The Weird in the Wild: Exploring Eco Poetry with Creative Resident Caitlin Scarano
Join Creative Resident Caitlin Scarano for an eco poetry workshop at Bloedel Reserve.
August Focus Walk: Gardens North with Sean Peterson
Focus walks are monthly opportunities led by a Bloedel Reserve Staff specialist or Volunteer.
August Focus Walk: Gardens North with Sean Peterson
Focus walks are monthly opportunities led by a Bloedel Reserve Staff specialist or Volunteer.
Mindfulness Meditation
Mindfulness Meditation
“If we surrendered to the earth’s intelligence, we would rise up, rooted like trees.”
–Rainer Maria Rilke
Nature, meditation, and poetry…Nature provides the perfect setting […]
SOLD OUT Follow the Sun with Forest Bathing
Punctuating the spring and fall equinox and the summer solstice, we invite you to “follow the sun” with Forest Therapy Guide, Tina Guldhammer Frei.
July Plant of the Month
July Plant of the Month
Latin Name: Cornus kousa
Common Name: Kousa Dogwood
Family: Cornaceae
Type: Deciduous tree
Origin: Japan Korea, China, Taiwan
Location at Bloedel Reserve: Japanese Garden and Middle […]
July In the Gardens
Seasonal Interest
This month, we can all look forward to discovering a new flush of blooming plants and trees in July, particularly in the Buxton […]
SOLD OUT: Tree Round Printing Workshop with Catherine Alice Michaelis
Join Bloedel Reserve Creative Fellow, Catherine Alice Michaelis for this 3-hour printmaking workshop.
August Plein Air Painting in the Gardens
The Bloedel Reserve Plein Air Program is pleased to bring together some of the finest Plein Air artists in the region.
Sensory Walking with Creative Resident Carla Bengtson
Join Creative Resident Carla Bengtson for a sensory walk that looks beyond the garden’s most obvious sights and sounds.
Meet our Interns
Get To Know Us
The Bloedel Reserve Horticulture Internship […]
CANCELED Nature Arts with Horticulturist Sonja Parker: Kokedama
Build your own magical woodland creature house in this family-oriented workshop with Sonja Parker.
Juneteenth 2024
Celebrate black culture on June 19 with these local offerings.
Learn more about Juneteenth at the National Museum of African American History […]
CANCELED Nature Arts with Horticulturist Sonja Parker: Kokedama
Build your own magical woodland creature house in this family-oriented workshop with Sonja Parker.
SOLD OUT Flowers Before Bread: Beauty and its Many Mysteries
Bloedel Reserve Creative Resident, Charles Matson Lume, discusses beauty, its potential role in justice, and our inability to fully understand what beauty might be.
Plein Air Painting in the Gardens
The Bloedel Reserve Plein Air Program is pleased to bring together some of the finest Plein Air artists in the region.
SOLD OUT Mindfulness Meditation & Poetry
Sound Bath Meditation with Alexa Rosenthal
“If we surrendered to the earth’s intelligence, we would rise up, rooted like trees.”
–Rainer Maria Rilke
Sound bath meditation may […]
Member Sunset Walks
Member Summer Sunset Walks
Just for members!
Indulge in an island evening escape the second Friday of each month, May-September from 5-8 PM during our reimagined […]
June In the Gardens
Seasonal Interest
During the month of June look forward to seeing increased growth in annuals, perennials, trees, and shrubs gardens-wide at the Reserve. Take note […]