On Sunday, May 30th from 9a – Noon (over Memorial Day weekend,) the Friends of the Troll’s Knoll will host a Work Party – and they could use some willing hands. The Troll’s Knoll surrounds one of Seattle’s most popular icons, and Fremont’s favorite curmudgeon, and it requires a lot of upkeep to keep this park viable.
Help care for this urban forest by planting donated flowers, spreading mulch around three newly planted cherry trees, and re-mulching the foot path. Volunteers will get their hands dirty, and they need to bring their own gardening gloves and water bottle. Volunteers are also asked to BYOT – Bring Your Own Tools, particularly shovels and wheelbarrows.
Regular visitors to Troll’s Knoll may have noticed a recent clean up on the east side. Big THANKS to the Seattle Department of Transportation Urban Forestry crew a recent work visit – mowing and landscaping the area. Hopefully visitors and volunteers can further this great work!
For those who cannot get by very often, the Troll’s Knoll has a new piece of art – in addition to the ginormous ferro-concrete Troll lurking beneath the Aurora Bridge. For Earth Day 2021, the Friends of the Troll’s Knoll dedicated a Moss Turtle sculpture, created by Michiko Tanaka at Mach 2 Arts. The sculpture is located on the east Troll’s Knoll and is intended to be interactive – bring water to sprinkle upon the turtle, and a painted stone to contribute to the pathway!
For more about the Friends of the Troll’s Knoll and the work being done to improve and maintain the park around the Fremont Troll, visit the FremontTrollsKnoll.org website (click here.) Find out more about the Work Party on May 30th on the webpage, or send questions to fremonttrollsknoll@gmail.com – or stop by the park to see how you can lend a hand to help this popular piece of public art!