ANNUAL REPORT

2016–2017

MISSION STATEMENTThe Arboretum Foundation promotes, protects, and enhances the Washington Park Arboretum for current and future generations by strengthening and building a diverse and engaged community of donors, volunteers, and advocates.

VISION STATEMENTThe Arboretum is a highly treasured, widely used community asset and a horticultural, environmental, recreational, and cultural resource for the region.

ABOUT THE FOUNDATIONFounded in 1935, the non-profit Arboretum Foundation raises funds and manages membership and volunteer programs to promote, protect, and enhance the Washington Park Arboretum. The Foundation provides essential support for Arboretum operations and activities, including arboriculture, maintenance, education, and collection restoration. It is also conducting a major gifts campaign to support implementation of a 20-year master plan to comprehensively renew the Arboretum.

VISIT US ONLINEwww.arboretumfoundation.org

Sherrey LuetjenPresident

Diane AdachiVice President

Jason Morse Vice President

Jim ReidVice President

Paul ‘Skip’ VonckxVice President

Carolyn KitchellSecretary

Craig TruebloodTreasurer

Steve AlleyCarol HoersterTerry Holme

Noriko PalmerChris Pendl

Jeanne PetersonAnn Phelps

Trina WherryRoger Williams

Jenny Wyatt

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERSJesús Aguirre

Superintendent, Seattle Parks and RecreationFred Hoyt

Interim Director, UW Botanic GardensPaige Miller

Executive Director, Arboretum Foundation

STAFFPaige Miller

Executive DirectorNiall Dunne

Communications ManagerTess Forté

Events ManagerJessa Gardner

Japanese Garden Support ManagerAlyssa Henry

Volunteer Resources ManagerRandall Hitchin

Special Projects ManagerChie Iida

Events Coordinator/Japanese GardenNick Magruder

Operations CoordinatorGary Wortzel

Director of Finance

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Sherrey Luetjen

President, Board of Directors

MAkINg PROgRESS AND PAyINg HOMAgE

If you’ve recently been to the Arboretum, you surely know that a lot is going on! All of the construction we have endured is finally bringing results. You can read more about progress on the new Arboretum Loop Trail on page 11. The trail will provide improved access to many different places in the Arboretum, and it is exciting to see the first section open and attracting so much use. Soon, work will begin on the new Centennial Garden—extending the season of interest along Azalea Way.

It has been a productive year at the Arboretum Foundation. To celebrate our role as the major support organization for the Seattle Japanese Garden, our Opening Night Party at the 2017 NW Flower and Garden Show featured a Japanese theme, and our stunning Show garden depicted a “Hanami” picnic celebration in a rustic Japanese garden.

Back at the Arb, we were thrilled to see the completion of the shelter for the Fiddleheads Forest pre-school and the successful beginning of our fundraising campaign for the predesign studies for a new Environmental Education Center here. And, people so loved ArbFest—our inaugural summer party—last July that we will be doing it again on July 20, 2017.

We paid tribute to Director Emeritus John Wott by dedicating a path in the New Zealand Forest in his name. On a sorrowful note, however, we lost a dear colleague, UW Botanic Gardens director Sarah Reichard, in the summer of 2016 (see page 10). When we fulfill her dream of a new Education Center in the Arboretum, it will become part of her rich legacy here.

Finally, we thank our dedicated board, volunteers, and staff who work together to produce our annual cycle of plant sales, work parties, and events, as well as our donors who provide the crucial financial support that makes all that we do possible. We feel fortunate to be part of this amazing community that sustains this Arboretum, Seattle’s most beloved public garden.

Paige Miller

Executive Director 3

17,150 1,405 18,555

158,899

(140,344)

$ (49,060)

39,880135,000 174,880

127,497

47,383

$ (29,219)

$ 504,168

259,63181,65958,118

903,576

$ 116,27413,655

1,567,094690,254

1,364,4953,621,843

$ 3,751,772

Assets Cash in BankInvestment Account Funds:

GeneralEndowment

Promises to Give from DonorsOther Current AssetsProperty, net of depreciationTotal Assets

Balance Sheet

$ 231,164

1,384,7851,884,977

207,43342,747

666$ 3,751,772

$ 294,277

1,452,6481,930,198

38,33332,083

1,706$ 3,749,245

FY 2016 FY 2015

Liabilities and Net AssetsAccounts Payable & Accrued LiabilitiesLong Term LiabilitiesNet Assets

Unrestricted/Board RestrictedTemporarily RestrictedPermanently Restricted

Total Net Assets

Total Liabilities and Net Assets

$ 84,52813,655

1,691,075635,372

1,324,615 3,651,062

$ 3,749,245

FINANCIAL STATEMENT

Revenue Support & Memberships - Unrestricted

Membership & DonorsEvents & Gift Shop, net of costsPrivate GrantsOther Revenues & In-Kind donations

Total

Revenue & Expenses

$ 475,799

287,112114,000105,677

982,588

FY 2016 FY 2015

Operating Expenses:Program servicesGrants to UWBGFundraisingManagement & General

Total Operating ExpensesNet Gain (Loss) on InvestmentsChange in Net Assets - Operating Activities

404,312298,357158,752148,211

1,006,632(52,558) (76,602)

373,771286,135155,986124,004939,896127,604 91,284

Permanently & Temporarily Restricted Endowment Donations RevenueCapital Projects Revenue

Special Grants to Others Project and Fundraising Expenses Change in Net Assets - Non-Operating

Total Change in Net AssetsAcer palmatum ‘Yasemin’

SNAP SHOTS 2016–17

Guest enjoying a cocktail during the ArbFest summer party.

Volunteers weeding the Arboretum during Earth Day 2017.

Happy shoppers at our FallAbundance Plant Sale.

Guests at the Opening Night Party dinner and auction.

The UW Cross Country Team caring for Pacific Connections.

Residents of Alpha Supported Living Services visiting in fall. 5

Donors and members continued their strong support for the Arboretum in 2016–17 by attending our events, responding to our appeals, renewing their membership commitments, and more. Your generosity sustains this special place, and we can’t thank you enough!

More than 150 guests attended our inaugural ArbFest Summer Party on July 14, 2016. It was a splendid affair. St. Clouds served up delectable dishes, Batch 206 Distillery mixed sublime cocktails, and Pearl Django wowed the crowd with its seductive gypsy jazz. Guests also enjoyed a geocaching adventure, games of petanque, and more. A huge thanks to our event partners, event committee (led by Zanny Milo), and supporters for making this a special evening to remember.

In September 2016, the FallAbundance plant sale was our most successful yet, raising more than $6,500 for the Arboretum. Most of that total came from plant purchases, but more than $650 consisted of additional donations made at the register! Hundreds of shoppers came to our Gifts & Greens Galore in early December. It was also our best holiday sale ever, despite a major meltdown of our shop computer.

More than 350 guests joined us at the Washington State Convention Center in February 2017 for the Opening Night Party & Auction, our premier annual fundraiser kick-starting the Northwest Flower & Garden Show. Inspired by Hanami, the lively Japanese custom of picnicking under spring cherry blossoms, the party was chaired this year by Della Balick and Jim Reid.

A SERIES OF WONDERFUL EVENTS!

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Inspirational Moment: Dan Hinkley honoring Elizabeth Moses during the 2017

Opening Night Party.

Inaugural Arbfest: Guests enjoying our first summer party in July 2016.

Our longest-serving volunteer Elizabeth Moses and her husband Alan served as our honorary event chairs, and Dan Hinkley gave an inspiring speech that helped us raise more than $90,000 for the Arboretum during the “make a difference” portion of the party alone.

Our Early Bloomers spring plant sale on April 8, 2017 was another big success. More than 200 shoppers came and helped us raised over $7,200 for the Arboretum. Nearly $600 of that amount came from generous donations at the cash register.

The Arboretum received a total of $32,058 during the Seattle Foundation’s annual GiveBIG event on May 10. This included a $2500 “Dollars for Change” award from the GiveBIG sponsors, handed out raffle-style to some participating non-profits. It also included a $2,500 matching fund from an anonymous donor and a designated gift of $2,000 from Foundation Unit 1/75. About 190 individuals donated to the Arboretum altogether during GiveBIG.

HONORINg DR. WOTTMore than 200 close friends of Arboretum Director Emeritus John Wott gathered in the Arboretum on October 2, 2016, to celebrate his tireless leadership, inspired teaching, and passionate advocacy for the Arboretum—and to dedicate a trail in the New Zealand Forest in his honor. It was a splendid sunny day, featuring bagpipe music, a ribbon cutting ceremony, and a procession up the trail, followed by speeches, champagne, and cake at the Pacific Connections shelter. Speakers included Seattle Parks and Recreation’s Michael Shiosaki and UW School of Environmental and Forest Science’s Tom Hinckley. In her speech, Foundation Executive Director Paige Miller quoted one of John’s former students, Jamie Gibbs, “How appropriate that the Arboretum is naming a path for John, considering the professional, moral, and spiritual path he has guided his followers down for years.”

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gREAT STRIDES AT THE JAPANESE gARDENAs the first year of the renewed partnership between the Arboretum Foundation and Seattle Parks and Recreation comes to a close, there is much to reflect on at the Seattle Japanese Garden. We have made great strides over this year to find new ways to support the garden. Below are a few of our proudest accomplishments.

In July 2016, we created a much-needed new volunteer initiative: the Niwashi Training Program. A niwashi is a Japanese gardener who has studied gardening for 200 years. Impossible, right? But with the combined skills of our wonderful volunteers (about 50 altogether), we have the collective knowledge of a true niwashi.

Nicknamed “niwa,” this group of volunteers is dedicated to garden maintenance. Three days a week, they weed moss, rake the garden paths, deadhead flowers, and do whatever else needs to be done to keep the garden beautiful. Between July and the close of the garden in November of last year, they donated almost 1,000 hours of work! Many visitors say that the garden looks better than ever.

If you’ve looked at the Japanese Garden website (www.seattlejapanesegarden.org) recently, you’ll have noticed two things: first, a beautiful new layout, including a mobile-friendly interface; and second, a new events calendar. In an effort to make the garden more accessible and family-friendly, we’ve also reworked the schedule of events for 2017.

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Stewards in the Making: Niwashi volunteers during a training session in the garden.

HANAMI gARDEN AWARDED gOLD!The Arboretum’s display garden at the 2017 Northwest Flower & Garden Show celebrated the recent reunion of the Seattle Japanese Garden with its original support partner, the Arboretum Foundation. Entitled Hanami—Savoring Spring, the display depicted a traditional, 1920s Japanese farmhouse and garden during the annual spring viewing of the cherry blossoms. Hanami was awarded a Gold Medal by the Show judges and also won the Garden Design Magazine Award for showcasing “innovative design, horticultural acuity, and inventive productivity.” Thanks to our designers Bob Lilly, Phil Wood, and Roger Williams, our partners at the City and University of Washington, and to all the hardworking volunteers who made the garden possible.

Party Performers: Butoh dancers from Kaoru Okumura and Company

during the Garden Party.

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And we’ve added new events! On the first Thursday of each month, visitors can now enjoy free entry into the garden from 3 p.m. until close. In partnership with a Seattle Parks and Recreation initiative, we are offering various arts demonstrations and activities during this free entry period to bring the joy of the Japanese Garden to everyone in the city. We’ve also debuted a monthly Family Day program on the first Saturday of each month, featuring kid-friendly activities such as puppet shows, origami folding, and koi feeding, as well as lots of fun for the whole family.

There has been an incredible amount of progress in the garden, thanks to help from volunteers old and new. We are so excited about the possibilities ahead of us this year, and we invite you to come be a part of it all as a visitor, volunteer, donor, or advocate.

In the fall of 2016, the Foundation and UW Botanic Gardens kicked off a quiet campaign to raise the funds needed to complete a pre-design study for the construction of a new environmental education center at the Arboretum. The center fits within the framework of the 2001 Arboretum Master Plan and is the dream of late UWBG director Sarah Reichard.

The Arboretum’s education programs serve about 9,800 kids a year. The Master Plan set the goal of doubling that number, and demand for our educational programming is high; however, the old horticulture buildings that support the programs are cramped, poorly heated, and ill-fitted to their current use.

With a new education-focused space, we could welcome many more students from diverse communities across the region. The cost of the pre-design is $375,000, and it will cover preliminary design, building cost estimates, parking needs, and more. By June 2017, our campaign has raised more than $250,000. We’re moving forward together to make Sarah’s dream a reality.

Improvements Needed: The Big Greenhouse “classroom,” proposed site for the new center.

EDUCATION CENTER CAMPAIgN

We were deeply saddened by the passing of our colleague Sarah Reichard in August 2016. The UW Botanic Gardens director died unexpectedly while leading a plant tour in South Africa. She was only 58 years old. Her leadership in the Arboretum was eventful. She started the BioBlitz—citizen science at its best. She expanded the children’s education programs to include the summer camps and the Fiddleheads Forest Preschool. She was restless to get things done: the New Zealand Forest, the camellia renovation, the new Loop Trail. It was Sarah’s dream to have a great place in the Arboretum for kids and adults to learn about nature. We partnered with her to get that dream up and running, and we hope it can become one of her lasting legacies.

SARAH’S PASSINg AND LEgACy

Construction of the new Arboretum Loop Trail has been proceeding swiftly since it kicked off in March 2016. By December of 2016, the construction crew had reached the half-way mark in the project, despite having to contend with wet fall weather.

In late March, 2017, the first section of the new trail opened, connecting Arboretum visitors from 31st Avenue East and East Madison to the south end of Arboretum Drive. With the return of dry weather in the spring, the crew was able to focus on completing the creek and wetland restoration component of the project.

The final phase of the project will be the construction of the trail section adjacent to Foster Island Road. This will take place in the summer and fall of 2017 and will likely cause some lane closures on the road. The City, University, and Foundation know that construction can be difficult, and we appreciate your patience as we complete these improvements to the Arboretum. The trail is expected to be finished in late fall, 2017. A big public opening ceremony is being planned for spring 2018.

Opening the Loop: The first section of the Loop Trail opened in March 2017, connecting

Madison Park to the Arboretum.

LOOP TRAIL NEARINg COMPLETION

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This year (2017) marks the 100th anniversary of the Seattle Garden Club. To celebrate, the Arboretum is creating a new summer-themed garden on the north side of Azalea Way pond, using a grant from the Garden Club and matching funds from the Arboretum Foundation. Jason Morse of AHBL and Iain Robertson of the University of Washington collaborated on the design. The centerpiece will be a long, curving, stone bench offering views across the pond to the historic gazebo perched on the hill above. Summer-blooming shrubs—including big drifts of hydrangea—will be the horticultural stars of the show. A commemorative plaque will honor the contributions made by the Seattle Garden Club to the Arboretum—including the funds for the original Olmsted design. The garden is scheduled to open this September.

CENTENNIAL SUMMER gARDEN

This place would not be the same without our hardworking volunteers. Arboretum Shop volunteers welcome visitors to the park with a warm smile; volunteers in the Pat Calvert Greenhouse and Plant Donations Nursery use their green thumbs to provide fairly priced, high-quality plants to home gardeners; and the Garden Stewards work

every week to help make each collection bed look its best. Through their work, our volunteers show each person coming through here that the Arboretum is a place worth caring for. Over the past year, we kept up our strong volunteer base: 950 volunteers donated more than 14,000 hours to support the Arboretum.

Volunteers played a key role in our event fundraisers in 2016–17. In addition to providing support to our annual Opening Night Party in February 2017, the volunteers were excited to be a part of our new ArbFest summer party in July 2016. They greeted guests, made cocktails, passed out food, and helped contribute to the evening’s festive atmosphere.

VOLUNTEERS MAkE THE ARBORETUM SHINE THE ARBORETUM’S WONDER WEEDERS!The Garden Stewards continued to have a huge impact by tackling the prolific stinky bob, bindweed, creeping buttercup, horsetail and other weeds in planting beds at Pacific Connections and along Azalea Way. A total of 27 stewards donated more than 875 hours of work. We welcomed Jillian Weed on board as our new Stewards Coordinator; we also welcomed UW Botanic Gardens gardener Darrin Hedberg into the fold as he took over working with our volunteers in the New Zealand Garden. The stewards were delighted to expand their work this year into the Woodland Garden, under the supervision of UWBG’s Roy Farrow.

Brew Crew: Volunteers from Starbucks Store Development team weeded ivy in the Arboretum.

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In this last year, the Arboretum has seen a large spike in corporate and community groups giving back to our park. Volunteers from Google returned for the fourth year in a row to weed in the Chilean Entry Garden! Starbucks staff came out in force during Earth Month, April 2017: Three different departments from Starbucks headquarters joined us for weeding work parties in the Arboretum. Starbucks also donated 10 gallons of coffee to keep the 340 volunteers who worked in the Arboretum on Earth Day (April 22, 2017) fully caffeinated! We were also fortunate to catch the eye of Clif Bar, which donated more than 1,000 snack bars in Septmeber to fuel our volunteers.

The Arboretum Foundation Units have been plugging away to support our park. Unit 69 held a summer garage sale in Edmonds, and Unit 16 held a holiday brunch and auction in Medina to raise funds for the Arboretum. Unit 26 also held a spring auction fundraiser on Bainbridge Island to raise money to support public programming in the Seattle Japanese Garden. In addition, the Units have also been helping us behind the scenes! Units 5 and 79 helped us prepare for Gifts & Greens Galore last December, and Units 69 and 80 did crafts for our Opening Night Party this year.

At our annual meeting in June of 2016, we honored Jim Reid with our Volunteer Legacy Award for his longstanding and passionate commitment to the Arboretum Foundation. In August 2016, in partnership with UW Botanic Gardens, we had the immense pleasure of celebrating our volunteers at the Center for Urban Horticulture, where we enjoyed Yesler Swamp-themed cocktails and plenty of chatting. On this night, we honored both Pat Drummond and Bill Wilson as our Volunteers of the Year for their vast support in the Arboretum Shop: Both work multiple days a month as cashiers and conduct research looking at how we can improve the shop.

Award Winner: One of our volunteers of the year, Pat

Drummond (right), helping out at FallAbundance.

Holiday Sale Help: Members of Unit 79/Mercer Island making bird

seed balls for Gifts & Greens.

STAFF UPDATEIn the past year, we’ve bid farewell to some valuable Foundation employees and welcomed three new staff members onboard. In June 2016, we hired Nick Magruder as our new Operations Coordinator. Nick manages our busy office and provides administrative support to our executive director. Before joining our team, he served as a campaign director for Environment Washington.

Also in June, we hired Jillian Weed as our new Garden Stewards Assistant. A former gardener and plant ecologist for Seattle Parks and Recreation, Jillian was perfectly suited to the job of managing and recruiting volunteer stewards to help care for the Arboretum. Sadly, we had to say farewell to her in June 2017, when she left to take up the horticulture manager position at the Pacific Science Center.

In February 2017, our much-loved Japanese Garden Support Manager Rumi Tsuchihashi resigned her position. We promoted her assistant Jessa Gardner to the management role, and she’s doing a wonderful job organizing events and educational programs at the Seattle Japanese Garden. In May 2017, we brought on Chie Iida as our new part-time Japanese Garden Events Coordinator to assist Jessa. Chie moved from Japan to the U.S. as an exchange student and fell in love with the Northwest. She has degrees in art and horticulture.

In late April 2017, we bid farewell to our Development Director Chris Stollery, who left to work as a freelance consultant. In the year and a half that she was with us, Chris did a great job on the Education Center campaign and guiding our fundraising efforts. In June 2017, we said goodbye our Development Associate, Nat Bennett. Nat’s been an essential member of our team since summer 2014. He’s moving on to complete his Master’s Degree in Public Administration with an internship at the King County Office for Performance, Strategy, and Budget.

DONORS MAy 1, 2016 through APRIL 30, 2017

We deeply appreciate the generosity of the following donors whose gifts ensure that the Arboretum Foundation will continue to promote, enhance and protect the Washington Park Arbo-retum for current and future generations.

$10,000+Anonymous (3)Allan & Barbara FerrinHarriet E. GowenDonald G. Graham, Jr.Ralph LeightonPendleton & Elisabeth Carey

Miller Charitable Foundation

Seattle Garden ClubAnn & Daniel StreissguthDick & Hope StrobleThe Seattle FoundationIris & Ted WagnerJohn A. Wott, Director

EmeritusWWW Foundation

$5,000+Tobias BarrBlackrock Matching Gift

ProgramKatharyn GerlichJohn & Darcy HalloranJoseph Hellerstein & Marilyn

Goldman

Melinda JohnsonSherrey & Douglas LuetjenMicrosoft CorporationEgon & Laina MolbakPaccar FoundationJulie RendleJan RotkisSaltchuk Resources, Inc.Kim SatherEdward Siegel & Ann Marie

PattersonAnn & Daniel StreissguthDenise & Mark TabbuttTulalip Tribes Charitable FundSkip Vonckx & Zanny MiloElaine & Claude WerffeliAnn P. WyckoffKlaus & Marcia Zech

$2,500 +AnonymousAF Unit 16AF Unit 22AF Unit 26AF Unit 86Joan Affleck-Smith &

Nepier V. SmithSteve Alley & Amy ScottJessica & Ethan AtlaksonBarbara BonjourLuisa GallardoVeronica A. GallardoAnne GittingerK & L GatesHeather MalcolmAllison Malcolm CarrollJason MorseSusan & Furman MoseleyNBBJNoriko & Doug PalmerJeanne E. Peterson

Jim Reid & Richard SmithDavid Towne & Chris Smith

TowneMilton & Delia Zeutschel

$1,000 +Anonymous (2)Diane AdachiAF Unit 1/75AF Unit 38AF Unit 5AF Unit 52AF Unit 69AF Unit 95AF Unit 96AF Unit 98AHBL INCTom Alberg & Judi BeckSteve & B. J. AndersonJan AndersonPhoebe H. AndrewAlison AndrewsApex FoundationSusan & Stuart AshmunBill & Nancy BainThe Berger Partnership, PSBrent BishopKim BishopAlan & Sally BlackJune BoeingThe Boeing CompanyPhoebe Brockman & Marwan

KashkoushJoAnn & Rex ClarkSteve & Judy CliffordCynthia Creasey & Mack

McCoyPat Crockett & Keith JohnsonMary Patricia DoughertyFred Drennan & Teresa

Massagli

Jeanne G. DryfoosJacob EngelsteinCharles FitzgeraldKathy & Ed FriesHope & E. Peter GarrettBarbara Wright & Dwight GeeGoogleDan Grausz & Clare MeekerJay & Pamela GreenTom & Suzanne HallSandy & Dave HanowerMeg & Christopher HarryElizabeth HebertRichard & Betty HedreenMary Joan HerveyMary Fran & Harold W. HillDiane M. HilmoBill HorderPat & Mary Ellen HughesJenefer & David HutchinsShalini & Peter JacobsIlga Jansons & Mike DryfoosOwen M. JohnsonElizabeth JolleyKarr Tuttle CampbellCarolyn & Robert KitchellPamela KrausLaird Norton Trust Co.Gretchen LambertLinda LeResche & Michael

VonkorffLesa Sroufe & CompanyGreg & Corina LindenEllen Look & Tony CavalieriIan & Margaret MarksBruce & Jolene McCawScott & Shelley McIntyrePaige Miller & Biff GouldAndy Mitton & Jesse JohnsonMoccasin Lake FoundationBeth Morgan

Allen & Elizabeth Ayrault Moses

Gordon & Mary Ellen MulderMeri & Dick NelsonSue Nevler & Stephen GattisOHNO ConstructionSimon & Carol OttenbergOuterwall, Inc.Noriko & Doug PalmerPete & Andrea PaupDebra PerryNicole PetrichJudy M. PhillipsKathleen PierceGaye & James PigottBarbara Reskin & Lowell L.

HargensDiane SainsburyMichael Riley & Robin ShapiroMelissa ShieldsCindy & Rob ShurtleffGenie & John StewartLinda & David StroutK.E. Tachikawa

Maryanne Tagney & David Jones

Edie & John TennesonMargaret WalkerMarylyn Ward & Jay JohnstonTrina WherryTom & Lyn WhiteMarjorie L. WhitingBarbara Yasui

$500 +AnonymousCatherine & Thomas AllanMichael & Lisa AndersonDella & Bruce BalickJudith & Arnold BendichThe Bill & Melinda Gates

FoundationRebecca BlakewoodElisabeth BodalC.B. Bollen & Michael

EshelmanHerb Bridge & Edie Hilliard

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Camellia japonica ‘Elegans’

DONORS The Arboretum Foundation is most grateful to our many donors.

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David Bryant & Larry Schlessinger

Linda Burnett & Bruce Watermann

Kent & Sandra CarlsonAlice E. ChewGretchen & Tim ClancySue & Hugh ClarkBeth Cook & Ken SparksBetsy & Peter CurrieMelissa DahlJay Decker & Joan M. SuverKate A. Stewart & Deborah

DeWolfeJeannie DoddBarbara & David DoughertyRosanna FazioDana FrankForrest FrankErich GauglitzJeff Graham & John LongresGerry Smith & Vicki HalperHelen & Adam HarmetzMatthew HastingsPatricia HastingsLee Heck & Bill McGeeNan & Bill HendersonRyan Hester & Kara

Main-HesterTerry Holme & Jeanne IannucciJohn & Tina JacobsPeter JacobsHaeran KimKaren Koon & Brad EdwardsMarcelle LaGrouMary LeonardLucky Seven FoundationCathy MacLeodEd & Linda MarcuseChrissie MarshallDorothy Marston

Yoshiaki & Naomi MinegishiKirsten Molbak-PatersonMontlake Community ClubTomio & Yan-Jenny MoriguchiSheila Noonan & Peter HartleyDoug & Nancy NorbergNorman Raab FoundationChitra & Zak ParpiaBarbara A. PetersonSara Raab McInerny & Tryg

McInernyBrian ReichardCharles & Susan RobinsonMildred & Craig RussellArthur Schneider & Kimbrough

StreetJulie SchoenfeldSeattle Christchurch Sister City

AssociationMichele & Andrew SherrardYuka ShimizuPeyton & Megan SmithBarbara SnappLisa Lynn SowderBob & Corky StarkElaine Starz-BrownRichie Steffen & Rick PetersonPhilip & Susan StollerBen & Andrea StreissguthRebecca & Marvin StrengeDavid & Nancy ThacherRahul Thombre & Margaret

HayesAlex & Ky Van der HopffBill & Catherine VanderwiltDino VasquezBarbara WarrenRoger & Connie WilliamsDaniel H ZatzSam & Shellie Zimmerman

$250 +AnonymousJesús AguirreHiroko AikawaJoan AllisonNobuko AndersonLyle & Betty ApplefordWilliam BaconTrudy BaldwinJeannine BannickCecile R. BassenJeanne Berwick & James DegelMarlin & Ellen BlizinskySarah Moses & Caleb

BoettcherChristopher BondyElisabeth BottlerKate BradleySally BrowningWalt & Dona BubelisAnn Buckner

Joanna H. CallahanMegan CallahanElizabeth M. CampbellPaul & Michele CapelotoSherrlyn Carpenter & Jack

SwardzGerrie CherryLinda ClaphamErika ClawsonSandra ClocksinTheodore & Patricia CollinsMichael Connors & Dean HartPatricia L. CoulterBarbee & James CrutcherEliza Davidson & Randolph

UrmstonJim DawsonHady De JongPolly Taylor DennlerMaureen & Ron DiGiacomoRoberta & Daniel DowneyPatricia Drummond

Timothy Keller & Susan EggersSigmund & Torborg EriksenF5 NetworksTess Forté & Carl BakerRonald J. FriedmanMarjorie GarrardAdam & Carol GeballeMichael GeriThomas GiffordMaren GillilandCameron & David GivenCaroline Hazard GoedhartFred & Denise GrahamCarole GraysonAdam Grutz & Michael LambKaren & Dick HadleyBarbara HarrisRahul Thombre & Margaret

HayesEllen & David HechtJanet HeineckMargaret HeldringCarol HendersonBill HiblerThomas & Arline HinckleyDan Hinkley & Robert JonesPaul Hogle & Karen

Malen-HogleMichael Hootman & Anucha

OnongardHelen & Jim HorriganLila H. IrbyJewish Federation of Greater

SeattleChristine JohansonJesse JohnsonJames JorgensonWiley & Marianne KitchellBrenda & Hugh KodamaTina KuhnleJean & James Kunz

John & Laura KvasnoskyEric & Darien LairdSara LaneCarol LewisSandra LierHarriet & Stanley LittCheryl Lubbert & James

GerlachPhil Wood & Judy MahoneyMichele MaloEllen MarkmanCandy & Richard MathesAnne & Rick MatsenHelen MatzgerKathryn McAuleyLia McClellanCatherine & Barry McConnellMarshal McReal & John

FriedmanJean E. McTavishKaren L. MorellMichael Shiosaki & Edward

MurrayLee & John NeffMary NeuschwangerCraig NorbergJoanie & Dan NorthfieldAnn OrmsbyJulie & Doug OstermanKaren Overstreet & John ReedAlexandra PalmerVangie & Daniel PepperChris & George PfeifferCassandra & Doug PichaBeverly PiersonJim & Ruth PowersSteven & Marianne ReedKeith & Patt RiffleElizabeth & Jonathan RobertsJohann Rocholl & Marta

Johnson

Rhododendron ‘Olympic Lady’

DONORS The Arboretum Foundation is most grateful to our many donors.

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Rehderodendron on Azalea Way

MAy 1, 2016 through APRIL 30, 2017

Dabney & Steven RohrbachGlenda RyanKaren SchulmanAllan M. SeidenvergFrank & Suzanne ShawSharron & Robert ShinboSteve Sjoberg & Brenda

BaltruschAnne R. SteeleChris StolleryTom Sykes & Sarah ThomasSheila B. TaftSatish Thatte & Vandana DatyeBrian ThompsonLiz Van VolkenburghChristopher Waldorf & Kristina Adams WaldorfAdrienne WalkerDeborah & Neal WarnerOmar Watson & George

ShriverPat & Griffith WayWalter WeberRichard Weller & Margaret

AllenEdie & Rob WellsLinda & Anthony WhatleyWhatley Family FoundationKaren WhitneyShirley & Scott WilsonSteve & Mary WoodMarjorie WrightKunfeng Scott WuBarbara YamauchiGaerda & Randy ZeilerDee Zimmerman

$100 +Anonymous (6)Joseph Abken

Patricia Adams & James Whitson

AF Unit 61Marilee & Gordon AhaltMargaret Allen & Richard

WellerAltriaMary Jane & Gilbert AndersonKaren & David AoyamaCassidy Aquilino-BergKathleen ArcherAbby ArestyMadeleine ArvoldJane AslanianAssociated Recreation CouncilAutodesk FoundationKerry BairBill & Norma BakerBank of AmericaMichael BarlaPatricia J. BartheRichard & Eleanore BaxendaleBarbara G. BeattyCharlotte BehnkeSamuel BellRobin BennettCassandra Fall Benz &

Paul C. BenzDan BergerJim & Suzette BirrellMason BlacherInez Noble BlackGavin BlakeMayan BomsztykMark BourneDoris BoutainDavid BowermasterDavid & Joyce BrewsterKalpanatit BroderickDebra Prinzing & Bruce

Brooks

Jyana & Earl BrowneJoan BuckleyKristin BuckleyDoug & Kay BurkeTracy Burrows & Stephen

BennettRhonda & Larry BushStephanos ByrneMark A. CaggianoSusan CalhounSally Campbell & Tom PerkinsSharon CampbellEllen CarnwathEmily CarpenterMaggie & Walt CarrSusan & John CaryBrian Chambers & Kate AllenFlo ChambersGeraldine Chatterton & Walter

KirchmeierDavid & Lynne ChelimerSally ClarkRuth Mary CloseMartha N. CohenE Ronald R. CohnStephanie Colony & Anthony

ShortSabra & Richard ContrerasCyrilla Cook & Andy StankovicsCarol & John CordyPeggy CorleyShaun CorryJulie Coryell & Seelye MartinLenore CoteCarolyn CowanMark CraemerDavid CrookerGraham & Peggy CrowLinda & Keith CunninghamJessica CurtisMark DagelSusan Dahl

Mary & Bruce DavisKarel & William DeibelWendy del ValleBarbara G. DenisMarlene DirectorTheresa Doherty & Joe

PetersonSachi & Travis DotyMarc & Beth DroppertH. B. EdwardsScott EdwardsSandra & Thomas EichbaumSteve & Sherrill ElliottLise EllnerJanet & Mike EndsleyDennis EngHelen & Stan EngleDavid & Ann EschenbachDan & Nancy EvansPatricia EvansSue Ewens & Jim LubyChris EzzellJessica Farmer & Seth CowderyJames & Karen Fearn

Mary K. FeatherDorothy FidlerLinda FindlayCarolyn FisherJaniene FitzpatrickSusanne & Bruce FosterJack & Llyne FoyBeverly FreemanDaniel Friedmann & Julie

CwinarKristin C. GabrielsonJoe & Terri GaffneySteve & Peggy GarberTracy & Tom GarlandMichael GarnerMarcia GarrettWendy GibbleDeborah L. GilesLeslie & Michael GillespieKristin & Todd GlandonCarol Glass & Jeff HaleyMaria GoffDonald GoldenFrances Goldman

Goldman SachsBob GordonPat & Dennis GosslerLaura B. GowenScott GrahamKatherine Graubard & William

CalvinJeannie & Charles

GravenkemperTony & Jean GreenwaldMaren Gribskov & David

SumrallNathan GrotheMargaret & Jerome GrubaughDorothy Jean Guth & Eric

HoltzJohn W. HadacCurtis & Leann HallThomas HallockCheryl HamiltonJudith R. HanceLiwe G. HankeKatherine Hanson & Michael

SchickHylton & Lawrence HardKarin HarderWendy & John HardmanDonald & Gayle HarrisLynne & Halstead HarrisonHelen S. HawleyTerry HayesGail Boyer HayesTerry & Nancy HecklerChristopher HelmElise HemenwayJay HendersonPeggy & William HerronGenie HigginsDiana Gale & Jerry HillisSigrid HokansonElizabeth HolohanGail Hongladarom

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Fred Hoyt & Michelle BarryLarry Hubbell & Shelley ButlerGeorge & Wanda HughesJarlath HumeAnn HuntJoseph HunterIBM International FoundationRobert IngmanLuanna IversonJoan & Allen JacksonKayleigh JamisonJapanese Garden Society of

the UKBecky & Mark JohnsonDina Johnson & FamilySylvia C. JohnsonStacey Jones & Thierry MouginPam JudgeChris JuneauNico KagedanWayne Holt & Phyllis KaidenJoan M. KeldayEmily & Michael KellyThomas P. KellyHarold M. KempenKarole & Doug KieferVirginia KingYoshitaka KinjoJudd & Barbara KirkJan KirkwoodVirginia KitchellDale KleinEugene M. KleinerKathryn Korab & Alex

HopmannStephen KosackDonna & Robert KovalenkoChris KowalczewskiJoan LaageMary & David LambFrank Lawler & Ann McCurdyPaul Leach & Susan Winokur

Courtney & Chris LeeJeanne Marie LeeMary LeePeggy & Ronald LevinLisa LevinePamela LevineCarla & Donald LewisPenny LewisJennifer & David LiangAlissa & Cody LikavecMancong LinMonica LingerJan LipetzArni H. LittCindy LoitschEva S. Long & William JepsonGreg LongawaNora & Patricio LopezSheila LukehartRenee Lund & Robert BraunGwen Lundberg & David

AggerholmDianne & Dave Marquardt

Jean MarshallBeverly & George MartinCristina & Raymond MartinKyoko Matsuda & Matthew

GoldbachSusan McCraryVirginia McDermott & Jim

GaleMark A. McKelveyEmily McLaughlinJeff McLaughlinDoug & Theresa McLeanSharon McRaeChong & Barbara MerzCarl Miller & Sherry HoffmanLouise & Stafford MillerLaura & Phil MitterlingFrank MontgomeryKazumi MoriyamaDon MorrisonChad Mortenson & Ally

MortensonLisa Moses

Daniel J. MountJanet MurphyLauri & Greg NakamotoKryst NesselquistChris NobleHeather OCull & Jonathan

Heide-PointlCharles & Sharon OgburnMargaret & Jim O’HalloranMichael O’Malley & Jocelyn

ScheintaubMelbourne & Ann O’MeraMarilyn O’NeillLeslie OtaHelen & Don OwensMargaret & Jack PagelerCharlotte P. PaineHollis PalmerLinda S. ParkEriann Pearson & Harry

CookerVan PerdueLillian & Robert PerrySusan & Michael PeskuraMary & Frank PetersCharles PetersonGerald A. PetersonRichard PetersonSusanna Steiff PinyuhShane PlossuJanet & Irv PlotkinMaria L. PolintanSusan Ward PottsPrecor, Inc.Shizue ProchaskaDebi Quirk & Steve DeMontLinda QuirkKathryn Radtkey-GaitherDoug & Katherine RaffMary & Patrick RagenMerlin R. Rainwater & Gregory

Foster

Roberta & Brian ReedJim H. ReidRobert ReillyMimi RichardsJean RietschelVaughn RinnerKirk RobbinsChristopher & Jennifer RobertsIain Robertson & Hady DeJongSara & Patrick RodwellAnnette & Todd RoehlCatherine RomeroGatis & Joanna RozeHarriet RubensteinCindy RungerCarole Rush & Richard AndlerJohn RussellRussell InvestmentsLauren & John SalataRobert & Martha SanderCindy SangsterTeresa & Jeff SanterreCharlie SavageMonica SchardtPamela SchellBarbara & Mark ScherbaYuko SchmittJeff & Julie SchoenfeldLynn & David SchuelerNorman ScottRegina Scrivner JenningsChris & Bryce SeidlMasako SekimotoPeter Shalit & Bob ClarkBrad & Linda ShallenbergerJo-Anne G. ShanahanChris & Nichole SharpeJacqueline SherrisPhil ShigoRichard & Mary ShraderEllen & Robert SiehMargaret Sigley

Paul Silver & Christina MarraNina SinnottJune SkidmoreJonathan SmithMary Ellen SmithMargaret Alice SoderstromMani & Karen SomaJanet SorbyClark Sorensen & Susan WayKaren SouterHelen & Thomas SpiroMichael SteinaurGretchen StengelJane H. StevensSaki & Adam StoneLinda & Peter StonerDorothy StrongJohn & Jean SullivanMarion & Jack SullivanChristine SutterJeff SuttonWayne SuyenagaSwanson’s Land of FlowersKathryn SweyerReba TamMay TanNancy TankKaren TeelPam ThomasSarah ThomasDaisy ThompsonSusie & Bill ThornessTravis Thurber & Leah BakstMichele Tiesse & Robert GilbLinda Todd & Alan MerkleElona TuomiSacha ValladaresMolly & Dirk van der BurchRussell VanoverKerri VaughnDeborah VaughtMarylyn & Peter Vincent

DONORS The Arboretum Foundation is most grateful to our many donors.

Magnolia x ‘Freeman’

MAy 1, 2016 through APRIL 30, 2017

Jo Ann WaldronConnie WalshLinda WaltieJoy & Mindy WannamakerMick WarehimeM. John WaySusan WeinsteinJulie & Mike WeisbachSasha WellandAndrew WellerSharlene & Herbert WelshBrian WernerDeborah WestDiane WheelerChristine & Bruce WhiteCarolyn & Arthur WhittleseyJana WilkinsSusan WilliamsBrandi & Chuck WilliamsonDebbi & John WilsonBarbara WinquistBruce & Camille WinterCharles Price & Glenn WitheyWithey Price Landscape &

DesignTamar Wolf & Michael

BaumanWomen’s University Club of

SeattleWoodinville Garden ClubDouglas & Susan WoodsGary Wortzel & Judith

KaufmanArt & Susan WrightJulie & George WukelicPaul & Susie WyckoffLing XuKathryn & John YerkeDiane Zahn & Mark

McDermottJulie ZhangBeth Zirngible

EDUCATION CENTERAllan & Barbara FerrinCarol & John HoersterCarolyn & Bob KitchellSherrey & Douglas LuetjenPaige MillerJason MorseJeanne PetersonAnn & Daniel StreissguthDick & Hope StrobleCraig Trueblood & Julie

McAvoySkip Vonckx & Zanny MiloTed & Iris WagnerTrina WherryJohn Wott, Director EmeritusJennifer & Scott Wyatt

COMMEMORATIVE BENCHES*Benches have been dedicated in honor of the following:

Cara Joy ClausenChris CowlesAtilio GallardoEdith & Stanley HellersteinAlice LeightonGarold MalcolmThomas Mayfield-ManMarjorie MichaelMary O’BrienElse & Irving Siegel Norman & Helen SkillmanArlene Geismann & Anna

WerffeliJon Zimmerman

COMMEMORATIVE TREES*Trees have been dedicated in honor of the following:

Nick BeermanGerald Leslie BussIris Hodgson & Duncan

MackenzieMarjorie MichaelChristopher Montgomery

Nelson

gIFTS IN HONOR*Gifts have been received in honor of the following:

Mary BoykinWalt BubelisCarolyn KitchellChris PfeifferAnne PhelpsSarah & Danny WestneatScott Wyatt

MEMORIAL gIFTS*Gifts have been received in honor of the following indi-viduals and groups:

Carol AllisonEsther BathArla Faye ChengRichard Pierce CooleyNancy Jean Draper & Greg

DraperEmron FalahiJames & Gretchen FaulstichAndrew J FrankElizabeth HampsonTeiko & Johnny Johnson

DONORS The Arboretum Foundation is most grateful to our many donors. Charles LambertLou LortonGloria NewhouseAustin O’ReganStanley PerrymanSarah ReichardBeverly SmithPhyillis Von WolffersdorffRoy Watne

IN kIND gIFTSA Place for MomACT TheatreAlaska AirlinesArboretum Foundation Unit 69Arboretum Foundation Unit 95Susan AyraultDella & Bruce BalickBig Trees Inc.Bushnell CeramicsCaffe LadroJoAnn & Rex ClarkClif BarHeidi DanilchikElliot Bay BreweryFIGGINSFX McRory’sMauro GolmarviLynn GottliebGayle HarrisDan HinkleyHoodsport WineryJohn Howie Restaurant GroupCarolyn & Bob KitchellBetsy Pepper Larson & Chris

LarsonMayflower Park HotelMazama Country InnMark MeenanCiscoe & Mary MorrisJason Morse

Elizabeth & Allen MosesDaniel MountMt. Rainier Guest ServicesMuseum of FlightPacific Northwest BalletNoriko and Doug PalmerJudy PhillipsPrecious MomentsRedhook Ale BreweryNobuko RelnikSalty’s Seafood GrillsSeattle Art MuseumSeattle MarinersSojourn VenturesStarbucksRonald SterlingtonSwanson’s NurseryThrive Art SchoolCraig Trueblood & Julie

McAvoyTwo Beers BrewingUWBG EducationIris and Ted WagnerSuzan & Russell WatanabeWild Ginger / The Triple DoorWillows LodgePhil WoodWoodland Park ZooJennifer & Scott Wyatt

MATCHINg gIFT COMPANIESAutodesk FoundationBank of AmericaBlackrock Matching Gift

ProgramF5 NetworksGoldman SachsGoogleIBM International FoundationMicrosoft Corporation

Outerwall, Inc.Precor, Inc.Russell InvestmentsThe Bill & Melinda Gates

FoundationThe Boeing CompanyT-Mobile USA, Inc.

Every effort has been made to ensure that donor names are properly spelled and that donor amounts are properly credited. If you have a correc-tion to this donor list, please contact us at 206.325.4510.

PHOTO & IMAgE CREDITSFeatured photos by Arboretum Foundation staff, except for:AHBL, Inc. - page 11 (bottom right)Auslaug Harraldsdottir - page 7Aleksandra Monk - page 9 (top right)Northwest Flower & Garden Show - page 9 (bottom lef)David Rosen - CoverTino Tran/Seattle Met - page 5 (top left), page 6 (top right)Winnie Westergard - page 5 (bottom left), page 6 (bottom left)

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