Washington Rock Quarries is proud to announce that we are a 2023 sponsor of the Puyallup Farmer’s Market. We will have a booth at the first day of the market on Saturday, April 15th, next to the flower vendors.
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Las Vegas, Nevada—At the 2023 NSSGA Annual Convention, Washington Rock’s photo was honored as the ROCKtober 2022 Aggregates Industry Photo of the Year.
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In front of the community movie theater in Friday Harbor, a perch welcomes anyone who passes by. It’s not your everyday park bench: it’s sculpted granite, refined in its well-formed lines and polished surfaces, yet preserving a natural form in its organic waves and curves. Like its creator Tom Small, it is solid, stable, and unpretentious. It invites viewers to pause and enjoy a few minutes’ rest and peace.
The bench is one of sculptor Tom Small’s first public pieces. Seeing people seated on it brings Tom a sense of fulfillment when he ventures into town, and it reminds him of his primary goal in stone carving.
…ContinuedWashington, D.C.—At the 2022 NSSGA Legislative & Policy Forum in September, Kapowsin Quarry of Washington Rock Quarries received the Gold Award for Community Relations Excellence.
…ContinuedLowman Beach Park is small, but according to locals, it’s a hidden gem with incredible views. On a warm day, you might come across sunbathers taking in the rays, children playing on driftwood logs, or paddle boarders setting off from the shore.
…ContinuedIn a city known for skyscrapers and tiny apartments, Diana Sanzone’s Brooklyn backyard is a rare treasure. But Diana couldn’t enjoy the muddy yard in her motorized wheelchair.
Her landscaper, Daniel S. Burnstein, wanted to create a natural-looking, affordable surface so that Diana could enjoy her yard once again. Gravel was his material of choice. But one thing had Daniel stumped: how could he ensure that the gravel surface was wheelchair accessible?
Daniel turned to Washington Rock Quarries for advice. With the help of industry experts, Washington Rock made a guide for creating a wheelchair-accessible gravel surface. Then we teamed up with Daniel and Vermont-based gravel supplier North East Materials Group to adapt those guidelines to Diana’s yard.
…ContinuedWashington Rock Quarries regularly blogs about causes and businesses that use our rock, sand, or soil products. In 2021, we published this story about Old Goat Farm, owned and operated by Gary Waller and Greg Graves. Greg passed away in late 2022, and Greg recently sold Old Goat Farm and began a new adventure in Eatonville, WA. We kept the Old Goat Farm story in the original format and hope you can continue to find inspiration in it.
Tucked away in the woods of Graham is a sprawling garden from the pages of a storybook. Swaths of flowers border a lawn that flows in different directions. Each garden bed is flush with hundreds of plants: fluffy peonies here, yellow clusters of ranunculus there, colonies of hosta winding like a forest stream. The colors and forms are endless.
…ContinuedAmerican Lake Veterans Golf Course wants veterans to forget. Forget the burdens they carry. Forget their pains or disabilities. Forget they have to do anything but play golf.
…ContinuedClimbing one of the sail mounds at Dune Peninsula is like ascending a pyramid.
…ContinuedWashington Rock Quarries regularly blogs about causes and businesses that use our rock, sand, or soil products. As part of Give Big Day in May 2019, we featured A Soft Place to Land, owned and operated by Jasmine Fletcher Glaze. A Soft Place to Land is no longer operating as of August 2022, but Jasmine’s story is still a heartwarming one about the influence for good one individual can have.
…ContinuedMembers of the Oregon and Western Washington chapters of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) banded together with volunteers of American Lake Veterans Golf Course for a special cause: tackling the spring to-do list.
…ContinuedEach boulder is the size of an SUV and weighs between 18,000 and 32,000 pounds.
…ContinuedAs the quarterback’s cleats pull away from the turf, a microscopic splash of black granules and sand follow him.
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Washington Rock has sent rock to some of the coolest parks in the Puget Sound. Here are 5 of The Rock’s favorites.
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American Lake Veterans Golf Course recently honored Washington Rock Quarries by including our logo on the tee marker for hole 13.
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