Tagged with 'trees'

PHOTOS: Local Artist Battles Ice-Covered Trees At Her Burien Home

PHOTOS: Local Artist Battles Ice-Covered Trees At Her Burien Home

Burien-based Artist Maureen Hoffmann had a tough week – she was home sick, AND she suffered damage from the storm(s) to both her home as well as to the trees and bushes in her yard on Maplewild Ave SW. As... [Read more]

Help The Rainbow Girls – Recycle Your Christmas Tree Jan. 7 At Masonic Hall

Help The Rainbow Girls – Recycle Your Christmas Tree Jan. 7 At Masonic Hall

The West Seattle Rainbow Girls will hold their fifth annual Christmas tree recycle fundraiser on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012 at the Southgate Masonic Hall, located at 1004 SW 152nd in Olde Burien. They’ll... [Read more]

Sponsored Post It’s Christmas Tree Time At Advertiser Zenith Holland Gardens In Des Moines

It’s Christmas Tree Time At Advertiser Zenith Holland Gardens In Des Moines

It’s Christmas tree time and Advertiser Zenith Holland Gardens in Des Moines is the place to find yours. The trees arrive this Saturday, Nov. 19th. A second fresh cut delivery is set to arrive Dec. 1st. Real... [Read more]

Sponsored Post Welcome Our Latest Advertiser: Burien Tree Service – With A 20% Off Coupon!

Welcome Our Latest Advertiser: Burien Tree Service – With A 20% Off Coupon!

We’d like to welcome our latest Advertiser, local company Burien Tree Service, accomplished in a wide range of tree-related services as well as a variety of general home services. Matt McCluskey... [Read more]

City Of Burien’s Arbor Day Celebration Is April 13th At Seahurst Park

City Of Burien’s Arbor Day Celebration Is April 13th At Seahurst Park

The City of Burien’s Arbor and Earth Day Celebration will start at 11am on Wednesday, April 13th at the South Shelter in Seahurst Park. This year marks the 139th anniversary of Arbor Day, and Burien... [Read more]

LETTER: Where Have All the Ambaum Trees (And the Truth) Gone?

LETTER: Where Have All the Ambaum Trees (And the Truth) Gone?

On November 18, 2010, we – the citizens were told for the first time in a posting on The B-Town Blog (read about it here and here) that 96 significant growth trees would be taken down for the street... [Read more]

Boy Scout Troop #375 Will Recycle Your Christmas Tree This Weekend

Boy Scout Troop #375 Will Recycle Your Christmas Tree This Weekend

It’s that time of year again, when the holiday trimmings come off, get put into big plastic storage bins in the shed, leaving behind a dilapidated and dried up, dangerously flammable Christmas tree... [Read more]

Sponsored Post Parkside Elementary PTA’s Christmas Tree Fundraiser Is Saturday

Parkside Elementary PTA’s Christmas Tree Fundraiser Is Saturday

Need a Christmas tree? How about a hostess gift or some festive decorations? Want to help a good cause? Come out and support Parkside Elementary PTA’s Holiday Evergreen Fundraiser this Saturday... [Read more]

Sponsored Post Fresh Cut Christmas Trees & Free Local Delivery From Advertiser Zenith Holland

Fresh Cut Christmas Trees & Free Local Delivery From Advertiser Zenith Holland

The Christmas trees are in at WLB Advertiser Zenith Holland Gardens in Des Moines. It’s Christmas tree time and Zenith Holland Gardens in Des Moines is the place to find yours. “Real trees have... [Read more]

PHOTOS: City’s Tree Cutting Intensifies Along Ambaum Blvd. SW

PHOTOS: City’s Tree Cutting Intensifies Along Ambaum Blvd. SW

Story & Photos by Scott Schaefer We first reported on Nov. 18th that, as part of the City of Burien’s 2010/2011 Overlay Asphalt project, 96 trees along Ambaum Blvd. SW were going to be cut down... [Read more]

96 Trees Along Ambaum Blvd. SW Have Been Marked For Death By City

96 Trees Along Ambaum Blvd. SW Have Been Marked For Death By City

Driving through Burien this morning, many motorists may have noticed large “X’s” marked on dozens of trees along Ambaum Blvd. SW, starting around SW 140th and continuing on and off to... [Read more]

UPDATE: Power Restored After Downed Tree Causes Outage For 3,700 In Area

UPDATE: Power Restored After Downed Tree Causes Outage For 3,700 In Area

UPDATE 4/2/10 @ 5pm: Seattle City Light says that their repair crews restored power about 3:30pm to 3,700 homes and businesses in Burien and unincorporated King County that were affected by an outage caused... [Read more]

See “Geology In Action” As Trees Creep Down Hill At Eagle Landing Park

See “Geology In Action” As Trees Creep Down Hill At Eagle Landing Park

BTB Contributor Gregory Rehmke tips us that if you like Burien’s parks, enjoy nature and dig geology (pun intended), you might enjoy visiting Eagle Landing Park over the next few days to see some... [Read more]

Annual Tyee Holiday Bazaar Is Saturday From 9am-4pm

Annual Tyee Holiday Bazaar Is Saturday From 9am-4pm

The annual Tyee Holiday Bazaar will be held this Saturday, Dec. 5th, from 9am to 4pm at the Tyee High School Complex, located at 4424 South 188th Street in Seatac. Here are the details: WHAT: Tyee Holiday... [Read more]

Let The Holidays Begin: Cut Trees At Advertiser Herr Starting Friday!

Let The Holidays Begin: Cut Trees At Advertiser Herr Starting Friday!

You can always tell when the Christmas season is upon us when the cut Christmas trees are on the lot and ready for sale at BTB Advertiser Herr Backyard Garden Center in Burien – let the... [Read more]

Get Fresh Cut Christmas Trees From New Advertiser Zenith Holland In Des Moines

Get Fresh Cut Christmas Trees From New Advertiser Zenith Holland In Des Moines

Welcome our latest Advertiser – Zenith Holland Gardens, located just south of B-Town in Des Moines! It’s Christmas tree time and Zenith Holland Gardens in Des Moines is the place to find... [Read more]

Adopt A Thirsty “Orphan Tree” During This Heat & Drought

Adopt A Thirsty “Orphan Tree” During This Heat & Drought

BTB Reader Rebecca Dare brought this to our attention a few days ago – around Burien, there are numerous “orphan” trees (and plants/bushes) that may be suffering from this extreme heat... [Read more]

Vandals Hit Olde Burien With Graffiti & Broken Trees

Vandals Hit Olde Burien With Graffiti & Broken Trees

Previously we reported on vandalism at the new Town Square, and before that at Seahurst Park Beach’s new picnic area, and now BTB Contributor Jim Branson sent us these photos of some recent vandalism... [Read more]