Bloedel Reserve

Bloedel Reserve is a 140-acre public garden and forest preserve on Bainbridge Island, Washington, created by Virginia and Prentice Bloedel as a forest garden blending wooded landscapes, open spaces, and water in a balance of natural scenery and deliberate design. Influenced by conservation ideals and Asian philosophy, they aimed to express the spirit of the Japanese garden through a distinctly Western landscape. The property includes a traditional Japanese garden, lakes, lawns, woods, a stone garden, moss garden, rhododendron glen, and reflection garden. Designed under Cornelia Oberlander with other notable landscape architects, it opened to the public in 1988 and remains a contemplative regional landmark.

Bainbridge Island, Washington · United States