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Pilchuck Audubon proposes renaming Edmonds native-plant demonstration garden for volunteer Susie Schaeffer; public hearing set
Summary
Pilchuck Audubon Society has formally requested the Edmonds demonstration garden be renamed "Susie Schaeffer Wildlife and Habitat Community Garden." The Planning Board received background information and set a public hearing; no decision was made at the Jan. 8 meeting.
Pilchuck Audubon Society has submitted a formal request to rename the Edmonds Wildlife Habitat and Native Plant Demonstration Garden to the Susie Schaeffer Wildlife and Habitat Community Garden, city staff told the Planning Board at its Jan. 8 meeting.
Angie Fesser, Parks and Recreation and Human Services director, and staff described the garden’s history and the formal naming process under the city’s park-naming policy. Fesser said the demonstration garden sits at the southeast corner of the Edmonds Marsh, adjacent to the Willow Creek Hatchery and Watershed Education Center, and is accessible from Pine Street and from the Watershed Education Center.
Volunteers and community groups developed the garden. Gary Pfeiffer, who described himself as a steward in the Edmonds park system and one of the…
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