earth Corps and Ameri-Corps interns. In about 2001 Earth Corps was unable to continue the Volunteer Steward program on the Duwamish so today the site is maintained by The Port of Seattle and Friends of Tulatuwx, it has blossomed into a restored habitat and riparian zone providing support for native plants, shelter for migrating salmon, attractor planting for pollinators and habitat for birds and small mammals. There are three pollinator sites within Tulatuwx that have been built over the last 6 years, these are developing in nature and the progress has been very impressive with how the plantings are fitting into the site and being used by bees as well as birds.
Pollinator Sites at Tulatuwx (T-105) on the Duwamish River.
Howe Street Pollinator Garden
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My Pollinator Garden was started to bring an attractor garden for pollinators into the neighborhood; it was converted in 2018 from a vegetable and flower garden which had in turn replaced a grass parking strip in 1985.
I added a terrace to the parking strip as it is on a steep hill, this has the added feature of bringing the level of the planting higher up for ease of maintenance.
I planted it with the idea of having an attractor plant in bloom and available for bees for the growing season of April through September with some blooms or berries left over into the winter months. I planted Tall Oregon Grape, Snowberry, Red Flowering Currant, Salal, Nine Bark, Sword Fern and Lavender.
The Dogwood and Spruce were planted for shade and as a place for birds. The Lilac was existing from the original grass area and the Pampas Grass is protection for the site from vehicular traffic during icy conditions, but also serves as a source for nesting material and food for birds.
The garden is a low maintenance and a low water use installation, I used wood chips as mulch and a micro sprinkler when necessary.
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