Scotch Broom Meets Its Doom!
Alexander’s Bluff meadow
Lotsa SCOTCH BROOM is rearing its nasty head up on Alexander’s Bluff! (this is way up at the top, not near Alexander’s Castle)
Bring - Water, gloves, clean underwear.
Park at Artillery Hill parking lot. We’ll walk or ride up to the bluff, depending on your preference.
Discover pass required wherever we park
Let’s Pretty-Up The Park!
Stay tuned for place and work to be done, but keep us on your calendar.
Discover pass required wherever we park
Thursday in the Park!
Not sure where we’ll be, but just you see
we’ll let you know, just where to go
Discover pass required wherever we park
Workin’ at Worden
Where? What? Don’t know yet. But you’ll be the first to know. Maybe second.
Discover pass required wherever we park
Heigh Ho!
Where, oh where, will our work party be?
Stay tuned here, and soon you shall see
Discover pass required wherever we park
Beach Campground
Beach campground and Knapp Circle
Plenty of invasive lupine and more!
Bring - Water, gloves, clippers, loppers, shovel, rake.
Park at the beach campground large parking lot
Discover pass required wherever we park
Scotch Broom? Not in OUR meadow!
Wildflower Meadow Scotch Broom Busting
Bring gloves, water, hat, socks, clippers
Meet at the Artillery Hill Gate parking lot
Discover pass required wherever we park
Perimeter Fence Painting Party!
Painting the park perimeter fence on W St! We’ve got the supplies, if you’ve got the muscles. Meet at the fence at 10 and paint until you’re pooped. What an artistic outing!
Doom to Broom at the Wildflower Meadow!
Broom removal at the Wildflower Meadow.
Park at the Artillery Hill Gate parking lot
Bring - Water, gloves, clippers. We’ll provide weed wrenches.
Discover pass required wherever we park
Invasives Be Gone!
Beach campground and Knapp Circle
Plenty of invasive lupine and more!
Bring - Water, gloves, clippers, loppers, shovel, rake.
Park at the beach campground large parking lot
Discover pass required wherever we park
Rhody Garden Spruce-up!
Rhody Garden Spruce-up!
We’ll be refreshing the wood chips on the paths and doing some light pruning
Bring - Water, gloves, clippers, loppers, shovel, rake, bucket (for wood chips), WHEEL BARROWS!
Discover pass required wherever we park
Summer Weeding
Where: parking lot at the pier
What: blackberries
Why: because we’re a fun, hardworking bunch, but we didn’t get ‘em all last time
What to bring:
plenty of water (it’s summer!)
sun hat
sun screen
heavy thorn-proof gloves (which covers the lower arm, if possible)
long sleeves (yes, it’ll be hot, but thorns are mean)
shovel
clippers
Discover Pass
In The Weeds!
Meet: in the left parking lot in the center of the beach campground. Watch for our Work Party sign
The Park truck, Big Red, is still ailing so if you’ve got a truck we can fill up and you drive to the dump, please bring! (Friends pays).
It is likely we’ll be working on poison hemlock and possibly black berry. That means:
Wear long sleeve that overlap your gloves.
If you’ve got thorn proof gloves, bring ‘em.
Water and weather-appropriate clothes
Discover pass required wherever we park
Tending the Entrance Gardens!
When: Thursday, May 28, 1-3 pm
Where: Fort Worden entrance. Park in the pullout on the right just as you enter the park
What: Weeding/pruning the two entrance gardens (you didn’t even know there WERE gardens there, I bet)
Bring: the usual gloves, hat, water, plus shovels, sturdy rakes.
And your Discover Pass (to park anywhere in the park)
Painting Party!
Do you like to paint? We are resuming the painting of Battery Stoddard, helping to turn it into a Park interpretive center. Some of you may have helped last Fall. We’re hoping to complete the project with a few more painting sessions.
Place: Battery Stoddard
Date: May 16th
Time: 10:30 to early afternoon (leave when you want)
Supplies: Bring Water. Friends of Fort Worden will provide all painting supplies.
No RSVP necessary. Just show up ready to paint (and have fun).
A second painting work party is tentatively scheduled for Saturday May 23rd. A confirmation will be sent out May 18th.
If you want to paint on a week day, please reach out to Barry Denton
Questions: Contact Barry Denton - bsdenton1@gmail.com
Weeding work party canceled!
Big Red, our faithful work truck, is in the shop, so we are sorry to have to cancel our weeding work party.
But you can still help paint Battery Stoddard! See post directly below. Show your colors!
Discover pass required wherever we park
Spring Clean Up - Invasive Yellow Lupine
Where - Beach campground parking lot, first entrance on left.
What - invasive yellow lupine, and any other foe we find.
Bring - Gloves, hats, water, stiff rake, loppers. We will also provide tools.
Discover pass required wherever we park
Bliss! Broom! Bah!!
Location - Bliss Vista area. Park near Building 225.
It’s a Scotch Broom Party! Bring - Water, gloves, clippers and dress for the weather.
Discover pass required.
Purge Spurge! Doom to Broom!
We’re mixin’ it up with a Thursday afternoon! Our targets: Spurge laurel and Scotch broom.
Location - Artillery Hill Parking Area (the usual)
Bring - Water, clippers, gloves. Serious about the gloves. (Spurge is a scourge!) Nitrile gloves will be provided
Discover pass required.
Spring Scotch Broom - Nip It In The BUD!
Location - Battery Hill parking lot
Bring - Water, gloves, clippers. We’ll provide the weed wrenches and maybe some donuts.
Discover pass required.
Poison Hemlock Removal!
Let’s pull some poison! (hemlock, that is)
Date: February 28, 2026
Time: 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Location: Meet near the Patanque court/Mule Barn area. (Look for Friends sign)
Hemlock is toxic, so it’s important to wear gloves when working with it.
Bring: Water, gloves and, if you’ve got ‘em: shovel and sturdy rake. We will provide Nitrile gloves.
Discovery Pass required.
Finishing What We Started: Lupin Removal Near the Pier!
Finishing What We Started: Lupine Removal Near the Pier
Where: Meet in the Pier parking lot (look for Friends Sign and a bunch of tools spread around).
What: Finish removing invasive yellow lupine and blackberry on the beach.
Bring: Water, gloves, clippers and sturdy rakes. We’ll provide Weed Wrenches. If you’ve got thorn-proof work gloves, bring em’.
Discover Pass required.
MLK Jr. Day Invasive Beachgrass Pull
Join the PT Marine Science Center for their annual MLK Jr. Day of Service on Monday, January 19, 2026 from 10:00 am - 1:00 pm!
Meet at the Marine Science Center museum portico in Fort Worden State Park at 10 am. Address: 502 Harbor Defense Way
We'll be pulling invasive beachgrass north of the pier by Knapp Circle, so dress for the weather. Bring work gloves and shovels/pitchforks/hand tools like small shovels/loppers if you have them. We'll have some tools to borrow as well. Light snacks and water will be provided.
Parking is free at Fort Worden for the day, but carpooling is always encouraged.
Contact gsewell@ptmsc.org with any questions.
Invasive Yellow Lupine BEGONE!
Get Thee Begone Invasive Yellow Lupine!
Meet near the pier
Bring: Water, gloves and, if you’ve got ‘em, sturdy clippers ,shovel and sturdy rake.
What a fun way to ring in the new year! See you there. Discovery Pass required.
Lupine Removal!
Lupine removal!
Meet at the pier across from the Marine Science Center
Discover Pass Required.
What to bring: clippers, gloves, water. We’ll be removing invasive lupine branches, which will then make it possible to use weed wrenches for pulling the rest of the plant. Weed Wrenches, oh, how we’ve missed you.
Beach Grass with WCC!
Beach grass removal with the Washington Conservation Corps!
Meet at Knapp Loop (near the light house) whenever you’d like from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm Monday, Nov. 3 through Thursday, Nov. 6.
Drive to Knapp Loop, look for workers, and help out for as long as you like. Stella Waxwing, Statewide Park Steward (and expert in all invasive plants) will be there leading the work and the dancing (yes, there’s dancing!). The young WCC workers are always a delight to work with.
Bring pitchforks, narrow shovels, gloves, water, Discover Pass, and dress for a day at the (possibly nasty, wet, windy) beach!
Birthday Work Party!
Join Vicki’s 1-day early birthday celebration. Cake! Coffee! Weed Removal!
Meet at the pier across from the Marine Science Center
Discover Pass Required.
What to bring: tool for digging (hori-horis or trowels don’t go deep enough), gloves, water, etc.
Dune Grass Removal
Meet at the pier across from the Marine Science Center
Discover Pass required.
What to bring: tool for digging (hori-horis or trowels don’t go deep enough), gloves, water, etc.
Trail Team on a Short Summer Break!
Trail Team work parties are on a short break until late summer. There will be occasional email blasts for pop-up work events.
We’ll resume twice monthly work parties in late summer. Thanks for checking in and see you soon!
Work Party!
9:00 AM 11:30 AM
Meet at Artillery Hill Gate - Discover Pass required.
Invasive removal!
Bring loppers, water and gloves.
Hope to see you!
No Work Party!
No work party today! If you just HAVE to get some gardening done, take a stroll through our beautiful Rhody Garden and pull a couple of dead heads. Then enjoy our lovely park!
Thanks, see you next time.
Work Party - Canceled!
It’s a beautiful day for a walk in our park! See you next month!
Work Party!
9:00 AM 11:30 AM
Meet at Artillery Hill Gate - Discover Pass required.
We'll be working on scotch broom near the wood shop.
Bring loppers, water and gloves.
Hope to see you!