Name: Friends of Seattle's Olmsted Parks Walking Tour: Washington Park Arboretum
Start: 2025-08-23T10:00:00-07:00
End: 2025-08-23T12:00:00-07:00
Location: Washington Park Arboretum

Friends of Seattle's Olmsted Parks Walking Tour: Washington Park Arboretum

Price: $30
Financial aid spots available first come, first serve.
Join the Friends of Seattle’s Olmsted Parks on the final walking tour of Seattle’s Olmsted Brothers parks and parkways this summer!
The city first acquired Washington Park from the Puget Mill Company in 1900. By 1904, the city hired the Olmsted Brothers firm to prepare drawings for a roadway alignment through the park. Plans for how a “pleasure drive” would connect Lake Washington Boulevard to the university campus through Washington Park evolved quickly over the next several months.
Learn more of the history of the Arboretum while strolling through the beautiful plant collections, some of which have been in place since the start of the park!