Picture Perfect Queen Anne
Discover Queen Anne
Come experience this neighborhood-wide celebration designed to bring energy, exploration, and connection to our community. Led by the Queen Anne Chamber of Commerce, the Queen Anne Historical Society, and the Queen Anne Community Council, this event invites you to view your neighborhood in a fresh and exciting way. and with the 2026 FIFA World Cup bringing global attention to Seattle, Queen Anne has a unique opportunity to shine!
We are excited to be participating! You'll find us at the colorful, small curbside garden on the corner of Boston and Queen Anne Ave, steps from Salt & Straw.
Start some Nasturtium seeds in 3" degradable spruce pots to take home and plant in your yard. Pose for a photo with Craig, PPQA's Dapper Scarecrow. Meet some of your neighbors involved with the community-created gardens along Queen Anne Ave at Galer. Boston, and McGraw.
Keeping Queen Anne Avenue Welcoming, Commercially Vibrant and Neighborhood Friendly
By the early 2000’s, the Upper Queen Anne retail core was looking drab and rundown. Its appearance no longer reflected the warmth and welcoming spirit of our neighborhood. A group of residents and small business owners got together to change this.
As Picture Perfect Queen Anne, the group secured a funding award from the Department of Neighborhoods to bring the community together to create a vision for Queen Anne Avenue between Galer and McGraw. Over the course of three public meetings, neighbors worked together to answer a core question: What makes a great place? Their responses became the foundation for the Queen Anne Avenue Streetscape Master Plan---a design for a vibrant and people-friendly retail core.
Today, Picture Perfect Queen Anne (PPQA) continues to use the Streetscape Master Plan as a guide for all the work it does. PPQA is still an all-volunteer, grassroots neighborhood nonprofit focused on promoting the principles and elements that make great places. We collaborate with other neighborhood groups to advocate for public spaces in new developments as well as for building designs that blend in with surrounding older buildings and preserve a neighborhood feel.
PPQA’s impact on public spaces can be seen most vividly in the gardens at Galer, Boston, and McGraw. Although these gardens are located on the public sidewalks and in the greenbelt alongside the Galer Stairs, the professional care of these gardens is funded by You---our neighbors.
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