Located at the Miller Library.
Each accession (i.e. 2.00.72.01) represents a box or cubby with various contents.
Date statement: : 1940-2023
Summary:
4 file boxes and 1 bookDescription:
Book is entitled Cultivated Palate: The Arboretum Foundation Cookbook.
Box 1:
2000 - present folder of Foundation publications:
2025, "Connecting People & Plants at the Arboretum," events card.
rcd. 1/2024, "You Belong at the Arboretum," 6x9" card, and 2 9x4" information cards: "Volunteer" and "Support."
rcd. 5/2023, "You Belong at the Arboretum" membership trifold.
7/ 2010-6/2011, Foundation yearbook, 15 pp.
circa 2010, "The Arboretum Foundation/Volunteer Handbook," cover only.
2009, 75th anniversary bookmark.
"Spring/Summer 2009/Events & Plant Sales," information card.
4/11/2009, "Florabundance/Spring Plant Sale," card.
after 2008: two brochures, undated: "A Driving or Walking Tour of Arboretum Drive East" and "A Tour of Trees Arboretum Drive Map" brochures printed as "a community service of the Arboretum Foundation."
10/5-6/2008, "Fall Bulb & Plant Sale," mailer.
2005, "Events & Plant Sales" flier.
after 2001, "Native Knoll/A Native Plant Restoration and Demonstration Area," brochure.
2000, "The Woodland," garden show trifold
8/2000 and 10/2000, "Arboretum Foundation News," issues stapled together.
2000, WPA volunteer opportunities bifold.
2000, WPA color information card.
1980 - 1999 folder of Arboretum publications:
1999?, Foundation membership trifold [2 copies].
1998-99, "The Arboretum Foundation/1998-99 Yearbook," booklet, 20 pp.; clipped with "The Arboretum Foundation/1996-1997 Yearbook," booklet, 32 pp.
4/25&26/1998 Plant Donations Department spring plant sale flier (3 copies on one page).
circa 1997 flier for Plant Donations Department and the Pat Calvert Greenhouse.
5/9/1992, "1992 Arboretum Foundation Plant Sale" program and map, 33 pages plus insert.
2/1992, Arboretum Foundation Newsletter.
1988, Arboretum Foundation fall bulb sale booklet.
8/1987, "Welcome to the Washington Park Arboretum" brochure. A second undated copy has added map.
7/1987, Checklist of Birds, stapled booklet, 7 pp.
5/1987, Checklist of Birds, stapled booklet, 7 pp.
4/19/1986, Visitor Center dedication booklet [2 copies].
3/22/1986, "A Gift to Everyone/Arboretum Day at the Arboretum," poster.
1982, "Arboretum Visitor Center" information sheet.
1981, "Arboretum Foundation welcomes you to the Washington Park Arboretum," information trifold [2 copies].]
rec'd 3/5/1981, "The Arboretum Foundation/Who We Are," brochure [2 copies].
n.d., "Arbor Kids Activity Book," 12 pp.
n.d., "Plant Study in the Arboretum Foundation," bifold.
n.d., "The Arboretum Foundation," fundraising brochure [2 copies].
n.d., "The Arboretum Foundation / who we are," brochure.
n.d., "University of Washington Arboretum," information brochure.
n.d., "Visitor Guide," foldout.
n.d., "Membership Renewal Notice."
n.d., "Your Support for the Washington Park Arboretum does more than grow trees," bookmark.
n.d., "Arboretum Foundation/Membership/A World of Discovery Awaits . . .," folder.
n.d., "The University of Washington Arboretum" early information folder.
n.d., Pacific Connection Gardens request for volunteers sheet [2 copies].
Folder labelled "Arboretum Foundation publications/clip art circa 1990":
30 items in envelope labelled "Leaves."
105 loose items.
Box 2:
Folder labelled "Arboretum Foundation publications through 1979":
1978, "Arboretum Foundation information trifold. 2 other copies are dated 1970, rev. 1978; 1969.
7/1970, reprint of 1958 "Botanically Speaking" 24 page booklet.
2/5/1970, "Arboretum Foundation Unit Council Organization," stapled booklet, 6 pp.
c.1969, "Guided Tours and School Program,"
1965, "Ericaceous Plants for Northwest Gardens," 41 page booklet, 2 copies.
3/21/1963, "Unit Quarterly News/Heathers," 4 pp. with "Heather Bloom Calendar" folded inside.
1959, "Survey of the Heath Family," 23 page booklet, 2 copies.
1958, "Botanically Speaking," 23 page booklet with pencil notes.
n.d., "The University of Washington Arboretum," information folder.
n.d., "Welcome to the Washington Park Arboretum," trifold.
Folder containing "A Year in the Life of Washington Park Arboretum: an Arboretum Foundation Photo Guide," 33 pages of photos with captions, circa 2001.
Folder labeled "Arboretum Foundation in the news":
8/27/2013, "New Zealand Forest celebration/set for Sept. 15 in the arboretum," Daily Journal of Commerce.
2/27/2013, "Showing/off for the/big show," Seattle Times.
2/18/2013, "A Blooming Good Time/ - Spring is in the air," Seattle Times.
2/07/2012, "A garden for the birds at/Northwest Flower & Garden Show," Lynnwood Journal.
10/2010, "Traffic-calming measures headed for arboretum?," Madison Park Times.
4/9/2010, "Council gets earful about/plans for new 520 bridge," Seattle Times.
4/7/2010, "Slam brakes on design/of 520, McGinn urges," Seattle Times, 2 pp.
1/27/2010, "Bill aims to speed up big transpo projects - and silence Seattle?," PI, website, 3 pp.
2/12/2009, "Greener thumbs/Flower & Garden Show designers/to focus on sustainability," PI.
12/2008, "out & about/Arbor Eden," Homes & Lifestyles.
4/22/2006, "Arboretum sale gets bigger and better," P-I.
Mar/Apr 2005, "Meritorious Service Award" article about Duane Kelly, in The American Gardener.
12/26/2004, "Dig down and give a deserving group a gift of green this season," Seattle Times.
6/2004, "Life/serving Seattle," Seattle Homes & Lifestyles.
6/2004, "Arboretum Foundation annual meeting," Madison Park Times.
6/2004, "Summer Solstice plant sale," Madison Park Times.
5/5/2004, "Clubs,groups," Sammamish Review.
4/28/2004, and 4/21/2004, "Spring plant sale to/benefit arboretum," Peninsula Gateway.
4/22/2004, "A FlorAbundance of plants and expertise," P-I.
4/18/2004, "FlorAbundance sale/is sure sign of spring," Seattle Times/PI.
4/8/2004, "Arboretum Foundation offers a dazzling duo," P-I.
4/8/2004, "Fast Break/Gonna make your garden grow?," Seattle Times.
4/6/2004, "FlorAbundance," Lynnwood Journal.
4/6/2004, "Plant sales/Arboretum Plant Sales," Shoreline Journal.
4/4/2004, "Dig up/treasures/at spring/plant sale," Seattle Times/PI.
3/25/2004, "Plant sales will be popping up all over," P-I.
2/29/2004, "Benefit Book Sale," Everett Herald.
2/1/2004, "Pacific Northwest garden contest/About the Judging," Seattle Time/P-I.
11/27/2003, "Find your wreath at Greens Galore," King Co. Journal.
11/23/2003, "Greens Galore sale/will help deck the halls," Seattle Times.
10/2/2003, "From bulbs to bamboo," King County Journal (Eastside).
9/28/2003, "Arboretum to host bulb sale next Sunday," P-I.
7/21/2003, "A taxing situation at Market," Seattle Times.
6/19/2003, "growing ideas," King County Journal (Eastside).
6/18/2003, "Tour highlights/eastside gardens," Snoqualmie Valley Record.
6/18/2003, "Garden tour features 3 on MI," Mercer Island Reporter.
6/11/2003, "3 Island gardens/featured on tour," Mercer Island Reporter.
6/3/2003, "First Annual Arboretum/Summer Solstice Sale," Northgate Journal.
6/2003, "out & about/SH&L celebrates philanthropy/with team photogenic," Seattle Homes & Lifestyles.
5/29/2003, "Local gardeners open their yards for annual tours," King County Journal (Eastside), 2 pp.
5/2003, "Along Landscape Lines/Washington Park/Arboretum Signature Beds," Balls & Burlap, 2 pp.
4/24/2003, "Arboretum plant sale/biggest of season," King County Journal (South County).
4/24/2003, "Find old and new plants at Florabundance," P-I.
2/13/2003, "Festa Botanica," King County Journal (South County), 2 pp.
12/5/2002, "It's easy/to get a/handle on/gift buying/for gardeners," P-I.
11/6/2002, "Bulletin Board/Garden-bench contest seeks designers," Madison Park Times.
11/5/2002, "Arboretum Foundation," Lynnwood University Journal.
7/2002, "Groundcover class, July 22," North Seattle Sun.
3/12/2001, "Master plan for Arboretum merits approval," P-I.
12/2/1992, "Arboretum's Annual Greens Galore sale," University Herald.
12/2/1992, "Arboretum sells greenery," Bellevue Journal American.
11/18/1992, "Annual Greens Galore/planned for Arboretum," Peninsula Gateway.
11/1992, "Arboretum annual/'Greens Galore' sale," Madison Park Times.
2/15/1991, "Gardeners dig in for Arboretum Foundation," P-I.
[1991], "No Sale," no publication, 3 pp.
Nov/Dec/1990, "Gifts for Gardeners," Seattle Home and Garden, photocopy. 3 pp.
4/22-29/1989, "Proclamation" of Spring Garden Week.
3/13/1986, "Wait Until March 22 to Buy Plants," University Week.
10/9/1985, "A grand gardener recalls the roots of the Arboretum," P-I, photocopy.
5/12/1985, "Moving ahead on Arboretum center," Seattle Times, copied in Arboretum Foundation information page.
4/30/1978, "Erma's Flower Power," Tacoma NewsTribune, photocopy.
5/6/1976, "Arboretum plant sale," Seattle Times, photocopy, 2 copies.
Folder labelled "The University of Washington Arboretum Is" exhibit:
n.d., Photocopy of Jones & Jones exhibit: "The University of Washington Arboretum is: Plants/Places/People/Programs", no date. Support provided by the Arboretum Foundation.
Box 3:
Annual Reports: 2022-2023, 2020-2021 (2 copies), 2019-2020 (2 copies), 2018/2019 (2 copies), 2017-2018, 2016/2017, 2015-2016, 2014-2015, 2013-2014, 2012-2013, 2010-2011 (2 copies), 2009-2010, (6/20/2007 Annual Meeting agenda), 2003-2004, 2001-2002, 2000-2001 "A New Future for Washington Park Arboretum", 1998-1999 (2 copies), 1997-1998 (2 copies), 1995-1996 (4 copies), 1955, 1940-1941 (2 copies).
Folder labelled "Arboretum Calendar":
2007 WPA calendar (2 copies).
Folder labelled "Arb. Found. documents on Washington Park Arboretum 2003 Master Plan Implementation:
2/16/2005, "Interpretive and Wayfinding Plan Executive Summary," 8 pp. printed.
9/10/2003, "Washington Park Arboretum Master Plan/Implementation Plan," list of projects, 2 pp.
9/10/2003, "Washington Park Arboretum Master Plan/Implementation Plan/Project Descriptions," details of High Priority Projects, 5 pp.
Autumn 2003, "Implementing the Master Plan for Washington Park Arboretum," 8 pp. printed.
June 2001, "A New Future for Washington Park Arboretum - City and University Approve Master Plan," GroundWork Special Edition, 4 pp.
n.d., "Planning for the Future: Washington Park Arboretum," brochure. [2 copies].
Folder labelled Cuttings Through the Year":
2003, 1995, 1980, 1966 [2 copies], and 11/1959 editions of "Cuttings Through the Year," booklet, ranging from 29 to 52 pp.
Production notes and original prints.
Blue folder labelled "Information Folders for Arboretum" containing map drafts and text for Arboretum promotional materials, circa 1968.
Box 4: Flower & Garden display gardens and opening night events
Folder for multiple years labeled "Arboretum Foundation events and display gardens for Flower & Garden":
2/21/2025, "Welcome to Botanical Bash/Event Schedule," 11x4 card.
2/21/2025, "Botanical Bash/Save the Date," 6x9" card.
2019, "Under the Mediterranean Sun," flier for Northwest Flower & Garden Festival.
2/10/2015, "Opening Night Party & Auction," invitation and program.
2/19/2008 "Arbor Eden Passport," Garden Show preview gala invitation.
2008, "The Pacific Connections Display Garden," garden show folder.
2007, "Arbor Eden," Garden Show preview gala post card.
2007, "Front-Porch Friendly," garden show display garden information folder.
9/19/2006, "Cascadia Forest and Garden," plant list, 2 pp.
2005, "Passion for an Urban Oasis," garden show trifold.
2004, "Gardens in a Forest Glade" garden show information sheet.
2004, "Gardens in a Forest Glade" garden show trifold.
2/18/2003 "Spectacles," Northwest Flower & Garden Show Preview Gala invitation.
after 2001, "Native Knoll/A Native Plant Restoration and Demonstration Area," brochure.
2000, "The Woodland," garden show trifold.
1997, "Into the Woods," flier for Arboretum entry in garden show.
2/8/1995, volunteer information in 3-hole binder, 5 pp.
Folder labelled "Arboretum Foundation display garden/2018 Flower & Garden":
2/8/2018, thank you post card to John Wott.
2/7-11/2018, "Garden Creator Notebook/2018 Northwest Flower & Garden Show," poster with mission and dates on reverse, 8 1/2x11."
2/6/2018, "Winter Garden Carnivale" auction booklet and invitation.
1/29/2018, "January 29 Docent Introduction to the Garden: Bob Lilly and Phil Wood:/Vision, methods and logistical details," 2 pp.
2018, "Arboretum Carnivale Plant List," with handwritten notes, 2 pp.
10/2/2017, "Garden Floor," plan with booths, 11x17."
Winter 1989/1990, "The Redevelopment of the Joseph A. Witt Winter Garden," reprint of Arboretum Bulletin article, 4 pp.
9/15/1987, "Re" Winter Garden Plant List," memo from T. Hohn to Collections Committee, includes plant list, 6 pp.
n.d., untitled plant list including purchase and resale information, 2 pp.
n.d., different untitled plant list , including "Sign note" column and "Legend" column.
n.d., 2 garden plan colored drawings, 8 1/2x11," clipped with black and white copy of one.
n.d., "View From Show Entrance," "Left Elevation," ink drawing, 8 1/2x11."
n.d., "Garden Site Plan," 11x17," folded with details: "A Wall Elevation," "B Elevation," untitled drawing of pavers, 11x17."
Folder labelled "Arboretum Foundation display garden/2017 Flower & Garden":
2/22-26/2017, "Garden Creator Notebook/Northwest Flower & Garden Show/Taste of Spring!," 8 1/2x11" poster.
2/21/2017, "Hanami - Savoring Spring," auction invitation.
2/2017, "Washington Park Arboretum Garden," colored drawing, 8 1/2x11."
2017, "Plant List for Display Garden 2017."
10/5/2016, "Japanese Garden Plan," 8 1/2x11."
8/10/2016, "Washington Park Arboretum/Oasis Outdoor Environments LLC," display area plan, 8 12x11."
8/10/2016, "Overall Plan 2017 Northwest Flower & Garden Show," display plan.
n.d., "A Tea Garden Journey," tea house drawing, 8 1/2x11."
Folder labelled "Arboretum Foundation display garden/2016 Flower & Garden":
2/17-21/2016, "America the Beautiful," Garden Creator Notebook poster, 8 1/2x11."
2/17-21/2016, "Floor Plan," application folder.
2/16/2016, "Opening Night Party & Auction," invitation.
2016, "The Hoh: America's Rainforest Plant List 2016 Docent," 2 pp.
8/25/2015, "Washington Park Arboretum," display area plan.
2003, Olympic National Forest Native Plant Book, excerpt on "Plants selected" for study on "Selected native elk forage species that occur in Olympic National Forest."
Fall 1993, "Taxonomy and Arboretum Design," reprint from Arnoldia, pp. 13-24.
n.d., untitled plant list including "Common Name," "Scientific Name," and "Bird Use," 2 pp.
Folder labelled "Arboretum Foundation display garden 2015 Flower & Garden":
2/11-15/2015, "Romance Blossoms," Garden Creator Notebook, poster.
2/10/2015, "Opening Night Party & Auction," invitation.
2/08/2015, "Arboretum Display Garden, Live Auction Preview," 3 pp.; Jeff Boyer email to John Wott, 2 pp.; display layout.
2015, "Picture Yourself on Azalea Way," draft of program information, with ink edits, 4 pp.
1/16/2015, "Subject: Revised Dress Form Drawings," Megan Meyer memo to Mark Bentley.
1/15/2015, "Dress Form for Arboretum Garden," plan drawing.
2015, "Show 2015 Arboretum Foundation Cross Section," photocopy.
11/19/2014, "Construction Details," list of tasks.
11/7/2014, "Public Relations Questionnaire," 4 pp.
10/24/2104, "Overall Plan," show booth plan, 2 pp.
n.d., "Show Garden Arboretum Foundation Construction Drawing," photocopy.
n.d., plant list, 2 pp.
Folder labelled "Arboretum Foundation display garden/2014 Flower & Garden":
after 2/5-9/2014,"2014 Judges' Notes/Washington Park Arboretum."
2/5-9/2014, "Garden Creator Notebook/Northwest Flower & Garden Show," poster.
2014, "The Garden/of Artful Delights," folder with enclosed card for Museum of Glass.
"2014 Display Garden Plant List," 3 pp.
12/17/2013, "2013 Arboritum Display Garden," 3 section drawings and floor plan, 22"x34".
11/14/2013, Public Relations Questionnaire/Garden Creators," completed form, 4 pp.
8/6/2013, Arboretum Foundation display garden dimensions.
after 7/2013, "Concept submitted to Show in July, 2013. May be revised, 2 pp.
7/1/2013, "Art in Bloom/Application to Create a Display Garden," completed form, 2 pp.; partially completed form, and "Niall Dunne's edited version of Phil Wood's garden description."
n.d., color photos, 2 pp.
n.d., "Display Garden 2014 Brain Storm," 2 pp.
n.d., display garden floor plan, 8 1/2x11."
Folder labelled "Arboretum Foundation display garden/2013 Flower & Garden":
2/20-24/2013, "Garden Creator Notebook/The Silver Screen Takes Root . . . Gardens Go/HOLLYWOOD," poster.
2/20/2013, "Showing off for the big show," Seattle Times, 2 pp.
2/5/2013, photo of flower pot.
2013, "A Hobbit's New Zealand Garden," color folder, 4 copies.
2013, "Arboretum Foundation Build Crew 2013," list.
2013, "2013 Display Garden Brochure Acknowledgments:."
12/19/2012, design plan, 8 1/2x11" plan.
12/17/2012, kiosk photo.
12/2012, "WPA Garden Struct.," 11x17" design plan.
11/30/2012, "Garden Signage Form," stapled with "Garden Construction Schedule," 2 pp., and "Garden Creator Identifcation Badge Form," completed forms.
11/30/2012, "Technical Information Form," completed form, 5 pp.
7/24/2012, Arboretum Foundation floor dimensions, 2 copies, one with 3x5" color inset pasted on.
n.d., color drawing of Hobbit garden, 11x17."
n.d., "A Hobbit's New Zealand Garden/Middle Earth meets the Arboretum's new Eco-Geographical Forest," poster.
n.d., plant list, 7 pp.
Folder labelled "Arboretum Foundation display garden/2012 Flower & Garden":
2/8-12/2012, "A Floral Symphony . . ./Gardens Take Note," poster.
1/3-6/2012, "Re: reserving use of carved birds for Seattle Audubon/The Arboretum Foundation display garden at the Northwest Flower and Garden Show in February," 2 emails between Mark Oswood and Rhonda Bush.
2012, "Birdsong," information card.
12/1/2011, "Technical Information Form," completed form, 4 pp., clipped with page of planning dates and "Preliminary Plant List 11/28/11."
10/14-21/2011, "Re: Reserving use of carved birds ...," 2 emails between Mark Oswood and Rhonda Bush, 2 copies, one with handwritten notes.
9/12/2011, "Garden Floor Plan."
9/12/2011, "Arboretum Display Garden 2012," floor plan.
n.d., "This information was provided for PR to the NW Flower and Garden Show and offers a resource for docents to the Washington Park Arboretum display garden," 3 pp.
n.d., "Why do we do this?," information for docents.
n.d., "Convention Center Floor Plan."
n.d. "Birdsong/Birds in the Garden," plasticized list and map.
Folder labelled "Arboretum Foundation display garden/2011 Flower & Garden":
2/23-26/2011, "Volunteer Opportunity: Display Garden Docent."
2/19-22/2011, "Volunteer Opportunity: Display Garden Build."
2011, "The Japanese Garden," garden show, folder.
11/12/2010, "Public Relations Questionnaire," completed form, 4 pp.
2011, "NWFGS Display Garden 2011/Volunteer Orientation," agenda, 2 pp.
Folder labelled "Arbor Eden 2010":
2/3/2010, Crosscut Public Media invoice, stapled to 1/27/2010 ad.
2/2/2010, "Arbor Eden:/The Preview Gala," 9x11" poster, in plastic.
February 2010, "Fundraisers/Arboretum Foundation Arbor Eden Preview Gala," Seattlewoman, clipping.
1/28/2010, "Help Arboretum, Get Preview/Of Flower & Garden Show," Seattle Times.
Jan. & Feb. 2010, ad for Arbor Eden, Seattle Homes Magazine.
1/15/2010, "Re: Join Us: Arbor Eden - Feb. 2, 2010," Paige Miller, Ciscoe Morris email chain, 3 pp.
12/30/2009, Seattle Homes Magazine invoice.
n.d., "Arbor Eden Coming Soon!": poster draft, 2 pp.
n.d., "Registration": volunteer instructions, 5 pp.
n.d., "Arbor Eden," ad draft.
Folder labelled "Arboretum Foundation display garden/2009 Flower & Garden":
after 2009, "2009 Numbers Behind the Show."
2/18-22/2009, "The Arboretum Foundation's/2009 Display Garden at the/Northwest Flower & Garden Show," information for docents and assembly volunteers, 19 pp. in binder.
2009, "Entry to Cascadia." garden show information card.
2009, "NWFGS 2009 Plant List," 2 pp.; a second list with different plants; partial third list, "NWFGS 2008 Plant List/as of 1/21/2009."
2009, "Cascadia," landscape design, 2 different pencil drawings.
2009, "Volunteer Orientation," agenda, 2 pp.
11/3/2008, "Garden Design Committee meeting notes, 2 pp.
10/17/2008, "Public Relations Questionnaire," with handwritten comments, 2 pp.
10/13/2008, "Garden Design Committee meeting notes.
10/9/2008, "Demonstration Garden," design plan, 24x30".
9/25/2008, "Re: Display Garden meeting," 2 emails from Phil Wood, with ink edits, 3 pp.
8/22/2008, Arboretum display plan, stapled with "Garden Creators" layout, 2 pp.
2008, "NWFGS 2008 Judges Comments/Washington Park Arboretum.
n.d., "Cascadia/Plants Recommended by the UWBG Plant Committee," with ink notes, 5 pp.
n.d., ink notes on display plants, 2 pp.
n.d., ink notes for plant sale, on yellow paper, made after show, 2 pp.
n.d., "Plants for the Arboretum's Cascadia Forest," by Phil Wood and Bob Lilly, 2 typed pages.
n.d., "Statement of Intent/Meeting Committee version."
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