High Point Community

Happening now at Neighborhood House parking Lot till 4 pm

Join us for free outdoor fun at a park near you!

Update: we will be at Virgil Flaim Park at 4:30pm and bringing the giant bubble set up!

Check out the mulching that the OSA crew did last week in front of Mulberry park!

Why mulch?

- Mulch will reduce the amount of water that evaporates from your soil, greatly reducing your need to water your plants.
- It also improves the quality of your soil by breaking up clay and allowing better water and air movement through the soil.
- Mulch provides nutrients to sandy soil and improves its ability to hold water.
- Mulch acts as an insulating layer on top of soil, keeping it cooler in the summer. Roots like that!
- Mulch keeps weeds down, the weeds that do grow are much easier to pull. Gardeners like that!

For more information about how to apply mulch and what type of mulch should you use, please visit https://www.ccwater.com/DocumentCenter/View/678/Benefits-of-Mulch-PDF?bidId= #:~:text=The%20Benefits%20of%20Mulch&text=Mulch%20will%20reduce%20the%20amount,need%20to%20water%20your%20plants.&text=by%20breaking%20up%20clay%20and,its%20ability%20to%20hold%20water.

The High Point Community Builder and Community Relations Manager are hosting a community discussion about the little libraries in High Point today at 5pm. There have been two recent incidents of vandalism that damaged the little libraries. Our goal is to develop community-based solutions to these recent incidents. In the meantime, we encourage everyone in the community to keep an eye out for the little libraries as they are meant to be enjoyed by everyone. If you’d like to join the discussion, please email the Community Relations Manager, Melbourn Lagahit at [email protected] to receive the link to the Zoom Meeting.

Free ORCA cards for youth (ages 6- 18) starting June 1st!

ORCA cards now free for youth riders Cards can unlock travel options on region’s buses trains and ferries We started out by waiving the fee for new youth ORCA cards back in December 2020. Now, beginning June 1, Puget Sound area youth …

"We had our 1st hive inspections of the season today! A couple of you were able to attend, so thank you both Collen and Sherri for coming out today.

The hive inspections went well. All three are queen right. We inspected each to see that the queen was laying new eggs and possibly peak a glimpse at her. Took a look at how their resources were doing, and how the brood over all we’re doing....and of course checking for swarm cells! Nothing major though. It was a sweet and simple check.

So May 26th Field Trip/Garden Party 10am-Noon. Please RSVP.

June 2nd is a hive inspection/garden party 10am - Noon. Please RSVP. " - Gabby

Please check out the West Seattle Bee Garden Website below for more info!

http://www.westseattlebeegarden.com/

We're in the middle of Bike to Work Week and if you've been biking to connect to Metro, your trip can be free!

Find details on the Metro blog. While you're there, take a short survey and be entered to win a $20 BikeLink card (that's 400 hours of bike parking!)

https://kingcountymetro.blog/2021/05/19/use-your-bike-ride-metro-for-free/

Join the poogooder program for a chance to win awesome prizes!

Bike works! You can also donate your unused bikes to be repaired and given back to the community!

Great news! Block 32 red oak tree beds would need more arbor chips as the materials were breaking down fast from last year. The OSA maintenance team spent quite a bit of time, energy and arbor chip supplies (over 200 yards) on the beds last July and is paying TREMENDOUS dividends in not even a year.

The soil profile around these trees before the crews efforts was overall anemic and unhealthy with little to no signs of any microbiome.

Now with just some minor hand excavation at different sites around these tree beds, We immediately saw a complete turnaround and incredibly positive change. The mulch has decomposed so well creating a dark, rich organic layer just underneath the top surface and there are earthworms! Where there are worms, there is a healthy, life supporting biome.

Want to learn more about the bees and the Bee garden at High Point? Check out this video!

Bee Garden Tour at High Point