Come to Your Senses at the Seattle Garden Club Fragrance Garden

Center for Urban Horticulture

Catch a breath of fresh air at the Center for Urban Horticulture this spring in our new Fragrance Garden. Fragrant foliage and spectacular blooms abound. Learn more about it on our website, or come to the CUH entry and experience it for yourself.

Celebrate Wildflowers at the Olympic Sculpture Park

Sunday, June 8 , 2008
12 – 4 p.m.
PACCAR Pavillion
FREE

Join Rare Care and the Seattle Art Museum for the Sixth Annual Celebrating Wildflowers event celebrating native plants and the role they play in nature and in our lives.

Strap on your wings and play a pollinator game
Test your senses and examine a mystery flower
Get up close to plants with microscopes
Explore a wide diversity of native mosses
Paint a picture using plant materials

SAM’s Olympic Sculpture Park is located at the intersection of Western Avenue and Broad Street in Seattle. For more information on this event, visit http://courses.washington.edu/rarecare/index.htm or call (206) 616-0780.

Inspire the Next Generation: Be a Summer Program Guide!

Lead K-8 Arboretum programs on wetland ecology, plant life cycles, and a variety of other themes this summer.

Hone your public speaking and interpretation skills, learn about native plants and wildlife, and be a positive environmental role model for kids -- all in the company of our committed, passionate staff and volunteers. Guides also receive program vouchers for UW Botanic Gardens classes.

Read more about Summer Program Guides here. To sign up or learn more, contact Education Coordinator Shawna Hartung at 206-616-3381 or shlea@u.washington.edu.

Guides must attend Arboretum training programs and commit to leading one program per week from June through August.

May Plant Highlight: Brunnera macrophylla ‘Jack Frost’

Family: Boraginaceae
Origin: Garden Origin
Height: 24 in. with flowers
Spread: 30 in.
Bloom Time: late March to May
Bloom Color: Pale blue
Sun: Part - full shade (avoid hot afternoon sun)
Water & Soil: Moist/rich-well drained. Requires minimal summer watering
More >> Soest Gardener Notes

Other UWBG happenings

Classes and Events Calendar
Youth and Family Programs at the Washington Park Arboretum
Miller Library News

For kids this month

Arboretum Summer Programs
Story Time at the Miller Library

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University of Washington Botanic Gardens’ mission:
Sustaining managed to natural ecosystems and the human spirit
through plant research, display, and education.

3501 NE 41st St, Box 354115, Seattle, WA 98195-4115
Phone: 206-543-8616
uwbg@u.washington.edu
http://www.uwbotanicgardens.org

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