SOUTH SEATTLE COLLEGE ARBORETUM: Seattle sights to see soon

Did you know South Seattle College had an arboretum? It is small and lovely and free. The college has a master gardener program. You may bump into some very informative people as you wander the pretty paths. It has an ambitious Chinese garden (The Seattle Chinese Garden) with a wonderful fish sculpture and a peony garden. From the hilltop one can look north at downtown Seattle. The arboretum is open dawn to dusk.

(Photo courtesy of The American Conifer Society)

A walking map of the arboretum.

Directions to the arboretum.

From the South Seattle College website:

The purpose of the Arboretum:

• To provide an outdoor laboratory for landscape students
• To provide an outdoor classroom for the entire college
• To provide a garden sanctuary for the community-at-large

Highlights:

• The Arboretum’s Coenosium Rock Garden contains one of the best collections of dwarf conifers in the United States
• The Coenosium Rock Garden was inducted into the Gardens for Peace program in 2010
• The Landscape Horticulture facilities, including the Arboretum, were awarded a “5-star” Environstar rating in 2010
• The Arboretum became a National Wildlife Federation Urban Wildlife Sanctuary in 2012
• The Arboretum has been “pesticide-free” since 2008
• Articles about the Arboretum have appeared in the Seattle Times, The News Tribune, Washington Park Arboretum Bulletin, Conifer Quarterly, and Crosscut.

Gorgeous pictures and a similar article to this!

Article about the Peace Garden from The West Seattle Blog.

IF YOU LIVE OUTSIDE OF SEATTLE OR CANNOT MAKE IT TO THIS ARBORETUM, VISIT A GARDEN, CONSERVATORY, OR ARBORETUM NEAR YOU. TELL US WHERE YOU WENT IN THE COMMENTS!