From Our Backyard to Yours

Meet Community Creative Stephanie Tayengco Spore project I work in glass, using a torch to melt and sculpt it into solid and hollow forms. I primarily use borosilicate glass, the type used in [...]

November 2026 LATIN NAME: Chrysanthemum ‘Snow Dome’ COMMON NAME: Snow Dome Chrysanthemum FAMILY: Asteraceae TYPE: Herbaceous perennial ORIGIN: East Asia GARDEN USES: Late season bloom, Border plant LOCATION AT THE RESERVE: Arrival Garden FUN FACT: [...]

A Legacy of Philanthropy As a docent in the Residence, I am continually struck by visitors’ admiration for Prentice and Virginia Bloedel’s extraordinary generosity in establishing the Reserve for the public to enjoy. In these [...]

Aishvarya Arora, Poet, Teaching Artist, Cultural Organizer In residence, Oct. 23-Nov. 15 This October, Aishvarya Arora joins Bloedel Reserve as our Creative Resident. Arora is a poet, teaching artist, and cultural organizer from Queens, New [...]

Connections Across the Country: Bloedel Reserve and Old Saybrook, CT --Written by Jane Carlin, Archives Volunteer Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of meeting Emma Burbank, Museum Coordinator at “The Kate", the Katharine Hepburn [...]

For artist Abbie Birmingham, a love of plants, place, and the natural world comes together through paper and printmaking. A printmaker and book artist, Abbie discovered her artistic practice later in life, after raising two [...]