Elliott Bay Gift Certificates
Our unique handwritten
Gift Certificates are available in-store or charge-by-phone only! Call 1-800-962-5311
to order yours today!
The perfect gift—in any amount—with that personal touch of classic old world charm.
Ann Streissguth and Daniel Streissguth are most known as two esteemed University of Washington faculty emeritae. Ann Streissguth taught at the UW School of Medicine and was a national pioneer in research on fetal alcohol issues, and Daniel Streissguth was a professor at the UW College of Architecture and Urban Planning. At their Capitol Hill home, they took on the decades-long work of making a beautiful garden out of land that was mostly given over to Himalayan blackberries, horsetails, and morning glories. In their lovely book, In Love with a Hillside Garden (University of Washington), co-authored with their landscape architect son Benjamin Streissguth, they show and tell a particular story of one garden made, and also illustrate the potential for other such efforts to bear fruit elsewhere. Now a part of the Seattle park system—as a result of a 1996 gift to the City—this public garden is a pleasure to behold in book form—and in the real experience of visiting it.
