The region's most enchanting summer garden party takes place at the Arboretum o n Thursday, July 20. Support this special green space while enjoying signature cocktails, a Renaissance-style feast, scenes and songs from Shakespeare's  A Midsummer Night's Dream , and more. Tickets: $125 to $250. RSVP by July 13.

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About 50 members and colleagues of the Foundation attended our Annual Meeting on June 21. Foundation Board President Sherrey Luetjen led the proceedings, which included speeches about our fiscal-year accomplishments and the election of new board members. The big news of the evening was the announcement by our Executive Director Paige Miller that she will be leaving us on August 4 for a new adventure in New Orleans.

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This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Seattle Garden Club. To celebrate, the Arboretum is creating a new summer-themed garden on the north side of Azalea Way pond, using a grant from the Garden Club and matching funds from the Arboretum Foundation. Read about the design plan and how it came about in the latest issue of the Arboretum Bulletin .

On Monday, July 10, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., UW Botanic Gardens is offering a free class at the Center for Urban Horticulture on making your garden more hospitable to wildlife. Penny Bolton will teach you how native birds and beneficial bugs fit into the urban ecosystem and how you can create safe habitat for them in your yard. 

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• Free Weekend Walk Tours: July themes -- "Birds" (Saturday family walks) and "Hydrangeas" (Sundays); 1 to 2:30 p.m.
• UWBG BLOG: Summer Delights of the Arboretum and CUH, by Ray Larson
• Miller Library Art Exhibit: "Drawings from Our Edible Gardens," by Susan Lally-Chiu; June 13 to July 28
• Help the Garden Stewards: July schedule posted online.