From Our Backyard to Yours

Seasonal Interest Explore Bloedel Reserve with your sensory map this December, January, and February. Feel the crisp paper birch, velvety moss, and fuzzy magnolia buds. Inhale the fragrance of cedar and daphne, listen to trickling [...]

Have you ever wondered how our state-of-the-art compost facility works? Our 2023 Horticulture & Design summer interns each chose a topic they felt passionate about communicating to our visitors. Enjoy this tour through how we [...]

Wonder abounds at the Reserve this year December 2-31 Winter Wonders is a fun, community oriented, outdoor Bloedel Reserve tradition designed to get you in the holiday spirit. Enjoy a wintry walk through the gardens [...]

Bloedel Reserve is developing a Forest Management Plan in collaboration with Northwest Natural Resource Group (NNRG) in 2023-2024 to care for not only the trees, but the roads, water sources, wildlife habitats, and lawn areas [...]

Seasonal Interest This special edition focuses on the wonders of fall in the plant kingdom: the mysterious world of carnivorous plants, the prickly secrets of armored flora, and the wonders of plants pollinated by nocturnal [...]

November 2023–Vitis davidii Common Name:  David’s Grape, Spiny Vitis Family:  Vitaceae Type:  Deciduous Vine Origin:  East Asia, China Location at Bloedel Reserve:  The Residence Garden Uses:  Fall color, Trellis Fun Fact:  This grape was first [...]