Mukilteo Lighthouse Park
landscape architecture
The identity of the City of Mukilteo is firmly rooted in Lighthouse Park. Its value as a gathering space spans many centuries, and includes the historic signing of the Point Elliot Treaty. The park’s design merges natural, cultural, and historic themes together, and follows a general strategy of “floating” new improvements over sensitive archaeological areas. Sustainable site features were implemented throughout the park to mitigate the impact of vehicles, stormwater, and increased public usage. Low-impact development elements embrace the lighthouse grounds and make it contiguous with the surrounding natural beaches and shoreline. The transformation of this park involved collaborations with artists from local tribes and NOAA; and creation of a new venue for the farmer’s market, a new performance band shell, a pedestrian friendly streetscape or “woonerf” (“walking street”) to expand the park’s ability to host its annual lighthouse festival, and an ethnobotanic garden that greets visitors to the historic lighthouse.
This project was designed by Barker Landscape Architects (now with Environmental Works).
