From Our Backyard to Yours
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Learn more about our ongoing work, special projects, historical interest and the ever-changing botanical abundance of the Pacific Northwest. Our blog is updated regularly, so check back often!
July Plant of the Month
July 2025 LATIN NAME: Pyrola aphylla COMMON NAME: Leafless Wintergreen FAMILY: Ericaceae TYPE: Saprophytic Perennial ORIGIN: Western North America LOCATION AT BLOEDEL RESERVE: Orchid Woods GARDEN USES: Not typical FUN FACT: The species name of [...]
9 Native Plants We Love For Pollinators
Nine Plants We Love for Pollinators Our Pollinator Meadow is designed with a clear goal in mind: to establish a highly diverse community of flowering herbs and native grasses that deliver nectar- and pollen-rich blooms [...]
Rooted in Creativity: 10 Years of Bloedel Reserve’s Creative Residency Program
The most ingenious innovations may be inspired by the whispers of the wind, the complexity and strength of a spider's web, the magnetic alignment of a termite mound, or the resilience of a towering gum [...]
In the Shade of Giants
In the Shade of Giants: Rediscovering David Douglas and the Roots of Botanical Exploration A few months ago, I was at a breakfast meeting with one of our Trustee’s, when he asked me to share [...]
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 from an office with butterscotch [...]
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 placed 146th worldwide with 3,792 [...]
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