E-Flora
UW Botanic Gardens Newsletter
September 2007
Vol. 2 No. 7

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Gdn Plan

Garden Design for Home Owners

Learn how to make your own plans, work with plants creatively and design for outdoor living. The instructor, landscape architect Doug Rice, has taught this course for fourteen years.

Rare Care

Miller Seed Vault Volunteers: Assist with cleaning, counting and processing seeds of rare native plants to be conserved in the vault. Volunteers may also assist with germination tests and maintaining seedlings. Contact Wendy Gibble at 616-0780 or wjgibble@u.washington.edu

Actaea simplex
‘Brunette’ & ‘Black Negligee’

Black-Leafed Snakeroot/Bugbane Formerly called Cimicifuga, these sexy dark-leafed selections have taken the perennial garden world by storm with its elegant form and architectural habit in the garden.

Explore UW Botanic Gardens

Soest Garden
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One of the main attractions in the Soest Garden right now...
Washington Park Arboretum

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This month's self-guided walking tour features Mountain Ashes, among other collections.

 
Miller Library

tiny coneLinnaean Tercentenary
Display Celebrates the Linnaean Tercentenary.
Key books recording his works and life will be on display at the library.

Adventures for Smaller Gardeners
Washington Park Arboretum
tiny coneExplorer Packs
Autumn Adventures Explorer Packs available. Call 206-543-8801 to reserve one.
Rare Care
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September's Coloring Page
Silene seelyi and Silene spaldingii are two rare catchfly species in Washington.
Miller Library
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Apple Stories
October 6, 10-10:45am Come join us! Afterwards, King County Master Gardeners will lead a hands-on activity .
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Sustaining managed to natural ecosystems and the human spirit through plant research, display, and education.
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