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.
Come Volunteer with us!
MONDAY’S
10:00am - 2:00pm
Our efforts on the land are seasonally attuned and may include such activities as general landscaping, blackberry root removal, ivy and other species removal, new plantings, harvesting, 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
Creative Resistance
Thursday, January 15th & 29th
5:00pm - 9:00pm
🎨 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.
Come to meet and socialize with members of other liberation focused groups, orgs, and movements, and bring whatever you want to work on or fold into an ongoing project!
Rapid Response Training [-Online-]
6 February 2026
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Join this virtual training to learn more about existing rapid response networks across the state that mobilize for deportation defense, and work to support communities and keep families together.
Learn how to become part of our statewide network of volunteers.
As a member of a WAISN Rapid Response Team, you will:
- Hold immigration and law enforcement agencies accountable for their actions, especially when they violate the constitutional rights and civil liberties of all Washingtonians regardless of immigration status;
- Aid in building immigrant power and resilience by sharing information about our rights;
- Support and walk alongside affected families during some of the most difficult moments of their lives;
- Unite our voices to strengthen and build community leadership, working together for our collective liberation.
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SITE GUEST PROTOCOL:
All visitors MUST sign the waiver
This is an educational & safe learning space. Be kind to and inclusive of all beings
Zero tolerance policy for physical or verbal mistreatment
Walk softly on the land as it needs to heal
Monitor your youth at all times
Dogs must be on-leash. Pick up their waste
No weapons allowed
Pick-up any trash you see and put it in the proper receptacle
Take what you need. Give what you can.
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.