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
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
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
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!
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
“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...
Your annual gift helps sustain a community treasure for future generations.
Dear Arboretum Friends, As we have all navigated these crazy and challenging times we have come to realize what is truly important to each of us and it is not just the obvious things like essential workers, PPE, and toilet paper, but it is also the refuge provided by...
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...
Nicky Bocek, “Please Support this Community Asset”
"The Arboretum is a wonderful asset for our community. This was never more apparent than during the Covid-19 shutdown this spring, when so many of us were quarantined, and community children could not attend school. The Arboretum became a haven for families and...