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A Project Under Development in West Seattle

The Garden is currently a construction site and is only open for guided docent tours. The free, guided tours are offered from March-October on the second Saturday of the month; no reservations needed. The next tour begins on July 11, 2009 at 10:00 AM. For details, please click here.

Help Light Up The Courtyard

Dr. Peter Ku Retires

Dr. Peter Ku has decided to retire from the Seattle Chinese Garden Board. He has been an active and productive member of the team for many years. Please join the Society Board and Staff members in thanking Dr. Ku for his long and distinguished service. We wish him well in his future endeavors!

An $8,000 Match for the Garden

The Seattle-Chongqing Sister City Association (SCSCA) is offering the Garden $8,000 for a matching challenge. The funds raised will bring us another step closer to completing construction of Knowing the Spring Courtyard. Here is how it works:

The first sixteen friends to pledge $500 will see their gift matched with $500, for a total of $16,000 in new support for Knowing the Spring Courtyard. These "Super Sixteen" donors will be recognized on the courtyard donor plaque and will be acknowledged in the next Garden newsletter.

Gifts of all sizes are welcome, and all donors from #17 on will be acknowledged in the upcoming newsletter. Those who make gifts greater than $500 will be recognized as "Matching Circle Patrons" and on the courtyard plaque at the appropriate giving level. Help us widen the circle of Seattle Chinese Garden supporters at all levels.

So, please make your pledge and be one of the first sixteen to magnify your gift through the matching funds. Checks should be made payable to SCGS, 1215 Fourth Avenue, Suite 1320, Seattle, WA 98161 with "Sister City Match" written on the note line. You may also make your payment via PayPal by going here.

谢谢— and thank you Seattle-Chongqing Sister City Association!

Master Creates a "Chinese Bonsai"

The Puget Sound Bonsai Association welcomed members of the Seattle Chinese Garden Society on June 22, 2009 to the Center for Urban Horticulture.

Robert Cho, a long-time supporter of SCGS, created a specimen penjing (Chinese for Bonsai), using traditional Chinese techniques. Jan Whitner, an SCGS board member and horticulturist, gave a short presentation on the Seattle Chinese Garden's plans and distributed Garden literature. The Garden will eventually display a collection of penjing in a dedicated courtyard and will have a nursery in which penjing are developed.

Volunteer Garden Clean-Up Party

Volunteers spent Saturday, June 6 helping us prepare the garden for summer. Pictures are posted below! Are you intersted in signing up for our next volunteer garden clean-up? Please contact us at volunteer@seattlechinesegarden.org.

Volunteers at the garden (top left and right). Docent Dewey Webster weeding (bottom left). Frank Su and Jade Wang cleaning up (bottom right).

Visit From The West Seattle Blog

The West Seattle Blog visited the garden recently. Click here to read their article and see new pictures of the site.

Joint fund-raising operation launched

with Seattle author Wendy Liu

The Seattle Chinese Garden is launching a joint fund-raising operation with Seattle author Wendy Liu. We offer you her new book "Everything I Understand about America I Learned in Chinese Proverbs," which contains 39 essays, developed around 39 Chinese proverbs/sayings and based on 39 of her experiences/observations in America. Order your copy here and help the Seattle Chinese Garden grow, too!