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Funding garden maintenance and tree care
By donating to the Arboretum Foundation or becoming a member, you play a vital role in preserving and enhancing the Washington Park Arboretum for current and future generations. The Foundation supports maintenance of the Arboretum’s plant collections, gardens, and natural areas in the following key ways.
- Funding the UW Botanic Gardens staff arborists, who keep the Arboretum’s woody plant collections healthy, safe, and vigorous.
- Funding the salaries and benefits of the two UW Botanic Gardens horticulturists who care for the Pacific Connections Garden in the Arboretum.
- Funding temporary gardeners assigned to special projects, such as the restoration of the Lake Washington Boulevard Corridor.
- Coordinating the Garden Stewards program [link to new volunteer page/accordion], which recruits and trains volunteers to assist horticulture staff with weeding, mulching, and other tasks.
- Coordinating the Corporate and Group Service Program [link to new volunteer page/accordion], which recruits volunteers from local businesses and community groups to participate in weeding and mulching work parties.

Landscape Architecture Students Renovate a Water Channel in the Arboretum
Mar 23, 2023
AFTER: The Woodland Garden drainage pipe and water channel following the renovation.In early March 2023, students from the University of Washington Landscape Architecture Department completed a winter-quarter design-build project renovating the Woodland Garden pond...

Get to Know the Arboretum: 5 Projects, 5 Programs, and 5 Plans for the Future
Mar 13, 2023
Storytime at the Fiddleheads Forest School in the Arboretum. (Photo by UW Botanic Gardens)The Arboretum Foundation works in close partnership with UW Botanic Gardens and Seattle Parks and Recreation to support, manage, and advocate for the incredible green spaces at...

Restoring the Hydrology of Arboretum Creek
Feb 25, 2023
Local non-profit the Friends of Arboretum Creek is working with King County and the Arboretum partners to improve the ecology of the creek and watershed in and around the park. A key initiative is the Headwaters Project, which will help restore year-round waterflow to...