Corporate Volunteers Return in Force to Help Restore the Arboretum
Rockwell Automation mulched the Lilac Collection in April with UW gardener Roy Farrow (right). After a year-long pandemic-related hiatus, the...
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Foundation Receives Generous Bequest
The Arboretum Foundation recently received a bequest of more than $110,000 from the estate of Alec Bayless. A civic activist, lawyer, grape grower,...
15 Pacific Connections Plants for Your Garden!
Looking to add some pizzazz to your home garden? In the latest issue of the Arboretum Bulletin, landscape designer Janine Anderson profiles 15...
2021 Annual Meeting Report
We had a good turnout for our Virtual Annual Meeting on June 16. More than 70 Arboretum Foundation members tuned into the Zoom webinar to hear about...
News Articles
Corporate Volunteers Return in Force to Help Restore the Arboretum
Rockwell Automation mulched the Lilac Collection in April with UW gardener Roy Farrow (right).After a year-long pandemic-related hiatus, the Foundation's Corporate and Group Service Program is back in full swing. So far in 2021, eight local companies have sent...
Foundation Receives Generous Bequest
The Arboretum Foundation recently received a bequest of more than $110,000 from the estate of Alec Bayless. A civic activist, lawyer, grape grower, and—with his wife, Ruthanna—world-traveler who lived on Mercer Island, Alec was involved at the Arboretum in the 1980s...
15 Pacific Connections Plants for Your Garden!
Looking to add some pizzazz to your home garden? In the latest issue of the Arboretum Bulletin, landscape designer Janine Anderson profiles 15 beautiful shrubs and trees from the Arboretum's iconic Pacific Connections Garden that would look fabulous in your own...
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15 Pacific Connections Plants for Your Garden!
Looking to add some pizzazz to your home garden? In the latest issue of the Arboretum Bulletin, landscape designer Janine Anderson profiles 15 beautiful shrubs and trees from the Arboretum's iconic Pacific Connections Garden that would look fabulous in your own...
Hidden Treasure of the Arboretum: Mountain Stewartia
Stewartias are among the stars of the summer-flowering season at the Arboretum. While the Asian stewartia species in the main grove on the southern edge of the Camellia Collection justifiably receive a lot of praise, the lesser-known mountain stewartia (Stewartia...
Tried and True Grasses for the Northwest Garden
Ornamental grasses are finely textured plants that lend a casual and relaxed feeling to your landscape. They move with breezes and glimmer in sunlight, changing appearance with the seasons and time of day. They also provide food, nesting material and cover for birds....
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