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The nursery has a nice stock of trout lilies.
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Early Bloomers
Don't Miss Our First Spring Plant Sale This Saturday!
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More specialty vendors, more amazing plants!
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Homeward Bound
FlorAbundance Returns to Magnuson Park
After two years in its interim location at the Arboretum, the FlorAbundance Spring Plant Sale will return home to the newly renovated Building 30 at Warren G. Magnuson Park. Please join us on Saturday, April 26, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, April 27, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. for the region's biggest and best plant sale, and help support the Foundation's mission. We'll have our full complement of specialty nurseries (at least 40) back to offer you an unbeatable selection of locally grown edibles, annuals, perennials, trees, and shrubs. Nurseries: See our annotated vendor list for the 2014 sale.
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Volunteers Needed for FlorAbundance!
This major fundraiser for the Arboretum would not be possible without the help of our volunteers. If you'd like to lend a hand, please email our volunteer resources manager Megan Meyer or call her at 206-577-0549.
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Bulletin Article
Irresistible Offerings at FlorAbundance
In the spring 2014 issue of the Washington Park Arboretum Bulletin, landscape designer and garden writer Janine Anderson profiles eight exciting plants being offered by some of the specialty nurseries attending this year's FlorAbundance (April 26 and 27). It's just a small taste of the cornucopia of botanical treasures that awaits shoppers at the sale. Read full article.
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Enjoy yummy grub from Skillet at the Member PreSale & Party.
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Deadline Approaching
Early-Bird Ticket Pricing for the PreSale Ends April 11
Arboretum members and their guests are invited to attend the FlorAbundance Member Pre-Sale & Party, on Friday, April 25, from 5:00 to 7:30 p.m. Get the first pick of plants at the sale, while enjoying delicious local wine and tasty appetizers from the celebrated Skillet food truck - back again this year by popular demand. Early-bird tickets are $40. Tickets purchased after April 11 will be $50. Ticket numbers are limited, so get yours today! Buy tickets online or by calling 206-325-4510.
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Windcliff Plants at the PreSale & Party
As an extra treat for Pre-Sale shoppers, Robert Jones will be joining us to sell Windcliff Plants - named for the stunning home garden that he has created with husband Dan Hinkley. Windcliff Plants is a "pop-and-pop" enterprise focusing on uncommon plants from around the world that are highly adapted to the Pacific Northwest and deserve greater recognition.
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One of the "ramps to nowhere" in the Arboretum wetlands.
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520 Bridge Update
Arboretum Supports Grassroots Call for Ramp Memorial
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Mesh bags on hemlock tree branches in the Arboretum.
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Baggy Branches
Arboretum Hemlocks Focus of Research Experiment
If you've recently visited the Arboretum, you've probably noticed some white mesh bags covering the branches of our hemlock trees. What gives? The bags are part of a collaborative research project between UW Botanic Gardens and the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. Researchers are trying to determine why the hemlock woolly adelgid - an insect causing major damage to hemlock forests in the eastern U.S. - is a relatively benign herbivore on the West Coast. It may be because western hemlock species are more resistant to the bug, or perhaps because the bug has more natural enemies on the West Coast keeping its populations in check. The bags in the Arboretum are designed to keep out predators of the adelgid, so that the researchers can figure out what's happening here and hopefully apply the results to the management of pest populations in the East.
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Get Water Smart 
A Series of Free Workshops Presented by Seattle Tilth
Seattle Tilth is offering free Water Smart educational workshops this spring to encourage practices that improve water health for the whole community. Two of the workshops are being hosted by UW Botanic Gardens, at the Center for Urban Horticulture, on April 21 and May 6. Learn how to manage stormwater runoff while transforming your yard into a beautiful, water-smart landscape! The workshop will show you how to plan and construct rain gardens, plant buffers, pervious pavements, green roofs and organic gardens. Learn more or sign up on the Seattle Tilth website.
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Fragaria × ananassa, by Sylvia Portillo.
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Botanical Artist Exhibit
Now Through May 3 at the Elisabeth C. Miller Library
Don't miss the 7th annual exhibit of the Pacific Northwest Botanical Artists at the Miller Library (3501 NE 41st Street, Seattle) this month. Gorgeous original artwork, prints, and cards will be for sale, and a portion of the sales will benefit the library. For more information, call 206-543-0415 or visit the Miller Library website.
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BANNER PHOTO: Star magnolia blooming in the Magnolia Collection.
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Foundation Seeks New Finance Manager
Free Sunday Tours to Showcase Hybrid Rhodies
UWBG-trained garden guides lead
from 1 to 2:30 p.m. every Sunday. The April tour pays homage to the Rum Dum Club, a group of famous Northwest rhodie hybridizers. Many of the club's cultivars are showcased in a special garden on Azalea Way. Meet at the Graham Visitors Center.
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