Arboretum Shelter Gets Some Well-Deserved Attention
After many hours of carving, sanding and staining 12 cedar logs, volunteers from the Arboretum Shelter Carving Workshops can be sure they left a wonderful mark on this Seattle park. And their work got some great praise last week, too!
First, the Arboretum’s new interpretive shelter, designed by Pomegranate Center and The Portico Group, and the carved cedar columns that will support it were featured in an article in last week’s Seattle Times, “Sprucing up a place for plants.” Describing the development of the Pacific Connections Garden, the article featured a large photo of the carving workshop site.
And then, the very next day, our volunteers’ handiwork made its first public appearance at the Arboretum’s Pacific Connections Garden groundbreaking ceremony! The unveiling of one of 12 columns was honored in a processional which included Mayor Greg Nickels and more than 100 attendees.
Everyone followed the carried column through the park to the site where it will be joined with 11 other columns in the construction of an interpretive shelter. The raising of this beautiful cedar column, in one of Seattle’s most unspoiled locations, was fittingly observed by a curious coyote that appeared to look approvingly at the work of Pomegranate Center volunteers.
Thanks to our readers and volunteers for creating such a unique landmark for the community and the Arboretum.