ANNUAL REPORT

2017–2018

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. In 2016, the Foundation also assumed the primary support role for the Seattle Japanese Garden.

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Sherrey LuetjenPresident

Jason Morse Vice President

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Carolyn KitchellVice President

Jim ReidVice President

STAFF

Paul ‘Skip’ VonckxVice President

Jenny WyattVice President

Jeanne PetersonSecretary

Trina WherryTreasurer

Diane AdachiJoan Affleck-Smith

Steve AlleyCarol Hoerster

Jan Kirkwood WaszakJeff Lehman

Noriko PalmerChris Pendl

Anne PhelpsMarylyn ‘Missy’ Ward

Roger Williams

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERSFred Hoyt

Interim Director, UW Botanic GardensJane Stonecipher

Interim Executive Director, Arboretum FoundationChristopher Williams

Interim Superintendent, Seattle Parks and Recreation

Jane StonecipherInterim Executive Director

Lee BennerDevelopment Director

Whit CarterEvents and Operations Coordinator

Niall Dunne Communications Manager

Tess FortéEvents Manager

Jessa Gardner Japanese Garden Support Manager

Alyssa HenryVolunteer Programs Manager

Randall HitchinSpecial Projects Manager

Chie IidaEvents Coordinator/Japanese Garden

Nick MagruderDevelopment Associate

Ron SchmaltzGarden Stewards Assistant

Gary WortzelDirector of Finance

Sherrey Luetjen

President, Board of Directors

OPENING THE NEW LOOP AND A NEW CHAPTERWhat a year we’ve had! The Loop Trail opened to wide acclaim and is attracting old and new friends to explore and appreciate the Arboretum. The new Centennial Garden adds a summer-interest focal point to Azalea Way and features a lovely curved stone bench on which to sit and contemplate the adjacent pond and tree-covered hillside (see pages 8–9).

We had a banner year of fundraising as well—thank you so much to all of our donors who provided critical financial support to the Arboretum in 2017–18! Our Opening Night Party at the 2018 Northwest Flower and Garden Festival (see page 6–7) set new fundraising records while paying tribute to three decades of impact by Duane Kelly and Iain Robertson. Our lovely and fragrant (gold medal-winning!) Festival display celebrated the Witt Winter Garden, which was the inspiration for the Arboretum’s first display garden 30 years ago.

It was also a busy and successful year at the Seattle Japanese Garden (see page 10). As we enter our third year as the major support organization for the Garden, we are excited to provide broader community access through increased no-cost public programming, as well as a new membership program that has the potential to significantly augment the support base for this special treasure.

In the Japanese Garden and throughout the Arboretum, our dedicated volunteers continue to have enormous impact, contributing in a wide variety of ways (see page 12). We greatly value their efforts and appreciate their dedication to this beautiful public garden.

This has also been a year of change, with Paige Miller leaving the Foundation after a decade of service (see page 14). In our roles as Interim Executive Director and Foundation Board Chair, we have had the opportunity to connect with many of the Arboretum’s longtime volunteers and supporters to hear about both the history of, and dreams for, this place that so many hold special. We look forward to making more of these connections in the coming year, and deeply appreciate all the ways that you, the Arboretum community, come together to preserve and enhance this most special treasure. 3

Jenny WyattVice President

Jane Stonecipher

Interim Executive Director

$ 39,880135,000 174,880

127,497

47,383

$ (29,219)

$ 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

FY 2017 FY 2016

Liabilities and Net AssetsAccounts Payable & Accrued LiabilitiesGrants Payable Net Assets

Unrestricted/Board RestrictedTemporarily RestrictedPermanently Restricted

Total Net Assets

Total Liabilities and Net Assets

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 2017 FY 2016

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)

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 AssetsHydrangea quercifolia

$ 457,352

1,410,2172,033,369

115,15053,501

125$ 4,069,714

$ 66,113120,456

1,733,869764,256

1,385,0203,883,145

$ 4,069,714

$ 469,875

305,432119,500166,418

1,061,225

$ 451,157244,480198,060173,334

1,067,031327,773 321,967

$ 20,525130,925 151,450

212,115

(60,665)

$ 261,302

ArbFest 2017

SNAPSHOTS 2017–18

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Centennial Garden Celebration

2018 Opening Night Party Prepping for Plant Sale

Earth Day 2018

ArbFest 2017

Loop Trail Opening

Foundation members and donors stood tall for trees in 2017–18 by attending our fundraisers, giving generously during our appeals, and renewing their membership commitments to the Arboretum. Your support funds the Arboretum’s maintenance, environmental education, and volunteer progams and helps ensure the future of this beautiful haven in the heart of Seattle!

More than 170 guests attended our ArbFest summer party on July 20, 2017. Inspired by Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the party featured a Renaissance-style feast, specialty drinks, lawn games, and minstrel music, as well as songs and scenes from the play. It was a magical evening, and we raised over $25,000 for the Arboretum in ticket sales and sponsorship. ArbFest will return in 2019, as we alternate between it and the Japanese Garden Summer Party (see page 11) each year.

More than 330 shoppers came to Graham Visitors Center on September 9 to buy plants for their gardens and support the Arboretum at our annual FallAbundance sale. It was a fine day, and we had plenty of walk-in shoppers at the event. We sold about $5,000 worth of plants from the Pat Calvert Greenhouse and Plant Donations Nursery, and shoppers also made additional donations to the Arboretum during their visits.

Despite wet weather, attendance was good for our annual holiday sale, Gifts & Greens Galore, on December 2. We sold lots of nature-inspired gifts and handcrafted greens, raising more than $12,000 to support the Arboretum. During the sale, UW Botanic Gardens educators hosted a fun series of kids’ activities that included a faux-snowball toss, bird-feeder and snow-globe crafts, finger painting, and a reading corner.

More than 350 guests attended our 30th annual Opening Night Party and Auction at the Northwest Flower & Garden Festival on February 6, 2018. They

EVENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS

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Planting Time: A family stocks up on high-quality plants at our

FallAbundance sale.

helped us raise over $300,000 in support of the Arboretum and Seattle Japanese Garden—making it our most successful fundraiser ever! The theme this year was “Winter Garden Carnavale” and—along with a preview of the Garden Festival displays—guests enjoyed stilt-walking performers and an opera flash mob. Our program paid tribute to Iain Robertson (designer of the Witt Winter Garden at the Arboretum) and Duane Kelly (founder of the Garden Festival) and how the investments they made decades ago still impact our region in positive ways today.

Despite more drippy weather, turnout was strong for our Early Bloomers Spring Plant Sale on April 14. April showers bring May flowers—and gardeners know this well! We raised $7,000 for the Arboretum, including additional donations made at the register.

We received amazing support during our GiveBIG spring appeal in May. A total of 186 donors gave over $35,000 to the Arboretum during the Seattle Foundation’s final GiveBIG event. Most of those donations came through the GiveBIG website on May 9, but we also received a number of mailed gifts in response to our GiveBIG-themed spring appeal letter.

GARDEN WINS GOLDThe Arboretum display garden at the 2018 NW Flower & Garden Festival paid homage to one of the park’s most iconic gardens: the Witt Winter Garden. Dedicated in 1988, the Winter Garden celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2018. Like this garden, our Festival display, set against a similar backdrop of lush evergreen trees and shrubs, featured a wide variety of plants that stir the senses throughout the winter season. Designed by local plantsman Bob Lilly and designer Phil Wood, in collaboration with architect and Foundation board member Roger Williams, the garden was awarded a Gold Medal by the festival judges.

Flash Mob: During Opening Night, opera singers disguised as waiters performed a surprise rendition of the brindisi from

Verdi’s La Traviata.

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Ribbon Cutting: Our guest speakers cutting a ceremonial vine to open the Loop Trail.

LOOP TRAIL AND OTHER MASTER PLAN PROJECTSA year and a half in the making, the new Arboretum Loop Trail opened to the public in November 2017—two months ahead of schedule. Some planting and minor construction tasks were completed over the winter and early spring in preparation for the Grand Opening Celebration in early April 2018. An estimated crowd of between 800 and 1,000 visitors came to the event and enjoyed a fun afternoon of music, food, and community activities.

Members of the Husky Drumline performed during the main ceremony at the Birch Parking Lot, adjacent to the trail—and they were a big hit! Our guest speakers were Seattle Deputy Mayor Mike Fong, Seattle Parks Interim

Superintendent Christopher Williams, Arboretum Foundation Board President Sherrey Luetjen, and director of the UW’s School of Environmental and Forest Sciences Dan Brown. A “vine cutting” officially opened the trail, and members of the UW Track and Field team ran a ceremonial “lap of the loop.”

Visitors then dispersed throughout the Arboretum, walking and biking the two-mile loop. Along the way, they enjoyed food trucks and free snacks, a variety of experiences and musical performances, and UW-hosted educational activities. The trail opens up new vistas in the Arboretum and makes the plant collection much more accessible. It also provides the city of Seattle with an exciting new venue for recreation.

With the trail completed, the Arboretum partners at the Foundation, City, and UW have turned their full attention to other Master Plan projects coming down the pike. In early 2018, we hired the architectural firm Mithun to complete an in-depth pre-design study for the construction of a new Environmental Education Center at the Arboretum.

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CENTENNIAL GARDEN OPENSIn September 2017, the Arboretum opened its newest ornamental display—the Azalea Way Centennial Garden—to the public. Located by the pond at the south end of Azalea Way, the summer-themed garden celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Seattle Garden Club, which has a long and influential history in the Arboretum. Funding for the garden was provided by the Garden Club and the Foundation. The centerpiece of the garden is a long, curving, stone bench that offers views across the pond to the tree-clad hillside beyond. Hydrangeas are the summer-blooming stars of the show, while plantings of rhododendrons and enkianthus connect the garden to the spring-flowering displays on Azalea Way. In mid-September, about 90 members of the Garden Club came to the Arboretum to celebrate the club’s centenary and formally open the new garden. The festivities included a colorful parasol parade down Azalea Way.

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Mithun was the lead designer for the IslandWood learning center on Bainbridge and the new Nordic Museum in Ballard. The firm will provide us with critical information that we need to define the scope of the project, including preliminary concept designs, building cost estimates and timelines, permitting requirements, and parking needs. We should have the study report in fall 2018.

Another exciting project on the horizon is the renovation of the Waterfront Trail connecting Foster Island and Marsh Island in the Arboretum. The City has secured about $1.4 million from various funding sources and is already assessing the repairs that need to be made to certain sections of the trail. Trail Work: Funds have been secured for

renovating the Waterfront Trail.

The year 2017 was a big one for the Seattle Japanese Garden, with more than 100,000 visitors coming through our gates. Our wonderful volunteer guides from Arboretum Unit 86 led 236 tours of the garden, while our hard-working Niwashi volunteers donated over 1,000 hours helping the horticulture staff with garden maintenance.

In partnership with Seattle Parks and Recreation, we also debuted two new public programs focused on engaging our local community: First Thursday and Family Saturday. The programs feature special exhibits, demonstrations, storytelling, craft activities, and more. Entry to the garden is now free from 3 p.m. until close during our First Thursday programs every month. And with the help of new grant funding in 2018, we are able to offer free entry for children 12 and under from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. during Family Saturdays. These are big strides towards increasing access to the garden—a major goal for both the Foundation and Seattle Parks.

Several small projects completed in the garden during the winter off-season helped us refine the landscape. Senior Gardener, Pete Putnicki, describes the garden as “a garden of inches,” where each tiny change has a distinct effect upon the landscape. The replacement of a hedge near the Tateuchi Community Room with a traditional bamboo fence in the “teppo-gaki” style has certainly made a significant impact! Mark Meenan of the American Bamboo Company

Butoh Dancer: A young visitor enjoys a performance during First Thursday.

AN EXCITING YEAR AT THE JAPANESE GARDENA GIFT TO RENEW THE BOULEVARD CORRIDORIn spring 2018, the Foundation received a very generous gift of $275,000 from a friend of the Arboretum. Much of the gift is designated to pay for the cleanup and enhancement of collections along the Lake Washington Boulevard and Loop Trail corridors. The project will include major removals of invasive weeds along the corridors and Arboretum Creek, plus significant pruning and new planting to improve aesthetic and wildlife value. The project will significantly enhance the “curb appeal” of the boulevard and better set the tone for what a visitor might expect from our world-class Arboretum. We’re excited that part of the gift will be used to unlock matching funds from the Student Conservation Association and recruit youth from primarily South Seattle schools to work for four weeks on the project in summer 2018 and learn about careers in ecological restoration.

Roof Replacement: The machiai in the tea garden with its new roof.

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Join us on Thursday, July 12, 2018, from 6 to 9 p.m. for a summer evening in the Seattle Japanese Garden, sipping sake under the setting sun. Enjoy tra-ditional Japanese festival fare, local wine, craft beer, live jazz music, and other surprises. Proceeds support cultural programming and maintenance in the Japanese Garden. Tickets, $125: available at www.seattlejapanesegarden.org.

GARDEN PARTY: FESTIVAL IN THE EVENING SUN

taught the garden’s horticultural team how to hand-knot the bamboo poles together with twine using a technique that has been practiced in Japan for centuries.

April visitors to the Garden enjoyed seeing another maintenance project done in a traditional fashion: the replacement of the machiai roof in the tea garden. The machiai is a small structure beside the teahouse used as a meeting place before the tea ceremony begins. Our Shoseian teahouse has a beautiful copper roof, but the machiai roof had fallen into disrepair. Thanks to a special donation

made just for this project, we were able to commission the services of local craftsman Dale Brotherton and his Takumi Company to replace the roof. Watching Dale work was a real treat for garden visitors—he builds structures without any screws or nails, instead carefully hand-planing each piece of wood so they fit together like a jigsaw puzzle.

For everyone who loves the garden, 2018 offers special new ways to support it. In April, we unveiled a new membership program available at the garden Gatehouse. Benefits of annual membership include unlimited garden access, an invitation to special, members-only hours in the garden, express entry during popular garden events such as Maple Festival and Tanabata, and early access to ticket sales for our 2018 Moon Viewing event. Experienced visitors know that early ticket access is the best membership perk—tickets to the 2017 Moon Viewing sold out in 36 hours! Hot on the heels of the new membership program, we also launched a new donor recognition program—the Camellia Circle—dedicated to the sustainability of the Japanese Garden.

The past year saw an uptick in the number of volunteers dedicating their time and effort on behalf of the Arboretum: More than 1,100 volunteers donated over 12,000 hours of work, which had an estimated monetary value of nearly $300,000!

But volunteering here is about more than just the numbers—it is also about the heart. People come here to find a community and a sense of belonging. Volunteering at the Arboretum not only allows folks to take on new responsibilities and learn brand new skills, but also to make new friends who share similar interests.

We have our regulars—the volunteers who bring cheer to visitors at the Arboretum Gift Shop, the Pat Calvert Greenhouse, the Plant Donations Nursery, or out in the park as

Garden Stewards! We are also lucky to have volunteers who routinely help us with our fundraisers and plant sales. All of them play a key role in sustaining the Arboretum.

In addition to our regular program- and event-related volunteering, we continued to see a lot of love from corporate and community groups volunteering at the Arboretum! This past fiscal year, nine separate groups conducted work-service projects here, weeding and mulching throughout the plant collection. The majority of these groups return to care for the Arboretum each year and so are developing a legacy of service in the park.

We held our annual Day of Caring event here last September, and Earth Day at the Arboretum in April 2018. These two days alone are

VOLUNTEERS MAKE THE ARBORETUM SHINE

Holiday Helpers: Volunteers at Gifts & Greens Galore.

Day of Caring: More than 130 volunteers helped care for the Arboretum on September 15.12

responsible for over 1,500 volunteer hours and for nearly 500 new people spending the day in the Arboretum weeding, mulching, and maintaining trails. This past Earth Day, we were delighted to get some great sponsorship, from Starbucks, Caffe Ladro, Clif Bar, Movin’ 92.5 FM, Sugru, and Brew Dr. Kombucha.

The Arboretum Foundation Units also worked hard on behalf of the Arboretum this past year. Units 16 and 26 held auctions to raise money for Arboretum projects. Units 5, 79, 1/75, and 95 participated in various projects to help with our events and fundraisers, such as making centerpieces and wreaths, writing thank-you notes, and donating wine. This past year, we also said a fond farewell to several Arboretum Foundation Units (7, 24, 41, and 79) whose members decided it was time to focus on other things in life. We thank them all for their years of dedicated service to the Arboretum.

At our annual meeting in June 2017, we honored Jeanne Peterson with our Volunteer Legacy Award for her longstanding and passionate commitment to the Arboretum Foundation and the Seattle Japanese Garden. In August 2017, in partnership with UW Botanic Gardens, we had the immense pleasure of hosting our Volunteer Appreciation Party at the Graham Visitors Center. At the party, we honored Ashley George as our Volunteer of the Year for her deep commitment to the Arboretum, both as a Garden Steward and special events volunteer!

OUR PESKY-PLANT REMOVAL TEAM!Did you notice how spectacular the Arboretum looked this spring? Then please join us in thanking the Arboretum Garden Stewards for the wonderful weeding they do to keep the plant collections looking their best. From May to November, the stewards battle stinky bob, buttercups, horsetails and other pesky plants in the Woodland Garden and Pacific Connections, and along Azalea Way. This past year, 35 stewards donated more than 925 hours of work. We also welcomed Ron Schmaltz on board as our new Stewards Assistant (see page 14).

Huskies Lend a Hand: 110 students from the UW Track and Field Team came to the Arboretum for their annual work-

service event.

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STAFF UPDATEIn the past year, we welcomed four new staff members to the Arboretum Foundation! In August 2017, Paige Miller left the organization after 10 years of leadership to start a new adventure in New Orleans. We hired Jane Stonecipher as our Interim Executive Director, and she now oversees the daily operations of the Foundation and works with our Board and staff to ensure that we continue to fulfill our mission to support the Arboretum. Prior to joining the Foundation, Jane served as Vice President of Business Development and Finance at the Woodland Park Zoo.

In September 2017, Ron Schmaltz joined our team as the new Garden Stewards Assistant. He coordinates weekly work sessions for the Stewards volunteers in the Arboretum. Ron worked in IT at Group Health for 26 years before switching to a career in horticulture. He is also a part-time gardener for UW Botanic Gardens at the Arboretum.

In December 2017, we welcomed Whit Carter on board as our new Events and Operations Coordinator. He is responsible for event planning and support, assisting in gift shop management, and managing our busy office. Outside of work, Whit volunteers at the West Seattle Food Bank, where he runs their social media and helps with event planning.

Lee Benner also joined the staff in December as our new Development Director. She is responsible for strategic planning and the implementation of several key areas of the Foundation’s philanthropic work. Lee has worked for a variety of non-profits whose missions centered on the environment, education, and civic engagement. Before joining us, she was the Director of the Sustainable Path Foundation.

FAREWELL TO PAIGEAbout 100 guests joined us at the Graham Visitors Center on July 31, 2017, to thank Paige Miller for her 10 years of valuable service as our Executive Director. A lot happened in the Arboretum during Paige’s tenure, and in their speeches, representatives from all three Arboretum partners recounted stories of her acomplishments. Paige moved to New Orleans to be with her husband, Biff, and to work with him on developing a new treatment for late-stage cancers.

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DONORS May 1, 2017 through April 30, 2018

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.

Arboretum Legacy GiftsThe O.D. Fisher Charitable FoundationSusanne HubbachRebecca Cardiff McGoodwin

$10,000+Anonymous (3)Arboretum Foundation Unit 26Jeff & Alicia CarnevaliDiana Gale & Jerry HillisDonald G. Graham, Jr.Dr. John & Darcy HalloranCarol & John HoersterShalini & Peter JacobsCarolyn & Bob KitchellJeff Lehman & Katrina RussellSherrey & Douglas LuetjenPeach FoundationPendleton & Elisabeth Carey Miller Charitable FoundationThe Seattle FoundationJane & Chuck Stonecipher

John A. Wott, Director EmeritusSusie Wyckoff

$5,000+Joan Affleck-Smith & Nepier V. SmithBob & Gail AlexanderSteve Alley & Amy ScottRandy CerfLori DickersonIlga Jansons & Michael DryfoosNicole & Tim EngleFoley Sign CompanyKatharyn GerlichPat & Mary Ellen HughesJuniper FoundationSusanne KellerMartin Luther King School Dream FoundationRachel & Brad MoodiePaccar FoundationNoriko & Doug PalmerSaltchuk Resources, Inc.Jim Reid & Richard SmithGhida SinnoAnn & Daniel StreissguthEdie & John TennesonHolly UlfersSkip Vonckx & Zanny MiloKen & Jan WherryTom & Lyn WhitePeggy WiltonLaVerne WoodsJennifer & Scott WyattAnn P. WyckoffMarcia & Klaus Peter Zech

$2,500 +AnonymousDiane AdachiArboretum Foundation Unit 16Arboretum Foundation Unit 80Steve & B. J. AndersonJan AndersonBecker CapitalJeanne Berwick & Jim DegelBetsy DonworthMary Patricia DoughertyFred Drennan & Teresa MassagliAllan & Barbara FerrinFrederick & Denise GrahamJay & Pamela GreenMark Hamilton & Suzanne RappTerry HayesK & L GatesFranny Ketcham-MeadKathleen & Richard LeaMaple Bay FundJason MorseSusan R. MoseleyNBBJJohn & Lee NeffNicki & Mike NelsonJeanne E. PetersonKathleen PierceJack & Marilyn RafnRoberts GroupKimberly ShineMarylyn Ward & Jay JohnstonTrina Wherry

$1,000 +Amazon AppstoreArboretum Foundation Unit 1/75Arboretum Foundation Unit 5

Arboretum Foundation Unit 22Arboretum Foundation Unit 52Arboretum Foundation Unit 69Arboretum Foundation Unit 79Arboretum Foundation Unit 86Arboretum Foundation Unit 98AHBLTom Alberg & Judi BeckConnie & Richard AlbrechtDean & Vicki AllenAnthony Allison & Nancy Fisher-AllisonPhoebe H. AndrewBadgley Phelps Wealth ManagersDavis BaeBill & Nancy BainDella & Bruce BalickCatherine BathMarie & Mike BenderLee Benner & Richard KenagyJolie BergmanBruce & Ann BlumeBarbara BonjourElisabeth BottlerKaren & Kenneth BoudreauBill & Karen BuchanMargaret Cashman & Barbara McCannLeslie & Dale ChihulyTim ClancyJoAnn & Rex ClarkSteve & Judy CliffordPat Crockett & Keith JohnsonEliza Davidson & Randolph UrmstonLillian DiGiacomoMaureen & Ron DiGiacomoDaniel DowneyJulie Eitel

Jacob EngelsteinStacie & Jeff FeinsteinCharles FitzgeraldSteve & Peggy GarberHope GarrettMichael GeriTheresa GillespieEffie & Kevin GleasonCaroline Hazard GoedhartDenise GudwinHelen & Adam HarmetzLee Heck & Bill McGeeRichard & Betty HedreenMary HeimCarol H. HendersonMary Joan HerveyEmily B. HestonHarold & Mary Fran HillDiane M. HilmoBill HorderHoshide Wanzer ArchitectsFred Hoyt & Michelle BarryJenefer & David HutchinsFred & Judy Isaac

Kate JanewayOwen M. JohnsonTom & Lara KeaneJean & Kevin KellyMarianne & Wiley KitchellKathryn Korab & Alex HopmannPamela Kraus & Austin DahlMarcelle LaGrouGretchen LambertFinn LepsoePeggy & Ronald LevinCarla & Donald LewisGreg & Corina LindenEllen Look & Tony CavalieriJulie LoweRenee LundDianne & Dave MarquardtPat & Tom McCannKeith & Mary Kay McCaw Family FoundationScott & Shelley McIntyreJohn McLaughlin

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DONORS

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Mr. & Mrs. Charles K. MillsEllen MinshewMoccasin Lake FoundationEgon & Laina MolbakSimon & Carol OttenbergKaren Overstreet & John ReedDebra PerryBarbara A. PetersonAnne PhelpsMonica Posada-GarciaBarbara Reskin & Lowell L. HargensMichael Riley & Robin ShapiroThurston & Catherine RoachIain Robertson & Hady DeJongJeannie & Bill RuckelshausMildred RussellElena SabaPeyton & Megan SmithPhilip & Susan StollerKimbrough Street & Arthur P. SchneiderLinda & David StroutJames O. TravisCraig Trueblood & Julie McAvoyTulalip Tribes Charitable FundPeter & Shannon van OppenElizabeth Van VolkenburghTed & Iris WagnerEva & Arthur WahlMaggie WalkerDeborah & Neal WarnerKarla & Gary WatermanMarjorie L. WhitingRoger & Connie WilliamsBarbara Yasui

$500 +Anonymous (3)Marilee & Gordon AhaltCatherine AllanDeborah & James AndrewsArboretum Foundation Unit 7Brenda BaltruschBirgit BehnkeBelle EpicureanMarjorie BombarHerb Bridge & Edie HilliardAnne BriggsPhoebe Brockman & Marwan KashkoushDaniel BrownSally BrowningKristin BuckleyCarol BurnsChristine CampbellDiana CareyIlsa & Roger ColemanLenore CoteElisabeth CoxKelly CurtisSuzette & Leon De TurenneMark Del Beccaro & Dawn CotterDeborah DeWolfe & Kate StewartMiles & Elizabeth DrakeJeanne G. DryfoosTammy EricksonBill EstesGunilla & Jerry FinrowGary FluhrerTess Forte & Carl BakerMichael & Melinda GarnerJames R. GoodallKatherine Graubard & William CalvinRichard Gross

Gerry Smith & Vicki HalperDean Hart & Michael ConnorsMatthew HastingsPatricia & David Helberg-SmukowskiRobert HenkensVincent Herberholt & Catherine MurrayJacobson, Jarvis & Co. PllcGalen JeffersonDeborah B. JensenKaren JohnsonMark Johnson & Rick GillSusannah & Jerome JohnsonAlex JohnstonPaul JurekNancy KartesShirley KiangKaren Koon & Brad EdwardsAnne Kroeker & Richard LeedsMichael Lamb & Adam GrutzFrank Lawler & Ann McCurdy

Lorabeth LawsonLucky Seven FoundationCarl & Susan MasonAnne & Rick MatsenGillian MatthewsBill McJohnPaige Miller & Harry GouldLouis MillsAndy Mitton & Jesse JohnsonMontlake Community ClubGordon & Mary Ellen MulderSharon NelsonNancy NeraasEleanor & Charles NolanDoug & Nancy NorbergDavid Ohashi & Jennifer CharltonKimberly Ordon & Allan BakalianCathy O’RearSandra PappasThe Pirie-Newell Family

Susan Ward PottsAndrew Price, Jr.Sara Raab McInerny & Tryg McInernyD & P Roberts Family FoundationJuliet & Stephen RomanoStacy RowlandDiane SainsburyMary SaylorJeff & Julie SchoenfeldCharles SmithHeather SmithBeverly Song & William GlassfordDaniel Sparler & Jeffrey SchoutenElaine Springer & Walter PalmerElaine Starz-BrownPaula StewartRebecca & Marvin StrengeAnn C. StrongJoan Suver & Jay DeckerDan SwansonDavid & Nancy ThacherRahul Thombre & Margaret HayesBrian ThompsonMichele Tiesse Gilb & Robert GilbBill & Catherine VanderwiltBarbara WarrenWashington Women’s FoundationSuzan & Russell WatanabeBruce W. Watermann & Linda C. BurnettMeg & Ron WatsonWalter Weber & Teri Kopp

Richard Weller & Margaret AllenCarolyn WhittleseyDebbi & John Wilson

$250 +AnonymousLyle & Betty ApplefordJudith & Arnold BendichNathaniel Bennett & Rachel SimonC.B. Bollen & Michael EshelmanAndrea BolligerChristopher BondyLinda Boyd & Ravi PandyaMargaret BreenLauren Ari BroderickWalt & Dona BubelisDoug & Kay BurkeHarry & Carol CaldwellNancy CampbellSharon & Craig CampbellShelly CapelotoSusan K. CarterJohn CherryAlice E. ChewKeith ChristianSally ClarkSue & Hugh ClarkTheodore & Patricia CollinsShaun CorryPatricia L. CoulterMelanie Davies & Alex LaVillaBeth DonnellanDavid DoughertyPatricia DrummondSusan Eggers & Timothy KellerJerry & Debbie EngelPatricia Evans

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I am lucky enough to live near the Arboretum. I am so thankful for all the work and care that goes into the plants, trees,

and landscaping. It is such a magical place that I want future generations to enjoy. —Beth Zirngible, AF donor

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May 1, 2017 through April 30, 2018

Todd FernandezSusan & Joseph FialaFirst Presbyterian ChurchJudy FisherSally FrankenbergRon FriedmanAdam & Carol GeballeBrian Giddens & Steven RovigCameron & David GivenLaura B. GowenRobyn GradDemetria HaffenrefferDonald & Gayle HarrisPeter & Patsy HaugCatherine HayesMary Jo HestonPaul Hogle & Karen Malen-HogleHerb & Gerry HolleyMr. & Mrs. Richard JensenJewish Federation of Greater SeattlePhilip & Elizabeth JohnsonSusie JohnsonJim JorgensonDuane KellyAndrew & Polly KenefickJeanie KetchamNancy Ketcham & Mike WarsinskeDenise KingCindy & Terry KlettJulie KouhiaJohn & Laura KvasnoskyCandy J Lee & Rocke KoreisElizabeth LeeLouisa MalatosCandy & Richard MathesScott McAdamsLorne McConachieChris McKay

Marshal McReal & John FriedmanRobert MeadowsChong & Barbara MerzKaren MorellAllen & Elizabeth Ayrault MosesMary A. NewcomerCharles OgburnMichael O’Malley & Jocelyn ScheintaubEverett & Andrea PaupRuth & Jim PowersCharles Price & Glenn WitheyDebra Prinzing & Bruce BrooksHelen RileyElizabeth & Jonathan RobertsStephen & Kate RobinsonJudith RupertCarole Rush & Richard AndlerMariana Sacristan Siffredi De LucasSharsti Sandall & Robert Caleb WilkinsonDeborah SawislakElizabeth SchottSeattle Christchurch Sister City AssociationFrank & Suzanne ShawMichael Shiosaki & Edward MurrayEva SimmerJonathan SmithStephen Smith & Carla GranatClark Sorensen & Susan WayMichael & Mary Jo StansburyAnne R. SteeleBarbara & Paul StephanusDorothy StrongHarold Taniguchi

Satish Thatte & Vandana DatyeSue TongDino VasquezJennifer VeningaDale WatanabeWhatley Family FoundationDavid & Mary Ashley WilliamsShirley & Scott WilsonOmar Watson & George ShriverWyman Youth Trust

$100 +David Aggerholm & Gwen LundbergDonald J. AhlstromKate AllenMr. & Mrs. Gilbert AndersonNobuko AndersonSally AndersonSuzanne & Marvin AndersonBasil & Gretchen AnexKaren & David AoyamaArboretum Foundation Unit 24Kathleen ArcherJoan ArnoldMadeleine ArvoldSusan & Stuart AshmunJane AslanianKerry BairBill & Norma BakerAnnette BarcaGerrit & Pat BarrerePatricia J. BartheMichael Bauman & Tamar WolfEric & Laura BaumgartnerJordan BaylesBarbara G. BeattyNancy J. BeckettPatricia BelottiRobin Bentley

Cassandra Fall Benz & Paul C. BenzPatsy BergdahlDan BergerJoseph & Linda BerksonJim & Suzette BirrellInez Noble BlackMary BlackMarlin & Ellen BlizinskyKenan BlockGizele BowenTom, Marti, & Kathryn BowenVirginia BrewerJP BrighamMaureen Brinck-Lund & Eric ThorsenEleanor & Alan BrownPat & Richard BryantBlake BundesmannBrian & Daniel Bunten-FosterRhonda & Larry BushCarl & Ann CadyBarbara J. CainEllen Carnwath

Roberto CarpentierRichard ChalkerFlo ChambersBecky Chan & Pat GarietyAdam & Samantha ChapmanMarian T. ChildsLinda ClaphamJohn & Judy ClarkErika ClawsonRita Rae & Richard CloneyHelen M. CloustonTyler CobSabra & Richard ContrerasBeth Cook & Ken SparksPeggy CorleyJulie Coryell & Seelye MartinFlorence CoveyMarilyn CoveyJanet CritesDavid CrookerBarbee & James CrutcherAlice Cunningham & Blair OsbornNeil Cuthbert

Sarma DavidsonChristine S. DavisMary & Bruce DavisGema De SotoKarel & William DeibelWendy del ValleKaren DeLucasAlan P. Dodson & Tanya DeMarsh-DodsonLue DouthitMartha & Richard DravesMarc & Beth DroppertAnn & Roger EastwoodScott EdwardsSandra & Thomas EichbaumJanet & Michael EndsleyMary Engel & Nolan HesterClair EnlowAnn & David EschenbachDan & Nancy EvansSue Ewens & Jim LubyHelen FarrellSusan B. FergusonCharles & Rose Ann FinkelJoAnne FioritoCarolyn FisherJillian FisherMary Ann FleckCaralene FlemingJoan FlynnKristina FordiceDavid & Marlene FosterSusanne & Bruce FosterAlicia FranzeseMax FrauseSusan FuchsKristin C. GabrielsonDoreen & Chris GavinGail J. GazdaWendy GibbleDeborah L. GilesMichael & Leslie Gillespie

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Lynda GilmanL. K. GoodrickPat & Dennis GosslerScott GrahamDebbie GrantJeannie & Charles GravenkemperTony & Jean GreenwaldMaren Gribskov & David SumrallNancy GroutMargaret & Jerome GrubaughKate B. GrutzJohn W. HadacJudith R. HanceFaith HannaKatherine Hanson & Michael SchickAslaug Haraldsdottir & Matt BergeLawrence E. HardKarin HarderLynne & Halstead HarrisonPatricia HastingsEllen & David HechtNancy HecklerHeather Heide & Jonathan Heide-PointlJanet HeineckTimothy Heitman & Edward ChenElise HemenwayJorja HenikoffBeda HerbisonIrma HerrmannGenie HigginsMargot & Tim HillThomas & Arline HinckleyJoanne HochbergWilliam HochbergShannon & Louis HofferSigrid Hokanson

Chris & Cara HollowayTerry Holme & Jeanne IannucciElizabeth Holohan & Joe SlagelEric Holtz & Dorothy Jean GuthAmanda & Andrew HoschEddie HuangJarlath HumeStanley W. HungerfordLuanna IversonChristina JallingsThe James FamilyCarol JensenBarbara JohnsonMarta Johnson & Johann RochollPam JudgeChris & Suzanne JuneauGordon W. KeatingTheresa KeatingEric KeiserThomas P. KellyMary KennedyVirginia King

Barbara & Judd KirkDale KleinDarlene KleinEugene M. KleinerChristina Koons & Jim McIntireVirginia & Len KoryckiNancy Kuehnoel & Mark ProulxTina KuhnleMary & David LambSusan Lantz-DeyMicki LarimerRoseann LaRoqueGary LasaterJeanne Marie LeeCaroline LeMayLuanne LemmerMary F. LenoxM. A. LeonardAndrea LiebermanMichelle LilesArni H. LittHarriet Litt

Sheila LukehartCathy MacLeodMary & Gary MadsonCarolyn MatternHelen MatzgerWilliam C McCahill Jr & Ying PuDiane McDonaldKaren McFaddenSarah McGannDoug & Theresa McLeanVera MetzDennis MeyerPhilip MichelLindsay R. MichimotoPamela & Robert MillerMary MonfortRenee N. MontgelasBruce & Joanne MontgomeryDavid MooreBobbie & Larry MorrisSpencer MorrisRocky MorrisAnne & Rollin MorrisonRoyce & Rose MorrisonMotorola Solutions FoundationDaniel J. MountDiana NeelySteve & Jane NestorMary NobleCathy NunneleyLinda O’ByrneGigli Y. OhBetty G. OlsonAnn & Melbourne O’MeraMarilyn O’NeillMary Clare O’ReganAnn OrmsbyJonathan & Stephanie OtisLaura & David PaceMargaret & Jack Pageler

Yvonne & John PalkaEriann Pearson & Harry CookerKaty PedeltyMargaret PepperLynn Phillips & Warren BakkenSusan PicquelleBeverly PiersonSusanna Steiff PinyuhArlen & Karen PlaisterHeidi Powell & Andy JessupShizue ProchaskaJane & Mark QuehrnNorman Raab FoundationKatie RandallSteven RandolphRichard RatliffElaine ReaEvelyn ReedMary ReitzKelly RenchLaura RinehartMarlene & David RinkerKirk RobbinsHelen R. RobertsMr. & Mrs. Donald RosenJohn RussellAnne RyanMeg & Dennis RyanSharsti Sandall & Robert WilkersonMartha & Robert SanderRachael SatherleyHans & Lyn SauterPamela SchellKristiann SchoeningLynn & David SchuelerNorman ScottDavid SeaterSeattle Garden ClubLawson & Robert SebrisChris & Bryce Seidl

Masako SekimotoPaula SelasPeter Shalit & Bob ClarkBrad & Linda ShallenbergerJo-Anne G. ShanahanChris & Nichole SharpeTanya ShewchukSharron & Robert ShinboKay ShoudyMargaret SigleyPaul Silver & Christina MarraCharles Simenstad & Stephanie MartinNancy SimsonsPeggy SkowMargaret Alice SoderstromMani & Karen SomaElsie G. SpinningJohn SpodenRichie Steffen & Rick PetersonJane StevensKay StimsonWilma StordahlBen StreissguthJohn SullivanMarion SullivanDonna SunkelVeronica & Bill SutherlandChristine SutterNatalie & Wayne SuyenagaJohn Swanson & Jan CranfieldSheila B. TaftHai Mee TanWilliam ThielemanPatrick & Margaret TysonDenise Van Horn & Tom HeinzJanice Van SickleJo Ann WaldronAdrienne WalkerMarisa WalkerConnie WalshGayle Walters

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

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May 1, 2017 through April 30, 2018

Linda WaltieJoy & Mindy WannamakerRuth & Charles WattsMary Ellen & Jim WeberSusan WeinsteinJulie & Mike WeisbachNan Weiss-HamSharlene & Herbert WelshMike WetterKevin WherryChristine & Bruce WhiteJohn WhitehurstJames Whitson & Patricia AdamsPeter WickstrandRichard WielandJana WilkinsAlan WilliamsSusan WilliamsSusan Winokur & Paul LeachBarbara WinquistThomas Winter & Corinne ThwingKaycie WoodPhil WoodDouglas & Susan WoodsArt & Susan WrightKunfeng Scott WuKathryn & John YerkeMarcia L. ZervisLouis & Corinne ZibelliGayle Ziese PhillipsDee ZimmermanJanis ZinanniBeth Zirngible

EDUCATION CENTER

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Joan Affleck-Smith & Nepier V. SmithSteve Alley & Amy ScottIlga Jansons & Michael DryfoosDan Hinkley & Robert JonesCarol & John HoersterCarolyn & Bob KitchellJeff Lehman & Katrina RussellSherrey & Douglas LuetjenJohn & Lee NeffNoriko & Doug PalmerJeanne E. PetersonJim Reid & Richard SmithJane & Chuck StonecipherDick & Hope StrobleCraig Trueblood & Julie McAvoySkip Vonckx & Zanny MiloMarylyn Ward & Jay JohnstonTrina WherryTom & Lyn WhiteRoger & Connie WilliamsJohn A. Wott, Director EmeritusJennifer & Scott Wyatt

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

Ira & Luba AlexanderDream Foundation Scholarship Students at the Martin Luther King SchoolLynn ChapmanMike DillonCarolyn KitchellSeymour KunisRev Marcel Rene Minshew

Helen MoodieRima SinnoBetty Jane SmithHolly UlfersAllan E. WilliamsPeggy WiltonJohn Hiller Zobel

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

Nick BeermanEileen Kilgren BergmanMaureen & Ron DiGiacomoJack & Maxine FordConnor LeMargie MalinawskiPeggy Wilton

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

Arboretum Foundation StaffRichard & Nancy BerenDiane CarlsonAustin DickersonRon & Maureen DiGiacamoJeaneite GivenHerb & Gerry HolleyCiscoe MorrisSherrey LuetjenSuzanne McLaughlinLinda O’BryneMarge PadelfordCarol ScottJohn Wott

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

MEMORIAL GIFTS*Gifts have been received in honor of the following individuals and groups:

David L. AasenMary AslanianEsther BathCarol BaxterNancy BrewsterRuth Mary CloseBetty ComtoisNancy DraperCharles GieseBen GregoryAnne Griffin KennedyLarry LeeLou LortonEllen LyonsRebecca McGoodwinRita Marie McGovernCarl MeurkBJ ParrishDr. Sarah ReichardBarbara RoblesLorna & Louis W. RoebkeLyn SauterSebastianElenore & Paul ThienesNorma VonckxBetty Elizabeth Wood

IN KIND GIFTS501 CommonsA Place For MomAegis LivingJoan Affleck-SmithArboretum Foundation Unit 1/75Arboretum Foundation Unit 95 TWIGSHotel Andra

AnonymousBatch 206 DistilleryBelle EpicureanBig Trees Inc.Brew Dr. KombuchaCaffe LadroSean CarltonChateau St. Michelle City of SeattleClif BarTydi ConcreteDenali FitnessRon GagliardoMauro GolmarviLynn GottliebDan HinkleyCarol HoersterThe Heathman HotelSusie JohnsonKINDCarolyn & Bob KitchellKUOW 94.9 FMChris & Betsy Larson Jeff Lehman & Katrina RussellMadison Park BakeryMovin’ 92.5Residence Inn MarriottTerry MayberryMayflower Park HotelCiscoe MorrisDaniel MountJacqui Naylor & Art KhuNoriko & Doug PalmerGreatBlue PhotosQueen Bee BakerySt. Clouds Restaurant & CateringSeattle’s ChildSeattle Petanque ClubSmith Brothers Farms Streissguth GardensSugru

Woodland Park Zoo SocietyStarbucksJane & Chuck StonecipherCraig TruebloodSuzan Watanabe Willows LodgePhil Wood

MATCHING GIFT COMPANIESApple, Inc.BlackRockThe Boeing CompanyChevronThe Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationGoogleHome DepotMicrosoftNetwork For GoodSaltchukT-Mobile USA, Inc.

Every effort has been made to ensure that our donor lists are accurate. 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: Sam Fu – page 5 (top right), page 8David Hutchins – page 6, page 12 (top left)Ted Alger – page 5 (bottom left), page 7 (top right)David Rosen – page 11 (left)Aurora Santiago – page 11 (right)

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