UW Botanic Gardens Newsletter
College of Forest Resources
September 2009
Volume 4, Issue 7
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Free public reception
Monday, Sept. 14, 5–7 p.m.
Miller Library
Exhibit ends September 30
Local artist Shirley Pinchev Sidell captures the striking colors and forms of ferns, camellias, even persimmons in snow. Each original print is suitable for re-framing or appropriate for displaying as is. Many are featured on 5x7 note cards with matching envelopes.
New library hours are now in effect:
Monday 4-8 p.m.
Tuesday-Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Saturday 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Merrill Hall and the Miller Library will be closed October 13.
Wednesday, September 16, 3-5 p.m.
The community is invited. Please RSVP.
Good folks, good food, good conversation coming up! Hear remarks by Maggie Walker, Co-Chair, College of the Environment Advisory Board; President Mark Emmert; Provost Phyllis Wise; Dennis Hartmann, Interim Dean of the College; and Alina Cansler, Graduate Student, School of Forest Resources . . . plus special home-grown entertainment including guitar stylings of Scott Montgomery, Lecturer, College of the Environment; and folk-pop group Big Dirt, led by David Montgomery, Professor, Earth and Space Sciences, and 2008 MacArthur Fellow.
Experience the splendor of color and wildlife at the Arboretum. Schedule a school program now for fall 2009.
New this fall! "Pacific Connections Race Around the Rim" is a new school program for 4th-8th grade students. Arboretum programs offer fun, hands-on, 100% outdoor programming rain or shine. Saplings School Programs are aligned with Washington State Essential Academic Learning Requirements, Environmental Goals and Guidelines and Grade Level Expectations. Seedlings Preschool and Saplings School Programs are only $6.00 per student. And they're popular. The calendar's filling up fast, so book now!
Call the Arboretum Education phone 206-543-8801, email the Education Department, or visit the Youth and Family Programs web page to learn more and download a brochure.
"The Once and Future Arboretum"
Thursday, October 29
Open house
5:30,
lecture
7 p.m.
Scot Medbury, President of Brooklyn Botanic Garden and UW alumnus, will reveal how Washington Park Arboretum's past continues to shape its future. And he'll point to the ways all urban gardens can better fulfill their roles as places of learning, beauty and sanctuary. Mr. Medbury brings to Seattle a unique understanding of Washington Park Arboretum, having conducted his thesis project on the origins and development of its woody plant collections.
Arrive at 5:30 p.m. and take a short tour of LEED-certified Merrill Hall. Or step into a lab, where faculty will be talking about their research. Or get to know the Hyde Herbarium and Miller Library and the people who staff them.
Tickets are $25 per person. Call 206-543-0540 or visit the UW website to reserve your seat.
Katie Murphy becomes the Hyde Herbarium's new Collections Manager September 16, when Wendy DesCamp, very close to finishing her M.S., steps down. Under Ms. DesCamp's guidance, the Herbarium moved into the new Merrill Hall, greatly expanded the collections, launched new collecting initiatives, and expanded the volunteer program. Thank you, Wendy, and welcome, Katie!
i Silk' Probably because of the common name of “Toad Lily,'” Tricyrtis is a genus that is still highly underutilized in the fall landscape. They are adaptable, easy to grow and just require moist shade and protection from slugs. While some selections tend to be somewhat floppy and unattractive, ‘Taipei Silk' stays relatively tidy, and in late summer into early fall it is absolutely loaded with deep purple buds and lovely 1-inch blooms that burst open to reveal a lovely blend of violet pink, blending to white in the center with a hint of blue at the tips. It is just an outstanding transitional summer-fall flowering perennial.
Common Name: Taipei Silk Toad Lily
Location: Bed 1 and the Miller Library Beds
Family: Liliaceae
Origin: Garden Origin
Height: 15-30”
Spread: 20-25”
Bloom Time: Late Summer-Fall
Bloom Type/Color: Violet pink with white
Exposure: Part – Full Shade
Water/Soil: Well drained, but consistently moist
More >> Soest Gardener Notes
Classes and events calendar
Youth and family programs at the Washington Park Arboretum
Miller Library news . . . including new hours for Fall
Register now for Park in the Dark for families with children ages 6-12, September 26, 7-9 p.m.
Start planning for a special spooky version of Park in the Dark October 31.
Arboretum self-guided Explorer Packs
Family programs at the Miller Library
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