Stop by UW Farm’s produce stand this summer and treat yourself to fresh, seasonal, sustainably sourced produce grown just two miles away! UW Farm is proud to support sustainable agriculture and works hard to help create a community-driven local food system right here in Seattle. Come join us!
We meet Fridays from 4pm-7pm, in the Fisheries Supply parking lot at 1900 N. 

Our first offering of Botanical Sketching in Ink and Watercolor wraps up this week. This popular series will be offered again this fall on Monday mornings, starting October 5. Learn more and register.

Blog post by Saffron Hefta-Gaub, summer communications volunteer
August 3, 2015
Today I showed up at the UW Botanic Gardens right at 10:00 am, to sit in on the first Botanical Sketching and Watercolor class. 

Yunpeng worked with his faculty advisor, Elizabeth Wheat, to design and implement an experiment on the farm using different fertilizers. Read more!
Goal: The purpose of this experiment is to examine whether using a combination of three organic fertilizers, kelp meal, blood meal, and crab meal is more effective than only using a single dose of Bio·Bloom™.
Subject: The plant we chose for this particular experiment is kale. 

Regina Wandler is a graduate student in the Master of Environmental Horticulture program, within the University of Washington’s School of Environmental and Forest Sciences. For her masters project, she is working with UW Botanic Gardens to develop a continuing education program for restoration professionals in the Pacific Northwest.
Regina grew up in Everett, WA (pretty local!) and went to UW for her undergraduate education as well. 

Native to New Zealand (and Australia, Asia, and Africa). Flowers are sweetly scented and seeds are coated with a sticky substance giving the plant its name, pitch-seed.
All plants below can be seen growing in the New Zealand Forest in the Pacific Connections Garden.
1)   Pittosporum eugenioides               Lemonwood

New Zealand’s tallest Pittosporum, P. eugenioides can reach 40 feet.
Its yellow-green leaves with curly edges have a strong scent of lemon when crushed. 

Supo Techagumthorn
Some love it. Others hate it. Few are in between. Introducing, the most polarizing plant of all: the cilantro. While its leaves have taken up most of the limelight, the plant’s aromatic roots have been almost forgotten by the culinary world.
Not anymore.
We’re here to share some delicious cilantro root recipes that will be irresistible to even those who detest cilantro. 

By John A. Wott, Director Emeritus

Since its founding 35 years ago, the Center for Urban Horticulture (now a part of the University of Washington Botanic Gardens) has produced numerous students, staff, and faculty who have continued on to illustrious horticultural careers. A few days ago, I received this photograph of Dr. Harold B. Tukey, Jr., founding director, and associate professor James R. 

Cyrena Thibodeau, one of this year’s student staff members, wrote up an update about what’s happening on the farm!
Greetings UW farm fans! Here’s a glimpse of what is going on at the UW the farm in August:
What we are growing at both of our sites hasn’t changed much from our last update but we are harvesting peppers, eggplants, okra, tomatoes, parsley, dill, cut flowers, basil, cilantro, onions, bush beans, lettuce, cutting greens, chard, kale, collards, cukes, summer squash, cantaloupe, watermelon, cured garlic, fennel, and leeks will be ready soon! 

Bradyn Kawcak, one of our student staff members, writes about what he’s been working on at the farm.
Over the summer I have been working as an intern with the UW Farm, where I have been constantly growing and selling delicious produce every week. Seeding, planting, making beds, weeding, repairing irrigation and harvesting are just a few of the daily tasks I am responsible for.  

1)  Clematis afoliata

Native to the dry, eastern side of New Zealand.
Now growing in our New Zealand Focal Forest.
Eventually becomes a wiry mound with fragrant spring flowers.

2)  Hakea epiglottis

Native to Tasmania and growing outside our Education Office.
Hakea needs sun and dry, infertile soil.
The round “stems” are true leaves despite their appearance.

3)  Phyllocladus aspleniifolius

Another Tasmanian native, this tree prefers moist lowlands.