One of the country’s most original and ambitious gardens.

The New York Times

One of North America’s 10 Best Botanical Gardens

USA Today, 2020

…being present in nature elevates and nurtures the human spirit, heals hearts and minds, and enriches our communities, and our world.

Virginia Bloedel

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.

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We express deep gratitude towards the Suquamish People, People of the Clear Salt Water, for sustaining the land within which our healing landscapes thrive.

Discover a Garden in the Forest

Bloedel Reserve is a 140-acre wonder of nature, created by the imagination, vision, and 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.

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Upcoming Events

Summer Strolls for Well-Being (SOLD OUT)

Across Time and Continents

Mindfulness Meditation 9/2 (SOLD OUT)

Watercolor Landscapes (SOLD OUT)

Nurture in Nature: Strolls for New Moms (SOLD OUT)

September Welcome Wednesday

Gourdaments with Philip Bloomquist

Fungi Walk and Workshop with Joseph Zapotosky (SOLD OUT)

Learn from an Expert: Plein Air Painting

Fall Strolls for Well-Being (SOLD OUT)

Mindfulness Meditation 9/23 (SOLD OUT)

Japanese Garden Trail

Japanese Garden Tour with Bob Braid

Level 2: Capture the Feeling: Phone Photography in Nature

Covert Living: Fungi on Parade 10/14

Covert Living: Fungi on Parade 10/28

Rare Plants Tour with Philip Bloomquist

October Welcome Wednesday

Squash Hunt

Fall Harvest Celebration

Mindfulness Meditation 10/7

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  • 20th Annual Garden Party

    Bloedel Reserve's 20th Annual Garden Party --Written by Evan Meyer, President and CEO We are incredibly grateful for the outpouring of community support during our twentieth anniversary Garden Party in [...]

  • When the World Reveals Itself Again

    When the World Reveals Itself Again: A Researcher's Year of Walking (and Walking With) at Bloedel Reserve Guest post by Hongfei (Fei) Li, PhD Candidate, College of Built Environments, University [...]

  • One Year, 12 Books: Katy Gilmore’s Year at Bloedel Reserve

    Blue & White & Summer VII After nearly 50 years in Alaska, artist Katy Gilmore is delighted to be living in the Pacific Northwest, with year-round access to [...]

  • Scholar/Author/Naturalist: Barry Lopez and Bloedel Reserve

    Scholar/Author/Naturalist: Barry Lopez and Bloedel Reserve --Written by Jane Carlin, Archives Volunteer From its beginnings, Bloedel Reserve has been committed to creating and maintaining a place where people can experience [...]

  • September Plant of the Month

    September 2026 LATIN NAME: Aconitum hemsleyanum COMMON NAME: Monk’s Hood, Wolfsbane FAMILY: Ranunculaceae TYPE: Herbaceous perennial ORIGIN: Central and western China GARDEN USES: Woodland Garden LOCATION AT THE RESERVE: Residence & [...]

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Land Acknowledgement

The history of the land on which Bloedel Reserve sits extends back much farther than the Bloedels. We acknowledge the history of this land.

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.

dibəł čəł ti Bloedel Reserve.
We are the Bloedel Reserve.

ʔugʷiitubułəd čəł ʔugʷabitubuł.
We invite you to join us.

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