You're invited to the
Magnuson Community Center Bird-Friendly Landscape
Dedication Celebration!
Sunday May 10th,
beginning at 10:00am
at the
Magnuson Community Center
(aka Building #47)
7110 62nd Ave. NE
Seattle, WA 98115
206-684-7026
Cost: FREE!
Come celebrate this beautiful new addition to the Magnuson Community Center; a landscape that provides much-needed habitat for native birds and other urban wildlife, as well as a peaceful oasis for bird-watching.
The Dedication Celebration will be filled with lots of fun for the whole family! Enjoy refreshments while you browse through a display of bird nests and other materials, take a tour of the landscape with its designer, then make sure to join the Chautauqua Marching Band Parade and Ribbon Cutting with special guest Ciscoe Morris!
After the Dedication Celebration, join the parade to the Festival of Trees, a FREE family event to celebrate Seattle’s trees with a day of learning and entertainment.
Festival of Trees- Highlights:
- Lots of indoor and outdoor nature activities for kids and families; make Mother's Day gifts from recycled paper, help create a tree mural, and explore the acclaimed Magnuson Children's Garden.
- Free talks by your favorite famous gardener; Celebrity gardeners include author-columnists Ciscoe Morris, Marty Wingate, Arthur Lee Jacobsen, Linda Chalker-Scott, and others.
- The New Old Time Chautauqua will provide a boatload of family fun and live entertainment: music, magic, juggling, comedy, aerial acrobatics and more.
- Live tree planting and tree care demonstrations all day.
- Tour the secret gardens of Magnuson Park.
- Browse education displays from local Environmental Organizations
- Shop at booths filled with eco-friendly products, crafts, and healthy-food.
The Magnuson Community Center Bird-Friendly Landscape could not have been possible without the energy and spirit of scores of community volunteers!
Directions to the Magnuson Community Center:
Travel on Sand Point Way NE to the stoplight at NE 74th Street, which is the main entrance of Magnuson Park. Turn on NE 74th and go into the park, then in 2 blocks you will see 62nd Ave NE, which is a right-turn only. Turn onto 62nd Ave and in approx. 2 blocks you will see a large brick building on your left, which is the Magnuson Community Center. There is a parking lot just south of the building, and street parking is also allowed.
See you there!
