September 2014 Plant Profile: Coreopsis Big Bang™ ‘Star Cluster’
A new Coreopsis that has proven itself worthy in the garden with prolific and dependable blooms all summer and into autumn!
Read moreA glimpse into the past – origins of the Holmdahl Rockery
One of more famous locations in the Washington Park Arboretum is known as the Holmdahl Rockery, located along Lake Washington Boulevard E., and now the location of the Gateway to Chile Forest in the Pacific Connections Gardens section.
Read more2014-2015 Wott Endowed Student Award Recipient Named
Eve Rickenbaker, Graduate Student as well as Hyde Herbarium Collection Manager, is the recipient of The John A. Wott Fellowship in Plant Collection and Curatorship for 2014.
Read moreWeekly Farm Stand coming to the Burke-Gilman Trail!
Beginning this week (Friday, August 29), the UW Farm will be partnering with UW Transportation Services to set up a weekly farm stand on the Burke Gilman trail on Fridays. The stand will be located just across the trail from the Husky Grind at the Mercer Court apartments.
Get your fill of fresh, hyper-local lettuce, kale, chard, heirloom tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, carrots, beets, zucchini, summer squash, cucumbers, turnips, radishes, beans, tomatillos, herbs (parsley, sage, rosemary, oregano, thyme, lavender), mustard, garlic and more!
UW Farm Featured in Seattle Times
Check out the latest news about the farm! The Seattle Times wrote about us, spreading the word throughout the city. Read the full article through the link below.
http://seattletimes.com/html/pacificnw/2024193108_0817naturalgardenerxml.html
UW Farm opens produce stand on Fridays
Beginning Friday, August 29, the UW Farm will be partnering with UW Transportation Services to set up a weekly farm stand on the Burke Gilman trail on Fridays 3-5:30pm. The stand will be located just across the trail from the Husky Grind at the Mercer Court apartments.
Read moreWisteria Hall: New name, same beautiful venue
We have big news about the Graham Visitors Center in the Washington Park Arboretum. We bid a fond farewell to the very plain name of the Large Meeting Room and welcome Wisteria Hall to the UW Botanic Gardens family!
Read moreSummer curation internship: getting behind-the-scenes with plant records
Edmonds Community College student, Nichole Sheehan, reflects on her summer spent as a curation intern. “I really enjoyed the behind-the-scenes aspects such as reading historical plant condition notes and evaluating plants for health and maintenance using my pests and diseases classwork.”
Read moreA Day in the Life
you are outside. The sun is shining, illuminating the new growth on the western red cedars. It’s been a great growing season and the plants at Washington Park Arboretum are thriving. The backdrop of evergreen trees is a lovely frame to all of the native and non-native plants in the collection. Now, if they would just get here!
Just when you thought you couldn’t wait any longer, here comes the bus holding 60 scheduled school-aged children just bursting with energy and excitement to be out of school and outside on such a fine day as this.