EVENTS & ACTIVITIES
To grow, build and learn together. The Heron’s Nest site is available by reservation for workshop space, classes, all ages activities, cultural education, gatherings, meetings, music, art & more.
Use of site is by donation base which directly supports land restoration, site use and continued care for our communities. Please reach out if you or a group would like to volunteer for ongoing projects.
Monday’s
10am-2pm
Work includes general landscaping, blackberry root removal, ivy and invasive species removal, new plantings, weeding, small building projects, and more!
Gloves, tools, snacks and drinks available
Come as you are, feel free to bring what you like
All ages activities
On leash Dogs welcome 🐶
Film Screening & Discussion Panel
Outgrow The System
Friday, May 2nd
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Our economy is failing people and the planet—so what comes next?
Outgrow the System explores how we can move beyond extractive capitalism and build an economy rooted in justice, sustainability, and collective well-being. Beyond mainstream debates, new ideas and grassroots movements are already proving that another way is possible. This film envisions how we can organize around bold, transformative alternatives.
Outgrow the System explores how we can create an economy that works for people and the planet—not for corporate profits at the expense of communities and ecologies. New ideas and grassroots movements are challenging old assumptions and already moving us toward a just, sustainable future. This film envisions a world where we participate in bold, transformative alternatives.
PANEL & COMMUNITY DISCUSSION: Following the screening, we’ll hear from local organizers already working to build alternative economic models in the Greater Seattle area.
Derek Hoshiko -Kicking Gas, Salish Sea Cooperative Finance
Victor Rodriguez - Community2Community farm COOP and Front and Centered community assemblies
Dane Negri - ecoTHRIVE community land trusts
Adasha Turner - Black Seed AgroEcology Farms, Modest Family Solutions
Aloysious - The Heron's Nest, Rooted Resistance
Stick around to connect with others, learn about actionable next steps, and find ways to plug into the movement.
>>> Register for FREE HERE <<<
📍 Mount Baker Community Club 2811 Mt Baker Drive S
Creative Resistance
Thursday, May 8th
5:00PM - 9:00 PM
🎨 Join us in an empowering space where art meets action! Our Creative Resistance Gatherings bring people together to explore art as a tool for change, healing, and connection. Whether you’re painting banners for climate justice, crafting zines to amplify unheard voices, or designing wearable art for social movements, this is your space to dream, create, and resist.
Together, we’ll reimagine a just world and transform our ideas into tangible expressions of hope, solidarity, and resistance.
>>> Register Here <<<
Climate Circles are invitations to name what aches—grief, rage, fear, numbness, even fleeting hope—and to let those feelings breathe in the company of others. Rooted in deep listening and collective care, this practice reminds us we are not alone, and that feeling fully is part of learning to relate differently.
On this land—in the presence of histories that endure, wounds that remember, and futures that are being reimagined—we will sit together and grieve what has been lost, tend to what still remains, and ask what kind of commitments are possible now.
Volunteer With Us
Join the Heron’s Nest volunteer community. We ask for the assistance of community to offer outdoor activities, events, and educational workshops through volunteer efforts. Would you like to help be a Land Steward and be in the forest?
Sign up below to become a Heron’s Nest Volunteer!
Duwamish Alive! 2021
Duwamish Alive! 2021 An annual volunteer cleanup event spread across the Duwamish River Valley. Join in volunteering at The Heron’s Nest to assist in a variety of community building projects. All activities are outdoors, masks to be worn. Supplies, tools, bathrooms, parking and room to spread out provided. Please bring a water bottle and personal work gloves (if you don’t have any, we got you) Volunteer projects will include beginning a new mural of the Duwamish River Valley, carpentry and welding projects and intros on ‘how to’. Along with interactive plant propagation, greenbelt restoration and landscaping projects.