• Monthly Events

  • West Seattle Art Walk
    June 13, 2013 | 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
    Nature Consortium is participating in the West Seattle Art Walk! Join us at our original office a block up from the California/Alaska Junction (above Shadowland). We are taking over the space for one magical night a month to promote art (2-D, 3-D and music) while educating about Nature Consortium's mission. Learn about this month's artist.
  • Guided Eco-Hike
    June 21, 2013 | 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
    On the third Friday of each month, join us for a guided hike through the forest led by Restoration Team. The hike will tour an area of the greenbelt known as the ‘Soundway’ site, a 24-acre city park under restoration by Nature Consortium’s hard-working volunteers. If you’d like to attend the monthly hike, please email volunteer@naturec.org.

  • Annual Events

  • Picnic in the Park
    June 15, 2013 | 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
    Join Nature Consortium on Saturday, June 15th for an outdoor celebration in the West Duwamish Greenbelt! Bring a blanket, some hiking shoes, a picnic basket, and your friends and family to Picnic in the Park, a celebration of Seattle’s largest forest. Learn more
  • CLIPS Beer & Film Tour
    July 26, 2013 | 6:00 pm – 11:00 pm
    Join us for a night of outdoor movies and beer tasting at Gas Works Park. Featuring over 15 varieties of beer and 10 amateur short films from around the country. Learn more

  • Youth Art Program Classes

  • Organic Gardening
    May 21, 2013 | 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
    Plant, water, grow & eat your own veggies! Use hands-on math and science skills to learn about garden cultivation and how to properly prepare garden fruits and vegetables for maximum nutritional benefits. Learn about where food comes from & how the health of an environment directly dictates the quality of the food we eat. Get dirty! Get hungry! Get fed!
  • Hip-Hop Dance
    May 21, 2013 | 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm
    Come dance with us at Rainier Vista! Hip-Hop Dance will break down steps and techniques and also emphasize bringing style and personality to the movement. Students will learn how to prepare for dance auditions, as well as have the opportunity to perform in the community.
  • World Art
    May 22, 2013 | 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
    Youth will experience art from different countries by creating fun and educational 2D and 3D visual art projects. Class projects include Polynesian dot art, pinatas, African masks, Japanese hand-painted treasure boxes, Caribbean percussion instruments, and Vietnamese lanterns.

  • Forest Restoration Volunteer Events

  • Volunteer Work Party Information

    Nature Consortium hosts volunteer forest restoration work parties at various sites within the West Duwamish Greenbelt located in West Seattle. Each work party begins with a short informal forest ecology workshop. During the fall and winter we remove invasive species, mulch, and plant native shrubs and trees in Seattle’s largest remaining contiguous forest! Other seasons are devoted to maintenance and monitoring. Performing artists “play in the woods” during many of our work parties, and include singers, instrumentalists, and dancers.