Join the Washington Native Plant Society in this awesome webinar.

Art Kruckeberg moved to Washington in 1950 to take a faculty position at the University of Washington.  In the next 66 years, his research, outreach, and advocacy educated generations of professional and amateur botanists and transformed how native plants are both understood and valued in our region.  His influence was felt far beyond the University, making accessible an appreciation of our native flora directly, through field trips, publications, and legislation to protect rare species, and indirectly, through his efforts to establish the WNPS and the Kruckeberg Botanic Garden, now a public garden in Shoreline, WA.  His legacy lives on through the many former students, native plant enthusiasts, and gardeners who find joy in our native flora.

You are invited to a Zoom webinar.
When: Mar 31, 2023 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Topic: NPAM: The Legacy of Dr. Art Kruckeberg

Register in advance for this webinar:
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_xlWdCpsYT8-SxjueGyC5QA 

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

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Webinar Speakers

Dr. Richard Olmstead (Emeritus Professor of Biology, Emeritus Curator of the Herbarium at University of Washington, Burke Museum)
Dick Olmstead is a Emeritus Professor of Biology at the University of Washington and Emeritus Curator of the Herbarium at the Burke Museum. He received his B.S. from the State University of New York, College of Forestry in 1973 and his Ph.D. from the Department of Botany at UW in 1988 (Art Kruckeberg was a member of his Ph.D. committee). He returned to join the faculty in 1995, retiring in 2022. Dick remained close to Dr. Kruckeberg in his later years, helping establish the Kruckeberg Botanic Garden as a public Garden in Shoreline and served on the Board of Trustees for the Kruckeberg Botanic Garden Foundation.