One of the country’s most original and ambitious gardens.

The New York Times

One of North America’s 10 Best Botanical Gardens

USA Today, 2020

…being present in nature elevates and nurtures the human spirit, heals hearts and minds, and enriches our communities, and our world.

Virginia Bloedel

There is a magical quality to Bloedel Reserve, unlike any other place I’ve visited. I am once transformed, energized, inspired, relaxed, and released from daily cares to be completely present with my own soul and the wonders of nature.

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We express deep gratitude towards the Suquamish People, People of the Clear Salt Water, for sustaining the land within which our healing landscapes thrive.

Discover a Garden in the Forest

Bloedel Reserve is a 140-acre wonder of nature, created by the imagination, vision, and passionate love of the natural world shared by our founders, Prentice and Virginia Bloedel. Working with the rugged geography of the land, they artfully transformed a rough-hewn Northwest forest into a harmonious series of curated gardens, structural features, and distinctive landscapes, with nature as canvas and paint.

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Writing Through the Seasons: Autumn

Writing Through the Seasons: Winter

Creative Phone Photography (SOLD OUT)

Forest Bathing for Kids

Follow the Sun: Forest Bathing 6/19

Follow the Sun: Forest Bathing 6/20

Follow the Sun: Forest Bathing 6/21

Bard at Bloedel: Macbeth

Members Only: Bats Northwest Talk (SOLD OUT)

Mindfulness Meditation 7/2 (SOLD OUT)

Mindfulness Meditation 7/16

2025 Bloedel Reserve Garden Party

Mapping Relations with Creative Resident

Wattle fencing close-up

Build a Wattle Fence with Andy Moss

Height of Summer Walk

Phone Photography in Nature

Floral Shapes in Glass & Fiber

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  • June Creative Resident Aditi Kini

    Aditi Kini, Writer In residence, June 16-July 6, 2025 About the Artist Aditi Kini joins us as a Creative Resident in mid-June. Aditi writes prose, scripts, and other text objects [...]

  • 2025 City Nature Challenge Results

    At our Earth Day Celebration on April 27th, Bloedel Reserve made its debut in the City Nature Challenge, an annual, global, community science competition to document urban biodiversity. Kitsap County [...]

  • Irrigation at Bloedel: A Look Behind the Scenes

    As summer approaches and the soil begins to dry out, the horticulture team at Bloedel Reserve is preparing for another busy irrigation season. Visitors may notice more sprinklers running throughout [...]

  • June Plant of the Month

    June 2025 LATIN NAME: Gunnera manicata COMMON NAME: Giant Rhubarb FAMILY: Gunneraceae TYPE: Herbaceous perennial ORIGIN: Columbia, Southern Brazil LOCATION AT BLOEDEL RESERVE: Mid-Pond GARDEN USES: Rain Garden, Pond Edge FUN [...]

  • May Creative Resident Laura Villareal

    Laura Villareal, Poet & Book Critic In residence, May 21-June 10, 2025 About the Artist Poet & Book Critic Laura Villareal joins us as May's Creative Resident. Laura's debut poetry [...]

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Land Acknowledgement

The history of the land on which Bloedel Reserve sits extends back much farther than the Bloedels. We acknowledge the history of this land.

We express deep gratitude towards the Suquamish People, People of the Clear Salt Water, for sustaining the land within which our healing landscapes thrive. Those entrusted with caring for Bloedel Reserve acknowledge that the sacred ancestral territory on which the Reserve resides flourishes because of the stewardship, since time immemorial, by the Suquamish people. We will honor and respect their legacy by nurturing this land and the waterways of the Central Salish Sea for present and future generations.

dibəł čəł ti Bloedel Reserve.
We are the Bloedel Reserve.

ʔugʷiitubułəd čəł ʔugʷabitubuł.
We invite you to join us.

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