Do No Harm
Plant Pledge
- Right plant, right place: Sustainable gardening means that the plant is in a good habitat that minimizes the need for water and maximizes plant health and resiliency.
- Do not purchase, accept, sell, or give away noxious weeds https://www.nwcb.wa.gov/
identify-a-noxious-weed or htt ps://invasivespecies.wa.gov/ find-a-priority-species/?_sft_ priority-specie-type=noxious- weeds - Landscape with native plants! Many are gorgeous, establish easily, and thrive in our local climate and soils: https://www.wnps.org
- Watch out for easy-to-grow plants. If it grows like a weed, guess what? It is a weed.
- Invasive plants decrease local biodiversity, ecosystem function, and wildlife habitat value. Pacific Northwest forests with high invasive plant cover are less resilient to climate change and more prone to catastrophic fires.
Now that holly is finally illegal, stay tuned for our “The Heck with Holly Campaign,” coming soon.
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For weed pulls, bring garden gloves, drinking water, pruners, shovels, loppers etc. If you don’t have, we have extras. Please dress for the weather.
Join us in action!
Save the date:
Bloedel Reserve on Saturday. November 22, 1-3pm - Please register here: https://forms.gle/
And, of course, delight in the marvelous bonus of being able to stroll the grounds free. Fall color at the max!
To park: Enter through the staff entrance at 7571 NE West Port Madison Rd., approximately 0.4 miles from Highway 305 on your left. Text 206-755-8461 if you have questions.
Saving the Planet One Tree at a Time
Weed Warriors is a volunteer coalition of amateur and professional gardeners and environmental activists serving various organizations, including but not limited to IslandWood, Sustainable Bainbridge, BI Land Trust, City of Bainbridge Island, BI Parks and Trails Foundation, BI Metro Park & Recreation District, and the Kitsap Weed Board. The goal of Weed Warriors is restoration of native forests. Healthy forests more effectively sequester carbon and are more fire resistant.
YOU can help play a part in mitigating climate change. Maintaining healthy native forests is an important factor in slowing the climate catastrophe and decreasing fires. We learn more every day about how a healthy forest can slow down global warming, reduce forest fires, and bring health and calmness in a busy world. As an example of the latter, this New York Times article details how being outdoors can improve mental health and well being.
Weed Warriors Community Partners
