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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Orchid Trail

Fall Strolls for Well-Being (SOLD OUT)

Writing Through the Seasons: Autumn

Exhibit: 10 Years of Creative Residencies

Follow the Sun: Forest Bathing (SOLD OUT)

Picture Perfect Phone Photography (SOLD OUT)

Plein Air Painting: Robin Weiss

Rare and Endangered Woody Plants Tour

Mindfulness Meditation 9/17 (SOLD OUT)

Fungi Walk & Cultivation Class

Propagation from Cuttings Workshop

The Artist’s View: Eco Sketching

Plein Air Painting with Nora Masters

Mindfulness Meditation 10/1 (SOLD OUT)

Japanese Garden Trail

Japanese Garden Tour with Bob Braid

Oyster mushrooms fungi

Covert Living: Fungi on Parade 10/21

Covert Living: Fungi on Parade 10/29

Mindfulness Meditation 10/15

Squash Hunt

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  • Getting Ready for Fall

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  • The Rhythm of Blooms: Tending Bloedel’s Cut Flower Garden

    The Rhythm of Blooms: Tending Bloedel’s Cut Flower Garden Bloedel’s cut flower garden is a 2,500 sq. ft. garden located outside the main guest grounds near our maintenance shop. Some [...]

  • Rare Sightings of Great Horned Owls at Bloedel Reserve

    Rare Sightings of Great Horned Owls at Bloedel Reserve If you love birdwatching at Bloedel Reserve, this is an exciting time. Great Horned Owls are not seen here very often, [...]

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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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