Bloedel Reserve Blog
Welcome to the new Bloedel Reserve Blog
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Latest Posts
Strolls at Home, Week 2
We launched Strolls at Home last week and your response has been incredibly gratifying. We’ll be posting new themes and prompts in the weeks to come. [...]
Strolls at Home, Week 1
Our Strolls for Well-Being program is a free series of self-guided walks that take place on the Bloedel Reserve grounds. Because we are closed to the [...]
The Moss Garden
The Moss Garden is one of our most unusual features. Very few public gardens anywhere in the world have space dedicated to the cultivation of [...]
Trilliums Everywhere
Because some of you specifically asked to see the Bloedel Reserve trilliums, we’re giving you a trillium sampler. There are many varieties around the [...]
Magnolias & More
The larger specimen trees and shrubs are also budding, adding their own colors and textures to the landscape. Hover over or click the images [...]
Making the Beds
Every season has its chores. This spring, we’ve built and planted new beds around our Floral Workshop. Did you know the seasonal arrangements you [...]
Creative Resident: David Keplinger
April is National Poetry Month and we have often marked the occasion with poetry installed around the grounds. Given this year’s unusual circumstances, we’re [...]
Waste Not, Want Not
Did you know that the wattle fencing you see all around our landscapes is handmade by our Grounds & Horticulture Manager Joe DeMaio, using [...]
Creative Resident: CMarie Fuhrman
Due to the current COVID-19 epidemic, our Creative Residency artists are having to change their travel plans. Our April Resident -- writer and poet [...]
Creative Resident: Nathan DiPietro
Our Creative Residency Program brings artists and innovative thinkers to Bloedel Reserve to spend time communing with nature and developing their work. Until [...]
What’s in Bloom in March
These are just some of the flowering plants that are moving from our greenhouses into the Rhododendron Glen. All but the rhododendron, of course, [...]