Laurelhurst Community Club Grants

Laurelhurst Community Club

There are 14 large planting rounds in the grass medians on 43rd Ave NE between NE 45th Street and NE 38th Street (known as the Boulevard.) Neighbor volunteers hold work parties to clean up the medians by removing dead plants, weeding, trimming and covering with wood chips. We now want to buy and install plants to replace the ones that died because of age and being bullied by blackberries. We plan to source the plants, get the right soil and hire a landscaping company to help install the plants. SDOT irrigates the medians. The plants that remain on the 14 planting rounds are mostly rhododendrons.

Laurelhurst Community Club

In February 2023, the Laurelhurst Community Club (LCC) competed Phase 1 of a project to renovate the four large medians on NE 41st Street in front of the UW Center of Urban Horticulture. These medians were installed in the 1980's (joint project between UW, SDOT, LCC). The LCC has solely maintained these medians for many years and will continue to maintain them. SDOT Irrigation team manages the sprinklers. Before Phase 1 was complete, the medians were dominated by dead, diseased, overgrown plants and compacted soil. The LCC used a Small Sparks grant, plus neighborhood funds to pay for Phase 1. Volunteers from the neighborhood worked many hours and we contracted with Ragen & Assoc Landscaping to remove the dead plants, bring in soil/compost/mulch and install new plants. This new application is for Phase 2 of the project where we will replace dying Holly Oak trees and add additional plants. We have consulted with SDOT Urban Forestry and they are supportive of the project.

Laurelhurst Community Club

The NE 41st Street Renovation project will renovate the plantings on the four large traffic circles on NE 41st Street in front of the UW Center of Urban Horticulture medians. The plan is to remove the dying shrubs, remediate the soil, develop a design with a plant list and placement, and plant the new plants in late fall 2022. The anticipated project close out date is March 31,2023.