Arboretum Providing Browse to Animals at Woodland Park Zoo
In mid-March, staff from Woodland Park Zoo came by the Arboretum to pick up a big load of fresh sword fern trimmings, which will be used to feed...
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Revitalizing Arboretum Creek
[divider_line] In recent years, the UW Botanic Gardens, Seattle Parks and Recreation, and the Arboretum Foundation have made safeguarding and...
Greening a Shoreline Garden
Sustainable gardening is all about making connections—such as using native plants to make ecological linkages with the larger landscape outside the...
Birds in the Arboretum
In fall 1942, a young biologist named Earl J. Larrison wrote an article for the Bulletin entitled “Birds of the Arboretum.” In it, he listed 133...
Getting to Know Our Native Northwest Bees
By Hillary Sardiñas Washington Park Arboretum Bulletin, Summer 2016 This article is reprinted from our quarterly botanical magazine. To read more...
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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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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...
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...
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