Gentle Giant
When the Flower Growers’ Club of Tacoma presented the College of Puget Sound with a giant sequoia sapling in March 1932, no one could have imagined that it would grow into an icon. At the time of its planting, “the tree was dedicated to George Washington,” noted The Trail, “and will be left where it is at present unless it becomes too large for the location.” Native to the Sierra Nevada, the giant sequoia now stands on the lawn between Howarth Hall and Wheelock Student Center. At 120 feet tall and 107 inches in diameter, it is by far the largest of Puget Sound’s 13 giant sequoias.
