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...
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Waterfront Trail Restoration Project: Construction Starting in June
The Waterfront Trail is one of the Arboretum’s most popular attractions. (Photo by Niall Dunne) BY KAREN O’CONNOR Seattle Parks and...
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,...
Arboretum Foundation and UW Botanic Gardens Unite After Decades of Partnership
Historic agreement combines two organizations to create Seattle’s destination botanic gardens After 90 years of collaborative partnership, the...
Coexisting with Coyotes in the Arboretum
PHOTO: Coyote in the Arboretum. (Courtesy Paul “Mooselips” Dudley) Coyotes live in green spaces throughout Washington state, including...
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Black Walnut Tree in Arboretum Tests Positive for Thousand Cankers Disease
Cankers and beetle feeding holes on the inner bark of a downed walnut branch. (Photo courtesy: Elizabeth Bush, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, bugwood.org)FIRST DOCUMENTED CASE IN WESTERN WASHINGTON! This summer, Seattle Botanic Gardens...
Hidden Treasure of the Arboretum: Witch-Alder
Fall foliage close-up of a witch-alder in the Arboretum's Woodland Garden. (Photo by Niall Dunne)BY PHIL WOOD As a retired garden designer, I am always on the lookout for plants that offer mul-tiple seasons of interest. Witch-alders (Fothergilla species and hybrids)...
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...
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Hidden Treasure of the Arboretum: Witch-Alder
Fall foliage close-up of a witch-alder in the Arboretum's Woodland Garden. (Photo by Niall Dunne)BY PHIL WOOD As a retired garden designer, I am always on the lookout for plants that offer mul-tiple seasons of interest. Witch-alders (Fothergilla species and hybrids)...
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...
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