UW Botanic Gardens Newsletter
College of Forest Resources
June 2009
Volume 4, Issue 5
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Barred owl courtesy of Will Parks
In June 2008, Rare Care hosted its 7th annual Celebrating Wildflowers event in partnership with the Seattle Art Museum. Visitors played a pollinator game, examined wildflowers through microscopes, felt a fascinating array of native mosses, painted pictures using plants, pressed flowers to take home, and drew a Mystery Plant! The Olympic Sculpture Park and all Celebrating Wildflowers activities are free for the whole family. Other organizations joined in with exhibits and activities to make the event bigger and better than ever!
Click here for a full list of classes and events at UW Botanic Gardens.
UWBG will be at the Fremont Fair with fun plant activities for kids. Stop by and say HI!
Click here for a full list of classes and events at UW Botanic Gardens.
Park in the Dark all summer longFourth Saturdays from June to September, 7 – 9 p.m.
MUST register for June 27 program by June 19. $6 per person.
Explore the Arboretum after dark. It’s nighttime in the Arboretum, but the forest isn’t sleeping! Learn about the adaptations of nocturnal animals and see the gardens in whole new light during this special family adventure. Become a bat or moth, test your sense of smell, and use your “Deer Ears” to hear night sounds. Games and activities are designed for families with children.
Future dates: July 25, August 22, September 26, October 31. Preregistration always required. For more information or to register contact Jean Robins at jrobins@u.washington.edu or 206-685-8033.
Dr. Kern Ewing, UW Botanic Gardens’ Head of Restoration, received the UW’s highest award for community involvement, the S. Sterling Munro Public Service Teaching Award. Ewing is one of the leaders and founders of the UW’s Restoration Ecology Network, a three-campus program conducting classes and research on restoration ecology. His colleagues reported “Kern has pioneered a model of hands-on student learning in restoring damaged ecosystems that engages local communities." More.
Location: Container in the Soest Garden
Family: Agavaceae
Origin: Mexico
Height: Plant is about 1.5 ft. tall and the flower stalks reach 4-5 ft.
Spread: Forms a clump to 1 meter wide after several years
Bloom Time: Early Summer
Bloom Color: Pale read with green shades
Exposure: Full Sun
Water/Soil: Require little water when established, but can take moist rich soil as long as drainage is optimal..
More >> Soest Gardener Notes
Classes and events calendar
Youth and family programs at the Washington Park Arboretum
Miller Library news
Arboretum self-guided Explorer Packs
Family programs at the Miller Library
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Sustaining managed to natural
ecosystems and the human spirit
through plant research, display, and
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