Coming Soon: Front Entrance Garden Redesign!

Blog written by Jayme Jonas, FLSSP Board President

Friends of Lake Sammamish State Park is excited to partner with King County Master Gardeners – Issaquah Clinic, the Washington State Parks Foundation, Washington State Parks, and many hearty volunteers to update and improve the front garden at Lake Sammamish State Park’s main entrance along NW Sammamish Road.

The goals for the garden redesign include low-maintenance and drought tolerant plants, year-round visual interest, and improved sightlines from the road down the park driveway to improve visibility for drivers entering and exiting the park. King County Master Gardeners – Issaquah Clinic volunteers put together an incredible planting plan that will address all of these goals and give the park an entrance fitting of its beautiful location on the shores of Lake Sammamish.

New plants will include a mix of natives and non-natives. Native plants in the plan include: Siskiou Blue Idaho Fescue Grass, Rhododendron, Common Camas, Lupine, Kinnikinick, Sword Fern, Yarrow, Oregon Grape and Red Twig Dogwood. Additional plants that will be featured: Beard Tongue Penstemon, Autumn Joy Stonecrop, Lavender, Pink Creeping Thyme, California Poppy, and Viburnum Davidii. Several of the existing plants and trees will be retained.

With generous funding through the Washington State Parks Foundation Park Improvement Project grant program, FLSSP is preparing to complete this work with our incredible volunteers at the end of September. We welcome your participation in this project! Sign up to join us on Saturday, September 28th here and stay afterwards for our Volunteer Appreciation Picnic!

FLSSP thanks the King County Master Gardeners – Issaquah Clinic and Washington State Parks Foundation for their partnership and support of this project. We are also indebted to Lake Sammamish State Park staff for helping with the removal of existing plants and weeds in these beds – we could not get this project done without their heavy lifting!