Bloedel Reserve Interpretive Master Plan
Bainbridge Island, Washington
Client: Bloedel Reserve
Blodel Reserve on Bainbridge Island is a public garden that leads visitors through an extraordinary series of cultivated landscapes, combining second-growth Pacific Northwest forest with designed gardens, meadows, water features, wildlife habitats, and diverse architecture.
The Reserve is situated on the ancestral homeland of the Suquamish People, also known as the People of the Clear Salt Water. This Interpretive Master Plan provides guidance for enhancing visitor experiences within its rich environmental, social, and cultural context.
The Interpretive Master Plan was guided by the Reserve’s five-year Strategic Plan (2023-2027), prioritizing a holistic commitment to environmental, social, and economic sustainability. It seeks to honor the founders’ vision while making the Reserve more welcoming, responsible, and financially stable. The Strategic Plan aims to improve the visitor experience through improved orientation and wayfinding, enhanced storytelling, and enhanced amenities.
The vision of this Plan prioritized the visitor experience, starting from the moment they arrive. The way visitors feel, think, sense, and do while moving through the Reserve is improved through wayfinding and orientation solutions.
Project in collaboration with 106 Group
