From Our Backyard to Yours

From the Archives: Bloedel Welcomes a Star Since the Bloedel Reserve first opened its gates, it has welcomed thousands of visitors. Each guest is appreciated, but every so often, someone truly unique arrives. In 1981, [...]

Your Gifts at Work: Growing Programs, Gardens, and Community Nonprofits are the cornerstones of communities, offering essential and specialized services and spaces. They are sustained through the generosity of the very communities they champion. It [...]

Getting Ready for Fall in the Gardens As the days shorten and the light takes on a softer glow, the gardens at Bloedel Reserve begin their steady transition into autumn. September is a month of [...]

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 of our staff remember building [...]

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, so when they do make [...]

Before burn On the afternoon of Monday, August 25th the Bainbridge Island Fire Department (BIFD) successfully implemented a prescribed burn in the Buxton Pollinator Meadow at Bloedel Reserve. Across a1 ¼ acre area, [...]