Archives Accession # 89

1.3.10. Gardens at the Center for Urban Horticulture

Date statement: : 1995-2015
Summary:

 2 file boxes with 8 folders for various gardens

Description:

 Box 1:
Goodfellow Grove materials:
2004 map.
2004 website printout.
1996 map.
Summer 1990 Marilou Goodfellow Grove plant list.
Undated (circa 1990) information sheet.

McVay Courtyard materials:
2007 printout of Seattle Times online article by Phil Wood entitled "Lasting lessons in design from an ever-evolving courtyard.
2005 map.
2004 website printout "McVay Courtyard."
1997 plant inventory with accession numbers.
1995 map.
1993 map.
Summer 1990 map.
1986, garden plan, photocopy (2 copies), same as map in  Spring 1986 Bulletin.
Winter 1986 article from Horticulture Northwest by Iain Robertson, "The design of the McVay Courtyard at the Center for Urban Horticulture."
Fall 1986 article from the Washington Park Arboretum Bulletin by Iain Robertson "The McVay Courtyard at the Center for Urban Horticulture."
May 1986, "Notes on the Plants In the McVay Courtyard at the Center for Urban Horticulture," by Iain Robertson, typed, 6 pp.

Plant evaluation materials: 
2002 Suntory annuals evaluation report by Barbara Selemon.
2001 Blooms of Bressingham perennials New Plant Trials.
2000 Blooms of Bressingham perennials New Plant Trials.
1999 Blooms of Bressingham perennials New Plant Trials.
1998 Blooms of Bressingham Perennials New Plant Trials.

Seattle Garden Club Fragrance Garden (formerly Entry Shade Garden) materials:
Fall 2015 Fragrance Garden map
undated Fragrance Garden map.
2004 printout from website: "Seattle Garden Club Entry Shade Garden."
2003 Entry Garden map
1996 entry shade garden plant list with accession numbers (2 copies, one with notes).
1995 Entry Shade Garden map.
Summer 1990 entry court plant list.
undated (circa 1990) information sheet.

Box 2:
Folder labelled "CUH - Plants and Gardens - Soest Garden: 

2004, 4 CDs containing Soest Garden Images Screensaver (beta version and final version), photography by Larry Howard.
2007, 5  4x6" photos.
2007 Orin and Althea Soest Herbaceous Display Garden plant list and maps.
2006 Orin and Althea Soest Herbaceous Display Garden plant list and maps.
5/5/2005, "Her garden grows," University Weekly
4/7/2005 document by Lynne Thompson entitled "...Soest Garden...Spring Maintenance: tips and techniques," 3 pp.
Summer 2004, "Soest Herbaceous Display Garden, Summer Containers 2004." 
1/30/2004, "Orin and Althea Soest Herbaceous Display Garden,"   website information printout, 2 pp.
Summer 2002, "Soest Herbaceous Display Garden, Summer Containers 2002.
4/23/2002, photo.
Summer 2001, "Orin and Althea Soest Herbaceous Display Garden/ Planting List & Maps, 17 pp., printed booklet, plus photocopy.
Summer 2000, Orin and Althea Soest Herbaceous Display Garden planting list and maps, photocopy, 7 pp.
Trifold Soest Garden brochure circa 2000.
Undated (2000?) internal document entitled "plant list for Soest Garden"
May 1999 booklet: Orin and Althea Soest Herbaceous Display Garden planting maps and species list (first edition).
September 10, 1998 program for dedication/ribbon cutting for the Soest Garden.
4 undated photos.

Folder labelled "Soest Garden articles": 
Copy of 2008 article about Soest gardener "Rizanino Reyes: with youth, brains and curiosity, he's seeding a bright future" by Valerie Easton.
5/5/2005, photocopy of a University Week article  "Her garden grows" featuring a photo of gardener Lynne Thompson.
July 2003 article from Sequim Gazette entitled "Gardeners' gift benefits whole region."
11/21/2002, "Design ideas flow from redirecting water," P-I.
1999 Seattle Times PlantLife column "Perennially challenged? a new UW public garden can help" by Valerie Easton.
Winter 1998, "Fundraiser for Miller Library," CFR Quarterly.
October 29, 1998 article from University Week entitled "Soest Display Garden offers a half an acre of ideas."

Folder labelled "Soest Web Site Project":
9/30/2002, "Missouri Botanical Garden Site Visit," 2 pp.
7/24/2002, "Agenda/Soest Garden Data Base and Web Site/First Planning Meeting."
3/2002 or later, "Bryan C. Wilson vita, 2 pp,
n.d., "Soest Garden Plant Detail Page Elements," 3 pp. 


Soundscape materials:
October 1997 Seattle Weekly/Eastsideweek article by Sarah Gage entitled "Beyond Grass: a green lawn isn't your only yard alternative."
Copy of August 31, 1997 Seattle P-I article by Mary Robson entitled "Keeping gardens gorgeous: where to get great ideas for water-wise plant selection."
Original and photocopy of Summer 1997 Washington Park Arboretum Bulletin article by Brian Thompson entitled "Soundscape: a living display of water-wise turf & ground covers for the Northwest garden."
Spring 1997 maintenance manual by Scott Maco.
June 1996 brochure: "Tips for a Healthy Waterwise Landscape: Lawns"
Undated (circa 1996) brochures: "Tips for a Healthy Waterwise Landscape: Soils and Mulches," "Tips for a Healthy Waterwise Landscape: Ornamental Planting Areas," and "Tips for a Healthy Waterwise Landscape: Ornamental areas: sitemaps and plant lists."
5/2/1996, "Gardeners can see the benefits," University Week, photo and caption, photocopy.
April 1996 brochures: "Tour the Soundscape lawn and garden demonstration" and "Tips for a Healthy Waterwise Landscape: Lawns"
December 1995 photocopy (source unknown) entitled "WALP members install demonstration garden."
October 1995 photocopy entitled "WSNLA Demonstration Garden-Design and Plant List" from Balls and Burlaps.
September 1995 photocopy of article entitled "Association adopts part of demonstration garden."

UW Farm materials:
Spring 2024, "Impact/Learning in a Living Laboratory," UW Magazine, 2 pp.
4/17/2022, "Students of the Earth," Seattle Times.
6/1/2019, plant sale poster.
1/17/2014, "From Farm to Table," Daily photoessay, photocopy.
2014, "The UW Farm 2014 Annual Report," 12 pp.

Accession date: 2012-03-20 Last updated: 2024-06-18 11:50:39
Subjects: Goodfellow Grove, McVay Courtyard, Soest Herbaceous Display Garden, Soundscape, King County Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners, Washington Association of Landscape Professionals, Seattle Public Utilities, Washington State Nursery and Landscape Association, UW Farm

Names	Role	Function
Wood, Phil		Creator
Howard, Larry		Creator
Soest, Orin		Subject
Soest, Althea		Subject
Thompson, Lynne		Subject
Reyes, Rizanino		Subject
Thompson, Brian	Author (aut)	Creator
Selemon, Barbara		Creator

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