Bloedel Reserve is delighted to announce the recent completion of the organization’s Interpretive Master Plan. We feel honored to have worked with the talented Julie Davis, PhD of 106 Group, Katherine Lamers, and Sam Olbekson, AIA, NCARB, AICAE, NOMA on this rewarding and complex project.
The organization’s goals for this Plan were to create a cohesive and uniform approach to interpretation that integrates storytelling into the visitor experience; to distill and clarify the main messages visitors take away from their experience; to create a safe, accessible, and informed experience for a broad range of visitors; and to design and adopt a uniform visual environmental graphic design language that respects the founders’ intent.
The Plan also clearly states goals for the visitor experience, which show up as key threads in the Plan’s interpretive themes:
All visitors to Bloedel Reserve will feel immersed in restorative landscapes that engage their senses, encourage them to be present, and connect them with nature.
Visitors also will find opportunities to understand the relationship between people and the land here and to deepen their own relationship to this place.
We thank our incredible partners, staff, and Board of Trustees for stewarding this project into completion.
