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2.00.39.00 Carl S. English Jr. Botanical Garden at Hiram M. Chittenden Locks

Date statement: : 1956-1969
Summary:

 1 file folder
Description:
 4-6/2017, complete issue of  Flagship magazine, with 3 articles on the locks: "Challenging Journey," "Legacy of the English Garden," "Commerce on the Lake Washington Ship Canal.
1-3/2017, complete issue of Flagship magazine, including "Catch of the Day," and "The English Garden in Transition."
10-12/2016, complete issue of Flagship magazine, with 2 articles on the locks: "Started from Seed," and "Plan Bee." 
Spring 2016, complete issue of Flagship magazine, including "Starting from Scratch," on the garden.
11/25/2011, "Tie Down Your Lines," Ballard News-Tribune, photocopy.

6/2011 "Carl S. English Jr. Botanical Garden World Tour" brochure and map.
2009 (November or December), "Locking In a Landscape," Seattle Times, photocopy.
2006, "Lake Washington Canal/Hiram M. Chittenden Locks" brochure, 12 pp.
July 2004, "Trees at the Locks," 10 pp. booklet from Arthur Lee Jacobson.
7/18/2004, "Discover the Locks' plant history," Seattle Times, photocopy.
2001 "A Garden in Four Seasons" 36 pp. booklet.
4/30/2000, "The Strange History of the Ship Canal," Seattle Times Magazine, 13 pp.
Spring 1986, "Plants to See this Spring in the Carl S. English, Jr., Garden," Northwest Horticulture, 3 pp., photocopy.
Winter 1984, "Carl S. English, Jr.," Horticulture Northwest," 4 pp., photocopy.
Winter 1984, "Ten Plants to See This Winter," 2 pp., photocopy.
1983/84, Two-page document on the plant collection at Carl S. English, Jr Garden, including a winter plant damage list for 1983/84.
Summer 1983, excerpt from "Evergreen Asiatic Oaks and their Near Relatives in the Arboretum," by B.O. Mulligan, 1 p., photocopy.
1983, 1979, June 1956, "Lake Washington Ship Canal and Hiram M. Chittenden Locks," 3  brochures from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
8/1981, "Carl S English, Jr., Ornamental Gardens at the Hiram M Chittenden Locks," plant list by Kathy k Mendelsen, 36 pp. in binder.  
Winter 1979, "Winter Damage at the Carl S. English, Jr. Gardens," WPA Bulletin, photocopy.
1977,"Carl S. English, Jr.,"  Bulletin, vol. 40 #1, 1 p., photocopy.
8/1976, "Carl S. English, Jr. Gardens at the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks," booklet with map and plant list, 8 pp.
12/1974, "The Carl S. English, Jr. Gardens" dedication plaque, 8 x 10 inch photo, 2 copies.
12/1974, 8/1969, Carl S. English, Jr. Gardens at the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks," booklet with map and plant list.
Summer 1972, "The Garden at the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks in Seattle," American Horticulturist, 3 pp.
8/1969, "The Gardens of the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks," 10 pp. booklet, plant list and map.
11/22/1966, "Surplus Plants/University of Washington Arboretum/November, 1966," stamped "Carl S. English, Jr." of the Locks.
4/1962, Locks brochure with cover photo of welcome sign and building.
Summer 1959, "The Gardens at the Government Locks in Seattle," 3 pp., Bulletin, reprint, photocopy.
9/1957, "Plantsmen in Profile, Carl S. English Jr." by William J. Dress, rpt. from "Baileya," 6 pp.
n.d.,Carl S. English, Jr. Botanical Garden self-guided tour booklet including history and nine stops on a map.



 

Accession date: 2012-05-08 Last updated: 2024-05-21 15:00:03
Subjects: Army Corps of Engineers, Lake Washington Ship Canal, Hiram M. Chittenden Locks, Carl S. English Jr. Botanical Gardens

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Dress, William J. Creator
English, Carl S. , Jr., 1904-1976Subject

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