Happy Birthday Dr Art Kruckeberg! Celebration and Fundraiser TONITE, at City Hall

A Great Shoreline Treasure and Incredible Resource in Our Community 

photo credit - UW Botany

Shoreline and the Kruckeberg Botanic Garden Foundation is celebrating the 90th Birthday of Dr Arthur Kruckeberg. The Botanical Garden he and his wife the late Mareen S Krukeberg founded in now a Shoreline City Park.

photo credit - KBGF

The Shoreline City Council honored him with a Lifetime Achievement Award.  He is a Professor Emeritus of Botany at UW and a founding member of the Washington Native Plant Society. He has authored  many authoritative books on botany such as;

Gardening with Native Plants of the Pacific Northwest. University of Washington Press, 1st ed. 1982; 2nd ed. 2996.

Natural History of Puget Sound Country. University of Washington Press, 1991.

His actual Birthday was March 21st but the community is celebrating today.

Happy Birthday Art!  What an amazing legacy!

photo credit - KBGF, MsK Nursery

GARDENPARTY 2010 THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS INVITES YOU TO AN  EXTRAORDINARY EVENING IN SUPPORT OF THE  KRUCKEBERG BOTANIC GARDEN FOUNDATION.  JOIN US TO CELEBRATE DR. ARTHUR KRUCKEBERG’S  90TH BIRTHDAY AND TO HONOR HIS LEGACY AND  EXCEPTIONAL GIFT TO THE COMMUNITY. Thursday April 8, 2010 6:00 – 8:00 pm Shoreline City Hall Libations & hors d’oeuvres will be served. Tickets: $90, $250, $500 per person. All tickets must be purchased in advance. There will no tickets available at the door. Purchase Tickets: Ticket Levels   Sadler Oak $90.00  Garry Oak $250.00  Tanbark Oak $500.00    Make a non-attending donation in honor of Dr. Kruckeberg:   All net proceeds from GardenParty benefit the work of the Foundation to support and maintain the Garden and expand its educational programs for the community.