Education

Look at how large the trees have grown. The Olympic mountains are clear and visible both days - magnificent.

Our results carry an important message. Not only did we find that participants’ most meaningful human-nature interactions centered on encountering wildlife, walking through open space, and finding views, we also found that 92% of those most meaningful interactions depended on what we call Discovery Park’s “relative wildness.”

Ask not what your park can do for you - ask what you can do for your park.

Just over forty years ago on September 2, 1972 the front page of the Seattle Times read: “Finally, It’s Fort Lawton Park”. The sub-headline was “Patricia Nixon Cox, darts in and delivers deed”.

Seattle Channel's Lowell Deo, circa 2000, visits the city's largest park to see what's new.

This walking tour will be led by members of both Friends of Seattle's Olmsted Parks and Friends of Discovery Park. Learn about John Charles Olmsted’s original impressions and vision for Fort Lawton, renamed Discovery Park in the 1970’s.

Friends of Discovery Park board member, and retired Magnolia Community Council president, Heidi Carpine worked with landscape architect and author of Discovery Park’s Master Plan forty six years ago today - May 23, 1973.

Peter Ker Walker, co-author of Discovery Park's Master Plan, and a select invitation of panelists discuss Seattle’s largest public park: its rich history, current role in the City’s parks system, and exciting future.