Seattle Parks and Recreation, UW Botanic Gardens, and the Arboretum Foundation are embarking on a plan to restore one of Washington Park Arboretum’s most special and beloved places: Rhododendron Glen. Funding for the restoration has been made possible by a generous gift of $750,000 from long-time Foundation volunteer Mary Ellen Mulder and her husband, Gordon …
If you’ve visited the Arboretum in the last few weeks, you’ll know that the park and its world-class plant collection were badly hit by the heavy, wet snow that fell between February 3 and 11. Our partners at UW Botanic Gardens and Seattle Parks and Recreation have been very hard at work cleaning up the …
More than 360 guests attended our 31st annual Opening Night Party and Auction at the Northwest Flower & Garden Festival on February 19. They helped us raise over $320,000 for Washington Park Arboretum—breaking last year’s record by about $15,000! “Mediterranean Dreams” began with a champagne reception in the South Atrium Lobby of the Washington State …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …