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...
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Arboretum Display Wins Silver Medal at the Garden Festival
The Arboretum’s display, “Under the Mediterranean Sun,” was awarded a Silver Medal from the show judges at this week’s...
Opening Night Honorees: The Arboretum Units
At our 2019 Opening Night Party & Auction on February 19, we will be honoring the efforts and accomplishments of the Arboretum Foundation...
Festival Garden: “Under the Mediterranean Sun”
In keeping with the “Gardens of the World” theme of the 2019 Flower & Garden Festival (Feb 20 to 24), this coming year’s...
Our Most Successful Opening Night!
More the 350 guests attended our 30th annual Opening Night Party & Auction on February 6. They helped us raise over $300,000 in support of the...
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Landscape Architecture Students Renovate a Water Channel in the Arboretum
AFTER: The Woodland Garden drainage pipe and water channel following the renovation.In early March 2023, students from the University of Washington Landscape Architecture Department completed a winter-quarter design-build project renovating the Woodland Garden pond...
Get to Know the Arboretum: 5 Projects, 5 Programs, and 5 Plans for the Future
Storytime at the Fiddleheads Forest School in the Arboretum. (Photo by UW Botanic Gardens)The Arboretum Foundation works in close partnership with UW Botanic Gardens and Seattle Parks and Recreation to support, manage, and advocate for the incredible green spaces at...
Restoring the Hydrology of Arboretum Creek
Local non-profit the Friends of Arboretum Creek is working with King County and the Arboretum partners to improve the ecology of the creek and watershed in and around the park. A key initiative is the Headwaters Project, which will help restore year-round waterflow to...
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Restoring the Hydrology of Arboretum Creek
Local non-profit the Friends of Arboretum Creek is working with King County and the Arboretum partners to improve the ecology of the creek and watershed in and around the park. A key initiative is the Headwaters Project, which will help restore year-round waterflow to...
Parallel Artforms: Garden Design and Photo Composition
Winter is an ideal time to take stock of your garden and consider whether to tweak or rework your design. In the latest issue of the Arboretum Bulletin, landscape architect and Foundation staffer Jason Morse simplifies the garden design process by comparing its...
Arboretum Master Plan Turns 21
Approved by the City of Seattle in 2001, the Arboretum's comprehensive Master Plan has come of age! Over the past two decades, the plan has propelled the completion of many projects, renovations, and accessibility improvements, such as Arboretum Loop Trail pictured...
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