Elements of Design: Unifying the Garden
In the latest entry in the Arboretum Bulletin’s “Elements of Design” series, Barbara Ashmun discusses the art of creating a...
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Elements of Design: Scale and Proportion
“The challenge with scale and proportion is that plants grow, so your context is always changing. The rhododendron of yesterday’s...
Elements of Design: Texture
“Put simply, texture is the surface quality of an object. Most often, texture in the garden is experienced visually. Variation in light,...
Designing Colorful Island Beds in the Garden
Garden writer Barbara Ashmun transformed her back garden by gradually replacing boring lawn with spectacular island beds full of summer- and...
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...
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Construction Phase of Rhody Glen Stream Restoration Nears Completion
ABOVE: Workers installing new stepping stones across the stream in early September. (Photo courtesy UW Botanic Gardens) The major construction component of the Rhododendron Glen stream restoration project is almost complete. The contractors, Forma and Terra Dynamics,...
Leaf Skeletons and Shadows
PHOTO: Student on an Arboretum school field trip, with a skeletonized magnolia leaf (courtesy UW Botanic Gardens). The season of the dead is upon us, and in the latest issue of the Arboretum Bulletin, the Miller Library's Rebecca Alexander answers a ghoulish...
Arboretum Celebrates Return of the Tsutakawa Memorial Gates
The newly restored Tsutakawa Memorial Gates at the north end of Azalea Way.Our public celebration for the restoration of the Tsutakawa Memorial Gates on September 14 was a truly special occasion! A large crowd of visitors attended the late-afternoon event and enjoyed...
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Olmsted Design Principles and the New Zealand Forest
PHOTO: The Olmsted-era Lookout Gazebo in the Arboretum's New Zealand Forest. 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 landscape...
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...
Climbing Hydrangea of the Arboretum
The Arboretum is home to a number of spectacular climbing hydrangea species, including nine specimens of the liana (woody vine) Hydrangea anomala, such as the one pictured above in Rhododendron Glen. Some specimens date all the way back to the beginnings of the...
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