West Seattle scenes: Schmitz Park signs of spring

From West Seattle photojournalist Matt Durham, of mattdurhamphotography.com:

Clockwise from lower left: Spring foliage adorns the trails as hikers and naturalists tour Schmitz Park Friday. White Trillium flowers (Lily family) can be found by the keen observer. Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus) sprouts from soggy soils and their flowers are short-lived. Various other plants and flowers await visitors in West Seattle’s second-generation “old growth” forest.

Never been to Schmitz Park? Here’s a map.

Vera April 17, 2009 (7:41 pm)

We sell Trillium Ovatum plus many others here at the nursery.
We also carry many other Northwest natives

Benjamin April 17, 2009 (7:55 pm)

Hey which Nursery? WSN?? Village green?? Im doing a little hillside restoration thing here at Youngstown Cultural Art Center / Cooper Artist Housing. Killing blackberries, planting up some natives, and hopefully some awesome BBQ/planting parties.. we may want to know for near future reference.

WSB April 17, 2009 (9:18 pm)

If you click on Vera’s name – anything in blue here on WSB is an active link – it takes you to her site, for Village Green Perennial Nursery.
http://villagegreenperennialnursery.com

ATN April 17, 2009 (9:54 pm)

The unlabeled pink flowering plant in that photo is a flowering currant (ribes sanguineum) – another great native plant that works well in landscapes.

cjboffoli April 17, 2009 (11:50 pm)

Excellent work Matt. Nicely done.

jeannie April 18, 2009 (1:39 am)

Beautiful photos. Thank you for posting, and Welcome, Spring!

The Dude April 18, 2009 (7:30 am)

Benjamin – Will you be working on the area just west of the Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, the strip above the sidewalk? The area is full of blackberry and frankly looks like s___t. I drive by it everyday and have always wondered why the resident artists haven’t done something about it. It would be a great visual/educational spot for a native restoration project.