Bulletin Archive
Bulletin Archive
Below is an archive of recent, selected articles from the quarterly Washington Park Arboretum Bulletin. Click the links to read.
Back issues of the Bulletin can also be viewed online for free at the Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Spring 2023

Tried and True Groundcovers for the Northwest Garden
Janine Anderson
A Native Tree Tour of the Arboretum
David Zuckerman
HIDDEN TREASURES OF THE ARBORETUM: Sichuan Mountain Ash
Jason Morse
Winter 2023

Fall 2022

Arboretum Master Plan Turns 21
Clare McLean
PLANT ANSWER LINE: Leaf Skeletons and Shadows
Rebecca Alexander
Parallel Art Forms: Garden Design and Photo Composition
Jason Morse
Summer 2022

Olmsted and the Washington Park Arboretum
Jennifer Ott, interviewed by Jason Morse
Olmsted’s Design Principles in the New Zealand Forest
Andy Mitton
Spring 2022

Climbing Hydrangea in the Arboretum
Niall Dunne
Snakebark Maples of the Arboretum
Phil Wood
Gauging Resistance: My Azalea Lace Bug Research in the Arboretum
Ryan R. Garrison
Winter 2022

Willows of the Arboretum
Daniel Mount
New Plantings in the Arboretum: 2021 In Review
Ray Larson
Nettles for Textiles and Paper
Rebecca Alexander
Fall 2021

Fall Larches and Other Deciduous Conifers
Rebecca Alexander
Hidden Treasure of the Arboretum: Striped-Bark Maple
Phil Wood
Arboretum Reflections: A Conversation with Dan Hinkley
Jennifer Ott
Summer 2021

Pacific Connections in Your Backyard: 15 Choice Plants to Grow
Janine Anderson
Designing the McVay Courtyard: A Conversation with Iain Robertson
Jennifer Ott
Hidden Treasure of the Arboretum: Mountain Stewartia
Niall Dunne
Mapping Western Red Cedar Decline
Niall Dunne
The Arboretum’s Oak Collection
Dirk Giseburt
Spring 2021

Tried and True Grasses for the Northwest Garden
Janine Anderson
An Interview with Fred Hoyt
Jason Morse
Hidden Treasure of the Arboretum: Catalina Ironwood
Walt Bubelis
Winter 2021

Fall 2020

Hidden Treasure of the Arboretum: Korean Maple
Niall Dunne
Japanese Maples: Five Stunning Cultivars for Your Garden
Jason Morse
Tried & True Shrubs: Versatile, Easy-Care Plants for the Northwest Garden
Barbara Blossom Ashmun
Edible Uses of Conifers
Rebecca Alexander
Summer 2020: Japanese Garden Special Issue

Designed in the Stroll-Garden Style
Corinne Kennedy
Excerpts: Newly Translated Articles by the Japanese Garden Creators
Niall Dunne
Honoring the Design Intent
Pete Putnicki
Spring 2020: Earth Day 50th Anniversary Special Issue

Our Four-Legged Fauna
Larry Hubbell
Alternatives to Borer-Susceptible Birches
Roy Farrow
Memorializing Family and the “Boys in the Boat”
Niall Dunne
Earth Day 2020 and Our Commitment to Sustainable Horticulture
Niall Dunne
Winter 2020

New Plantings in the Arboretum
Ray Larson
The Flora of New Zealand’s Arthur’s Pass
Janine Anderson
IN A GARDEN LIBRARY: Women Botanists and Botanical Artists
Brian R. Thompson
Fall 2019

Hidden Treasures of the Arboretum: Daimyo Oak
Daniel Mount
Invasive Insects of the Pacific Northwest
Patrick Tobin
Summer 2019

Elements of Design: Time and the Garden
Corinne Kennedy
Hidden Treasures of the Arboretum: Clethra barbinervis
Niall Dunne
The Desert Garden at the Anderson School
An Interview with Riz Reyes, by Phil Wood
Spring 2019

Restoring Rhododendron Glen
Jane Stonecipher
Hidden Treasure of the Arboretum: Tetracentron sinense
Dan Hinkley
Unusual Ornamental Woody Edibles
Rebecca Alexander
Winter 2019

Fall 2018

My Colorful Island Beds
Barbara Ashmun
Hidden Treasure of the Arboretum: Sorbus commixta
Niall Dunne
Elements of Design: Texture in the Garden
Janine Anderson
Fall 2015

Hidden Treasure of the Arboretum: Dawn Redwood
Christina Pfeiffer
Persian Ironwood: A Tough Tree With Stunning Bark and Fall Foliage
John A. Wott