12 Ways to Celebrate Earth Day’s 50th Anniversary!
Earth Day began in 1970 to provide a voice to an emerging environmental consciousness in our country. As we salute the 50th anniversary of what is...
News Articles
Arboretum Memorial Gates: Theft, Partial Recovery, Next Steps
Seattle police have recovered one of two bronze gates that stood at the entrance to the Arboretum for a generation. As Lynda Mapes reported in The...
NMF Grant for Proposed Composting Toilet in the Arb
[divider_line] We are delighted to announce that the Foundation has just been awarded a grant of $22,200 from the Seattle Department of...
Arboretum Foundation Welcomes New Leader!
We are delighted to announce that Jane Stonecipher, our current Interim Executive Director, has accepted the Arboretum Foundation Board of...
Elements of Design: Color
In the spring issue of the Arboretum Bulletin, we kicked off a new, illustrated series on garden design with a look at structure. In the latest...
News Articles
Humor: The Garden is a Dangerous Place
Gardening is a scary pastime, or so writer Barbara Blossom Ashmun claims in her article in the latest Arboretum Bulletin. In her many years as a garden professional and hobbiest, she has been attacked by bald-faced hornets, poisoned by plant sap, sent to ER because...
Bigleaf Maple: A Native Tree With Much to Offer!
As the warmth of summer fills our days, the canopy cover of trees provides welcome respite from the heat. With a spreading crown and thick branches covered with a profusion of foliage, mosses, lichens and ferns, the bigleaf maple (Acer macrophyllum) stands out as a...
Marvelous Woody Mints of the Arboretum
The mint family, Lamiaceae, is a familiar one for gardeners. We plant lots of low-growing herbaceous plants from this group - such as salvias, basil, and bee balm - in our kitchen gardens and ornamental borders. But you may be surprised to learn that the family also...
Bulletin Stories
Humor: The Garden is a Dangerous Place
Gardening is a scary pastime, or so writer Barbara Blossom Ashmun claims in her article in the latest Arboretum Bulletin. In her many years as a garden professional and hobbiest, she has been attacked by bald-faced hornets, poisoned by plant sap, sent to ER because...
Bigleaf Maple: A Native Tree With Much to Offer!
As the warmth of summer fills our days, the canopy cover of trees provides welcome respite from the heat. With a spreading crown and thick branches covered with a profusion of foliage, mosses, lichens and ferns, the bigleaf maple (Acer macrophyllum) stands out as a...
Marvelous Woody Mints of the Arboretum
The mint family, Lamiaceae, is a familiar one for gardeners. We plant lots of low-growing herbaceous plants from this group - such as salvias, basil, and bee balm - in our kitchen gardens and ornamental borders. But you may be surprised to learn that the family also...
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