Arboretum-Based Research Tackles the Azalea Lace Bug
Since 2015, the invasive azalea lace bug (Stephanitis pyrioides) has been causing serious damage to azaleas and rhododendrons in our state,...
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Wild and Wonderful Willows of the Arboretum
Beautiful willows, such as the Salix gracilistyla ‘Melanostachys’ pictured here, are blooming in the Arboretum’s Witt Winter...
Arboretum Selected for 2022 Partnerships Lab!
The Arboretum Foundation and its City and UW partners are thrilled to announce that we have been selected by the Central Park Conservancy’s...
Arboretum Receives Multi-Project Grant from the Aldarra Foundation
The Arboretum partners are delighted to announce that we have been awarded a very generous grant of $589,000 from the Aldarra Foundation, a...
Gala Raises More Than $310,000 in Support of the Arboretum!
Thanks to everyone who tuned into THE ART OF NATURE gala on Thursday, February 10. The evening was a tremendous success, grossing more than $310,000...
New Plantings in the Arboretum: 2021 in Review
In the latest issue of the Arboretum Bulletin, UW Botanic Gardens Curator of Living Collections Ray Larson writes his annual, in-depth review of new...
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...
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...
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REI Hosts Huge Work-Service Event at the Arboretum
Volunteers in the wetlands beside South Azalea Way.More than 100 volunteers from REI helped care for the Arboretum on Thursday, July 21 during one of the company's regular work-service events. The group members were all from REI's IT division and included folks who...
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 Frederick Law Olmsted. Numerous celebrations are taking place around the country to mark the bicentennial of this iconic...
2022 Annual Meeting Report
We had a good turnout for our Annual Meeting on June 15—our first in-person version of the event in three years! More than 70 Arboretum Foundation members joined us to hear about our fiscal-year accomplishments, listen to updates from our UW and City partners, and...
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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 striation, too, perhaps no more astounding than in the snakebark maples (including the Japanese red snakebark maple, Acer...
Arboretum-Based Research Tackles the Azalea Lace Bug
Since 2015, the invasive azalea lace bug (Stephanitis pyrioides) has been causing serious damage to azaleas and rhododendrons in our state, including in the Arboretum. A tiny aphid relative, the lace bug removes chlorophyll from Rhododendron foliage, weakening the...
Wild and Wonderful Willows of the Arboretum
Beautiful willows, such as the Salix gracilistyla 'Melanostachys' pictured here, are blooming in the Arboretum's Witt Winter Garden and beyond. In the latest issue of the Arboretum Bulletin, writer and estate gardener Daniel Mount discusses the wild and weedy willows...
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