Many thanks for the amazing support we received during our GiveBIG spring appeal this month. A total of 186 donors gave $35,315 to the Arboretum during the Seattle Foundation’s final GiveBIG event. Most of those donations came through the GiveBIG website on May 9, but we also received a number of gifts through the regular …
Come and get your Arboretum gear! And help us promote our mission! To help raise funds for the Arboretum and awareness about this beautiful place, we’ve created a new line of branded merchandise to sell in the gift shop. It features water bottles, tote bags, baseball-style caps, fridge magnets, and postcards. We’ll soon add a …
Three Big Rules (and Four Little Ones) for Designing Small Gardens with Impact Saturday, September 16, 10 a.m. to Noon Edmonds Theatre, 415 Main St, Edmonds, WA 98020 Tickets: $10 Ticket proceeds benefit Washington Park Arboretum! City-sized gardens, high-density urban housing, precious few hours for leisure—and even fewer for slaving in the garden—you have to be …
In late 2014, we reported that the Arboretum Foundation had secured $25,000 in funding from an anonymous donor to help construct a new shelter in the Arboretum for the Fiddleheads Forest School. The UW Botanic Gardens, which runs the outdoor nature preschool, had already identified $80,000 in funds for the structure; the money we secured helped …