UW Farm Hosting “Dig In!” Fun-draiser October 28th
Every year the UW Farm hosts a Farm To Table dinner to celebrate the end of the growing season, share stories, and hear from the seasonal student staff about their experiences, ask for donations, and dine on a delicious menu featuring UW farm Produce.
This year, because we cannot hold a large public in-person event, we are hosting a virtual, live evening event 7pm-8:15pm, Wednesday October 28th with Master of Ceremonies, Eli Wheat, of SkyRoot Farm, UW lecturer in College of the Environment and one of the founders of the UW Farm. 

Rare Care is assisting the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) with developing a site management plan that will help guide restoration and management of a population of Whited’s milk-vetch’s on BLM land that was impacted by recent fires.

1)  Stewartia monadelpha                                                                  Orange Bark Stewartia

Stewartia monadelpha is a small tree (up to 25 feet high) with stunning cinnamon bark.
A member of the Camellia family, the white flowers resemble those of small, simple Camellias and can be viewed in early summer.
Several beautiful specimens can be viewed at the southern end of the Camellia Collection.

2)   Lagerstroemia indica x fauriei  ‘Muskogee’                             Muskogee Crepe Myrtle

This garden hybrid was developed by the National Arboretum in Washington, D.C. 

Despite not having showy flowers this demure evergreen fern deserves to be grown in more Northwest gardens.

Volunteers are an incredibly important part of the UW Botanic Gardens family. We made a video to tell our volunteers just how much we appreciate and miss them.

While clinging to an exposed ledge looking for Tisch’s saxifrage (Micranthes tischii), a very charming saxifrage, I realized the lengths I would go to just to look at plants. I found I had a healthy respect for heights, but was able to forget how high up I was when I finally saw its ruffled, waxy leaves tucked into a rock crevice. 

From the moment I learned about the Rare Care program I knew that I just had to be a part of it. I read about the work that goes into monitoring these rare plants and remember thinking to myself “I could get paid for that?!”  Overjoyed to be selected as a 2020 intern, I started planning my summer as my first field season and I quit my job scooping ice cream a few blocks away from campus where I had worked all through undergrad. 

Virginia L. Morell was an avid gardener, president of the American Holly Society, Arboretum Foundation board member, and volunteer at the Washington Park Arboretum.  Virginia and Jean L. Haigh started the Arboretum ‘Saplings’ Program, which they ran for two years.  This program was taken over by UW Botanic Gardens Youth and Family Education and now serves thousands of school children each year. 

1)  Clerodendrum bungei                                                                            Rose Glory Bower

Rose Glory Bower (of the Lamiaceae family) is native to China and northern India.
This shrub spreads aggressively by root suckers and has become invasive in the South.
The rosy-red flowers are very showy and fragrant and attractive to butterflies.
You can find Clerodendrum bungei along Azalea Way below the Winter Garden.

 
 
 
 
 
 
2)   Hydrangea serrata ‘Blue Bird’                                                        Blue Bird Hydrangea

The Blue Bird Hydrangea was an Royal Horticulture Society Award of Merit winner in 1960. 

1)   Fuchsia magellanica                                                                     Hardy Fuchsia

The stunning display of pink flowers currently on Fuchsia magellanica are enjoyed by hummingbirds and humans.
This widely cultivated small ornamental shrub is native to Argentina and Chile.
You can find this and other Fuchsia sp. blooming in the Pacific Connections Garden.

 
 
 
 
2)   Lagerstroemia ‘Natchez’                                                         Natchez Crape Myrtle

An attractive small deciduous tree with slender, mottled stems.