Kubota Garden Natural Area Pro Parks Project Information
The Kubota Garden Natural Area extends both north and
south of Kubota Garden in Southeast Seattle
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The Pro Parks Levy's $10 million Green Spaces category funds acquisitions
to preserve Seattle’s green spaces. The Oversight Committee included
Kubota Garden Natural Area among 13 of the City’s adopted Green Spaces
to be considered for acquisition.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Bill Blair, Open Space Planner
Seattle Parks and Recreation
800 Maynard Ave. S., 3rd Floor
Seattle, WA 98134
(206) 684-7786
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March 2007
On January 31, 2007, Seattle Parks acquired a .84 acre property adjacent
to Kubota Garden. Combined with the 2006 acquisition, these properties preserve
more than 400 feet along Mapes Creek, and extend Parks ownership along Renton
Ave S north of Kubota Garden.
In May 2006, Seattle Parks acquired a 0.45-acre property along Mapes Creek,
next to Park-owned property in the Kubota Garden Natural Area. The property
is north of Kubota Garden on Renton Ave. S.
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The Kubota Garden Natural Area extends both north
and south of Kubota Garden in Southeast Seattle
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Mapes Creek runs through Kubota Garden Natural Area and several ponds
in Kubota Garden.
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Hidden in South Seattle, Kubota Garden is a stunning 20 acre garden that
blends Japanese landscape concepts with native Northwest plants. It is located
at Renton Avenue S. and 55th Avenue South in the Rainier Beach neighborhood
of South Seattle. For directions and a map, see www.kubota.org/directions.htm
In the 1990s Parks and Recreation preserved 17 acres surrounding Kubota
Garden to protect the natural landscape, wildlife habitat and Mapes Creek
headwaters. In the 1990s Parks also preserved 2.8 acres along Mapes Creek
in Sturtevant Ravine north of the garden.
In 1993, the City adopted the Greenspace Policy to encourage the preservation
of green spaces in Seattle. The policy included maps for more than 30 greenspaces.
The policy aimed to preserve natural landscape and habitat; provide natural
buffers between land uses; mitigate noise and air pollution; reduce need
for constructed storm water systems; and preserve natural drainage. Kubota
Garden Natural Area was one of the green spaces mapped in the policy.
On November 12, 2002, the Pro Parks Levy Oversight Committee included Kubota
Garden Natural Area among the green spaces to be further considered for
acquisition through the Pro Park Levy Green Spaces category.
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
In addition to the Levy's funding for acquisition in
the green space surrounding Kubota Garden, there is also a signficant
Levy project dedicated to improvements in the garden itself: seattle.gov/parks/proparks/projects/kubotaGarden.htm
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