Tree Walk at Seward Park
September 8, 2014
“Today I have grown taller from walking with the trees.”
— Karle Wilson Baker, from 365 Days of Wonder: Mr. Browne’s Book of Precepts by R. J. Palacio
Earlier this summer when I walked the perimeter of Seattle, I passed by Seward Park without taking the time to explore it. So I returned on Friday to see what this popular city park was all about and to walk the 2+ mile road edging the “peninsula” that juts into Lake Washington. The city of Seattle has published a “Tree Walk at Seward Park,” and with this printout I set out to identify some of the magnificent trees in the park. Let me take you along on my jaunt through Seward Park.

Madrona bark. According to the city brochure, “Seward Park is home to Seattle’s largest collection of Madrona trees.
Filed in Flowers & Botany, Seattle Travel, Watercolors 2014
Tags: acorns, Blue Atlas Cedar, Bolleana Poplars, Coastal Redwoods, cones, Douglas Firs, Garry Oaks, Madrona bark, Mount Rainier, Northern Red Oak, Port Orford Cedar, Seattle, Seward Park, spider webs, Threadleaf Falsecypress, trails, Tree Walk