Sunset School Park: Designing Greener Community Spaces

We are working with community to create design plans for new green spaces at Sunset School Park. Green spaces are natural features like trees, gardens, and nature-based play areas. Green spaces could replace some of the lawn and asphalt areas in the park, bringing natural beauty to the park. Adding green spaces to Sunset School Park would support many environmental goals, including protecting streams, lakes, and Puget Sound, fighting climate change, and supporting pollinators.

This planning project will create designs for possible future green spaces at Sunset School Park. We plan to use the final designs to apply for grant funding to install the green features. Design plans would only propose removing some of the lawn and asphalt at the park. Most of it would be left for sports fields, biking, and playing.

Let us know what you want to see!
Below are some of the green spaces we are considering. When you're ready, take the survey to let us know which ideas you like or share new ideas with us. The survey closes Sunday, December 1st!

Plant shade trees. Trees planted to create shade for relaxing, playing, or picnicking.

Plant a Miyawaki Forest. Also known as pocket forests, these small, dense forests are planted with native trees and plants to quickly restore biodiversity and support thriving ecosystems.

Add more community garden beds. Add more beds to the current community garden.

Add a pollinator garden. Add pollinator gardens to support community gardens and support pollinators.

Create a nature discovery area. These park spaces allow kids to explore natural materials, like logs, stumps, boulders, trees, and shrubs.

Create an outdoor classroom or gathering space. Area with seating made of natural elements for groups, like boy/girl scouts, daycares, or celebrations.

Add a rain garden. A garden filled with native plants that helps soak up rainwater. Rain garden soils clean polluted rainwater and allow it to soak into groundwater. Rain gardens protect our streams, lakes, and Puget Sound.

Create bike paths. Create bike paths that weave through existing lawn or asphalt or through planted areas, with trees and shrubs.

This work is funded through a King County WaterWorks Grant.