MARCH 2025
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Refresh with spring bulbs
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f you didn’t plant undulating carpets of snowdrops, crocus and early daffodils in September, not to worry. Didn’t force any bulbs inside? It’s OK, read on. You can still enjoy some microdoses of oh-so-welcome flower power right now. Happily, growers around the region did the growing and forcing for you, and supermarkets, florists and nurseries are beginning to glow with cheerful spring bulbs in pots. From smallest to largest, you’ll find tiny snowdrops with their dangling bells, upward-facing crocus, fragrant hyacinths,
and narcissus (daffodils) from Erica Browne rock-garden-size “Tete a Tetes” to Grivas taller “FebruGet Growing ary Gold” or “Thalia.” I love “Tete a Tetes” especially because they bloom for weeks and weeks, and their small size makes them easy to fit into borders without having to look at big gangly leaves after they bloom.
Friends of Madison Park is hopping with plans for the spring and summer of 2025 and next steps with exploring a renovation of the Bathhouse and Beach area, and getting educated on the One Seattle Plan. One Seattle Plan There was a lively neighborhood meeting on February 4th delving into the One Seattle Plan and its impact in our neighborhood. Friends of Madison Park continues to gather information; the One Seattle Plan Committee walked the neighborhood with Joy Hollingsworth in February and reviewed the need for an adequate Environmental Impact Study of stormwater infrastructure in our neighborhood and pressed that the boundaries of the
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proposed Neighborhood Center include the variety of housing available in the community along 43rd Ave E and E McGilvra. In February, Friends of Madison Park also requested an appeal of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) to the City Hearing Examiner and the outcome of that is still pending as of this publication. The next public City hearing on the One Seattle Plan is scheduled for April- though the date is not published yet. The City Council now is waiting for directions from the Mayor’s Office regarding lot coverage under HR110 and the Council will review the FEIS — once all Appeals have been heard. Friends of Madison Park will have further updates at our next Neighborhood Meeting on Tuesday, March
4 at 7 p.m. at the Bathhouse. Renovation of the Bathhouse and Beach Restoration Friends of Madison Park is moving onto the next steps to explore enhancements to our neighborhood Bathhouse, Beach area and park spaces. Friends of the Park is our new neighborhood partnership with the Seattle Parks Department and the first work party is scheduled for Saturday, March 29 from 9 a.m. to noon. Parks department will provide community members with tools and training to have regular weeding, pruning, planting parties to improve and maintain the look of our community parks. Want to join in the fun? Reach out to volunteer@
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WINTER CONTAINERS Feel free to dig these, pots and all into your outdoor containers for a winter reboot. If you need more, you’ll see primroses available in every color, and some pansies, that make an excellent edgers around the bulbs. Other welcome supporting cast members would be perennials like hellebores and saxifrages, which will be blooming anon, which won’t need replacing next year. There’s no reason you can’t fill an entire
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