South Seattle College Arboretum survey wonders "Do you know about us?"
Sun, 03/26/2017
If you've never visited West Seattle's own Arboretum you have missed a genuinely fascinating place. It's part of the campus of South Seattle college and the college is conducting a survey to determine how well the Arboretum is known in the community. This will help them plan future activities and prepare for thier 40th Anniversary in 2018.
Here's the link to the survey
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GKVHNQK
About the Arboretum
The South Seattle College Arboretum was established by the College and the SSC Foundation in 1978, in part as the result of a petition by the Landscape Horticulture Program students for an arboretum to serve as their living laboratory. The 5-acre site is located at the north end of campus on a bluff over looking the downtown Seattle, Elliott Bay and the West Duwamish Greenbelt. The Seattle Chinese Garden borders the Arboretum.
The Arboretum is an important part of the SSC Landscape Horticulture Program. As part of their studies, students designed and built the Arboretum. It is used as a laboratory for courses in plant identification, arboriculture, pruning, irrigation, garden renovation, plant problem diagnostics, landscape management and landscape construction courses. The Arboretum is also used as an outdoor classroom by professional horticulturists, hobby gardeners and other college programs. Most of the plants on the Washington Certified Professional Horticulturist exam can be found in the SSC Arboretum.
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
You can learn more about supporting the Arboretum through a donation here.