Bulletin Archive
Bulletin Archive
Starting with our winter 2013 issue, we have created an archive of selected articles from the quarterly Washington Park Arboretum Bulletin. Click the links below to read.
Back issues of the Bulletin can also be viewed online for free at the Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Article Series
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
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
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