Kruckeberg Botanic Garden, Botanical garden in Shoreline, US
Kruckeberg Botanic Garden is a 4-acre (1.6 ha) botanical garden at 20312 Fifteenth Avenue NW in Shoreline, Washington, north of Seattle. Professor Arthur Rice Kruckeberg and his wife Mareen Schultz Kruckeberg began planting it in 1958 around their home, mixing Pacific Northwest natives with specimens collected mainly in China and Japan. The grounds hold exotic conifers, oaks, maples, rhododendrons, magnolias and a wingnut, plus fern, cyclamen and wood sorrel plantings.
Professor Arthur Rice Kruckeberg and his wife Mareen founded the garden in 1958 to develop a plant collection of regional importance. The site received protective status in 2003, ensuring its long-term preservation.
The garden serves as a place for people to learn about plants and their habitats through classes and guided tours. Local enthusiasts and students come here to develop their knowledge of the natural world.
The grounds are located in Shoreline, north of Seattle, and are reachable by foot or car. Visitors should prepare for damp conditions and wear sturdy shoes, as paths wind through forest and garden areas.
Four trees in the garden hold State Champion status: a tanoak, a mutant tanoak with attenuated teeth on its leaves, a striped-bark maple (Acer davidii) and a chokecherry. The collection also holds a Caucasian spruce, Brewer's spruce, a Chilean fire tree and Eucryphia glutinosa, specimens rarely grown together in the region.
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