South Seattle College Chinese Garden
The arboretum is an important part of the south seattle college landscape horticulture program.
South seattle college chinese garden. The chinese municipality helped develop the park in the style of sichuan gardens. All plants sold are selected, propagated, grown and presented by landscape horticulture students. Because this isn’t a seattle parks department public space, it remains a secret park despite its impressive garden.
The seattle chinese garden is on the grounds of the south seattle college. It is often called “the best kept secret of west seattle.” please click information about the arboretum and the arboretum map to learn more. The college has a large horticulture program.
Coenosium rock garden at south seattle college arboretum. I’m working my way through our city’s privately managed, publicly open gardens, which landed me on a sunny day on the campus of south seattle college. I don't think many people know about this place but it is located on the very north end of the south seattle community college.
The # seattlechinesegarden is a classical chinese garden on the campus of south seattle college, high on the ridge above delridge way in west seattle. It is the only chinese garden outside china that is built in the unique sichuan style of seattle’s sister city, chongqing. The acs reference garden program is a partnership between the society and established gardens that feature exemplary conifer collections.
The seattle chinese garden borders the arboretum. South seattle college is located in beautiful west seattle, just minutes from alki beach and downtown seattle. In 2012, volunteers planted these 400 peony rootstock in the hopes of creating the largest public peony garden on the west coast.
Open daily from dawn to dusk. My husband and i visited both during a brief lull in the rainy weather while on our christmas visit to seattle. While we can’t travel or easily meet up with friends, i’ve challenged myself to find other ways to help my kids learn about other cultures.