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Debbie Fuchs - New Board Member (Posted 2/7/2010)
New LWAF Board member and recording secretary, Debbie Fuchs, a 6-year resident of Maple Valley, graduated from WSU with a degree in Business Information Systems.
After graduation, she worked at Boeing as a computer programmer for almost 7 years before deciding to stay at home to raise her 3 children. Eleven years of homeschooling later, her two 14-year-olds are still learning from Mom at home, while their 17-year-old brother has moved on to the Running Start program at more... |
Susan Goodell joins Board (Posted 2/1/2010)
One of LWAF's new Board members for 2010, Susan Goodell, states that she is "thrilled to be a Lake Wilderness Arboretum Foundation board member" and believes that "the Arboretum is a region-wide treasure." Susan will serve as an Arboretum Board member-at-large as well as the co-chair of the Property Management and Development committee.
Susan developed the gardening bug in 1995 after she and her husband bought their first house with a small yard. That passion led her more... |
Nancy Claire Guth joins the Arboretum Board (Posted 1/27/2010)
This January, LWAF welcomed Nancy Claire Guth as a Board member-at-large. Nancy has been active in Arboretum activities for the past few years. Her new master plan for the Smith-Mossman Western Azalea Garden has brought about major enhancements to the garden in the past two years.
Nancy has degrees from South Seattle Community College (SSCC) in Environmental Horticulture and in Landscaper Design and Construction. At SSCC, she served on the SSCC curriculum committee for more... |
Docents needed - First training session on Feb 4th (Posted 1/27/2010)
Lake Wilderness Arboretum Foundation is currently recruiting volunteers who are willing to share a few hours of their time each month to lead visitors on a tour of Lake Wilderness Arboretum. LWA Foundation's Docent Tour group will begin a short training program for returning and new docents Thursday, February 4th at 12:30PM at the Arboretum. You don't need to be a plant, history, or LWA Foundation "guru" to participate. Reference materials will be provided as well as more... |
Volunteer at the Arboretum - Earn a free ticket to Disney (Posted 1/6/2010)
Sign up for Disney's "Give a Day. Get a Disney Day." program that celebrates and inspires volunteerism! You can volunteer at the Arboretum and earn a free one day ticket for admission to a Walt Disney World or Disneyland theme park of your choice. More details are available at the Disney's official site where you can sign up for one of our qualifying more... |
Man Vs. Knotweed (Posted 10/21/2009)
 Friends of the Cedar River Watershed have teamed up with Cascade Land Conservancy, King County, and private land owners to reclaim shoreline habitat and property from a particularly nasty invasive plant species. Knotweed is an aggressive perennial that crowds out native species more... |
AT&T Employees Volunteer at the Arboretum (Posted 9/21/2009)
 Over 50 AT&T employees pitched in at the Arboretum during United Way's Day of Caring to perform work on a myriad of projects including preparing the base for a new flagstone pavilion in front of the plant nursery. |
New plant pictures available (Posted 8/12/2009)
 A set of pictures of Arboretum plants has been taken this past week and made available online. The majority of these pictures show members of dwarf conifer collection. |
Plant database online (Posted 8/12/2009)
 You can now search our plant database for a listing of plants found in the Arboretum. On the website's main menu, click on Plant List. This takes you to the Plant Selection Menu which you can use to request a listing of all Arboretum plants currently recorded in the database or a specific subset more... |
Fuchia garden takes shape in the Arboretum (Posted 8/11/2009)
 Although the sign says "Future Site of Hardy Fuchsia Species Collection" The future is now if you look at
our Hardy Fuchsia Species Garden. Granted the plantings are a bit sparse,
but working with the Western Fuchsia Species Society (WFSS), Board member Ione Tufts
has already populated the garden with several plants. The garden will continue to take
shape more... |
Saturday Plant Sales at the Nursery (Posted 6/17/2009)
With the exception of July 4th, the Arboretum Nursery will be open every Saturday this summer from 9AM until 1PM. Take a walk in the Arboretum and stop by the Nursery to see what strikes your fancy! |
Western Azalea Celebration (Posted 6/9/2009)
 Recognition of two Eagle Scouts, Kevin Fuchs and Anders Roxstrom was part of part of our annual Western Azalea Festival. Guests were greeted by the wonderful color and aroma of the Arboretum Western Azalea Garden. The garden now features new trails, a beautiful new entrance and a new bridge inviting guests to cross the meandering rock more... |
Saving small woodlands (Posted 3/4/2009)
This is an interesting article on small woodlands. Our Arboretum Forest falls into this category and may benefit from some of the strategies highlighted in this article/website. |
John VanZanten joins the Arboretum Board (Posted 2/16/2009)
In February's board meeting, the Lake Wilderness Arboretum Board voted to add John VanZanten as a board member-at-large. John's background makes him ideally suited to help guide Foundation activities. His father, Lee VanZanten, was born into an azalea growing family and business (VanZanten and Sons Greenhouse Company) in Lynden, WA. Although John grew up in Longview, WA., he spent many of his summers working at the azalea farm. John graduated from WWU in 1985 with a more... |
Arboretum Foundation welcomes Ione Tufts (Posted 2/10/2009)
The Lake Wilderness Arboretum Foundation recently welcomed Ione Tufts to their
Board of Directors. Ione's interest and involvement with the Arboretum and Arboretum
Foundation started with volunteering with the TWIGS group. Since then she has helped
with several design projects in the Arboretum. Ione stated that she is looking
forward to serving on the Board where she can become more involved in the
community and also have a voice in development of the Arboretum. more... |
