Location: Central Seattle/Capitol Hill
Address: 1400 E. Galer St.
Acreage: approx. 0.4
Completed in 1912, the Volunteer Park Conservatory houses hundreds of varieties of unusual plants and flowers. The beautiful glass building is divided into five “houses” with different temperatures and themes: Palms, Ferns, Cacti, Seasonals […]
Location: Central Seattle/Capitol Hill
Address: 1247 15th Ave. E.
Acreage: 48.3
Looking for someplace to take out-of-towners that’s free and has views almost as good as the Space Needle? Volunteer Park’s water tower on Capitol Hill provides great vistas of Seattle and […]
Location: Central Seattle/Capitol Hill
Address: 1635 11th Ave.
Acreage: 7.37
I often talk about certain parks serving as hubs for their communities. I can’t help thinking it’s true about Cal Anderson park, too. Like its Capitol Hill neighborhood, this park buzzes with activity year […]
Location: Central Seattle/Capitol Hill
Address: 511 Boylston Ave. E.
Acreage: 0.5
Tashkent Park, named after one of Seattle’s sister cities in Uzbekistan, is a park that’s especially quaint at this time of the year. A half-dozen large maple trees have shed nearly all […]
