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Cultivate Curiosity This Giving Tuesday

Cultivate Curiosity This Giving Tuesday

Fundraising, giving tuesday|November 27, 2018

Did you know you that Washington Park Arboretum becomes a 230-acre outdoor classroom every school year? It’s true! Thanks to the Arboretum’s Environmental Education Program, thousands of local K-6 students come here each year and learn about the essential role that plants, forests, and wetlands play in our environment. Nature-based learning brings textbooks to life …

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Unit 26 Gift Helps Fund New Planting Bed on Azalea Way

Unit 26 Gift Helps Fund New Planting Bed on Azalea Way

Arboretum Foundation Units, Arboretum Loop Trail, Azalea Way, Fundraising, Opening Night Party, Volunteer|October 4, 2018

Our volunteer units play an integral role at the Arboretum—raising vital funds, participating in Foundation-sponsored events, leading tours at the Japanese Garden, and more. Unit 26, the Lillian McEwan Unit, based on Bainbridge Island, made a generous gift of $12,500 to the Foundation this year, and the money has just been used to fund a major …

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Fall Plant Sale a Big Hit!

Fall Plant Sale a Big Hit!

Fall Plant Sale, FallAbundance Plant Sale, Fundraising|September 10, 2018

More than 400 visitors attended our Fall Plant Sale on Saturday, September 8, and helped us raise $6,300 in support of maintenance needs and children’s environmental education at the Arboretum. The weather was kind to us, and shoppers turned out in force to purchase the high-quality shrubs, perennials, and young trees offered by the volunteers …

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Foundation Receives $35,000 During GiveBIG Spring Appeal

Foundation Receives $35,000 During GiveBIG Spring Appeal

Fundraising, giveBIG|May 23, 2018

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 …

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Our New Arboretum Branded Merchandise

Our New Arboretum Branded Merchandise

Arboretum Shop, Fundraising|April 11, 2018

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 …

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“Small is the New BIG”: Sept 16 Garden Talk & Benefit

Arboretum Foundation Units, Fundraising, gardening|August 28, 2017

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 …

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New Education Shelter Completed

New Education Shelter Completed

Education, Fundraising, UW Botanic Gardens|January 10, 2017

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 …

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