Shortia at the Elisabeth C Miller Botanical Garden
Bellevue Botanic Garden
Bellevue Botanical Garden
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Bellevue Botanical Garden

The Bellevue Botanical Garden Society (BBGS) was founded in 1984, by Iris and Bob Jewett, with the idea to build and support a free public botanical garden for their local community. Their idea came to fruition when Harriet and Cal Shorts generously donated their home and 7.5 acres to develop the Bellevue Botanical Garden (BBG). The Society was then incorporated in January 1986, as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. The Society partnered with the City of Bellevue, and the Bellevue Botanical Garden opened in 1992. Since then, in partnership with the City of Bellevue, more than 45 acres have been added to the Garden. Today, the 53 acre Bellevue Botanical Garden is a world-renowned community treasure for everyone to enjoy. Each year, the Garden welcomes more than 400,000 visitors from around the world.

Plants occasionally available for sale.

Bellevue Botanical Garden
12001 Main St.
Bellevue, WA 98005

Visit their website: bellevuebotanical.org.

 

Bellevue Botanical Garden is a constant source of delight for my plant-loving heart in every month and season, providing inspiration, beauty and connection with gifted regional plants people.

Lorene Edwards Forkner, GROW columnist in The Seattle Times

I like the Bellevue Botanic Garden, especially the legendary perennial borders. Unlike English gardens, these 'borders' are more like botanical amoebas – meandering walk-in tapestries of mature planting. Bullet-proof choices like huge groves of grasses and kniphofias inspire one to rethink their needy home gardens.

Thomas Hobbs, Southlands Nursery, Vancouver, B.C.

The mixed border at BBG is the biggest and best garden of its kind in Washington, and maybe the country. Wander winding paths to discover gorgeous combinations of rare and unusual trees, shrubs, bulbs and perennials. The border is only the beginning. BBG has 9 distinct theme gardens from a hummingbird filled fuchsia garden to the Yao Japanese Garden, a quiet retreat built in honor of Yao, Bellevue's sister city in Japan.

Ciscoe Morris, author, speaker

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