The Garry Oak Gallery

Nestled within the Seward Park Audubon Center, the Garry Oak Gallery is a space rooted as deeply in place as it is in purpose—a place where community, art, and conservation converge.

Named for the Garry Oak (Quercus garryana), the only oak species native to Washington, the gallery draws inspiration from one of the region’s rarest and most culturally significant ecosystems. These distinctive trees—gnarled, resilient, and long-lived—once marked the open prairies of what is now south Seattle. Today, Seward Park still protects one of the city’s only remaining groves, a living reminder of landscapes shaped over generations by both natural processes and Indigenous stewardship.

Like the Garry oak itself, the gallery is a place of gathering and exchange. It hosts talks, lectures, and classes that invite curiosity and deepen understanding of the natural world, while also providing a welcoming platform for local artists to share work inspired by it. Here, science meets storytelling, and creative expression becomes another pathway into conservation.

Whether you’re attending a community event, learning something new, or experiencing art that reflects the landscapes just outside our doors, the Garry Oak Gallery offers a space to connect to each other, and to the living systems that sustain us.

Currently Showing:

The West: An Artist's View

Artist: Molly Hashimoto
Exhibit: April 3rd - June 30th, 2026
Ink & Watercolor Demo and Signing: April 18th, 2026 (learn more)

Molly Hashimoto’s art is an appreciation of the great beauty of the western United States, its magnificent landscapes, stately trees, and colorful birds, butterflies and wildflowers. The exhibit will include relief prints, watercolors and etchings.

About the Artist:

Seattle resident Molly Hashimoto's paintings and prints have been published for over 30 years as notecards, holiday cards, calendars and children’s books by Pomegranate Communications.   Her block prints have been published in many calendars and notecard collections. New cards and calendars for 2027 will be released in 2026.

Molly's books, published by Mountaineers Books, include: Colors of the West: An Artist’s Guide to Nature’s Palette, Mt. Rainier National Park: An Artist’s Tour, Birds of the West: An Artist’s Guide, and Trees of the West: An Artist’s Guide, which received an Award of Excellence for Botanical Art and Illustration from The Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries. Her latest book, Wildflowers of the West: An Artist’s Guide was released in fall 2025.  She has has annually exhibited her work in solo shows at the Elisabeth C. Miller Library at the University of Washington's Center for Urban Horticulture, most recently in 2025.

Teaching is an important part of her artistic journey; she offers annual outdoor seminars at Sitka Center for Art and Ecology at Cascade Head in Oregon, the North Cascades Institute in North Cascades National Park, and Yosemite Conservancy in Yosemite National Park. For many years she has offered library programs around Puget Sound, sharing her appreciation for nature with the public.

Visit Molly's Website: https://www.mollyhashimoto.com/