We express deep gratitude towards the Suquamish People, People of the Clear Salt Water, for sustaining the land within which our healing landscapes thrive.
My surroundings taught me to listen actively. Nature taught me how FULL it is! I am certain my experience at Bloedel Reserve has made me a better artist.
Nicole Otero, 2024 Creative Resident
There is a magical quality to Bloedel Reserve, unlike any other place I’ve visited. I am once transformed, energized, inspired, relaxed, and released from daily cares to be completely present with my own soul and the wonders of nature.
Strolls for Well-Being Participant
As a Community Creative, I was granted full access to the Reserve and was witness to the slow and steady turning of the seasons; starting with the barrenness of winter, the magical burst of spring, the long days of summer followed by the fading beauty and contraction of Autumn.
Amy Pleasant, 2024 Community Creative
The first time I visited the Reserve, a calmness settled into my heart. Every time I visit, I am embraced by the place and reminded how much I love these ever-changing landscapes.
Donor
Welcome to Bloedel Reserve.
Peace and serenity, nature at its finest. Do yourself a favor and visit Bloedel Reserve on Bainbridge Island. Don’t be in a hurry. Take your time.
Visitor
…being present in nature elevates and nurtures the human spirit, heals hearts and minds, and enriches our communities, and our world.
Virginia Bloedel
We walked the grounds with tears and great appreciation for Nature’s bounty… and gratitude for a much needed rest.
Visitor
One of the country’s most original and ambitious gardens.
The New York Times
Nature can do without man, but man cannot do without nature.
Prentice Bloedel
One of North America’s 10 Best Botanical Gardens
USA Today, 2020
Find your Nature
Bloedel Reserve is a 140-acre wonder of nature, created by the imagination, vision, and a passionate love of the natural world shared by our founders, Prentice and Virginia Bloedel. Working with the rugged geography of the land, they artfully transformed a rough-hewn Northwest forest into a harmonious series of curated gardens, structural features, and distinctive landscapes, with nature as canvas and paint.
Upcoming Events
Open to the public since 1988, Bloedel Reserve is now a nonprofit organization devoted to nurturing the land through a broad range of engagement opportunities. Take one of our workshops or attend an event to dive into the often mysterious, constantly changing, and always rewarding world of horticulture.
Saturday Story Time at the Residence
Saturday Story Time at the Residence
Welcome Wednesday
Welcome Wednesday
Fall Strolls for Well-Being (SOLD OUT)
Experience the Music of Qingyi in the Residence
Behind the Scenes with Jody Isaacson (SOLD OUT)
Mindfulness Meditation 11/26 (SOLD OUT)
Mindfulness Meditation 12/3 (SOLD OUT)
Community Creative Exhibit in the Residence
Land Acknowledgement
The history of the land on which Bloedel Reserve sits extends back much farther than the Bloedels. We’d like to acknowledge the history of this land.
dibəł čəł ti Bloedel Reserve.
We are the Bloedel Reserve.
We express deep gratitude towards the Suquamish People, People of the Clear Salt Water, for sustaining the land within which our healing landscapes thrive. Those entrusted with caring for Bloedel Reserve acknowledge that the sacred ancestral territory on which the Reserve resides flourishes because of the stewardship, since time immemorial, by the Suquamish people. We will honor and respect their legacy by nurturing this land and the waterways of the Central Salish Sea for present and future generations.
ʔugʷiitubułəd čəł ʔugʷabitubuł.
We invite you to join us.
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