by Garrett Brenden | Aug 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
What if I told you that the forests you see in our mountains and across our landscape now may be wildly different in the next 100 years? Ok sure, 100 years is a long time, but some of our trees can live longer than 300+ years. So why would forests change in 100...
by Colleen Adams-Schuppe | Jun 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
Regents Professor Norman Lewis, and fellow researcher and spouse Laurence Davis, shown in the photo above, are holding cuttings from the Arboretum’s Japanese pagoda tree (Sophora japonica or Styphnolobium japonicum planted in 1988) on Friday, June 26, 2020 at...
by Colleen Adams-Schuppe | Mar 31, 2020 | Uncategorized
Hello Friends, We wanted to give you and update from the Yakima Area Arboretum. So much has changed in the last three weeks as the events of the Covid-19 coronavirus have unfolded. The grounds are still open for your enjoyment, and will remain open unless we are...
by Colleen Adams-Schuppe | Mar 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
Dear Arboretum Friends, First let’s start with some good news. Despite all the cancelling and postponing of events and classes in the coming months, the Yakima Area Arboretum grounds will continue to be open for your enjoyment and mental health. If you feel up...
by 3rdstudio | Aug 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
Let’s face facts: A tree is probably the largest monetary investment you will make in a plant. Unlike annuals and perennials, a tree is a long-term investment that matures over time. When shopping many people fear they will select the “wrong” tree – a tree...
by Colleen Adams-Schuppe | Aug 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
The dream started over fifty years ago when several members of the Central District of the Washington State Federation of Garden Clubs gathered together on a dry and dusty patch of old farm land, tucked between the river and the future Interstate 82, to plan. As they...
