Bloedel Reserve

Bloedel Reserve
Manor House
Interactive map of Bloedel Reserve
LocationBainbridge Island, Washington
Area140 acres (57 ha)

The Bloedel Reserve is a 140-acre (57 ha) forest garden on Bainbridge Island, Washington, United States. It was created by Virginia and Prentice Bloedel, the vice-chairman of the lumber company MacMillan Bloedel Limited, under the influence of the conservation movement and Asian philosophy. The couple wished to capture the essence of the Japanese garden—the qualities of naturalness, subtlety, reverence, tranquility—and construct a Western expression of it.

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