For more than a quarter-century, Windermere Real Estate agents and other staffers have taken a day off work each year – independent of whatever volunteering they do in their private lives – to work on neighborhood-improvement projects during their Community Service Day. Today was the day for a project in West Seattle, and the sun graced the 40-plus people working at Greg Davis and Cottage Grove parks in North Delridge – mulching, weeding, and planting.

The two-park work party was a joint project of Windermere’s two West Seattle offices. They raised money to donate more than 50 new plants you’ll see next time you visit the parks (here’s a map).