SUGi
USA

Seattle, WA, USA

Shoreline Historical Museum Forest

Cultivating natural legacy for the local community.

Miyawaki Method
Urban

The project is a community-driven idea developed by a group of people invested in preserving the natural world and highlighting Indigenous relationships to our landscapes.

We have an opportunity to create an outdoor exhibit highlighting natural history and  a new story about the environmentally beneficial legacy we can leave behind.

This SUGi Pocket Forest at the Shoreline Historical Museum will also provide shelter from a highly developed urban heat island, for a local community of over 100,000 people, while supporting native flora and fauna.

Forest Maker Ethan Bryson

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1,200

TREES

3,000

SQUARE FEET

42

NATIVE SPECIES

The area of the future SUGi Pocket Forest
The site of Shoreline Historical Museum Forest
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“These plants and numerous others have been used by our Duwamish ancestors and the Duwamish Tribe for thousands of years to feed and nurture us. Development has diminished their habitat and our access to them. Their absence has been felt by us, our native pollinators, birds, fish and aquatic life. We want to thank the Shoreline Historical Society for pursuing a native forest on our ancestral lands.”

— Nancy Sackmsn, Cultural Preservation Officer

Cams (Camassia quamash) Camas has been a food source for many native peoples in the western United States and Canada. After being harvested in the autumn, once the flowers have withered, the bulbs are pit-roasted or boiled.
Garry Oak (Quercus garryana) Garry oak use acorns to reproduce. Separate male and female flowers are grown on the same tree. Long male flowers, called catkins, hang in strands from branches and are covered in yellow pollen grains. Tiny pink female flowers hold the tree’s eggs. Flowers are wind-pollenated in spring.
Marsh Labrador Tea (Rhododendron tomentosum) Its leaves are full of essential oil, which was used for the brewing of beer in the past and intensified the effect of the alcohol. Furthermore, it was mixed with bog myrtle to brew the famous gruit ale.
Oso Berry or Indian Plum (Oemleria cerasiformis) Crushed foliage smells like a green watermelon. The trees can produce heavy crops, and the flavor is special (a mix of cherry, blueberry, olive, and cucumber).

“The Miyawaki Urban History Project is a community-driven idea developed by a group of people invested in preserving the natural world and highlighting Indigenous relationships to our landscapes. After resounding support around this project from the Board of Directors at the Shoreline Historical Museum, the Miyawaki Forest Friends committee are vocally advocating throughout our communities. Tabling at events, writing articles in our local papers and otherwise promoting the Miyawaki Forest is a clear demonstration of the value of community-based projects and the role it has in connecting people to an organization like the Shoreline Historical Museum.”

— Kenneth Doutt, Executive Director, Shoreline Historical Museum

SUGi Forest Maker

Ethan Bryson

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