{"id":388,"date":"2018-06-14T12:57:54","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T19:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wordpress\/?page_id=388"},"modified":"2018-06-14T13:12:10","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T20:12:10","slug":"plants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/hours-and-contacts\/history\/oral-history\/plants\/","title":{"rendered":"Planting Seeds of Enthusiasm & Participation"},"content":{"rendered":"

A love of plants unites Arboretum supporters. People have donated everything from entire plant collections to individual plants dug up just before a plant sale. The interview clips here tell stories about loving plants and about enjoying a good, solid community effort.<\/p>\n

\"Mrs<\/a>Donald Graham, Jr<\/h3>\n

Donald Graham, Jr tells a humorous story about the hybrid rhododendron, ‘Mrs. Donald Graham.’
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\nDonald Graham, Jr. talks about the coincidence of early events that led to his father’s interest in both the Arboretum and rhododendrons.
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\"Barbara<\/a>Barbara Harris<\/h3>\n

Barbara Harris (right in photo) describes how the plant donations nursery got started.
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\"Sheila<\/a>Sheila Taft<\/h3>\n

Horticultural therapist Sheila Taft reminisces about changes in the Arboretum plant sale over the years.
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A love of plants unites Arboretum supporters. People have donated everything from entire plant collections to individual plants dug up just before a plant sale. The interview clips here tell stories about loving plants and about enjoying a good, solid community effort. Donald Graham, Jr Donald Graham, Jr tells a humorous story about the hybrid rhododendron, ‘Mrs. Donald Graham.’ https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/media\/01Graham_Donald_Plants.mp3 Donald Graham, Jr. talks about the coincidence of early events that led to his father’s interest in both the Arboretum…<\/p>\n

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