The Center of Urban Horticulture recently published this in their newsletter:
Restoration and Renewal in the Goodfellow Grove
Salmonberry (Rubus spectabilis) and white western redbud (Cercis occidentalis alba) in April bloom
It’s spring and time for a full on revival in the Center for Urban Horticulture’s Goodfellow Grove! Dedicated to the late Marilou Goodfellow, the Grove was designed to demonstrate the use of native plants in a transitional landscape and is aptly located between the formal ornamental gardens in and around the Center for Urban Horticulture and the “wilderness” of the Union Bay Natural Area.
As a former UW Botanic Gardens graduate student, a botanist and restoration ecologist, and landscape designer specializing in native plants with horticultural appeal, I am thankful for the opportunity as the new gardener assigned to the grove.
We are working on re-defining original beds and pathways, taming and radically renovating shrubs and trees, and will be installing beautiful true native/native cultivar wildflowers and groundcovers for the upcoming summer events season. If you see me, ask me about wild foraging – there are some native edibles in the grove and even the weeds are delicious…
The serviceberry grove (Amelanchier x grandiflora) in full April
Cardamine oligosperma also known as bittercress or shot-weed is an edible green great for mixed salads
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