Hours and Admission Garden Guidelines Welcome to the The Bellevue Botanical Garden is a special place within Open daily, dawn to dusk. the Bellevue parks system. To ensure an enjoyable visit for There is no admission fee. Bellevue Botanical Garden, a unique everyone and to make the Garden a safe place for people, Map & plants, and wildlife, remember these rules: Visitor Center is open natural and community resource. • Dogs and other pets are not permitted anywhere in the daily 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Our botanical garden is a place of Garden. Service animals only are allowed. Leashed pets learning where you can enjoy and are welcome in nearby Wilburton Hill Park. • Please leave all flowers, plants, fruits, seeds, leaves, and Guide study the Northwest landscape. We are located in the heart of Bellevue, one of other living things for everyone to enjoy. Visitor Center the largest cities in Washington State. • Please stay on paths and lawns. Do not walk in plant The Visitor Center complex includes the Trillium Store and Our Garden beds or climb on rocks. The Aaron Education Center. Explore our virtual garden and • Bicycles, rollerblades, and skateboards are not allowed upcoming events on our interactive kiosks. Enjoy the courtyard The Garden is an urban refuge, encompassing 53 acres of Grows! in the Garden. Please leave them at home, or enjoy them gardens and slate water wall near the Gathering Place before cultivated gardens, restored woodlands, natural wetlands, and in nearby Wilburton Hill Park. heading into the Garden. The Bellevue Botanical Garden thrives because of our strong wildlife. The living collections showcase plants that thrive in the community support. The City of Bellevue provides essential Pacific Northwest. As you explore the Garden, you’ll discover Trillium Store public support, and the Garden flourishes through the what makes our region unique, ideas for working with the For alternate formats, interpreters, or reasonable Shopping at the Trillium Store is a fun way to support the accommodation requests, please phone at least dedicated financial and volunteer contributions of the Bellevue landscape to create your own beautiful garden, and ways to be Garden! Operated by the Bellevue Botanical Garden Society, 48 hours in advance: 425-452-6826 (voice) or email Botanical Garden Society and our nine other partner groups. responsible stewards of the Northwest environment. all profits from the store support the Garden’s mission. [email protected]. For complaints regarding Stop in and sign up for membership in the Bellevue Botanical accommodations, contact City of Bellevue ADA/Title VI In addition to the beautiful Garden, we offer classes, lectures, Garden Society! Administrator at 425-452-6168 (voice) or email plant sales, and fun annual events, including Arts in the Garden ADATitleVI.gov. If you are deaf or hard of hearing dial 711. The Aaron Education Center The Bellevue Botanical each summer, and Garden d’Lights each holiday season. All meetings are wheelchair accessible. The Aaron Education Center is a hub of garden programs and Garden Society Mission events. Please visit www.bellevuebotanical.org to learn about To perpetuate and further enhance the Bellevue Botanical events or to register for a class or lecture. Garden as a learning resource in partnership with the City of Bellevue. www.bellevuebotanical.org Shorts House Originally the home of Cal and Harriet Shorts, the Shorts Stay connected! House features an atrium surrounded by light-filled rooms. We invite you to browse the reference library, admire the view, or enjoy a picnic on the patio. The Bellevue Botanical Garden is truly a public garden, created for and sustained by the community since its inception in 1992. The City of Bellevue owns and manages the Garden with a dedicated partner, the Bellevue Botanical Garden Society, and nine other partner groups, including the Northwest Perennial Alliance, Washington Native Plant Society, and King County 12001 Main Street, Bellevue, WA 98005 Master Gardener Foundation. We are guided by a master plan (425) 452-2750 that directs our next steps, as we move forward to enhance this beautiful community treasure. Printing courtesy of the Bellevue Botanical Garden Society. Main Street Entrance Exit Lake to Lake Trail Streetscape Our Perennial Border Garden Renowned for year-round dramatic displays, the PACCAR The Aaron perennial border is an example of a distinctively Plaza Education American-style mixed border and is a living demonstration of Center Admin what works best in Northwest gardens. The Northwest Perennial Office Spring Courtyard Iris Rain Garden Alliance created and maintains this award-winning garden. Future and Tapestry Hedge Wetland Sun Terrace Sharp Enclosed by the informal Tapestry Hedge, this tranquil Rhododendron Glen Garden Cabin space is the Garden’s symbolic source of water—designed to This second-growth forest edge reflects the legacy Lake to T provide year-round interest in a low-maintenance garden. of the original Shorts garden through companion plantings of rhododendrons and an extensive collection of hardy Rock Garden ferns maintained in partnership with the Hardy Fern Foundation. i rail and Iris Rain Garden Garden Entrance Tiny wildflowers, mountain hemlock, and granite Yao Garden Shorts House outcrops introduce you to a special world of plant life and A traditional Japanese gate leads into this Gathering landforms maintained in partnership with the Northwest Chapter contemplative garden. Developed to honor the sister Place of the North American Rock Garden Society. At the base of the city relationship between Bellevue and Yao, Japan, the garden is Rock Garden lies the Iris Rain Garden. Surface water is filtered a blend of influences from the Pacific Rim. here before making its way into our streams and lakes. Tateuchi Pavilion Native Discovery Garden Urban Meadow Discover how using native plants in home gardens, The Urban Meadow’s dynamic displays of grasses adapted to the climate and conditions of the Pacific and perennials provide food and shelter for pollinators Northwest, can be ecologically sound, beautiful, and easy to do. and ever-changing color and texture through the seasons. The Washington Native Plant Society and East Lake Washington District of Garden Clubs assist with our native plant collections. NPA Plant Propagation Fuchsia Garden Some of summer’s most dazzling floral displays The Ravine Experience welcome you in this garden, cultivated by The Eastside Explore this nature trail that leads to a steep-sided Fuchsia Society to display the range of hardy fuchsias that grow ravine in the forest. A suspension bridge provides Trillium Store in the Pacific Northwest. views of native understory, wildlife and second-growth forest Parking canopy. The Ravine Experience was made possible by a gift Waterwise Garden from the PJA Foundation. Coffee Cart Landscaping choices play an important part in protecting Puget Sound’s water resources and the Tateuchi Loop Trail i Informaton wildlife that depend on it. This award-winning display offers rich From the entry, an easy and relaxing stroll along this loop leads For an overview of our core gardens, possibilities for your home garden and a healthier environment. to the Shorts House and core gardens. Enjoy the view from the The earth laughs you may want to Sponsored by Bellevue Utilities. Tateuchi Pavilion, made possible through the generosity of the walk the Tateuchi Atsuhiko and Ina Goodwin Tateuchi Foundation. Loop Trail. in flowers. Follow the Shorts Ground Cover Garden Lost Meadow Trail Take in the sights and sounds of cascading water by Lost Meadow Trail to The Ravine Experience and a lush display of ground covers. Plantings stretch out Follow a 1/3-mile loop trail through woodlands, meadows, —Ralph Waldo Emerson the Suspension under the shade of maples and along the banks of a recreated and wetlands restored and enhanced to create native plant Bridge mountain stream. communities. Lost Meadow Trail 1/3 mile.