Drum Roll Please:  We Have a New Agreement with the City of Yakima

Drum Roll Please: We Have a New Agreement with the City of Yakima

After more than two years of work and multiple extensions, the City of Yakima and the Yakima Area Arboretum finally have a signed operations and maintenance agreement that both parties can agree on.  The Yakima City Council approved the Agreement during their regular...

April is Invasive Plant Pest and Disease Awareness Month

April is Invasive Plant Pest and Disease Awareness Month

The month of April has been declared Invasive Plant Pest and Disease Awareness Month by the United States Department of Agriculture.  According to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack “Invasive species threaten our food security, agricultural livelihoods, and way of...

Year-end Campaign Supports New Winter Display Garden

Year-end Campaign Supports New Winter Display Garden

We have some wonderful things planned for you in 2023, including, we hope, the installation of a brand new Winter Display Garden. The Winter Display Garden will be located on the west side of the Jewett Interpretive Center welcoming guests with a variety of colors and...

Appreciating Autumn’s Adaptations

Appreciating Autumn’s Adaptations

Over the years the autumn season has been referred to by a number of different names such as Fall, Sweater Weather, Harvest Time, and/or Pumpkin Spice Season. But regardless of what we call it, fall provides everyone with cooler weather and a variety of color changes...

Geology Travels with Bruce Whitmore

Geology Travels with Bruce Whitmore

Missoula Floods and the Ice Age: versed in Cataclysmic and Catastrophe Praises  If I were a stranger to the Pacific Northwest, I would probably wonder why there’s such a diversity in the geography between the western and eastern regions of the Cascades Mountain range....

Help Shape the Future of the YAA – Become a Board Member Today!

Help Shape the Future of the YAA – Become a Board Member Today!

Arboretum Friends, The Yakima Area Arboretum is a valued part of our community. Outdoor spaces, trails, parks, and public gardens are essential to our well-being and quality of life. Hundreds of people visit the Arboretum each week to connect with nature and to find...

Arboretum Programs Inspire Past President

Arboretum Programs Inspire Past President

“2010, planning meeting at the Arboretum in consideration of building a nature center.” This was right up my alley! Since the 1990’s I had been involved in the development of the Seward Park Audubon Center (AC) in Seattle through my membership on the board of Audubon...

2020 Luminaria Candle-lit Walk Cancelled

2020 Luminaria Candle-lit Walk Cancelled

Dear Arboretum Friends, With our most heartfelt apologies, we announce that this year’s annual Luminaria candle-lit walk has been canceled. We have hosted this event for more than 30 years and have come to enjoy it almost as much as our visitors. But after many...

Beautiful Green Spaces Strengthen Our Communities

Dear Arboretum Friends, If you are like me and believe that communities are stronger and happier when we have beautiful parks and public gardens to relax and recreate in then I invite you to join me in financially supporting the Yakima Area Arboretum.  My name is...