Waterworks Gardens — Attraction in Renton

There is only 4 parking spots pretty far from the park itself (on monster) so by the time we realized we were literally being swarmed by mosquitos (seriously this place has giant mosquitos that go THROUGH your clothing) we were basically stuck walking through the park to Grady and back to the car (read: more time walking on the main roads with speeding cars and exhaust than in the park itself). There was very little signage in the park so you had to guess on which ways to turn. One end of the park definitely smelled like hot sewage. Definitely no spots to stop and sit. While I enjoyed seeing all the wild bunnies and the spots with cool tiling (Though its been poorly maintained) we won't be exploring this park again. I wanted to love this park because of the eco features but it was a huge miss on being enjoyable. My several dozen mosquito bites (for a 25 minute park trip) should be a warning to anyone...

In general, this isn't the nicest park but also not the worst. There was some trash and a lot of overgrown weeds. You can hear road traffic since it's so close so there's no denying you are still in the city. But! When you get to this magical corner of the park with mosaic art and little ponds, you are suddenly transported to another world. It's strange how different it is from the rest of the park, but so cool to experience. There's not a lot of parking but we had no problem since there also weren't many people when we were there (on a weekday afternoon in...

Waterworks gardens is quiet a pretty place to explore. They have many ponds and a little grotto. All from storm water catchment. To help with the native plants and habitat for animals too. Not much cruising going on here that’s more so done across the street at black river park. But use caution when walking around you may see things that you’d rather not have seen. Unless you’re into that then. Look all you’d like. Lol. But waterworks is...