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The Urban Arboretum
The Urban Arboretum, maintained by Amazon Horticulture, provides Amazonians and community members a connection to nature in the center of Seattle's urban core. As you walk through Amazon's Puget Sound headquarters, we invite you to experience this urban botanical garden, which reflects the diverse plant palette represented within The Spheres.

The Stumpery

A redwood stump with a growing tree in the background.

Welcome to the Stumpery. These massive tree stumps originated on the Olympic Peninsula, where large groves of old-growth cedar have grown since the last ice age retreated 12,000 years ago.

Stumps and logs provide valuable habitats for a broad range of species, from fungi, to invertebrates, birds, and mammals. The stumps you see here were 250−500-year-old trees when they died. They were removed from areas undergoing tree harvesting and reforestation and were transported and installed in this landscape to help tell the story of the Pacific Northwest forest ecosystem.

What to see at the Stumpery
stump at the stumpery
The Stumpery includes stumps from multiple species that create a habitat for new plants to grow. Pictured here is the stump of a Western redcedar (Thuja plicata), surrounded by various evergreen species.
Nitro stump
A closer look at a cedar stump that is hundreds of years old.
Cedar with a small Tsuga species growing on top
This stump is located at the top of the stairs at the end of the Stumpery.

Click on an image to learn about the species that live at the Stumpery.

Ready for more? Use the map to collect your bearings and navigate to the next stop, just ahead of you in the mid-corridor.

Up Next: Urban Native Forest

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