Weekend Family Fun!
Get outside and explore the Botanic Gardens by day or by night with these new family-friendly hikes. Park in the Dark Night time is special at the Arboretum – the people and cars are gone, and the...
View ArticleMeet Our Summer Education Staff
Once again our Summer Camps have grown. Now spanning 10-weeks, we will host hundreds of budding scientists and naturalists at the Washington Park Arboretum and the Center for Urban Horticulture. Our...
View ArticleFall Family Fun!
Visit the UW Botanic Gardens this fall for to see some colorful leaves, and participate in some fun activities for families with kids 2-12 years old! For families with preschoolers 2-5 we have Family...
View Article2015 Fall Kayak Tours
Join us for this end of summer tradition at the Washington Park Arboretum as we tour our wetlands by kayaks generously loaned to us by Agua Verde Paddle Club. All proceeds go towards our Saplings...
View ArticleFiddleheads Forest School Fall Fair
Fiddleheads Forest School is hosting a Fall Fair at the Graham Visitor Center from 1-3pm on Nov. 14th! Currently enrolled families and those interested in being a part of our Fiddleheads community are...
View Article2016 Family Nature Classes Open for Registration
Join us for a Family Nature Class and make connections with the natural world that will last a lifetime! Through science-based exploration and outdoor play preschoolers and their caregivers will...
View ArticleSpring Family Nature Classes
We are happy to announce that our Spring Classes are open for registration! Join us for a Family Nature Class and make connections with the natural world that will last a lifetime! Through...
View Article2016 Bioblitz
Jenni Cena and Liam Stacey, guest entomologists, examine a catch at our 2013 Bioblitz Coming up on May 6 and 7, the UW Botanic Gardens invites you to join our 2016 BioBlitz at the Washington Park...
View ArticleAnother Successful BioBlitz!
By Alicia Blood, Youth and Family Programs Supervisor It’s hard to believe it has been 3 weeks since UW Botanic Gardens staff, taxa experts and community volunteers joined forces in our 2016 BioBlitz....
View ArticleMeet our Summer Camp Staff!
Stephanie Aragon, Preschool Garden Guide Stephanie is an Environmental Educator, born and raised in the Pacific Northwest. Her background is in Anthropology and Environmental Studies, looking at how...
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