Author Talk: Street Trees of Seattle
Date & Time
Thursday, May 14, 2026
6 p.m. doors open,
6:30 p.m. program begins
This event is in the past.
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- Want to discover which neighborhood has the highest concentration of cherry street trees when cherry blossoms are at their peak?
- Eager to stroll down the only street lined with western red cedars?
- Curious how monkey puzzle trees made their way to the city?
Seattle has one of the most diverse street tree programs in the country — double the diversity of the East Coast, and triple the diversity of the Midwest. Today, only 5% of the city's trees in the public right-of-way are originally native to King County. Join Taha Ebrahimi, author and illustrator of Street Trees of Seattle: An Illustrated Walking Guide, for a talk about some of the notable trees near the Burke Museum and their interconnections with our cultural history.
About the Author
Taha Ebrahimi is the author and illustrator of Street Trees of Seattle: An Illustrated Walking Guide (Sasquatch Books, 2024). She serves as a member of the council for Historic Seattle and has been named “Seattle’s Coolest Street Tree Expert” by The Stranger.