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Happy Tuesday! We've got trainings for teachers, parents, caregivers, and anyone who works with children. ☺️
🍎April 18: Build Problem-Solving Skills in Young Learners
🍎May 11: Nature as the Primary Teacher
Learn more and register here: botanicgardens.uw.edu/about/events/?
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We've only got a few spots left on our tour at the Elisabeth C. Miller Botanical Garden on April 6th!
See some of the best and choicest plants for creating a lovely early season display like Western Bleeding Heart.
Learn more and register here: botanicgardens.uw.edu/about/events/?
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Spring is here! What are those weeds popping up in your yard? Before you grab your mower, join us for a class on foraging wild weeds!
Wednesday, 3/29, 6:30-8pm, online via Zoom. Registration required: botanicgardens.uw.edu/about/events/?
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Husky Giving Day is less than a month away!
In this 24-hr fundraising initiative on April 6th, you can support all your favorite programs at UW Botanic Gardens.
Support UW Botanic Gardens: givingday.uw.edu/o/university-o
Support UW Farm:
givingday.uw.edu/o/university-o
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Our monthly Gardens for BIPoC walk at the Washington Park Arboretum is picking back up this Saturday!
Join us from 10:30am-12pm for a FREE tour. Meet at the Graham Visitors Center kiosk.
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Learn the do's and don'ts of indoor plants. Instructor Tassy de Give, author of Rooted in Design, will discuss how to choose the right plant for your indoor environment and troubleshoot potential plant problems.
Learn more and register here: botanicgardens.uw.edu/about/events/?
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Spring is right around the corner! Check out our upcoming class on Getting Plants Off to a Great Start with gardening expert Emily Bishton, where you'll learn all about proper planting, watering, and more! Check out our class posting here: bit.ly/3J6dBkV
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A group of UW students will be presentating on data visualization of plant collections in the Arboretum and Miller Seed Vault.
Join us on Tuesday, March 14th from 4:30-6:20pm in Wisteria Hall at the Washington Park Arboretum's Graham Visitors Center. Open to the public.
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The 2023 Washington Botanical Symposium is just a week away with only a few in-person seats left!
Learn more and register here: botanicgardens.uw.edu/education/adul
Photo credit: Anemone patens var. multifida by Richard Ramsden
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Check out this Botanist position with Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR): governmentjobs.com/careers/washin
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Capture the essence of late winter and early spring flowers and foliage in our Botanical Sketching in Ink and Watercolor class.
Folks of all art levels are encouraged to join! First class starts on March 15, 10am-12:30pm.
Learn more and register here: botanicgardens.uw.edu/about/events/?
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Do you catch yourself saying “be careful!” as kids roll down a steep hill or run with sticks?
In this workshop, teachers and caregivers will learn to assess risk collaboratively with their youth to build problem-solving skills!
Learn more here: botanicgardens.uw.edu/about/events/?
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Look at this silly little guy.
Learn more about beavers, their behaviors, and how to co-exist with them in urban environments next Wednesday!
Learn more and register here: botanicgardens.uw.edu/about/events/?
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SR 520 closed across Lake Washington this weekend.
54-hour closure starts late Friday night, Feb.24.
Plan ahead and find alternate routes for your trips across Lake WA. The around the clock closure, which includes the SR 520 Trail, will extend until 5 a.m. Monday, Feb. 27.
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Check out this plant highlight on Pacific lanceleaved spring beauty (Claytonia multiscapa ssp. pacifica) by our AmeriCorps Plant Conservation Steward, Grace Rothmeyer!
botanicgardens.uw.edu/about/blog/202
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We're hiring! The UW Farm is looking for a Production Manager to lead vegetable and fruit production, or the consumable tools for learning, research, and sustainability at the three urban farm Living Laboratories.
Learn more and apply here: uwhires.admin.washington.edu/ENG/candidates
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We’re excited to host another Park in the Dark on March 10! Join our naturalists to visit the Arboretum at night, explore your senses, and learn more about night-related animal adaptations.
Learn more and register here: botanicgardens.uw.edu/education/yout
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Check out our February Plant Profile on the Baker Cypress, its fire-dependent reproduction, and taxonomic identity crisis!
botanicgardens.uw.edu/about/blog/202
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Valentine's Day is in a week! Don't wait 'til the last minute to sign up you and your significant other (or friend!) to join our Terrarium workshop on Feb. 13th from 6:30-8pm.
$70 includes materials. Financial aid slots available.
botanicgardens.uw.edu/about/events/?
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Looking to get outdoors with your toddler? We have space in many of our upcoming Family Nature Classes. Spend a morning outdoors learning about the theme of the week: rain, water, mud, squirrels, geology and more!
botanicgardens.uw.edu/education/yout
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We've got a few spots left in our Winter Collage Art Workshop on January 31st!
botanicgardens.uw.edu/about/events/?
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Valentine's Day is just one month away! Sign up with your sweetheart, pal, or yourself for a terrarium building workshop. 💗
Learn more here: botanicgardens.uw.edu/about/events/?
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Learn from experts on how to prune roses, fruit trees, conifers, maples, and more! 🌹
Sign up for our Master Pruner series. Thursdays, 1/26-3/2/2023. Two lectures each Thursday starting at 9:30am and 12:30am
Learn more and register here: botanicgardens.uw.edu/about/events/?
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Ouchie! Stinging nettle stings. But you can learn how to safely harvest these plants (and other weeds) to incorporate into your dishes. Yum!
Join us for our Front Yard Foraging class next Wednesday: botanicgardens.uw.edu/about/events/?
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Within the Brian Mulligan Sorbus Collection along Arboretum Drive, Forrest's Rowan (Sorbus forrestii) continues to glow with pink-tinged white fruit.
Check out other fabulous plants in our new Cuttings blog post: botanicgardens.uw.edu/about/blog/202
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Road Closure Update:
SR 520 will be closed in both directions this weekend between I-5 in Seattle and 92nd Avenue Northeast on the Eastside. The SR 520 Trail will remain open during this closure.
The closure will extend from 11 p.m. Friday, Jan. 6 until 5 a.m. Monday Jan. 9.
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Happy 2023! If learning how to prune your favorite plants is on your list of New Year's Resolutions, sign up for our Master Pruner series now!
Learn more and register here: botanicgardens.uw.edu/about/events/?
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Learn how to identify, gather and cook some of the most common edible weeds and wild foods from your yard, garden and other disturbed areas!
Join us on January 18, from 6:30-8pm online! Registration required: botanicgardens.uw.edu/about/events/?
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Do the cold days of winter have you dreaming of summer? It’s on our minds too…
This summer, Arboretum Summer Camp is offering sessions for 6-14 year old campers. The lottery application is open now and closes on Sunday, January 8 at 8:00 p.m.
botanicgardens.uw.edu/education/yout
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If you're already thinking about your New Year's resolutions, add one to the list - learn how to prune your favorite plants!
Sign up for the entire Master Pruner Series at a discount or individual classes on specific plants here: bit.ly/pruning-series
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Trying to find the perfect gift this holiday season? UW Botanic Gardens is now offering gift certificates for our Adult Education classes including gardening webinars, bird classes, botanical art workshops, and more!
Purchase here: apps.ideal-logic.com/uwbg?key=2WSB-
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Learn how to identify, gather and cook some of the most common edible weeds and wild foods from your yard, garden and other disturbed areas! January 18th from 6:30-8pm, $25, financial aid available.
Learn more and register here: botanicgardens.uw.edu/about/events/?
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The Miller library explains some of the colonial history behind the name of the poinsettia: bit.ly/3Fz3oNm
If you can't get enough of this beautiful plant, we're also running a painting class next week all about them! Learn more here: bit.ly/3VE3bOB
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Want to try your hand at painting? Join us for our Painting Holiday Poinsettia workshop on 12/14 from 10-11:30am!
Learn new painting techniques with acrylics and markers!
Register here: botanicgardens.uw.edu/about/events/?
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Come soak in the last bits of fall color at our Forest Bathing class next Saturday, Dec. 10 from 10:00-11:30am.
Register here: botanicgardens.uw.edu/about/events/?
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Our Rare Care program is absolutely killin' it with seed germination!
First photo is a one week old broadfruit Mariposa lily seedling (photo credit: Joshua Glant) and second photo is the fruits when the seeds were collected wild (photo credit: Stacy Kinsell).
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The weather outside rn kinda frightful y'all 😳, but don't worry, you can get in the festive mood by joining our Arboretum Winter Solstice Walk! ❄️
12/17-12/18 with 1-hr slots available from 5-8pm. Please see details and purchase tickets here: eventbrite.com/e/arboretum-wi
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Eagles, hawks, and falcons are skilled predators who hunt their prey relentlessly and remorselessly. Yet they are gentle and caring parents, loyal mates, and essential caretakers of nature. 🦅
Come hear more of their secrets! 12/7 from 7:00-8:30pm.
Learn more with link in bio!
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Give the gift of learning this holiday season!
Don't wait until the last minute to share with them the gift of knowledge by purchasing a gift certificate for our continuing education courses.
Purchase here: apps.ideal-logic.com/uwbg?key=2WSB-
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