Nora's Woods | |
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Entrance, 2024 | |
Location | 720 29th Ave (29th and Columbia St.) |
Nearest city | Seattle |
Coordinates | 47°36′31″N 122°17′41″W / 47.6087°N 122.2946°W / 47.6087; -122.2946 |
Created | c. 1996 |
Operated by | Seattle Parks and Recreation |
Open | 1998 |
Nora's Woods is an undeveloped city park and native plant garden in the Madrona neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. The 0.35-acre (0.14 ha) house lot-sized wooded area is named for Seattleite Nora Wood, who purchased the land in 1987 that was given to The Trust for Public Land after her death in 1989. Cleanup of the overgrown and neglected property by neighborhood volunteers to create the park began in 1996 or 1997. In 1998, it became a city park.
The Columbia Street pollinator pathway connects Nora's Woods to the 18th Avenue P-Patch and the Seattle University campus.
Nora Wood's ashes are buried in Nora's Woods Park.
References
- Native plants: are they ornamental enough?, Taylor Gardens Northwest, October 13, 2013
- Rich Appleton, I Remember When... : Every Day is Earth Day in Nora's Woods (PDF), Madrona Community Council
- ^ Claire Thompson (September 19, 2012), "Bee boulevard: An urban corridor becomes a haven for native pollinators", Grist
- A-Z parks list, Seattle Parks and Recreation, retrieved 2013-12-30
- ^ Jake Batsell (May 24, 1999), "Park And Pride—Neighbors Make Madrona Talk Of The Nation", The Seattle Times
- ^ Kathryn True; Maria Dolan (2003), "Nora's Woods: Hushed Tribute", Nature in the City: Seattle, Mountaineers Books, p. 59, ISBN 9780898868791
External links
- Media related to Nora's Woods at Wikimedia Commons
- Nora's Woods at Seattle Parks Dept.
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