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 …