X cu LTURE RE SENTS WINTER 1994 / CenterforUrban Horticulture / Washington Park Arboretum / College ofForest Resources / University ofWashington / Vol. 11. No. 1 *SJ HIGHLIGHTS THIS WINTER: ACADEMIC PROGRAMS techniques in the Northwest. Does NORTHWEST FLOWER & FORGE AHEAD your landscape utilize water-wise GARDEN SHOW & LECTURES — strategies or drought-tolerant SPECIAL SEMINAR “GROWING The Center’s undergraduate program plantings? Would you allow her to MORE WITH LESS” in Urban Forestry took a quantum leap study and review your landscape? CONTAINER DESIGN CONTEST COSTA RICA TOUR this fall as we reached ten student Then call Mignonne at the Center at majors. These students will gain a 685-8033. solid foundation in the natural sciences plus a broad range of CENTER NEWS coursework concerning the selection, VOLUNTEER NEWS management, and role of plants and of ecosystems in urban landscapes. Call PUBLIC EDUCATION CUH or write Dr. Rico Gonzalez at Sunshine, good food and enjoyable PARTNERSHIP for details. company set the mood for the 2nd For many years, CUH staff and faculty annual Volunteer-Staff Barbecue. ave worked well with our cohorts in The graduate programs in urban Seventy-five volunteers, staff, and !.e Washington State University King horticulture, leading to M.S., profes- students enjoyed this event at Gas County Cooperative Extension sional M.F.R., and Ph.D. degrees, Works Park this past September 10th. continue to flourish. About 20 students program in home horticulture. Co- sponsorship of the ProHort Newsletter are currently enrolled, concentrating in Interested in volunteering? Volunteers studies on wetlands restoration, public work on propagation, data entry, and Seminars, Master Gardener garden curation, urban conservation processing books, weeding, monitor- Lecture Series (recently renamed the Northwest Practical Gardening Guide biolo—gy, and landscape plant manage- ing classes and many other tasks. Call Series), and the Monday evening ment covering the broad range of 685-8033 and ask for a Volunteer — Washington Garden Clinic are but a urban horticulture. Call or write Dr. H. Handbook to explore all the options. B. Tukey, Jr., for details. Volunteer orientation sessions are held few examples. That collaboration is expected to reach new heights soon quarterly, last about four hours, and give new and potential volunteers an (presuming all the respective adminis- MAILING LIST CLEAN-UP trative bodies continue to approve) introduction to all the people, pro- when WSU’s George Pinyuh and Over the next few months we will be grams and possibilities at CUH/WPA. company, including their highly purging names off our newsletter Video Volunteer Needed: CUH’s successful Master Gardener program, mailing list. If you discover next & move to the Center for Urban Horti- spring or summer that you are no Continuing Public Education staff is culture. We are thrilled to host our longer receiving our newsletter, but looking for volunteers to do program videotaping. Requires person with fellow horticulturists, and look would still like to, then simply call forward to many more years of and request to be reinserted. Also, if flexible daytime schedule. Previous cooperation in public and professional you are receiving more than one experience is helpful, but training is also available. Interested? Call CUH. education. newsletter per address, please let us know so we can make the necessary corrections. RESEARCH NEEDS HELP The Center for Urban Horticulture is dedicated to teaching, research Mignonne Partington, a graduate and public service in urban horti- student at the Center, is researching culture, urban forestry and urban water-efficient gardening design and ecology. NORTHWEST FLOWER & dedication. The Arboretum not only WASHINGTON PARK GARDEN SHOW benefits from Chris’ many talents, but ARBORETUM NEWS her PNW ISA Chapter also regularly Arboretum Foundation members will donates assistance in large tree care. be involved in the 6th annual North- WINTER PROGRAMS west Flower & Garden Show on AT WPA February 9-13, at the Washington ARBORETUM FOUNDATION State Convention Center. The annual NAMES EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR The following informative walking Preview Party (a great way to see the tours are scheduled from 10 a.m. to gardens first!) will be held Wednes- Debra Holland was recently appointed Noon on the days listed. Tours depart day, February 8. Tickets (whose the new Executive Dire—ctor of the from the Graham Visitors Center. Fees proceeds benefit the renovation of Arboretum Foundation the first ever are $10 for the series of three, or $5 Azalea Way) are available by calling in its history. Debra, a Seattle native, per lecture. Call 543-8800 for 325—45 10. Dr. John Wott, Director of most recently worked with City Club. registration details. Arboreta, is coordinating the educa- She will be responsible for the — tional seminars during this show with Foundation’s office and will assist in Hollies They’re More Than Just assistance from Lisa Frolund and volunteer and funding activities. Berries, Tuesday, January 1 1, led by Dave Stockdale. Volunteer Guide Virginia Morell. IMS GRANT Birding in the Arboretum, Tuesday, PFEIFFER WINS AWARD The Arboretum was awarded a 1993— February 22, led by author and birder Christina Pfeiffer, Arboretum horti- 94 Institute of Museum Services Merilyn Hatheway (bring binoculars). culturist, was presented the Award General Operating Grant for A Winter Walk, Friday, February 25, of Merit by the Pacific Northwest $1 12,500. One of only ten arboreta to led by Volunteer Guide Micheal Chapter of the International Society receive such an award, these funds of Arboriculture. This honor was in will be used to supplement on-going Moshier. recognition of her service and expenses. TOURS REGISTRATION FORM Plans are under way to conduct a series of public Arboretum tours this Urban Horticulture Courses spring. Special tours for school, clubs COURSE FEE STUDENT NAME(S) TOTAL or other groups can be arranged with three weeks’ advance notice. If you $ are interested in becoming a guide to WPA. lead tours, contact SUNDAYS AT ONE Our popular Sundays at One Tours continue to leave from the Graham Visitors Center every week. Experi- enced Volunteer Guides lead these CHECK ENCLOSED FOR $ hour long walks through a different part of the Arboretum every week. Checks payable to University of Washington. No bank cards. Registrations filled in order Bring your walking shoes and join us! received. Limited class enrollment; classes fill rapidly, so register early. Portion of fee may cover refreshments and speaker expenses. Refunds: Requests must be in writing or in person. Requests received 7 days or less from first BOOK SALE class meeting have a $3.00 handling fee deducted. No refunds after the first class meeting. The annual Arboretum Foundation NAME Phone: Day Evening Book Sale will be Saturday, March 5. ADDRESS Don’t miss this fascinating array of Street City State ZIPCode used books. Call 325^1510 for details. Mail payment and registration to: To request disability accommodation Urban Horticulture Courses, GF-15 contact the Office ofthe ADA University of Washington Coordinator, at least ten days in Seattle, Washington 98195 advance of an event: 543-6450 (voice) 543-6452 (TDD); 685-3885 (FAX) [email protected] (E-mail) 7 7 •public lecture series NORTHWEST PLANT ENTHUSIAST UW BROWN BAGS PRACTICAL Regional experts present in-depth General interest horticulture and GARDENING lectures on specific plant topics. forestry talksfor University GUIDE & faculty, staff, students. Practical gardening ideas for beginning and intermediate level NATURALIZING BULBS home gardeners. Planned and SPRING FORWARD Wednesday, February 23 presented in cooperation with CUH WSU Master Gardeners. 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., February 2 $2, payable at the door 12:10 to 12:50 p.m., Free HUB 304F There are many interesting and unique WSU FRUIT TREE SUCCESS bulbs that can be naturalized in the Master Gardener Inger Huston WSU Puget Sound region. King shares tips for planning, preparing, Thursday, January 20 County Master Gardener Program and managing your vegetable garden. 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., CUH Assistant and bulb enthusiast Mary Save money by learning to start your $2, payable at the door Robson discusses possible selections, own transplants at home. Discover and reviews steps for creating and which recommended varieties will Fruit growing success begins with maintaining naturalized bulb best ensure your gardening success. A WSU proper plant selection. Master plantings. Gardener discusses varieties for this area, plus how to plant, prune, manage PLANT SELECTION PRIMER nd harvest for maximum yield. RHODODENDRON "ROOTS" March 2 Wednesday, March 16 12:10 to 12:50 p.m., Free CUH ABC'S OF RHODODENDRON 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., Anderson Hall, Room 22 AND AZALEA CARE $2, payable at the door Working to create an attractive low Thursday, February Many exciting new rhododendron maintenance use landscape? Knowing 1 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., CUH cultivars are introduced every year as more about your site will make $2, payable at the door a result of breeding programs utilizing choosing the right plants easier. CUH many of the species rhododendrons Graduate Student Diane Ryba reviews Almost everyone has rhododendrons found around the world. These species site factors such as slope, light, water, and azaleas in their landscapes. Their impart wonderful variations of size, soil type, and use that impact plant beauty is obvious, but their care may shape, and color. Scott Vergara, the selection and placement. Ideas for not be. Learn when and how to prune, new Director of the Rhododendron different site situations will be shared. WSU fertilize, water, and more from Species Botanical Garden in Federal Master Gardener and Seattle U. Way, traces the origins of many of Grounds Supervisor Ciscoe Morris. today’s more popular cultivars in this EGGCITING COLORS unique historical and botanical lecture. March 16 EASY SUMMER COLOR 12:10 to 12:50 p.m.. Free Anderson Hall, Room 22 Thursday, March 1 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., CUH TELEPHONES Natural plant dyes provide a warm $2, payable at the door CUH: 685-8033 (office), 9 a.m. paletteCoUfHearthy colors for decorating eggs. Education Coordinator Summer color is easy! WSU Master to 5 p.m., weekdays; 685-2692 Dave Stockdale demonstrates how to (Fax) Gardener Joyce Kelly, of the Seattle prepare and use these dyes. Put your Garden Center, explains how to WPA: 543-8800, 10 a.m. to 4 garden to work concocting colorful 1i1ncorporate summer annuals into your p.m., weekdays; Noon to 4 p.m., creations that Peter Cottontail will be landscape for maximum effect at proud to deliver. weekends minimum cost. Learn how to start your annuals from seed at home, or how to select the best transplants from your favorite nursery. URBAN HORTICULTURE COURSES Parking at CUH is in a University parking lot. Individuals are PRUNING FRUIT TREES responsiblefor their own $1.50 parkingfees unless otherwise noted. Purchase tickets (quarters only) in the red ticket Date & Time: Saturday, February 19, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. CUH spitters at either end ofthe parking lot. Instructor: Bob Baines, Senior Gardener, Seattle Northeast Parks Resource District Fee: $23 PRUNING SMALL DECIDUOUS TREES Healthy, productive fruit trees require sensitive management. Pruning fruit trees is often a misunderstood, poorly executed & — home garden chore. Learn why, when and how to prune your Dates Times: Two-part course Thursday, January 13, 7 to home orchard in this lecture and demonstration course. 8:30 p.m., and Saturday. January 15, 9 to 1:30 a.m. 1 Instructor: Lou Stubecki, Arborist, Washington Park Arboretum Fee: $23 PRUNING ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS Proper pruning and training can keep your small landscape trees healthier, safer, and more attractive. Learn how, when — (and when not) to prune your deciduous landscape trees in this Dates & Times: Two-part course Wednesday, March 9, 7 to combination lecture and hands-on course. 9 p.m., and Saturday, March 12, 9 to 1 1:30 a.m. Instructor: Bess Bronstein, Horticulturist Fee: $23 PRUNING AND PRODUCING Why, when, and how should you prune your evergreen and GRAPES deciduous landscape shrubs? Find out while gaining hands-on & experience in this comprehensive course. Principles of hedge Date Time: Saturday, February 5, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. design and development will also be shared. Instructor: Gerard Bentryn, Owner/Winemaker. Bainbridge Island Vineyards and Winery Fee: $32, includes transportation to Bainbridge Island DESIGNING A PERENNIAL BORDER Grapes can provide both beauty and a bountiful harvest in the landscape. Learn when and how to correctly prune your vines to ensure longevity, vigor, and abundant crops. Grape produc- Date & Time: Saturday, March 26, 9 a.m. to Noon tion information, and a tour of Bainbridge Island Vineyard and Instructor: Bodil Leamy, University of British Columbia Winery (including wine and cheese tasting) also included. Botanical Garden Fee: $20 DESIGNING A ROCK GARDEN Bodil Leamy has created the wonderful perennial plantings at UBC’s Botanical Garden. She will share her knowledge of — Dates & Times: Three-part course Tuesday, February 15, planning and planting a perennial border, with emphasis on Thursday, February 17, and Tuesday, February 22, 7 to 9:30 plant selections for color from June till frost. p.m. each night Instructor: Micheal Moshier, Landscape Designer DESIGNING YOUR HOME Fee: $32 LANDSCAPE An attractively designed, properly constructed and well maintained rock garden can be a wonderful addition to many & Dates Times: Four-part course; Tuesdays, March 1, 8, 15, landscapes. Study the fundamentals of small rock garden 22, from 7 to 9:30 p.m. each night. design, including plant selection and placement, construction Instructor: Keith Geller, Landscape Architect material selection, and basic construction techniques. Work to Fee: $57 create your own small, basic design under the guidance of an experienced professional. Learn the basics of landscape design, including site assess- ment. design principles, design mechanics, plant selection % principles and more. Course includes lectures, discussions, and work assignments. Course is for beginners interested in designing a simple, attractive, and functional home landscape •FOURS & SPECIAL EVENTS PLANTS AND ECOSYSTEMS OF COSTA RICA Tuesday, February 15 to Saturday, February 26 Enrollment Deadline is January 14; Tour Is Limited To 18 Persons Join us for this exciting botanical tour of Costa Rica! Visit unique ecosystems, national parks, historic sites, and explore this beautiful Central American nation. CUHers Dave Stockdale and Sarah Reichard lead this fascinating twelve day journey. We will experience tropical wet forests, tropical dry forests, cloud forests, coastal We forests, and the paramo. will visit botanical gardens, plantations, research centers, an active volcano, and enjoy a mid-trip break on a beautiful beach! Sites to be visited include Poas Volcano National Park, Lankester Garden, the Center for Tropical Agriculture Research, Wilson Botanic Garden. Carara Biological Re- serve, Manuel Antonio National Park, Santa Rosa National Park, and Monteverde We Reserve. will h—ave a guided tour of San Jose, tour the. colonial town of Cartago, and shop in Sarchi the nation’s craft center. For the specific itinerary, costs, and other information, contact Dave Stockdale or Jean Robins at the Center at (206) 685-8033. UW The Washington Green Industry Council and Center for Urban Horticulture present: GROWING MORE WITH LESS Saturday, March 5, 9 a.m. to p.m., CUH 1 $10; pre-registration required Free Bag of Cedar Grove Compost for the First 50 Registrants CREATIVE COLOR Beautiful, functional, efficiently maintained. Your home III. landscape can be all of these. And it—can be all of these using Who says a low water use landscape has to be dull and less of an important natural resource water. Knowing rainfall uninteresting? Certainly not Landscape Designer Sue Moss. is minimal in summer and recognizing that water conservation She will share ideas for incorporating perennial color in your is important will help us plan and manage our landscapes water-efficient landscape. Design principles, plant selection better. Come find out how to grow more with less! ideas, irrigation and maintenance needs will be provided. GETTING STARTED: A FIRM FOUNDATION IV. (LOW) WATERMELONS I. Growing more with less requires an understanding of plant, Food gardens continue to be popular; one bite of a supermar- WSU soil, and water relations in the landscape. George—Pinyuh, ket tomato will tell you why. Holly Kennel. Cooperative WSU Cooperative Extension Horticulture Agent King/ Extension Food Gardening Agent, shares ideas for making Pierce Counties, will discuss low water use landscape plan- your vegetable garden more water efficient. Planning, prepara- ning and maintenance principles. He will also discuss appro- tion, plant selections, and watering and maintenance strategies priate tree and shrub selections and irrigation practices and will be presented. principles. V. QUESTIONS & ANSWERS, EXHIBITS, TOURS WINNING THE TURF WAR Formal presentations will end by noon. However, bring your II. •rwen Stahnke, WSU Cooperative Extension Turfgrass own sack lunch, and enjoy a variety of educational exhibits pecialist, will share secrets for winning the low water use turf and tours. Our presenters and exhibitors will be available for war. W—hich grasses should you use? When and how do you additional questions until 1 p.m. water or not waterTHow do you efficiently maintain your lawn? These “secrets” and more will be revealed! CONTAINER LIBRARY NEWS NORTHWEST DESIGN CONTEST HORTICULTURAL NEWS SOCIETY CUH has several sets of plant The library was featured in the containers in front of our building. October, 1993, issue of Sunset We would like to invite YOU to Magazine on page 64h, complete with design them! The Center is illustrations and mention of our new Call the NHS office at 527-1794 for CONTAINER sponsoring a booklist on Children andNature. information on the following events: DESIGN CONTEST. The three winners will receive a certificate A generous gift from Constance “Behind the Scenes at the Northwest gCoUoHd for free registration at a McCord has made possible the Flower & Garden Show”, lecture by class or event, and their addition of several new floras to our Duane Kelly, January 18, 7:30 p.m., names posted on their designs outside CUH. collection, including the first two NHS Hall, CUH. volumes of the exciting new work ContestRules: 1) The contest is from the Missouri Botanical Garden, All day “Design Workshop” with open to AMATEUR gardeners/ The Flora ofNorth America. Other acclaimed designers Wayne designers only. 2) Entries must be gifts were received from David and Winterowd and Joe Eck of North Hill received before February 1994. Carol Johnson, and from friends in Associates, Vermont. Mid-March date 1, 3) There are three sets ofcontain- memory of Jerry Sedenko. to be determined; call for details. ers (described below); a design is for the set ofcontainers, not an The Washington Garden Clinic, co- WSU individual container. You may sponsored by King County submit an entry for any or all of Master Gardeners, continues in the CFR CONTINUING AND these sets, but only one entry per library lobby every Monday evening PUBLIC EDUCATION STAFF: set. Please identify the container from 4 to 7:45 p.m. until the winter Dave Stockdale, CUH/CFR set by number when submitting holiday season (call for the holiday Public & Professional Education your design. 4) All designs must schedule). Coordinator interpret our 1994 theme, “Water CUH Jean Robins, Program Wise Containers”, by emphasizing Miller Library Hours: Mondays, 9 Coordinator low water use plants or design a.m. to 8 p.m.; Tuesdays through CUH Rebecca Johnson, Program concepts. Containers will be Fridays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed planted in May and must provide holidays. Call 685-8033for current CBoeovredrilnyaGtoornyea, CFR Continuing interest through September. 5) hours. Any type ofreasonably available Education Manager plant materials may be used; no hard to find plants, please! Containers will be planted and CUH maintained by staff. STAFF NEWS: The Washington Park Arboretum As you are aware, the Center for Conta—iner Set Descriptions: is a living museum of woody Urban Horticulture and Washington Set 1 three concrete aggregrate plants for education, conservation, Park Arboretum are managed as an planters, each 21"—wide, 39" long, research, and display. academic unit within the UW College and 12" tall; Set 2 two dark of Forest Resources. Over the past brown, round 24" tall cont—ainers CUH/WPA year, education staff have with 24" diameters; Set 3 two been working to consolidate their cream-colored, 17” tall round efforts and expertise better with containers, with 17" diameters. College programs as a whole. The results of this timely and beneficial merger are reflected in the “Staff’ box directly proceeding these comments. We are now the College of Forest & Resources Continuing Public Education Staff. This title accurately reflects the scope of outreach pro- grams conducted in the College, and the cooperative efforts between all College education staff. 5 CALENDAR OF EVENTS January 1994 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday i ^p.m.WPA 7:30p.m.CUH 3 4 5 6 7 8 MundaysatOneTour IrisSociety ? . S1upn.dma.ysWPatAOneTour j-u9 O7rpc.hmi.dCSUocHiety X10 W10PaA.mT.ouWr:PAHollies 11 12 7Prpu.nmi.n*gSmallTrees 13 14 9Prau.nmi.n*gSmallTrees 15 Co 6p.m.CUH 7:40p.m.CUH AmericanSocietyof RockCardenSociety LandscapeArchitects 7:30p.m.CUH PugetSound MycologicalSociety 1p.m.WPA 16 17 7:30p.m.CUH* 18 19 7:30p.m.,CUH* 20 21 22 S2upn.dma.ysCUatHOneTour CO ? 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PugetSound <75 BonsaiAssociation Mycological Society CUH = Center for Urban Horticulture = Master Gardener Clinic, ? = Washington Garden Clinic, WPA = Washington Park Arboretum Noon-4 p.m., WPA 4-8 p.m., CUH V 1 University of Washington, GF-15 College of Forest Resources NONPROFIT ORG. Center for Urban horticulture U.S. POSTAGE WA PAID Seattle, 98195 Seattle, Wash. PERMIT NO. 62 WINTER 1994 -— V