Foundation Marks Final Annual Meeting
This year, the Arboretum Foundation is joining with UW Botanic Gardens to form a new non-profit entity, Seattle Botanic Gardens. As we embark on...
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Japanese Garden Hosts Groundbreaking Ceremony for Ishigaki Wall Project
Guests at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Ishigaki Wall project. (Photo by Holly Cuaresma) BY RUMI TSUCHIHASHI On June 15, 2026, the Seattle...
Japanese Stewartia: A Four-Season Beauty That Lights Up the Garden
Japanese stewartia blooms in late-spring and early summer in our region. (Photo by Niall Dunne) BY CORINNE KENNEDY Stewartia pseudocamellia is a...
A Season of Free Cultural Events at the Arboretum
Music in the Arboretum features free performances at the Visitors Center every August. BY MOLLY DALESSANDRO Did you know that Seattle Botanic...
Two Master Plan Projects Will Soon Improve Arboretum Accessibility
Rendering of the Iskigaki Wall, with the future viewing pavilion (Berger Partnership/Hoshide Wanzer). After several years of planning and design,...
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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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