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Photo by Brandon Macz The 1.2-mile Arboretum Loop Trail opened in November 2017, and connects to Arboretum Drive. A grand opening for the Loop Trail will take place on Sunday, April 8.

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Arboretum Loop Trail to have packed grand opening event on April 8 By Brandon Macz

Madison Park Times editor The Washington Park Arboretum Loop Trail took many years to complete, and many more will be spent in the future to ensure the trees and wetlands around it continue to grow and thrive. “When we laid out the trail in the arboretum, we actually laid out the trail six times,” said Garrett Farrell, projects manager with Seattle Parks and Recreation. After quietly opening the new trail that runs from East Madison Street to the Graham Visitors Center back on Nov. 10, a grand opening celebration will be held noon to 3 p.m. Sunday, April 8. A vine-cutting ceremony will officially open the Loop Trail at 1 p.m., and takes place in the Birch Parking Lot at Lake Washington Boulevard and East Interlaken Avenue. The Washington Park Arboretum takes many hands to care for, including the University of Washington, which maintains an impressive botanical collection there, and the Arboretum Foundation, which provides family programming, advocacy and volunteers to steward the park. “One of the main ideas here is we were trying to make the collection more accessible in that part of the arboretum,” said Niall Dunne, Arboretum Foundation communications manager. The trail was planned for in the arboretum’s 2001 master plan, and the $7.8 million that ended up funding the project came from mitigation funds provided

by the Washington State Department of Transportation in connection with its State Route 520 Bridge replacement project. “We did a lot at the negotiation end of things to get that money for the arboretum,” Dunne said, “because our partners

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