Earth Day Volunteers Helped Restore the Arboretum
The Earth Day volunteers and their weed pile at the Broadmoor fence project. More than 180 volunteers worked with Arboretum garden staff at our...
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REI Hosts Huge Work-Service Event at the Arboretum
Volunteers in the wetlands beside South Azalea Way. More than 100 volunteers from REI helped care for the Arboretum on Thursday, July 21 during one...
Corporate Volunteers Return in Force to Help Restore the Arboretum
Rockwell Automation mulched the Lilac Collection in April with UW gardener Roy Farrow (right). After a year-long pandemic-related hiatus, the...
Group and Corporate Volunteers Building a Legacy at the Arboretum
Since its beginnings in the 1930s, the Washington Park Arboretum has relied heavily on the generosity and hard work of volunteers—from the...
A Wonderful Earth Day Event at the Arboretum!
More than 140 volunteers of all ages attended our Earth Day work-service event at the Arboretum on Saturday, April 20. They worked with UW and City...
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Woodland Meadow Project: Public Meeting Dec 7
The current Crabapple Meadow is usable in summer but waterlogged for much of the year.The Woodland Meadow Project reimagines the current Crabapple Meadow (site of the Arboretum's original field nursery) as a year-round gathering and celebration space. While the...
Jim Olsen: Our Volunteer of the Year!
Jim Olsen receiving his award the greenhouse's monthly potluck on Halloween.Congratulations to Jim Olsen, winner of our 2023 Volunteer of the Year Award! Our volunteer programs manager, Lily King, presented the award to Jim at the Pat Calvert Greenhouse’s monthly pot...
Public Meeting for Japanese Garden Master Plan Project: November 16
In partnership with Seattle Parks and Recreation, the Arboretum Foundation is developing a plan to reconstruct the stone wall at the north end of the Seattle Japanese Garden pond, modify the pathways in this area to improve accessibility, and add a new garden...
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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,...
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...
Bigleaf Maple: A Native Tree With Much to Offer!
As the warmth of summer fills our days, the canopy cover of trees provides welcome respite from the heat. With a spreading crown and thick branches covered with a profusion of foliage, mosses, lichens and ferns, the bigleaf maple (Acer macrophyllum) stands out as a...
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