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Celebrate Earth Month in April

April is Celebrate Trees! Earth Month on Bainbridge Island

April is Earth Month on Bainbridge Island 2025! Celebrate with activities and events for all ages for Earth Day and Arbor Day during the entire month of April and beyond.

Sustainable Bainbridge, in partnership with many Bainbridge Island nonprofits, is hosting an incredible variety of opportunities, including weed pulls and work parties, Earth Day celebrations, free invasive weed disposal, and nature talks and walks. 

Earth Month events include the Bainbridge Island Environmental Conference, “Nature Counts! Community Science on Bainbridge and Preparing for the City Nature Challenge”  (April 13 at IslandWood), and the community Earth Expo (April 26 at Battle Point Park).

Learn more at https://www.sustainablebainbridge.org/programs/earth-month. Take action every day as an individual, a family, or a group with our […]

Celebrate Earth Month in April2025-03-14T08:36:01-07:00

Registration open for Trillium Trail Run, May 10

Run for the trails! The Trillium Trail Run 10K/5K and Kids Fun Run returns to Bainbridge Island Saturday, May 10, a benefit to acquire, build and maintain new Bainbridge Island trails.  

The Trillium Trail Run is presented by the Bainbridge Island Parks & Trails Foundation.

Early-bird registration for the timed event is now open at  www.trilliumtrail.run. Cost is $35 for the 10K run and $30 for the 5K, with all proceeds supporting trail projects on Bainbridge Island. The Kids Fun Run is free. 

Runners and walkers will enjoy a scenic course from Battle Point Park, along the Forest to Sky Trail and over Hilltop meadow, and looping among the great firs of the Grand Forest.  

Race packets and timing bibs will be distributed the morning of the event. Race T-shirts must be pre-ordered at registration.

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Registration open for Trillium Trail Run, May 102025-03-13T16:14:37-07:00

Day of Remembrance stewardship at the Exclusion Memorial

Gratitude for all who turned out for the annual Day of Remembrance volunteer stewardship day at the Japanese American Exclusion Memorial on Feb. 19, in community with our Japanese American neighbors and in support of Bainbridge Island’s monument to civil rights at Pritchard Park.

Day of Remembrance stewardship at the Exclusion Memorial2025-02-20T14:44:17-08:00

Join us for the MLK Day of Service, Jan. 20

Join Bainbridge Island Metro Parks, the Bainbridge Island Parks & Trails Foundation and supporting partners for the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday, Jan. 20 at Blakely Harbor Park.  

Conservation projects for all ages are planned: planting native wildflowers, mulching young plants, and removing invasive species like ivy, spurge laurel, and blackberry. Park District and Parks & Trails Foundation staff and volunteers will be on hand to share knowledge about the park and its restoration. All tools are provided.  

Sign up to volunteer as an individual, family, team or club. […]

Join us for the MLK Day of Service, Jan. 202025-01-08T10:04:30-08:00

8 Acre Woods dedication is Dec. 12

Join the Bainbridge Island Parks & Trails Foundation and Bainbridge Island Metro Park & Recreation District to dedicate the island’s newest park, 8 Acre Woods, at 2 p.m. Dec. 12.

Nestled in the woods near Skiff Point, this beautiful property has been donated to the Bainbridge Island Metro Park & Recreation District by a conservation-minded donor for use as a walking-trails-only park.

The owner has allowed neighbors to enjoy the property for years, and this generous gift will make it a park in perpetuity.

8 Acre Woods is located at the corner of Manitou Beach Drive and Mountain View Road at Skiff Point.

8 Acre Woods dedication is Dec. 122024-11-27T14:17:18-08:00

Farm Trail makes colorful autumn debut

Long in the planning, Bainbridge Island’s new Farm Trail made a colorful autumn debut against a backdrop of pumpkin patches and grape rows in October.

The half-mile trail runs along the west boundary of the Day Road agricultural district, from Day Road E. to Lovgreen Road. Along the way, trail walkers can enjoy views of rolling, arable fields and some of the island’s most bucolic landscapes.

Completion of the Farm Trail – a three-way partnership of the Parks & Trails Foundation, the City of Bainbridge Island, and Bainbridge Metro Parks – fulfills a longtime plan to connect the Bainbridge Island community more directly with the publicly owned farmland.

“The idea was always that we have a walking trail, so people can see what happens on a farm,” recalls Andy Maron, Parks & Trails Foundation board member, who 20 years ago chaired the City Open Space Commission that helped unify and preserve […]

Farm Trail makes colorful autumn debut2024-11-27T16:04:21-08:00

Farm Trail dedication is Oct. 25

Enjoy an autumn walk and celebrate Bainbridge Island’s newest public trail through the Day Road Farm District, 3:30-5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25.

A ribbon cutting ceremony will mark the trail dedication at 4 p.m., hosted by the Bainbridge Island Parks & Trails Foundation, the City of Bainbridge Island and Bainbridge Metro Parks.   

The new Farm Trail runs from Day Road East to Lovgreen Road, along the west edge of the community farm district, pumpkin patch and historic agricultural lands.   

Refreshments and kids activities are planned.    

Limited event parking is available at the Grace Church upper lot off Day Road East, and at the Charles Place trailhead. 

The Farm Trail is a partnership of the City of Bainbridge Island, Bainbridge Metro Parks, and the Bainbridge Island Parks & Trails Foundation. The Park District built the trail under an agreement with the City. The Parks […]

Farm Trail dedication is Oct. 252024-11-15T08:22:13-08:00

Welcome Pole Dedication gallery

The Bainbridge Island community joined the Parks & Trails Foundation and City of Bainbridge Island in celebrating installation of the new Suquamish Welcome Pole on the Sound to Olympics Trail on Oct. 25.

The 14-foot, old-growth cedar Welcome Pole by carver Randi Purser represents Chief Seattle’s father, Schweabe (an approximation of his traditional name), who was Suquamish. The Thunderbird atop the figure represents the power of his family. As a new father at the time of first European contact, he is depicted with a frog of the new year, representing a family and a people at the cusp of a time of great change.

The pole crests the Winslow Connector section of the Sound to Olympics Trail, just up the hill from Winslow Way and SR 305. 

It’s the ideal place for the Welcome Pole, a physical embodiment of a Suquamish land acknowledgment and an invitation for community members and […]

Welcome Pole Dedication gallery2024-11-27T14:45:30-08:00

Welcome Pole dedication is Oct. 9 on STO Trail

 The community is invited to dedication of the new Suquamish Welcome Pole on Bainbridge Island’s Sound to Olympics Trail, 3 p.m. Oct. 9. 

This unique cultural work by Suquamish carver Randi Purser is being gifted from the Bainbridge Island Parks & Trails Foundation to the City of Bainbridge Island. The pole was funded by community donations to the Parks & Trails Foundation, including a grant from Rotary Club of Bainbridge Island. The City of Bainbridge Island partnered to manage and fund Installation on the STO Trail through the Public Art Fund. 

Representing Chief Seattle’s father, the Welcome Pole will inspire all to learn about the rich culture of our Tribal neighbors and acknowledge that Bainbridge Island is the ancestral land of the Suquamish people. 

Suquamish Tribal Chairman Leonard Forsman and carver Randi Purser will be honored guests at the dedication, with a reception to follow at Bainbridge Island Museum […]

Welcome Pole dedication is Oct. 9 on STO Trail2024-10-18T12:26:45-07:00

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Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
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The Marge Williams Center,
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