About
The University of Washington Botanic Gardens manages the 10-acre Center for Urban Horticulture, the 65-acre Union Bay Natural Area, the 200-acre Washington Park Arboretum, the Elisabeth C. Miller Library, and the Otis Douglas Hyde Herbarium, plus research laboratories, greenhouses, teaching classrooms, and conference facilities. UW Botanic Gardens is administered by the University of Washington through its School of Environmental and Forest Sciences.
The mission of UW Botanic Gardens is \"Sustaining managed to natural ecosystems and the human spirit through plant research, display, and education.\"
UW Botanic Gardens Washington Rare Plant Care and Conservation Program is dedicated to conserving Washington's native rare plants through methods including ex situ conservation, rare plant monitoring, reintroduction, and education.
