Volunteers help restore Everest Park in Kirkland

Volunteers ages 8 to 85 gathered at Kirkland’s Everest Park on Oct. 14 for a work party to help restore native plants around Everest Creek.

October 26, 2011 5:10 pm
Volunteers helped restore Everest Park on Oct. 14 as they cleared native plants around the creek. The work was part of the annual planting project of The Realtors Environmental Council.
Volunteers helped restore Everest Park on Oct. 14 as they cleared native plants around the creek. The work was part of the annual planting project of The Realtors Environmental Council.

Volunteers ages 8 to 85 gathered at Kirkland’s Everest Park on Oct. 14 for a work party to help restore native plants around Everest Creek.

They were part of the 5th annual planting project of The Realtors Environmental Council (TREC), a program of the SEATTLE King County REALTORS.

Working under the supervision of staff from City of Kirkland Public Works Department and EarthCorps, an environmental restoration organization that has been managing the work at the park, the volunteers cleared invasive plants, planted native plants and spread mulch.

During the five-hour work day, volunteers cleared more than 12,000 square feet of blackberry and other invasive plants, planted 84 trees and shrubs and spread about 6 cubic yards of mulch.