Bulletin
Bulletin Stories
Winter is an ideal time to take stock of your garden and consider whether to tweak or rework your design. In the latest issue of the Arboretum...
Arboretum Master Plan Turns 21
Approved by the City of Seattle in 2001, the Arboretum’s comprehensive Master Plan has come of age! Over the past two decades, the plan has...
Leaf Skeletons and Shadows
PHOTO: Student on an Arboretum school field trip, with a skeletonized magnolia leaf (courtesy UW Botanic Gardens). The season of the dead is upon...
Olmsted Design Principles and the New Zealand Forest
PHOTO: The Olmsted-era Lookout Gazebo in the Arboretum’s New Zealand Forest. This year marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Frederick...
Olmsted and the Washington Park Arboretum
PHOTO: Azalea Way, the centerpiece of the Olmsted design of Washington Park Arboretum. This year marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of...
Climbing Hydrangea of the Arboretum
The Arboretum is home to a number of spectacular climbing hydrangea species, including nine specimens of the liana (woody vine) Hydrangea anomala,...
Snakebark Maples of the Arboretum
We admire the stripes of tigers, zebras, and exotic reptiles as marvels of natural pattern. The plant world has its fair share of stunning...