Great Vibes and Lots of Love for the Arboretum at Our 2025 Botanical Bash
Nearly 400 guests attended the Arboretum Foundation’s all-new Botanical Bash gala at the Northwest Flower & Garden Festival on Friday,...
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Botanical Bash: Auction and Sign-Up Teaser
Our annual Botanical Bash at the Northwest Flower & Garden Festival is just a few days away, on Friday, February 21, from 8:30–11 p.m. Along...
Opening Night Returns to Kick Off the Garden Festival in Style
Guests enjoying the preview of the show gardens at Opening Night. More than 400 guests attended our Valentine’s-themed Opening Night Party on...
Online Wine Auction Taking Place April 19 to 22!
As we communicated in our gala-related emails, we postponed the wine component of Spring Forward! due to a recent update in state licensing rules....
Gala Raises More Than $300,000 for Arboretum and Japanese Garden!
Thanks to everyone who tuned into our Spring Forward! gala on Thursday, March 4. The evening was a tremendous success, grossing more than $300,000...
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Volunteers Help Host First Seattle Botanic Gardens’ Plant Sale
Volunteers helping shoppers at check-out in the Big Greenhouse. (Photo by Polly Teeter)BY ALICIA HAMILTON Our annual Fall Plant Sale took place at the Graham Visitors Center in the Arboretum last Saturday, September 19. Though it happened on a single day, the sale was...
Helping the Recovery of North America’s Rarest Fir
Arborists Lincoln and Shea after collecting the Santa Lucia fir cones. (Photo: Joanna Long)Seattle Botanic Gardens arborists Shea Cope and Lincoln Erbeck are quite the dynamic duo. They spend much of their time ensuring that the thousands of trees growing in the...
Growing Connections: Celebrating the Volunteers of Seattle Botanic Gardens
Volunteers and staff mingling at the 2026 Volunteer Appreciation Party.BY ALICIA HAMILTON On Monday, August 31, volunteers from across Seattle Botanic Gardens came together at the Center for Urban Horticulture (CUH) for our 2026 Volunteer Appreciation Party—a...
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Symbiotic Marvels: Get to Know the Small but Mighty Lichens of the Arboretum
Figure 1: Lichens on the Ceanothus in the Graham Visitors Center parking lot, including Ramalina farinacea, Usnea species (fruticose), Evernia prunastri and Physcia tenella (foliose).TEXT BY KATHERINE GLEW | Photos by Richard Droker Hidden beneath the leaves and...
Conservation Corner: Large-Winged Wingnut
The winged fruits of Pterocarya macroptera maturing in summer. (Photo by Niall Dunne)BY CHRISTINA PFEIFFER Quietly tucked away in the Arboretum’s old field nursery, on the south side of Crabapple Meadow, a stately specimen of Pterocarya macroptera holds court amid a...
Fabulous Fabiana
Fabiana imbricata f. violacea blooming in the Arboretum in summer. (Photo by Cynthia Welte)BY CYNTHIA WELTE As a horticulturist, I have been studying plants for a long time—especially how to grow and care for them. And, although I’m not a botanist or taxonomist, I’m...
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