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A willow tree at the reserve The Japanese Garden at the reserve Closeup of a trio of rocks in the Stone Garden Manor House at the Bloedel Reserve. The Bloedel Reserve is a 150-acre (0.6 km 2) forest garden on Bainbridge Island, Washington, United States. It was created by Virginia and Prentice Bloedel, the vice-chairman of the lumber company ...
A willow at Bloedel Reserve. Haag received his second ASLA award for his design titled "Sequence of Gardens" at Bloedel Reserved located on Bainbridge Island. [11] The 140-acre (0.57 km 2) Bloedel Reserve, deeded to the University of Washington in 1970, was again sold in 1986 to the Arbor Fund. This non-profit corporation hired Haag as head ...
Many of his homes were based off 18th-century French château and Norman Style architecture, including his own home constructed in Madison Park, Seattle, from 1928 to 1930, alongside grand mansions such as the Bloedel Reserve on Bainbridge Island. [3] In 1927 he designed the West Coast Woods Model Home in Portland, Oregon, along with Otho ...
The Bloedel Conservatory of Queen Elizabeth Park in Vancouver was named for his son Prentice Bloedel for donating nearly $1.4 million for its construction in 1967. The Bloedel Reserve on Bainbridge Island, Washington, was created by Prentice Bloedel and his wife Virginia. His son Lawrence Bloedel was the librarian of Williams College.
Name Image Affiliation City Coordinates Bellevue Botanical Garden: Bellevue: Bloedel Reserve: Bainbridge Island: Bonhoeffer Botanical Gardens: Stanwood
Bloedel Reserve: Bainbridge Island: Washington: 150-acre (0.6 km2) forest garden with a formal Japanese garden and Japanese guesthouse The Botanic Garden at Oklahoma State University: Stillwater: Oklahoma: Includes a Japanese dry garden or kara san sei, and a Japanese tea garden Brooklyn Botanic Garden: Brooklyn: New York
Projects of his included the garden at Seattle University and the Japanese garden at Bloedel Reserve in Bainbridge Island. In 1927, he bought 5 acres (20,000 m 2 ) of swampland in Rainier Beach with the help of a friend, as he was not able to make the purchase because of his Japanese descent.
The Bloedel Reserve on Bainbridge Island, Washington State, is famous for its moss garden. The moss garden was created by removing shrubby underbrush and herbaceous groundcovers, thinning trees, and allowing mosses to fill in naturally.