Our 1st Thursday public tours are casual walks through various areas of the 230 acre Washington Park Arboretum.  Walks feature seasonal themes, collections plants, explorations of botany, and the history of our organization.   

For July we will explore our Pacific Connections Garden which features native plants from countries around the Pacific Rim in both display gardens and natural forests.   You can read more about this amazing area of our arboretum at: botanicgardens.uw.edu…

Please note that the Pacific Connections Garden is at the south end of the Washington Park Arboretum:
  To join the walk, meet us at the south end of the Japanese Garden Parking Lot, 1075 Lake Washington Blvd East.  Docents will be there to greet and gather visitors and walk them up to the Pacific Connections Garden.

We make every effort to tailor our tours to our audience and most months we are able to offer visitors a choice of a longer or shorter walk depending on their capabilities.  If you have any specific requirements or mobility limitations we will do our best to accommodate them.

UW Botanic Gardens is committed to enriching the lives of all community members with free public tours, But please note:  Public tours are for individual participants not large groups. 
If you wish to have a group tour, please explore your options at…botanicgardens.uw.edu…