Shadow Lake Elementary’s Discover Washington Garden is being featured as part of Native Plant Appreciation week.

The garden was established in 2005 and provides South King County with a learning garden centered on native habitat, and its interrelationships with wildlife and humans. The garden is located in the front entry of the school, where it replaced an area of lawn. Native plants and rocks common to the Pacific Northwest provide the core of the garden. Educational signage identifying native plants, highlighting general information about native habitat and regional ethnobotany is interspersed throughout the garden. There is also a loop trail through a mixed native woodland forest adjacent to the garden.

Tours of the garden will be held on Sunday, April 28th, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. More information can be found online at: https://smore.com/vhwv.

Brenda Running, Master Naturalist, will be conducting the tours. She can be reached at b.running@comcast.net. If you wish to visit other gardens on the Native Plant Society tour in the area contact Rita Moore at rmoore@eds.org.