Please also check out the News & Info page of the City of Kirkland that encompasses all 13 neighborhoods. Here you will find items specific to South Rose Hill / Bridle Trails or relevant to our residents.
It was wonderful to see residents meeting new friends and kids being so excited to check out the police car (Thank you to the Kirkland Police who sent us Officer Arnold). Families got to see all the equipment on the Fire truck thanks to several of our Kirkland Fire Department personnel who stopped by at the end of a long afternoon.
Volunteers from the United Methodist Church had set up a fun activity tent where young and old together colored in a "Kindness" poster, played frisbee, and got to flex their chalk art skills.
Thank you to Aaron of Grocery Outlet who donated water and snacks for our event, which helped keep us cool and patient as we waited in line for Chillz Ice Cream
A neighbor brought their sound system to share, so we got to have an open mic for jokes, riddles and stories as well as some music to give us a score for the evening.
You can see more pictures and videos and share your own on the Facebook community bulletin board:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/rosetrailscommunity
or on our official Facebook page (different pictures / videos):
https://www.facebook.com/rosetrails
Or share them by email. Thank you to the parents who consented to share images of their family enjoying the event.
We hope you will attend our next SRH/BT neighborhood meeting, at 7pm on Tue 8th Sep 2026 (first Tue) at Ben Franklin Elementary school
Larry, Sue, Kim & Wade
Derek, Sedat, Ayfer & Anjana with children
Help! Tree Survey
Urban trees are important in ways that may surprise you. Kirkland City wants to hear from us, so please fill out this 14-question survey (only takes 5 to 8 mins). The full text from the city is included below.
Specifically, Q. 10 asks for your suggested actions. We would love for you to join us in proposing action for a "Tree Ambassador program" that can make it easy for us as residents to get free trees to plan, learn about the trees we see daily and their benefits, push information through neighborhood meetings and newsletters, and help solve issues with trees, including permits, fears of obstruction or fall-risk etc.
Feel free to craft your own reply, or use this text:
Answer to Q10:
A Tree Ambassador program as proposed by the SRHBT Neighborhood Association to improve access to trees, education, programs and more.