The Arboretum Foundation and the UW Botanic Gardens Education Department will once again host their popular annual Mother’s Day event at the Arboretum, on Sunday, May 9, from 1 to 4 p.m.
Families can have a free photo taken on Azalea Way, near the Graham Visitors Center. And both kids and adults can enjoy fun, plant-themed activities including:
- a self-guided family hike with interactive cues;
- two 30-minute guided tours of Azalea Way, departing 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. from the visitors center;
- an hour-long tour of the Arboretum wetlands, departing 2 p.m. from the visitors center;
- craft activities, such as creating Mother’s Day cards using pressed flowers, as well as painting and planting flower pots.
Admission and parking are free. For more information, call 206-325-4510 or visit www.arboretumfoundation.org.
Also at the Arboretum: Ongoing plant sales are on a warm-weather schedule until Oct. 10.
- The Plant Donations Nursery, which sells plants donated to the Arboretum by area gardeners, is open for sales on Wednesdays and second Saturdays, April through October, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- The Pat Calvert Greenhouse, which sells plants propagated from the Arboretum collection, is open year-round from 10 a.m. to noon on Tuesdays and Thursdays.