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August 29, 2012
A Summer Visit to the Bellevue Botanical Garden
Garden bed at the main entrance
| INDEX | |
| Introduction | |
| Visiting the Garden | |
| Photo Gallery (Current Page) | |
| Photo Gallery (Page Two) |
INTRODUCTION
This 53 acre botanical garden is part of the city of Bellevue park system. The garden features formal gardens as well as walks through woods. This is a great place for viewing outstanding landscaping, photography, painting, strolling, and meditating. Bellevue Botanical Garden is one of our highest rated attractions in the Seattle area.
The garden is lovely in all seasons. These photos are from summer visits I have made to the garden.
The garden is composed of several specialized gardens that offer distinctively different plants and trees. The web site for the garden has a guide to the individual gardens.
Plan to spend an hour or two casually exploring the garden. The garden is spread over a large campus. Bring comfortable walking shoes for exploring the garden. The garden has a number of places to stop and rest your feet.
VISITING THE GARDEN
ADMISSION Visiting the garden is free except for the Garden d'Lights event.
HOURS The garden is open from dawn till dusk every day.
ADDRESS 12001 Main Street, Bellevue, 98005. This is 12 miles from the Space Needle.
WEB SITE
Please click here to go to the Garden's official web site
PHONE (425) 452-2750
PHOTO GALLERY
Scene from the Alpine Rock Garden
View of the Alpine Rock Garden
A scene from the Waterwise Garden
View of the Dahlia Garden. This garden looks like an Impressionist painting
A large frog holds court near the Visitor Center
A meadow near the Visitor Center
Trees and plants near the Visitor Center
This dell is one of the prettiest areas in the garden
This lovely arbor is adjacent to the Visitor Center
A peaceful trail in the Yao Garden
The Waterwise Garden next to the Visitor Center
Scene from the Waterwise Garden
Please click here to go to the Seattle Botanical Gardens--General page
Please click here to go to the Seattle Alphabetical Index