2022 Annual Meeting Report
We had a good turnout for our Annual Meeting on June 15—our first in-person version of the event in three years! More than 70 Arboretum Foundation...
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2021 Annual Meeting Report
We had a good turnout for our Virtual Annual Meeting on June 16. More than 70 Arboretum Foundation members tuned into the Zoom webinar to hear about...
2020 Annual Meeting Report
We had a good turnout for our Virtual Annual Meeting on June 17. More than 60 Arboretum Foundation members tuned into the Zoom webinar to hear about...
Another Remarkable Day of Caring!
[divider_line] Another year, another wonderful Day of Caring! On lucky Friday, September 13, more than 130 volunteers from Microsoft, Amazon,...
NMF Grant for Proposed Composting Toilet in the Arb
[divider_line] We are delighted to announce that the Foundation has just been awarded a grant of $22,200 from the Seattle Department of...
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Notes on the Arboretum Woodland Garden
With its dramatic topograpy, water features, and multilayered tree canopy, the Woodland Garden is one of the Arboretum's most iconic displays. It's also a huge draw in autumn, when foliage enthusiasts come from all around the region to admire the fall color,...
“Union”: John Grade’s Installation in the Arboretum
Photo of "Union" by David Rosen In late August 2023, renowned Seattle-based environmental sculptor John Grade installed his latest work outdoors at the Washington Park Arboretum. Entitled “Union,” it is comprised of 6300 individual cast-resin parts suspended from two...
Humor: The Garden is a Dangerous Place
Gardening is a scary pastime, or so writer Barbara Blossom Ashmun claims in her article in the latest Arboretum Bulletin. In her many years as a garden professional and hobbiest, she has been attacked by bald-faced hornets, poisoned by plant sap, sent to ER because...
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Marvelous Woody Mints of the Arboretum
The mint family, Lamiaceae, is a familiar one for gardeners. We plant lots of low-growing herbaceous plants from this group - such as salvias, basil, and bee balm - in our kitchen gardens and ornamental borders. But you may be surprised to learn that the family also...
2023 Annual Meeting Report
More than 70 Arboretum Foundation members joined us for our Annual Meeting & Picnic at the Graham Visitors Center on June 21 to hear about our fiscal-year accomplishments, listen to updates from our UW and City partners, and participate in our Board of Directors...
Hidden Treasure of the Arboretum: Sichuan Mountain Ash
PHOTO: Sorbus setschwanensis blooming in the Arboretum in May. The Arboretum's prized mountain ash (Sorbus) collection is in flower. One of the more unusual species in the collection is the Sichuan mountain ash (Sorbus sichuanensis), from the highlands of western...
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