Arboretum Mourns Loss of Volunteer Extraordinaire Skip Vonckx
Skip working with a fellow Garden Steward on Azalea Way in 2016. (Photo courtesy Paige Miller) The Arboretum family is mourning the loss of one of...
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Volunteers Help Host Record-Setting Holiday Sale!
Volunteers working in the Pat Calvert Sun House, prepping bundles of fresh greens for the sale. This year’s Gifts & Greens Galore holiday...
Quest for Gold: Fall Color in Larches
Broadleaf deciduous trees such as maples and sourwoods aren’t the only stars of the fall foliage season. Deciduous conifers such as larches...
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 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...
Campaign to Replace the Tsutakawa Gates Surpasses Its Goal
I have a very visceral memory of the day I learned the Tsutakawa Gates were stolen from the entry to the Arboretum. It was the morning of March 19,...
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...
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...
Rhododendron Glen Project Awarded 2021 Founders Fund by Garden Club of America
The Foundation and its partners at the UW and City of Seattle are delighted to announce that a restoration project in the Arboretum has been awarded...
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Arboretum Mourns Loss of Volunteer Extraordinaire Skip Vonckx
Skip working with a fellow Garden Steward on Azalea Way in 2016. (Photo courtesy Paige Miller)The Arboretum family is mourning the loss of one of its most dedicated volunteers, Paul "Skip" Vonckx, who passed away at age 83 in late December due to a heart-related...
Volunteers Help Host Record-Setting Holiday Sale!
Volunteers working in the Pat Calvert Sun House, prepping bundles of fresh greens for the sale.This year's Gifts & Greens Galore holiday sale on December 4 and 5 was a tremendous success. It grossed nearly $23,000 in support of plant care, education, and volunteer...
Quest for Gold: Fall Color in Larches
Broadleaf deciduous trees such as maples and sourwoods aren't the only stars of the fall foliage season. Deciduous conifers such as larches and dawn redwoods also dazzle with colors ranging from bright yellow to orange to ruddy brown. Depending on the weather, peak...
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Quest for Gold: Fall Color in Larches
Broadleaf deciduous trees such as maples and sourwoods aren't the only stars of the fall foliage season. Deciduous conifers such as larches and dawn redwoods also dazzle with colors ranging from bright yellow to orange to ruddy brown. Depending on the weather, peak...
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...
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