Nora's Woods

47°36′31″N 122°17′41″W / 47.6087°N 122.2946°W / 47.6087; -122.2946Createdc. 1996Operated bySeattle Parks and RecreationOpen1998

Nora's Woods is an undeveloped city park and native plant garden^[1] in the Madrona neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. The 0.35-acre (0.14 ha) house lot-sized wooded area is named for Seattleite Nora Wood, who purchased the land in 1987 that was given to The Trust for Public Land after her death in 1989.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] Cleanup of the overgrown and neglected property by neighborhood volunteers to create the park began in 1996 or 1997.^[5]^[6] In 1998, it became a city park.

The Columbia Street pollinator pathway connects Nora's Woods to the 18th Avenue P-Patch and the Seattle University campus.^[3]

Nora Wood's ashes are buried in Nora's Woods Park.^[6]

References

^ Native plants: are they ornamental enough?, Taylor Gardens Northwest, October 13, 2013
^ Rich Appleton, I Remember When... : Every Day is Earth Day in Nora's Woods (PDF), Madrona Community Council
^ ^a ^b Claire Thompson (September 19, 2012), "Bee boulevard: An urban corridor becomes a haven for native pollinators", Grist
^ A-Z parks list, Seattle Parks and Recreation, retrieved 2013-12-30
^ ^a ^b Jake Batsell (May 24, 1999), "Park And Pride—Neighbors Make Madrona Talk Of The Nation", The Seattle Times
^ ^a ^b Kathryn True; Maria Dolan (2003), "Nora's Woods: Hushed Tribute", Nature in the City: Seattle, Mountaineers Books, p. 59, ISBN 9780898868791

External links

Nora's Woods at Seattle Parks Dept.

Protected Areas of Seattle

Federal

National Parks	Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park Wing Luke Museum (affiliated)

City parks and
preserves

Greater than 50 acres (20 ha)	Alki Beach Camp Long Carkeek Discovery Genesee Golden Gardens Green Lake Interlaken Jackson Jefferson Lake Washington Boulevard Lincoln Magnolia Tidelands Magnuson Puget Schmitz Seattle Center Seward Westcrest West Seattle Golf Course Woodland
10–50 acres (4.0–20.2 ha)	Brighton Playfield Cheasty Boulevard South Colman Condon Way Centerstrip Dahl Playfield Emma Schmitz Memorial Overlook Fauntleroy Frink Garfield Gas Works Hamilton Viewpoint Herring's House Park (Tualtwx) Hiawatha Interbay Golf Kinnear Lakeridge Lawton Leschi Longfellow Creek Madrona Magnolia Magnolia Playfield Maple Leaf Reservoir Maple Wood Playfield Matthews Beach Meadowbrook Playfield Me-Kwa-Mooks Montlake Playfield Mount Baker Northacres Open Water Park Pigeon Point Pritchard Island Beach Queen Anne Boulevard Ravenna Park Riverview Playfield Roxhill Sam Smith Soundview Playfield Stan Sayres Memorial Volunteer Walt Hundley Playfield West Seattle Stadium
0.02–10 acres (0.0081–4.0469 ha)	Alvin Larkins Beer Sheva Bell Street Bryant Playground Cal Anderson Cascade Playground Cowen City Hall Commodore Denny Denny Blaine Donnie Chin Dr. Jose Rizal East Montlake Fairview Fritz Hedges Waterway Park Freeway Fremont Peak Hing Hay Home of the Good Shepherd I-5 Colonnade Jack Block Jimi Hendrix Kerry Kiwanis Ravine Kobe Terrace Lake People Lake Union Lakeview Louisa Boren Madison Marshall Park McCurdy Meridian Playground Myrtle Edwards Nora's Woods North Passage Point Northacres Occidental Olympic Sculpture Park Oxbow Parsons Gardens Peace Roanoke Schmitz Boulevard South Passage Point Terry Pettus Park Tilikum Place Union Bay Natural Area Victor Steinbrueck Viretta Waterfront West Montlake Westlake
Under 0.02 acres (0.0081 ha)	Boylston Place Lakeview Place McGraw Square Westlake Square

Other

Farms, gardens and P-Patches	Beacon Food Forest Danny Woo International District Community Garden Interbay P-Patch Marra Farm Picardo Farm
Green belts	St. Mark's Greenbelt SW Queen Anne Greenbelt East Duwamish Greenbelt (The Jungle) West Duwamish Greenbelt
Zoos and aquariums	Seattle Aquarium Woodland Park Zoo
Arboretums and botanical gardens	Carl S. English Jr. Botanical Gardens Kubota Garden Piper Orchard Seattle Chinese Garden Seattle Japanese Garden South Seattle College Arboretum Volunteer Park Conservatory Washington Park Arboretum
Landscape architecture	Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition Olmsted parks
Multi-use trails	Burke-Gilman Trail Chief Sealth Trail