Just in time for the peak of fall colors, Seattle Parks and Recreation, the University of Washington Botanic Gardens and The Arboretum Foundation have unveiled a new installation of way-finding signs and two new trails with informational and educational signage at the Washington Park Arboretum.
The agencies have been working on the project for more than three years, according to Seattle Parks and Recreation Project Manager Andy Sheffer.
More than 30 new signs are spread across the arboretum. In park-visitor surveys, the most common suggestion was the need for better information and more interpretation.
The University of Washington and its director of the UW Botanical Gardens, Dr. Sarah Reichard, oversaw the two new interpretive trails: the half-mile “Pinetum Loop” and one-mile “Lookout Loop.”
The University of Washington has also printed new trail maps that are available at the Graham Visitors Center, and online at depts.washington.edu/uwbg/docs/TrailMap.pdf.
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