Friends of Seattle's Olmsted Parks is currently seeking new members to serve on our Board of Directors and committees. We consult on park improvement projects, create and lead walking tours, advocate for our historic parks, and partner with community groups to help meet shared goals.
We are committed to inclusion, equity, and access, continuing the Olmsted principal of creating an interconnected park and boulevard system that extends throughout all of Seattle’s neighborhoods and that serves everyone in Seattle. We firmly believe that board members and volunteers should represent all our neighbors and neighborhoods and strongly encourage people of color and members of historically underrepresented and marginalized groups to volunteer to serve in the various positions available with the Friends of Seattle’s Olmsted Parks.
Our Board meets monthly, usually via Zoom. Committees meet as needed. Park tours are hosted monthly May through October.
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
PO BOX 9884, SEATTLE, WA 98109, US
Friends of Seattle's Olmsted Parks (FSOP) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving Seattle’s unique Olmsted landscape heritage and raising awareness of the Olmsted philosophy of providing open space for all people.
FSOP hosts programs and creates educational materials to expand public knowledge and appreciation for the extensive Olmsted legacy in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest, including Seattle's parks and boulevards system, the University of Washington campus, the Washington state capitol grounds, and many residential subdivisions and private estates.
FSOP also works closely with the Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation and other public agencies to provide independent review of projects in Seattle’s Olmsted Brothers-influenced parks and boulevards. FSOP helps ensure that proposed changes preserve or enhance the role the park or boulevard in the park and boulevard system John Charles Olmsted planned for the City of Seattle between 1903 and 1912 and that they are consistent with the designs developed by the Olmsted Brothers Landscape Architects firm for the individual landscapes.
100 Dexter Ave N (Parks Office in Denny Park)Seattle, WA 98109
August 12, 2024
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