From Our Backyard to Yours
Visit Bloedel Reserve from your own backyard…
Learn more about what is happening behind the scenes and around the gardens at Bloedel Reserve. Use the links below to explore from wherever you happen to be and be sure to check back regularly for new stories throughout the month.
Spring Garden Tasks
Spring is just a couple weeks away and it is time to get our gardens ready. Here is a list of things you can do to help prepare: Pruning: Now is a great time to [...]
Amphibian Monitoring at the Reserve
In the summer of 2022, I met Paula Mackay, freelance journalist and carnivore ecologist with the Woodland Park Zoo (WPZ). She wrote an elegant article in Tideland magazine (Rewilding Bloedel: Cultivating Pollinators and Other Native [...]
March Plant of the Month
March 2025 You may recognize this month’s choice as a previous Plant Pick from the Fall due to its stunning fall color. We couldn’t resist choosing it again, this time because of its apetalous flowers [...]
March Creative Resident Cedar Sigo
Cedar Sigo, Poet In residence, February 27-March 19, 2025 About the Artist A much-published poet, editor and lecturer, Cedar Sigo is currently a mentor in the MFA program at Institute of American Indian Arts and [...]
February Plant of the Month
February 2025 LATIN NAME: Corylus cornuta COMMON NAME: Beaked Hazel FAMILY: Betulaceae TYPE: Deciduous shrub ORIGIN: North America LOCATION AT BLOEDEL RESERVE: Bird Marsh, Boardwalk Trail GARDEN USES: Native Garden FUN FACT: Covered in drooping catkins, [...]
February Creative Resident Marshall Woodward
Marshall Woodward, Poet In residence, February 2-23, 2025 About the Artist Marshall Woodward is pursuing his MFA at the University of Houston where he is an Inprint Fellow and an assistant poetry editor for Gulf [...]
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