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The Evolution of a Cultural Institution:

Bloedel Reserve in Transitionby Robert Allen Skotheim

Bloedel Reserve Trustees are engaged in supporting Prentice Bloedel’s vision for the Garden Reserve in a way which will preserve that vision’s integrity and provide greater access for the public. The Bloedels’ aspirations for the property were rooted in the enjoyment they personally derived from living on the grounds. “One realizes that we humans are trustees in this world, that our power should be exercised in this context,” Bloedel wrote in 1980:

This new awareness determined us to set the land aside for the primary purpose of providing others with the opportunity to enjoy plants both as arranged by man and as they arrange themselves; and for the purpose of providing people wandering about the Reserve a refreshing experience of nature and a broadening of their appreciation of their world.

This unusual timberman’s vision was that the property was not be a collection of imported plants but a window into Puget Sound’s native botanical beauty. At the same time, Bloedel understood that change, as well as conservation, was instrumental

to the fulfillment of his vision. He dreamed of opening up the acres of wild growth which he had added to the property. Bloedel continued:

It is in the large wild area that we face our greatest challenge. This is the area where there is still opportunity to protect, encourage, and observe natural processes and the one where the mystery and enchantment of these processes can be experienced most poignantly; the place to apply the theory of trusteeship. It is here that we hope to develop the real spirit of the Reserve.

During the 60 years since the Bloedels purchased the property in 1951, the founder’s family has been the philanthropic rock supporting what is today’s Bloedel Reserve. Virginia Bloedel Wright, who has been on the Board for more than three decades, will become a Trustee Emerita in 2011. (Her daughter, Merrill, will continue service on the Board.) The successor Trustees are committed to continue implementing the family’s aspiration for Prentice’s historic vision.

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In This Issue:

2 President’sMessage

2 ExecutiveDirector’sMessage

4 BloedelReserveinTransition(cont.)

6 HorticultureProjectsSupported byGrants

8 ABloedelReserveLoveStory

9 BloedelSocietyStrengthens CommunitySupport

10 RichardA.BrownEndowment NearsGoal

11 FinancialSummary

12 GratefulThankstoAllDonors

The Bloedel Reserve

Message from the President of the Board of Trustees

2010 was a year of change, rejuvenation and success for the Bloedel Reserve.

After a nationwide search, Ed Moydell became our new Executive Director. The Board of Trustees, staff and volunteers are very pleased with his leadership, energy and enthusiasm. We also hired Eric Stevens as our Development Director and Terry Samilson as our Volunteer Coordinator. Five community leaders joined the Board of Trustees. All of these additions reflect our desire to reach out and engage a broader community in the mission, experience and activities of the Bloedel Reserve.

With the outstanding support of the entire staff, the Bloedel Reserve also implemented several changes in it operations, including the termination of the reservations requirement, expanded hours of operation, new events, and a small gift shop. We implemented these changes without changing the garden experience or the mission of providing a place of “tranquility and refreshment.” Members, guests and the community have expressed enthusiastic approval of these changes.

Despite the lingering effects of an economic recession, the Bloedel Reserve had a very successful year in 2010 by almost any objective measure. Attendance, membership, revenues, volunteers and donations increased substantially. In addition, there is a new energy, excitement and enthusiasm at the Bloedel Reserve. We have reached out to the larger community, and it has responded with its interest, attendance and support.

The Bloedel Reserve continues to be recognized as one of the premier public gardens in north America. The financial successes of 2010 enabled the Bloedel Reserve to address some of the deferred maintenance that is necessary to maintain the gardens at this level of excellence. One example of this was the restoration of the Japanese Garden. More work remains for the future.

In 2011, we expect to build on the foundations laid and the successes achieved in 2010. new members, volunteers and donors will continue to join the cause. Keep your eyes open for news about the Garden Party, which promises to be one of the most enjoyable events on Bainbridge Island this year.

We thank you for your continuing support of the Bloedel Reserve.

Paul KundtzPresident, Board of Trustees

BLOEDEL RESERVEBoard of Trustees

PresidentPaul Kundtz (Bainbridge)

Vice PresidentAlison Andrews (Seattle)

TreasurerSteve Davis (Bainbridge)

SecretaryAndy Maron (Bainbridge)

Immediate Past PresidentDebbi Brainerd (Bainbridge)

MembersConnie Albrecht (Bainbridge)

Barbara Anderson (Bainbridge)Alan F. Black (Bainbridge/Seattle)

Wayne Blair (Bainbridge)Stacie Crooks (Seattle)

Chris Endresen (Poulsbo)Molly Hogger (Bainbridge)

C. David Hughbanks (Seattle)Bob Jakubik (Bainbridge)

Gene Johanson (Bainbridge)Bob Karr (Bainbridge)

Suzanne Kelly (Bainbridge)Kathy McKenzie (Bainbridge)

Fred Pakis (Bainbridge/Arizona)Chris Rogers (Seattle)

Alice Shorett (Bainbridge)Robert A. Skotheim (Bainbridge)

Hope Stroble (Seattle)Alice Tawresey (Bainbridge)Karen Thomas (Bainbridge)Sarah Wallace (Bainbridge)

Merrill Wright (Seattle)Virginia Wright (Seattle)

EmeritusJohn F. Hall (Seattle)

Roy L. Taylor (Lantzville, BC)Bagley Wright (Seattle)

Administrative StaffExecutive Director

Ed Moydell (Indianola)Development DirectorEric Stevens (Bainbridge)

Programs & Communication DirectorKate Gormley (Bainbridge)

Finance ManagerSusan Berg (Hansville)

Guest Relations & Membership ManagerSue Andresen (Bainbridge)Volunteer Coordinator

Terry Samilson (Bainbridge)Grounds & Facilities Director

Joe Piecuch (Bainbridge)Horticulture DirectorAndy Navage (Poulsbo)

Horticultural StaffDave Amos (Quilcene)Bob Braid (Bainbridge)Diann Bueno (Sequim)Joe Demaio (Kingston)

Ken Little (Poulsbo)Andy Moss (Kingston)

Darren Strenge (Poulsbo)Jerry Turcott (Suquamish)

Guest Relations StaffTheresa Collier (Bainbridge)

Debra Dameron (Bainbridge)Bob Hill (Kingston)

Bethany McDonald (Suquamish)Florist

Cathy Tyler (Hansville)Photo credits: richard A. Brown, p. 1, 5, 10, 20; Paul sanders, 3, 17; Andy Navage, p. 6, 7, 12; Pete salutos, p. 14; Kate Gormley, p. 8, 15, 18, 19

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Message from the Executive Director

Dear Bloedel Reserve Friends,

Thank you so very much for your part in making 2010 a wonderful year at the Bloedel Reserve. As our President mentioned, this has been a year of transformation, and we are thankful to the community for being a part of our success. As we begin the new year, I wanted to share some of 2010’s most significant accomplishments with you.

Attendance and MembershipWe set an annual attendance

record, welcoming 29,184 guests to the Reserve, a 12.5% increase over 2009. Our Holiday Miniature Village and Train Exhibit, led by volunteers Dwight Shappell and Dave Durfee – and supported by dozens of others – was a tremendous success; nearly 3,500 guests visited during December. We hope that the Reserve will continue to be a special place to bring your family and friends for the holidays. We encourage all of our guests to become members, and we are gratified to report that membership has increased by 16% overall, including a 25% increase in new members… Thank you!

Philanthropy and Earned RevenueThanks to your generous support,

financial contributions increased by more than $65,000 vs. 2009, a nearly 60% increase, including an enthusiastic response to our year-end Annual Appeal. Our 4th annual Garden Party was a great success, with a record number of attendees – 325 - and partners (restaurants, vineyards, breweries, and plant nurseries), resulting in a record amount of financial support. We received more than $10,000 in in-kind donations, from umbrellas and wheelchairs to architectural flat files and furniture restoration. Fundraising for the Richard A. Brown Director’s Endowment continued, with more than 90% of our $2,500,000 goal raised by year-end.

To enhance your visit, we opened a small Bloedel Reserve Shop in the Gatehouse, which features a variety

of books, signature Bloedel items, and gifts. Remember that members receive a 10% discount on Shop purchases.

Gardens and FacilitiesWe are dedicated

to maintaining and enhancing the Reserve’s many gardens and natural areas. After receiving nearly $30,000 in grant funding from the Seattle Garden Club and the Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust, we accomplished vital landscape projects like the Japanese Garden restoration (see Horticulture Projects). Thanks to this generous support, our Director of Horticulture Andy navage was able to obtain and catalog 177 different types of plants for a grand total of 5,291 new plants. Throughout the year, our florist, Cathy Tyler, and her team of dedicated volunteers designed more than 600 floral arrangements for the Visitor Center and Gatehouse.

Programs and EducationThank you for attending lectures,

programs, and tours in 2010. 1,150 people attended our Summer Concert Series, the new Sheep Shed Shows, and our winter concerts in the Visitor Center. Another nearly 800 guests attended educational lectures, classes, and plant / bird ID walks.

We developed a Member’s Reading library. Thanks to talented library Intern lael Voeller and a dedicated group of volunteers, we organized and catalogued nearly 1,400 books, making the entire collection searchable online.

Thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor, the Bloedel Reserve re-launched its Garden Internship Program, welcoming two high school students for the entire month of August. We hosted 29 school tours and 760 students as part of our free school visits program. We hope to greatly expand the educational opportunities for families and children in 2011.

VolunteersWe welcomed 26 new volunteers

who work as docents, horticultural helpers, librarians, tour guides, and office

assistants. Overall, our more than 80 volunteers donated 3,804 hours of time, which is the equivalent of nearly $80,000, according to the Corporation for national and Community Service.

Community PartnershipsWe have a responsibility to be

an active donor to the community. In 2010, The Bloedel Reserve donated $10,242 in admission passes, memberships, guided tours, and service hours to area not-for-profit organizations and schools

The Bloedel Reserve Gardens and Grounds staff donated more than 340 hours of volunteer time to the Japanese American Internment Memorial on Bainbridge Island, where they helped install hundreds of plants.

We opened the Virginia Merrill Bloedel Center to not for profit and other institutions for the first time for retreats and meetings. Built by architect James Cutler on Reserve property in 1992, this facility is now becoming part of the Reserve’s operation.

Trustees and StaffingWe welcomed a great new group

of people to the Reserve family this year. Five new Trustees joined the Board, and we hired several new employees. We said goodbye to our fantastic Interim Director, C. David Hughbanks, after exactly one year of tremendous leadership.

Operating the Reserve requires the dedication, time, resources, and skills of a great many people, and I would like to thank the volunteers, Trustees, and staff that make it possible every day. Most importantly, I would like to thank you, our members and donors, for visiting and supporting this natural treasure in 2010. Cheers to an even better 2011!

Most sincerely,

Edward MoydellExecutive Director

The Bloedel Reserve

Over the course of the last century, as each of these donor-created institutions matured and faced virtually inevitable funding and program challenges, a general theme emerged from the varied responses. Fiduciaries and operating staffs considered alternatives, ranging across the spectrum from contraction to expansion of access and services. Sooner or later, in almost every case, institutions expanded their activities. Personnel changes accompanied this increase in operations frequently, as fiduciaries and staffs most sympathetic to this change were attracted and committed, while those more skeptical became less dedicated to the institution. What ultimately emerged in each of these gardens, museums and libraries was a leadership group which can be characterized as “successors” to their founders. The most successful transition cases are those in which governing boards and staffs wisely balance past and future, continuity and change, expense and income, physical plant and program, and myriad other conflicting claims. Unsuccessful instances are those in which the past is betrayed by overly-enthusiastic futurism, on the one hand, or on the other, slavish allegiance to imagined rigidity in the founder’s vision is invoked to prevent change which would provide potential future benefits.

The most successful transition of

a donor-created cultural institution during the last several decades is The Huntington library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California. In 1903, Henry Edwards Huntington purchased property and built a mansion to display art, a library to house rare books, manuscripts and a research center devoted to Anglo-American civilization, and gardens for botanical collections garnered from the entire globe. In 1919 Huntington created a trust indenture to give the institution to the people of California. Prior to his death in 1927 Huntington thought he had provided sufficient endowment to fund his creation in perpetuity. The endowment funded operations and acquisitions into the 1950s, but during the next 30 years deficits occurred two out of every three years.

Financial trend lines provide advance notice of opportunities and problems, and Huntington officials had years of warning that Henry Huntington’s legacy was no longer fully self-funding. But the critical turning point in institutional change is not the existence of a problem; it is the recognition of a problem and a desire to solve it. It takes time even for those closest to an institution to internalize the fact that conditions have changed.

Since the 1970s The Huntington slowly set about to adapt what had

The current transition through which the Bloedel Reserve is proceeding is typical historically of donor-created gardens and other cultural institutions. We now have more than a century’s experience observing what happens to gardens, libraries, and museums created by wealthy individuals who make gifts of them to the public with the hope that after their deaths the institutions will continue to exist. Founders typically support their creations financially during their lifetime and usually try to provide endowments which will give support in perpetuity. But in almost every instance, inflation plus increasingly democratic aspirations for wider public access and educational influence have resulted in the inability of founders’ legacies to fund their creations in perpetuity. An educational contribution is part of most founders’ dreams, and so it was part of Prentice Bloedel’s. Almost four decades ago, in one of several memos designed to “amplify and clarify our views respecting the functions of the Bloedel Reserve,” he wrote:

We would hope that through study, understanding, and sympathetic treatment, the collection would possess an internal unity and integrity that would exploit its capacity to inspire and refresh. . . .As with most idealisms the dream is modified in the realization. For one thing man is part of nature and any distinction between them is in some sense an arbitrary one. In spite of our interest in nature, it is not our desire to eliminate or downgrade the human element; it is rather to explore (examine) the thesis that a harmonious co-existence will effect the most enduring and elevating pleasure for man, and to discover what is harmonious in this context.

We recognize that, once the sense and emotions are stimulated, a desire to reproduce these effects for oneself is induced and so an educational function is inherent in a successful realization of our ideal. But this is an elementary, unsophisticated kind of education process, with the out of doors as the classroom.

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Prentice and Virginia Bloedel at the grand opening of Bloedel Reserve in October 1988.

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been created in 1919 to changed conditions, and yet simultaneously to reconcile that adaptation to the founder’s original vision. Particular aspects of The Huntington’s adaptation are unique to that institution, but overall they exemplify typical generic transformation.

First, a secondary advisory board and a prestigious gift society were formed, both to create a donor base more significant financially than entry-level memberships.

Second, these individual philanthropic opportunities were joined in an organized fundraising effort which included solicitations for special projects, educational programs and endowment, as well as for operating expenses.

Third, substantive or program changes were created strategically in order to exploit the opportunities afforded by the first three categories of change, which were mechanical or structural: enlargement of governance and philanthropic participation; enlargement of fundraising effort; enlargement of earned income. Although it seemed counter-intuitive to increase activities which required more operating funds, rather than close part of the facility, The Huntington heeded recommendations gleaned from visitor surveys, and embarked on an expansion of what it learned was the main attraction for the public — the gardens. That strategic decision has resulted in increased visitation and ultimately increased philanthropy to not only the gardens, but to the library and art collections as well.

The Huntington library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens is a larger institution than Bloedel Reserve, and a more complex one. But the grounds are similar in size, the founders’ endowments were similar in dollars at the time of gifting (separated by half a century), and the evolutionary trajectory from sequestered elegance to a more accessible public space is parallel.

The preceding description of The Huntington’s transformation is clear enough. An explanation for its successful transformation is less clear. Change is not explained wholly

by describing external circumstances, changing conditions and planning. Institutional change also requires change in people’s minds. It is necessary for participants to change their understandings, desires and commitments. We do not understand fully why we change our attitudes, and we cannot predict when we will do so. However, we can hazard some formulations about successful transformation. Ideally, there is a convergence of roles – fiduciary, staff, volunteer – into a philanthropic model to benefit the institution. Ideally, information is widely shared, problems are faced and plans are discussed. The need for donors to give money, staff

to provide expertise and management, and volunteers to give time and effort should be recognized candidly. Appreciation for all participants and their roles should be internalized. Ideally, the philanthropic model is more collegial than hierarchical and results in friendship between and among participants working toward a common goal.

Robert Allen Skotheim is a member of the Board of Trustees of Bloedel Reserve. From 1988 to 2001 he was President of The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens. From 1975 to 1988 he was President of Whitman College. During 2008-09 he was President of Occidental College. He and his wife, Nadine, live in Port Angeles.

“It is in the large wild areas that we face our greatest challenge. This is the area where there is still opportunity to protect, encourage, and observe natural processes and the where the mystery and enchantment of these processes can be experienced most poignantly…”

Prentice Bloedel, 1980

Generous Grants

Seattle Garden Club GrantJapanese Garden Renovation Phase One – During the first phase of this large project, several trees were removed and the north bank between the Orchid Woods and the entrance to the Japanese Garden was lowered and extended. More than 20 tons of large decorative rock was installed and the bank was planted with a mix of native and non-native species. This extensive renovation resulted in a seamless blending of the Japanese Garden and the forest behind. The entire pea gravel trail in the Japanese Garden was removed, widened and replaced with a more wheelchair-friendly surface.

Horticulture Projects

Generous grants from the

Seattle Garden Club and the

Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust

made possible a myriad of projects

that greatly enhanced the harmony,

beauty and accessibility of many

areas of the reserve.

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Generous Grants

Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust Grant

Entrance Road Bridge – A mixed planting of different sweet boxes was replaced with a uniform planting of Sarcococca hookeriana var. humilis. The larger sweet box plants were relocated to other areas.

Gate House Tree Line & WSWS Flight Cage – Trees were relocated and plants installed to screen the West Sound Wildlife Shelter flight cage from the parking lot. Heather beds were extended and additional trees and shrubs were added.

Birch Garden Entrance – This area was opened up to more light by removing overgrown evergreens.

Entrance Road Screening and Renovation – The overgrown tree line was thinned, opening views into the forest. Winter flowering shrubs were added to enhance this area.

Orchid Woods Trail Entrance and Exit Road Tree Line – This area was thinned and enhanced with ornamental plantings to create a pleasing and uniform trail entrance.

Southwest Japanese Garden Trail and Pond Edge – Plantings along the trail were renovated and expanded to create a more cohesive and uniform transition through this section of the garden.

Swan Pond Inlet – A mix of water iris and perennials were installed to add interest to this area.

Virginia Merrill Bloedel Center Renovation – Mass plantings of native species were added after invasive plants and trees were removed to bring light into this landscape and building, in preparation for it opening for public use.

Southern Side of Guesthouse Steps – The stepping stones alongside the Guest House were redone, and a mixed planting was added to make the area more accessible and visually pleasing.

Our horticulturists and garden volunteers cleared a weedy, overgrown area at the Swan Pond inlet and planted beautiful water iris and various grasses and perennials. This was one of many renovation projects made possible by a Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust grant.

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A Bloedel Reserve Love Story Bloedel Society Members Todd and Yaroslavna Adams

When Todd Adams brought his girl friend yaroslavna Morozova for a quiet walk through Bloedel Reserve on Valentine’s Day in 1993, she had no idea what was about to happen. near the end of their walk, he asked her to sit down on the bench in their favorite spot at the Reflection Pool garden, and wait for him there. Todd raced back to his car in the parking lot, grabbed his tuxedo, did a quick change in the Gate House restroom,

and flew back to the Reflection Pool. As he neared the garden, he realized that a group of children was playing near the Pool. To accomplish his mission, he needed a very private moment with yaroslavna. With his heart beating so hard that he was sure she might hear it, he hid behind the yew hedge. At last, after what seemed like an eternity, the children moved on.

Time for the big moment. Emerging from his hiding place, Todd dropped to one knee and asked for yaroslavna’s hand in marriage. In addition to an engagement ring, he held a special candle that they had carried back and forth from her native Russia to the United States during their long, long-distance courtship.

Born and raised on Bainbridge, Todd was a graduate of Bainbridge High School (1984), and had recently graduated from Whitman College (1988). yaroslavna had first come to Bainbridge Island on an exchange program with Bainbridge Performing Arts. The impending dissolution of the Soviet Union, and thawing relations with the United States, led to creative exchanges between the two nations, and composers from Bainbridge and Russia had created an original musical based on children’s stories from both countries. Bainbridge residents will remember the BPA group called “Greasepaint;” the Russian equivalent was called “Smile.” yaroslavna was part of the cast from Siberia, where she was attending music school. The first performance of “lullaby for Tomorrow” took place in her hometown of novosibirsk, followed by shows on Bainbridge Island in the summer of 1989, and performances throughout the United States, culminating with an international children’s festival at Wolftrap in Washington, DC.

While she was on Bainbridge that summer, yaroslavna was treated for a toothache by Todd’s father, Harman F. Adams, a long-time resident and dentist on Bainbridge. But it was not until 1990 that she and Todd met through mutual friends when she came to the U.S. to study at Cornish College for the Arts.

Over the next two years, Todd and yaroslavna’s friendship deepened, but the demands of their schooling kept them apart. Finally, in the summer of 1992, Todd went to Siberia to meet yaroslavna’s parents. That fall, as Todd entered dental school at the University of Washington, preparing to follow in his father’s footsteps, Todd’s father went to Russia to make the final arrangements for yaroslavna to immigrate to the United States. In 1993, yaroslavna’s parents visited

Bainbridge, and Todd again chose the Reflection Pool at Bloedel Reserve as the perfect place to bring them to ask for their daughter’s hand.

Although yaroslavna knew for sure that Todd was indeed “the one,” she was so conflicted about leaving her native land and her family and friends that it would be another two years before she and Todd married. “We Russians love to suffer,” she says with a laugh. “Even when wonderful things happen to us, we find a way to feel guilty.” Throughout those stressful and uncertain years, Bloedel Reserve was always a place that she knew she could find the peace and quiet that would quell the “turmoil in her heart” so she could hear her “true voice from inside,” she says.

Fast forward to 2010: yaroslavna and Todd have been married for sixteen years. They have a son, Quincy, 9, and a daughter, nora, 7. yaroslavna’s parents will soon emigrate from Russia to Bainbridge Island to make their family complete. And Todd has a successful dental practice on Bainbridge.

As members of our Bloedel Society, Todd and yaroslavna are generous supporters of Bloedel Reserve. They visit often and are reassured to know that the Reserve will always be here as it has been for them throughout their courtship and their life together.

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Bloedel Society Created to Strengthen Community SupportIn 2009, the Trustees of the Reserve formed the “Prentice and Virginia Bloedel Society” to attract a larger number

of philanthropic-minded people who believed in the value and importance of the Reserve’s mission of horticultural excellence and inspiration through nature. The Bloedel Society was modeled after similar philanthropic societies at prominent gardens such as the Huntington, as described in the article by Robert A. Skotheim in this newsletter.

The Bloedel Society is helping to build the base of support necessary to fund vital components of our mission, such as restoring garden features, creating new garden areas, expanding programs, and upgrading facilities and equipment.

Founded by a group of 70 donors, by the end of 2010 the Bloedel Society had grown to 101 members who had made annual contributions at the $1,000 level or greater through endowment, annual fund, membership and/or garden party patron level gifts. Each year, Bloedel Society members are honored at a donor appreciation party and tour of a private garden. The first such event was held in June 2010 at the home of former Bloedel Reserve Board President Debbi Brainerd and her husband Paul.

We are grateful to these philanthropic leaders for their generous support which has helped us to implement many of the improvements made at the Reserve over the past year. Their names are listed below.

Bloedel Society Founders

yaroslavna & Todd AdamsDick & Connie AlbrechtHowie & Sue AnawaltBarbara AndersonAlison S. AndrewsAnonymous (3)Robert M. ArnoldDave & Heather BallaineWarren & Carol BellJohn & linda BenedictDavid & Keiki McCombs BianchiAlan & Sally BlackM. Wayne & Anne S. BlairJane & Watson BlairBill and Beatrice BoothElisabeth BottlerJay & Carol BowditchPaul & Debbi BrainerdAlec BrindleBert Green & Alexandra BrookshireSusan & Jeffrey BrotmanRichard A. & Sue Brownlouis BurzyckiKristine Deupree CramerSteve & Harriet DavisVirginia & David DavisonElisabeth C. DudleyEd & Joanne EllisChris EndresenHeide & Matthew FeltonDeb & Thomas FenwickAllan & Barbara FerrinJane & Robin Fraser

Mr. & Mrs. Peter Garrettlynn Garveylaura B. GowenGerald and Carolyn GrinsteinSusan GuffeyPamela Johnson & Carl HaeflingMara HildermanMolly & Rolf HoggerC. David HughbanksHenry & Mary Ann JamesMarie JamiesonElizabeth & William JonesJudy & Bob KarrPaul & Anne KundtzMichael & leslie lebeauJohn Keppeler & Mark levineJoanne littleChristopher & lois MadisonAndrew & Sallie MaronKen Fabert & Elizabeth MartinMary Kay McCawSuzanne & Paul MerrimanJohn & Justine MilbergRoger & Carolyn MillerAlison & Glen MillimanElizabeth Minorloyal & Marj MooreErin & Ed MoydellFred PakisSusan & Edward PalmerJanet & Bill PauliG. Andrea & Everett PaupBrooks & Suzanne Ragen

Ann Ramsay-JenkinsChris RogersDon & Meredith RooseBill & Jill Ruckelshauslalie & Carlo ScandiuzziSally SchaumanFrank Buxton & Cynthia SearsDwight ShappellAlice & David Shorettnathalie & Marty SimsakRobert & nadine SkotheimCarlyn SteinerEric & Caroline StevensAnnette StollmanDennis & Beverly StrengeRobert & Kathryn StrongTim & Billie TaylorRoss & Carol ThornburghDottie & Tim Tisonnezam Tooloee & Berit MadsenBill & Ruth TrueBunny VedrosGeorgia & Jeff VincentSarah & Graehm WallaceDr. Bruce nitsche & Ms. Jo WallaceKarla & Gary WatermanKate B. WebsterGeorge & Wendy WeyerhaeuserFred & Janet WilliamsBagley & Jinny WrightMerrill WrightRobin Wright

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The Bloedel Reserve’s Board of Trustees continues to work towards diversifying its revenue sources to close the financial gap between income from the original founder’s endowment, established in 1974 by Prentice and Virginia Bloedel, and the funds necessary to operate the 150-acre property today.

The board has established a $2.5 million Directors Endowment in honor of its recently retired founding Director of 32 years, Richard A. Brown. A generous $1.25 million matching gift from Bagley and Virginia Wright has helped move this endowment towards becoming a reality. In our efforts to secure this $1.25 million match, we have raised over a million dollars in matching funds and have just $124,300 left

Richard A. Brown Directors Endowment Nears Goal

to raise (see list of endowment contributors in this newsletter).

The Richard A. Brown Directors Endowment will provide the revenues needed to cover the compensation and related expenses of the executive director’s office. The financial resources freed up from the revenues produced from the Directors Endowment will help the Reserve begin work on a backlog of deferred garden and facility maintenance issues as well as important restoration projects.

Our goal of creating a $2.5 million endowment is 95% to completion.

We need to raise another $124,300 to secure our matching gift and complete the campaign.

As we continue to build long-term financial stability for the Bloedel Reserve, The Richard A. Brown Director’s Endowment is one way we will assure this 150-acre community treasure is preserved for the future. To help us complete our matching gift and preserve the Bloedel Reserve’s legacy, we invite you to consider a special one-time donation to our Directors Endowment. We will publish an acknowledgement list of all those who contributed to this special endowment in our next newsletter. To learn more, please contact Executive Director, Ed Moydell, or Development Director, Eric Stevens at 206-842-7631 or by email at [email protected] or [email protected].

Former Executive Director Richard A. Brown is an avid photographer who captured thousands of beautiful images of the Bloedel Reserve during his 32-year tenure. He especially enjoyed recording the dramatic seasonal changes in the Japanese Garden.

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BLOEDEL RESERVE SELECTED CASH FLOW INFORMATION (Unaudited) Fiscal year ending December 31, 2010 (with comparative totals for 2009)

Support & Revenue 2010 2009

Unrestricted Operating Fund Unrestricted Operating Fund

Contributions & Special Events

contributions & Grants 211,199 150,355 Garden Party (net) 46,340 19,332 TOTAL 257,539 169,687

Memberships 196,229 169,035

Admissions, Programs, Rentals & Retail

Admissions 108,511 96,790 Programs, rentals & retail 12,293 (2,406) TOTAL 120,803 94,384

Investment Distributions & Earnings 982,044 1,007,896

Total Support & Revenue 1,556,615 1,441,002

Expenses 2010 2009

Program Services 1,212,288 1,145,574

Management & General 224,101 165,466

Fundraising 120,226 129,962

Total Expenses 1,556,615 1,441,002

70%

7%

12%

63%

8%

13%17%

investment distributions & earnings

Admissions, Programs, rentals & retail

Memberships

contributions & special events

investment distributions & earnings

Admissions, Programs, rentals & retail

Memberships

contributions & special events

11%

9%

79%

12%

Fundraising

Management & General

Program services

8%

14%78%

Fundraising

Management & General

Program services

Donations Up in 2010

The Bloedel Reserve saw a major increase in donations in 2010. Nearly 575 donors, compared to 395 in 2009, made an annual contribution above their basic $55 membership fee, contributing a total of $181,074, an increase of 59%.

Many members increased their membership levels over the previous year, made additional contributions during the year, and/or responded generously to our year-end appeal. More than 70 individuals joined the Bloedel Society by making gifts of at least $1,000 during the year (see companion story).

Gifts received through the annual campaign, including membership level donations of $100 or more, support our efforts to preserve and enhance our beautiful world-class gardens and grounds, improve community access, move forward with exciting garden and trail restoration projects, make infrastructure improvements, add and strengthen cultural programs, and ensure a more sustainable financial base for the Reserve for years to come.

Contributions supplement basic membership fees and gate admissions, which together cover only 19% of the Reserve’s annual budget.

The Board of Trustees and staff extend heartfelt thanks to all who contributed generously in 2010. On the following pages, we gratefully acknowledge all who donated above the basic $55 membership level in 2010, endowment contributors, partners, in-kind donors and our dedicated volunteers. These acknowledgments are complete to the best of our knowledge, and we extend our sincere apologies to any whose names may have been omitted.

The Bloedel Reserve

All 2010 Donors($100 and up received through 12/31/10: Membership, Annual Fund, Endowment, Garden Party Combined)

$10,000 + Anonymous Alan & Sally BlackBny Mellon Wealth Management Paul & Debbi BrainerdSusan & Jeffrey BrotmanElisabeth C. DudleyFletcher Bay Foundation lynn GarveyFred PakisThe Pakis Family Foundation Ann Ramsay-JenkinsCarlo & lalie ScandiuzziJinny & Bagley WrightMerrill Wright

$5,000 - $9,999 Ed & Joanne Ellislaura B. GowenKeith & Mary Kay McCaw Foundation Paul & Anne KundtzOne Call For All Sally SchaumanAlice & David ShorettKarla & Gary WatermanRobin Wright

$1,000-$4,999 Dick & Connie AlbrechtBarbara H. AndersonAlison S. AndrewsAnonymous (2) Robert M. ArnoldWarren & Carol BellM. Wayne & Anne S. BlairWatson B. & Jane BlairBill and Beatrice BoothJay & Carol BowditchAlec W. Brindlelouis BurzyckiDeupree FoundationSteve & Harriet DavisVirginia & David DavisonChris EndresenHeide & Matthew FeltonDeb & Thomas Fenwick

Mr. & Mrs. Peter GarrettSusan J. GuffeyPamela Johnson & Carl

HaeflingMara HildermanC. David HughbanksMarie JamiesonElizabeth & William JonesJohn Keppeler & Mark

levineJoanne littleMr. & Mrs. Christopher

MadisonAndrew & Sallie MaronKen Fabert & Elizabeth

MartinSuzanne & Paul MerrimanAlison & Glen MillimanElizabeth MinorErin & Ed MoydellSusan & Edward PalmerJanet & Bill PauliPuget Sound Energy Frank Buxton & Cynthia

SearsRobert & nadine SkotheimCarlyn SteinerEric & Caroline StevensAnnette StollmanRobert & Katie StrongRoss & Carol ThornburghTown & Country Markets

Inc. Bunny VedrosGeorgia & Jeff VincentSarah & Graehm WallaceDr. Bruce nitsche & Jo

Wallace

Kate B. WebsterFred & Janet Williams

$500-$999 yaroslavna & Todd AdamsHowie & Sue AnawaltAnonymous (4)Dave & Heather BallaineBrian D’amato & Gina

BataliJohn & Shari BehnkeDavid & Keiki McCombs

BianchiFraser & Deirdre BlackTed & Emily BlankJim & Faith ChapelKemp CrawfordJohn Kenyon EllisAllan & Barbara FerrinJane & Robin FraserKirk GreeneCharles & Ellen HarleyGene & Carol JohansonJudy & Bob KarrJanet Ketchamlaura & Roy lundgrenClif & Kathy McKenzielloyd & Karen MercerJohn and Justine MilbergRoger & Carolyn Millerloyal & Marj MooreSteve MorganPaladin Data Systems G. Andrea & Everett PaupPlum Creek FoundationMrs. John PowelJack & Carolynn Prelutsky

Several Cub Scout Troops, led by our Director of Horticulture Andy Navage (right), pitched in to remove invasive ivy from forest areas and soon-to-be-opened trails.

Grateful Thanks to All Donors and Supporters

Volume 23 Issue 1

Senator Phil Rockefeller & Anita Rockefeller

Chris RogersDon & Meredith RooseDwight Shappellnathalie & Marty Simsaklaurence H. SmithDennis & Beverly StrengeDr. Roy l. TaylorTim & Billie TaylorThe Seattle Foundation Dottie & Tim TisonPer TjadenBerit Madsen & nezam

TooloeePatsy Gable & Ron TupperGeorge & Wendy

WeyerhaeuserMitch Wilk

$250-$499 Dennis Kirkpatrick & Sue

AndresenAnonymous (2) Jacqueline F. AntillaCarolyn AppletonRobin Schofield & Jane

BarryDoug & Cheryl BergerBenjamin BevisJohn & Bernell BlaineMorna BlessingJan & John BloomquistFredrick Wilton & Sandra

BondermanJim & linda BrandtVirginia & Thomas BrewerDarden BurnsPhyllis CairnsDavid CareySherree ChamberlainAnne C. Harper & Marc C.

ChavezPatty & Dick ChristensenTom & linda CobleAimee McWhorter & Sean

ComptonBarbara CornelsenSteve Romein & Ty CramerRick & Gair CrutcherTom & Suellen

CunninghamThomas M. CurranMichael & Kari Davis

Wendy Del ValleBob & Anne DoaneEverett & Bernetta DuBoisFrank & laura DurandJudith & Robert EaganEagle Harbor Book

Company Tera & less EerkesTed and Kellan EisenhardtCarol & Doug ElliottCindy & John FordJune & Tom Freylinda G. GidionHarry GilgerPat & Bill GillinghamDerek J. GoudriaanGrace GrantBrenda Berry & Jonathan

GreenRoberta HansonCynthia & David HarrisonMillie HeeneySally HewettMolly & Rolf HoggerDean Rosenthal & Irene

HoltDiane HooperRobert & Diane HoranRandolph Scott KellerKathryn KindgrenMarquerite & Mort

KondrackeKathy & Tedd KraftFred & Robbin KrogerBob & Fay Krokowerlynn & John lampeMarcia & norman landryBonny & Bob lawrenceSteven & Gigi leachKay & Ed lesterMichael & nancy lewarsEdna & Jack lewisDave & Sue lindseyJenny McCloskeyWilliam & Colleen

MeachamElsa Watson & Kol MedinaFurman MoesleyBeth & Tom MorganJudith MoserSue & Jim MosesAl Morrow & Deborah

MyersCara Bailey & Gary OwenSonchen Patton

Ann & Mack PearlCharles & Wanda PetersonPhil & Sandra RayAnne Hopkins & Marian

ReesSandy & Rodney RichJohn RichardsonHady DeJong & Iain M.

RobertsonAnn Rohrbacherlesley Wilcox & Peter

SchlesingerMichael & Sally SebastianKi Kilcher & Gene

SeligmannRobert & Kristine ShanafeltWill & Sandra ShopesMorris SorrellsSusan StandleyMr. Hampton StewartCarla H. StrohFlora ling & Paul SturmSuquamish Tribe, Office Of

The Tribal Attorney Pete Atha & Cameron TellerJohn & Karen Thomasnate & Marguerite ThomasAlice Thompsonleone Murphy & Robert

ThorsonBen Klasky & lisa TimminsBrian & Cara ToddCorydon & Judy WagnerConnie WalshWade & Karen WatsonBill & Patricia WeierGail & Diana Wetmorelyn & Tom WhiteTom & Sally WilderMary Ann & Robert Wiley

$100-$249Craig AbramsonEdie AdamsPaul & laurie AhernJohn & Catherine AhlJack & Anne AirJon & Debora AkersRiyadth & Binnur Al-KazilyJohn & Rosemary AllenRamsey & lorna AlsalamClaudia & William

AndersonGinger & Parks AndersonKaren Anderson

Paul & Joyce AndersonSheryl AndristAnonymous (12) Sherry AppletonSusannah ArntsonBarbara AstonPatricia BaillargeonBainbridge Island Garden

Club Trudy A. BaldwinBetty BarrCraig & Karen BathgateAnn BatmanBarbara BeattyStella ley & leonard BeilJean & Alan BentsenJason BergerRichard and Sandra

Bergmannlyman & Elizabeth BlackRobert BlameyAnthony BleakmoreBruce BondKen BostwickDavid & Susan BrayKeith & Diane BrintzenhofeMartha BrouwerKent & Ren BrownSilvery & lawrence BrownTom & Patty BryantJo Est BuehnerJudy & Dale BurkeCy ButlerEdmund & Claire ButlerKathy A. ButlerSissel & Curtis CalhounPamela & Fred CameronCraig & Jean CampbellOlga CarlinSue & Don CarlsonPamela l. CarveyBrian & Cecile ChapelDon & Carol ChapmanDoug Emerick & Pamela

CharlesworthJudy & Jay ChaseDeborah & Ralph CheadleJan ChilesDr. William & Patricia

ChurchBonny & Jeff ClarkBruce & Paige ClarkGary ClarkDiane & Doyle Clouser

Donors $500 - $999 continued

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Jacqueline CohnRobert J. ColegroveJudy & Ed Cole-MartinTaylor & Anita CollingsBarbara H. CollinsJanice & Ridge CooperJudith & Ted CozineStacie & Jonathan CrooksRaima & lee CrowthersMatthew & Dura Currylois & King Curtislarry & lorraine DammanChristine S. DavisDonna Kerr & Patricia

DawsonJill & Don DayRichard Dearsleynancy DenhamDiana DenslowSusie DeshazerJeffrey J. DeuelAmanda and Jim DevineJudith DickisonCori & Mike DonnellyPeter & Peggy DowDirk Smith & Christine

Dufau-SmithHelen DunbarRobert DunbarMargaret DuncanPatrick & Susan DunnAnderson DupreeHarold & Sarah EcklundMariana Rojas & Aaron G.

EdwardsChuck & Janie EkbergJames EllingboeBarbara EllisJanet and Michael EndsleyKenneth Brown & Joyce

EricksonKay EvansMerrill P. EvansAnita & Soloman FefermanGary & Patti FenchukConnie FergusonAllen & Christina FerrisBarry & Jo Ann FettermanMatt and Jan Ficklee FickleCarol & Michael FieldingWilla Fisher

Flotsam & Jetsam Garden Club

Dianne Speers & Ian ForbesDick Baker and Jeannette

FranksErnest FranzBart & Esme FreedmanSusan G. FritzAlice FrostMeghan & levi FullerGail GiacomazziJoyce GibsonTea Kautto & Alejandro GilHelen GilchristEric & Patricia GjeldeSusan GleasonThomas GoleekeCynthia GopalakrishnanKen Bounds & linda

GortonBill Hoke & Patricia

Graf-HokeAlan & Kathleen GraingerJane & Del GranseeJeffrey Julius & Beverly

GreenJohn & Carrie GreerAlbert & Jola GreinerGerald & Carolyn GrinsteinKelly & Jesse GrissomDon & Janet Guthrie

Mrs. Agnes C. HaganBenjamin & Margaret HallJohn & Emily HallAndrew HamiltonJudith HammondVirginia HandSherri Egashira & Doug

HansenMelvin & lavonne HarlessGertrude Barker & P.J.

HarlinHarrison Medical Center Justin Morgan & lynne

HartRichard Mahoney & lois

HartmanEdith & Svend HartmannChristina HaruiAnne HarveyCarol HaskinsMarsha HastingsMaxine R. HealyHeidi HeckmanKeith & Janene HeinoElisha HerzogCynthia Hibbardnick & Michelle HoelChris & Diana HoffmanJoe & Diane HolmesRichard & loretta

Holmgren

Deirdre HonickMrs. Rodman HookerPhilip HostermanJim & Susan HouseTeri Houstonlynn M. Howatlyman & Gretchen HullGretchen HundJames HunterSteve & Janet HunterRobert & Sharman HurlowMarcy & Rick JacksonMargot JacobsBob & Sheila JakubikDavid JohnsonDean & lavonne JohnsonSandra & David JohnsonWyman & Karoline JohnsonCathy Jones-SmithJon & Sharon Jordanlisa & Peter Jowiselarry & linda KaminskiByron & Sara KaneDona & Charles KeatingSuzanne D. KellyBob Kennicottlarry & Omie KerrEllen Antonelli & Gary

KinderAnne Kirchner

We welcome photographers at Bloedel Reserve, and invite them to share their shots of the Reserve on our website’s Flickr account. This beautiful photo was taken in November by Pete Salutos.

Donors $100-$249 continued

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Frank & Virginia KitchellDorothy & Andrew KlavinsWilliam & Dorothy KleinDale & Susan KnellMike & Sharon KochRandall & nita KohlerTom & Janet KometaniSharon & Elray KonkelBarbara KowalskiKarin KravitzBarbara KristensenSara & Chuck KuhnJack lacyCraig Cowden & Kurt

laidlawPeg lairdCatherine lamboleyDori lamfersWilliam Kent & S. Chapple

langemackRobert Kohn & Kristie

langlowDale & Deborah lantzJoan larsonJeffrey & Denise lavesonRuth & Robert lawsonMichael & leslie lebeauJeanne Marie leeMelissa & Charles leeStephanie lee

Helen & Peter leenhoutsMark & Sandra leeseTom & Carolyn leighElizabeth & Willis lentMichael & Diane leonettiJosh & Vicky lernerToby Engelberg & Kevin

levineValerie loebsJette lordRobert A. & Susan loweRichard & Mary luckeSheila lukehartDean Mielke & Carol lumbMorgan Smith & Mike

lunsfordDavid R. & Susan

MacFarlaneAndrea & Brian MackinMarsha & William MadiganDahlia & Glenn MalinMary Ann Mangelslinda & Edgar MarcuseMichael & Dana MariaMary & Carl MarinoSonya & Max MarinoniTakako Satoh & Donald

MarshDeb MarshallPhyllis & Gary Marx

Alan MaskinJoel & Kathy Matulyslee MayfieldCarol & Barney McCallumGeorge & Barbara

McDonaldJanet & Scott McFarlanelynda McMakenDoug & Joyce McCallumShannon McKeeTerri McKenzielawrence & Caroline

McnultyPatrick & Irene McSweeneynina & Bill MeierdingJoyce MerkelHoward l. MillerWhitney & Richard MillerJeanne E. & Michael

MilliganSam Whiting & Sam

MitchellDonna larkin & Robert

MohrArt & Flo MooreMary MooreMarion P. MoriartyJudy & Carl MundtJanet & Marty MunizElizabeth Murray

Andrew & lisa navagelinda navagePaul nebelJohn & lee neffSharon nelsonBill & Cynthia noonanTom & Katy nordlielinda norrisDon Roake & Cheryl

nossamanSusan Arthur & Paul

O’DonnellSioux & Bart OgburnEileen OkadaElizabeth & Rex OlsenKatherine OlsonDodey & Jim O’MalleyValerie & Michael O’MaraPatricia OstensonDarlene OwenP.C. HarperCharlotte PaineAlison & Tony Paolozziyoli PardoHoward Block & Ce-Ann

ParkerMajorie PasqualleKeith & Jan PatrickAllan & Gloria PattersonHarry Reinert & Cecilia

PaulDiana Peterslouanne PeytonGloria PfeifJoseph D. Piecuch Jr.Donna l. PooleVaughan & Margot PrattBarbara PringleJennifer & Brett ProdzinskiKristine QuinnDana & nancy QuitslundBrooks & Suzanne Ragenlaura O’neill & Fred

RamsdellDana RasmussenBarbara & William Rayburnlinda J. ReedJoseph and Karen

Reichmuthnancy & Jerry ReidTom & Teita ReveleyTedi ReynoldsGaye & David Reynolds-

Gooch

The Reserve is a place for our guests to experience “nature as arranged by man, and as it arranges itself,” in the words of our founder Prentice Bloedel. This large Douglas fir was left in place after it fell several years ago. It has become a favorite attraction in the Moss Garden.

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Sally Adams & louis Richard

Janice & Bruno RichterCarole RiisPeggy lange & John

RinehartMrs. Thurston RoachTony Smith & Ken

RobertsonSally & Merrill RobisonJames RodmanDave & Sarah RoeMartha RogersMary RogersMike RogersJ. James & Penny RooksJanet & Filmore RoseJohn & Ruth RughKristina M. & Ricky T.

SaffordMary Annese & Roy SahaliJean & Jack SargentValerie SassonDebi & Phil SaxtonKatherine Hanson &

Michael SchickEd Zimney & Sandy

SchubachWinsome & Brian

SchwalbachSteven SeatonAmy & Jon SelbygRoger & Marcia SerwoldPeggy & Daniel ShafferDanita ShneidmanGrey ShortW. lars & Theresa SikesCheryl Sjoblomlinda & Ethan Skylerlaurel SlaninkaKathleen SlatteryHelen langer SmithHarold & Connie SnowMr. & Mrs. Robert S.

Snyderlee & Joie Sopernaomi & David SpinakMichael & May StanCindy & Dale StarkenburgJudith Stephensleonel & Ilse StollarSandra & Michael Stoylinda & Stuart StranahanBonni Stratton

linda & Kent StreissguthHope & Dick StrobleDorothy B. StrongJay Hastings & Christine

SusumiJim & Sally SwansonJackie SyvertsenHelen TallJohn & Alice TawreseyPamela & Ron TaylorThomas & Susan ThatcherThe Gates Foundation Virginia C. & Paul S.

Thiebaudlinda ThielkeGreg ThiesMichele ThomasRichard Gelinas & Sara

ThompsonAnne & Jim TitteringtonGloria & Richard Tizzanolinda ToddMary Ann & Val TollefsonSusan Taylor & Barbara

TolliverSusan Torrancelynn de Vree & Marilyn

TurkovichMJ TylerDiane UllrichKaren Klein & John P. Van

Den MeerendonkPamela & Steve Van VleetJerry & Hollace VaughanDavid & Joyce VeteranePeggy VisherKaren Hust & Todd VogelConnie & Bill WaddingtonBrenda & Stuart WakehamWilliam & linda WalcottDiane & Chris WalkerJohn & Karen WalkerSusan WalterKathryn Hamilton Wang &

Steve WangPeter T. WatsonDana WebberAnne & Peter WeberPaul WeberKelly WebsterBruce & Judy WeilandTom Covert & Janet Wellelinda WellsMrs. Michael WhalenWinifred Whitfield

Mikel & Robert WhitleyTravis Penn & John WicherP.J. WilcynskiQuentin & Marina

WildsmithRolla J. WilhiteCole & lois WilliamsDavid & nancy WilliamsSusan Barash & Irving

WilliamsKim Williams & Rob

WilliamsonKenneth & Rosemary

WillmanSally & Richard WilsonShirley WilsonPeggy A. Wiltonlinda WiseMichael & leah WittekindChris Pouliot & Kurt WongChris Valentino & Carol

WoodMartha WoodworthKaren Benson & Illana

WoolfSheila Wyckoff-DickeyMarion & Robert yagerJennifer yanniErika yeomanIrene yesleyThomas & Jayne ZahabaRebecca & Joseph ZalkeBeth & Anthony Zona

Richard A. Brown Director’s Endowment Donors (2009-2010)Connie & Dick Albrecht Barbara AndersonDennis Kirkpatrick & Sue

AndresenAlison S. AndrewsAnonymous (4)Robert M. ArnoldDavid & Heather BallaineJohn & Shari BehnkeWarren & Carol BellAlan & Sally BlackFraser & Deirdre BlackJane & Watson BlairBeatrice & T. William BoothElizabeth BottlerPaul & Debbi BrainerdBrookshire-Green

Foundation Jeff & Susan Brotmanlouis BurzyckiSteve Romein & Ty CramerStacie & Jonathan CrooksSteve & Harriet DavisElisabeth C. DudleyEd & Joanne EllisJohn Kenyon EllisChris EndresenFletcher Bay Foundation lynn Garveylaura B. GowenDuncan HaasMolly & Rolf HoggerGene & Carol JohansonVirginia P. KitchellPaul & Anne Kundtzlady Foundation Michael & leslie lebeauAndrew & Sallie Maronleslie MeadowcroftAlison & Glen MillimanElizabeth S. MinorEd and Erin MoydellThe Pakis Family

Foundation ned & Susan PalmerBrooks & Suzanne RagenAnn Ramsay-JenkinsSenator Phil Rockefeller &

Anita Rockefeller Chris Rogerslalie & Carlo ScandiuzziSally SchaumanDwight ShappellAlice & Dave ShorettBob & nadine SkotheimEric & Caroline StevensAnnette StollmanRobert & Kathryn StrongDr. Roy l. TaylorKaren & John ThomasSarah & Graehm WallaceTom & lyn WhiteRobin WrightJinny & Bagley Wright

Institutional Donors Bainbridge Island Garden

ClubBny Mellon Wealth

ManagementBrent & Becky’s Bulbs

Donors $100-$249 continued

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Eagle Harbor Book Company

Flotsam & Jetsam Garden Club

Harrison Medical CenterIndianola Garden ClubOne Call For AllPaladin Data SystemsPlum Creek FoundationPort Madison Enterprises Puget Sound EnergySeattle Garden ClubSuquamish Tribe, Office of

The Tribal AttorneyThe Gates FoundationThe Seattle FoundationTown & Country Markets,

Inc.

Year-End Annual Appeal Donors($100 and up from

10/1/10 to 12/31/10)

John & Catherine AhlClaudia & William

AndersonGinger & Parks AndersonPaul & Joyce AndersonAlison AndrewsSheryl AndristAnonymous (4) Barbara BeattyBob & lynn Bergelin

Doug & Cheryl BergerRichard & Sandra BergmannAlan & Sallie BlackJohn & Bernell BlaineM. Wayne & Anne BlairTed & Emily BlankMorna BlessingJan BloomquistPaul & Debbi BrainerdDavid & Susan BrayDavid & Joyce BrewsterAlec BrindleJo Est BuehnerJudy & Dale BurkePhyllis CairnsCraig & Jean CampbellSherree ChamberlainDr. William & Patricia

ChurchBonny & Jeff ClarkBruce & Paige ClarkTom & linda CobleRobert ColegroveJanice & Ridge CooperBarbara CornelsenRick & Gair CrutcherTom & Suellen

Cunninghamlois & King Curtislarry & lorraine DammanRobert and Molly DavidsonSteve & Harriet DavisMichael & Kari DavisVirginia & David Davison

Jeffrey DeuelJudith & Robert EaganChuck & Janie EkbergBernard Super & Sharon

EnglandKenneth Brown & Joyce

EricksonKay EvansMerrill EvansMatt and Jan FickMarilyn & Tom FishCindy & John FordDick Baker & Jeannette

FranksJune & Tom FreyTea Kautto & Alejandro GilJane & Del GranseeKirk GreeneAlbert & Jola GreinerSusan GuffeyDon & Janet GuthriePamela Johnson & Carl

HaeflingBenjamin & Margaret HallJim & Shirlee HallMelvin & lavonne HarlessCharles & Ellen HarleyCarol HaskinsDon HebardMillie HeeneyCarol HendersonCraig Hobsonnick & Michelle HoelMolly & Rolf Hogger

Dean Rosenthal & Irene Holt

Diane HooperPhilip HostermanJim & Susan HouseTeri HoustonDonald HulbertSteve & Janet HunterGene & Carol JohansonElizabeth & William JonesCathy Jones-SmithByron & Sara KaneDona & Charles Keatinglarry & Omie KerrTom & Janet KometaniMarquerite & Mort

KondrackeBarbara KowalskiFred & Robbin KrogerPaul & Anne KundtzMarcia lagerloefCatherine lamboleylynn & John lampeRobert Kohn & Kristie

langlowJeffrey & Denise lavesonRuth & Robert lawsonHelen & Peter leenhoutsElizabeth & Willis lentMichael & Diane leonettiToby Engelberg & Kevin

levineJette lordlaura & Roy lundgrenMarsha & William MadiganMary Ann Mangelslinda & Edgar MarcuseMark Schick & Carolly

MarksAndrew & Sallie MaronCarol & Barney Mc CallumShannon McKeeTerri McKenzieRoy McMakinWilliam & Colleen

Meachamlloyd & Karen MercerSam Whiting & Sam

MitchellArt & Flo MooreBeth & Tom MorganBarry & Iris MoydellErin & Ed MoydellAl Morrow & Deborah

MyersLast summer’s Garden Party was the most successful ever with wonderful support from sponsors and participating vendors. Planning for this year’s Garden Party on Thursday, August 11 is underway – save the date!

Institutional Donors continued

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Andrew & lisa navagePaul nebelJohn & lee neffSharon nelsonBill & Cynthia noonanElizabeth & Rex OlsenValerie & Michael O’MaraCara Bailey & Gary OwenDarlene OwenCharlotte PaineJaclynn & Walter Parazaideryoli PardoSonchen PattonHarry Reinert & Cecilia

PaulCharles & Wanda Petersonlouanne PeytonJoseph Piecuch, Jr.Jack & Carolynn PrelutskyJennifer & Brett ProdzinskiKristine QuinnDana & nancy QuitslundBarbara & William RayburnAnne Hopkins & Marian

ReesJoseph and Karen

ReichmuthTom & Teita ReveleyJohn RichardsonPeggy lange & John

RinehartSally & Merrill RobisonMartha RogersMary RogersMike, Chris & Stephanie

RogersJo Anne RosenJohn & Ruth RughJean & Jack SargentJo SchafferKatherine Hanson &

Michael SchickWinsome & Brian

SchwalbachMichael & Sally SebastianJon & Helen SergeantRobert & Kristine ShanafeltRonald & Margaret ShapiroDanita ShneidmanWill & Sandra Shopeslawrence Chazen & linda

SchultzW. lars & Theresa SikesHarold & Connie Snow

Morris SorrellsEric & Caroline Stevensleonel & Ilse Stollarlinda & Stuart StranahanBonni Strattonlinda & Kent StreissguthThomas StridJay Hastings & Christine

SusumiKathleen TaylorPamela & Ron TaylorPete Atha & Cameron Tellerlinda ThielkeJohn & Karen Thomasnate & Marguerite ThomasRoss & Carol ThornburghAnne & Jim TitteringtonPer TjadenSusan Taylor & Barbara

TolliverSusan TorrancePatsy Gable & Ron TupperMartha & Jan Van der VeenPamela & Steve Van VleetBunny VedrosBrenda & Stuart WakehamWilliam & linda WalcottSarah & Graehm WallaceKarla & Gary WatermanWade & Karen WatsonBruce & Judy Weilandlinda WellsGail & Diana WetmoreP.J. WilcynskiMary Ann & Robert WileyRolla WilhiteMitch WilkKenneth & Rosemary

WillmanSally & Richard WilsonMarylin & Cliff Winklerlinda WiseBagley & Jinny WrightJennifer yanniIrene yesleyThomas & Jayne ZahabaRebecca & Joseph Zalke

2010 Memorial GiftsHowie & Sue Anawalt,

In Memory of Glenda Perkins

Alison S. Andrews, In Memory of Gale De Marsh

C. David Hughbanks, In Memory of Marilyn Fite

Vaughan & Margot Pratt, In Memory of Rachel Feferman

Carole Riis, In Memory of Carol Scott

Beryl Wanner, In Memory of Mark Newgarden

Garden Party PatronsDick & Connie AlbrechtBarbara AndersonAlison AndrewsRobert ArnoldBrian D’amato & Gina

BataliAlan & Sally BlackPaul & Debbi BrainerdJim & Faith ChapelDr. David & Jane DavisHeide & Matthew FeltonDeb & Thomas Fenwick

We welcomed a record-breaking 3,464 guests to the Reserve in December to see our Holiday Village and Model Railroad display. This wonderful exhibit, made possible by “master builder” Dwight Shappell and “engineer” Dave Durfee, along with a host of other volunteers, is set to become a holiday tradition.

Mr. & Mrs. Peter GarrettSusan GuffeyJanet KetchamPaul & Anne KundtzJohn Keppeler & Mark

levineAndrew & Sallie MaronKeith & Mary Kay McCaw

Foundation Steve MorganJanet & Bill PauliFrank Buxton & Cynthia

SearsDwight ShappellCarlyn SteinerRoss & Carol ThornburghSarah & Graehm WallaceDr. Bruce nitsche & Jo

WallaceMitch WilkBagley & Jinny WrightMerrill Wright

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Our horticultural and administrative staff donated 340 community service hours to assist with the planting of the landscape at the new Japanese American Exclusion Memorial on Bainbridge Island.

2010 Garden Party Partners

Restaurants / CaterersAgate Pass CafeAnjou BakeryBainbridge BakersBlackbird BakeryCasa RojasThe Harbour Public HouseSogno de VinoThe Inn at Port ludlowIslandWoodKellerman Creek CateringMt. Townsend CreameryThe Oak TablePan d’AmorePuget Sound Restoration Ritrovo Italian Regional

Foods SalumiSan CarlosSpice RouteWing Point Golf & Country

Club

Wineries / BreweriesBainbridge Island Vineyards

& WineryBalboa WineryEagle Harbor Wine

CompanyEleven WineryFletcher Bay WineryMeadowcroft/Magito

WinesPerennial VintnersRolling Bay WinerySilver City BreweryVictor Alexander Winery

Nurseries Bainbridge GardensBay Hay & FeedChimacum Woods Dragonfly FarmsFar Reaches FarmFlowering AroundMesogeo Roadhouse nurserySavage PlantsSundquist nurseryValley nursery Wells Medina Woodland Gardens

In-Kind DonorsSue AndresenSusan BergAlain BudeBainbridge Island Historical

SocietyFarrell’s Home HealthAlice FrostSteve Martin/Kildeer

landscapingMesogeo Mithun ArchitectsEd MoydellTerry MoyemontTerry SamilsonRobert & nadine SkotheimTAG Umbrella

VolunteersVirginia Abell-ClaytonJoyce AureliusJeffrey BeardenPatty Belllinda Belucheliza BiscombTed BlankTony BleakmoreJan BloomquistPatti BolquerinPeggy BoothRon BoothFrances BurressRichard BurressDelores Bussell

Greg Carlsonnancy D’ArchangelJudy DavisDick DearsleyDavid de la VergneEllie de la VergneDave DurfeeVivian Durfeelee FickleThomas FreyAlice FrostTory GallowayMisuko GiesekeHarry GilgerCarolyn GillickMarilyn GoglinMartha GoldingayMadeleine GrandyCarol GrantSharon GriffinMillie HeeneyIrene HoltJustine JacobsenCarol JohansonMarianne JohnsonSigrid KnightIrene KoehlerKathy KraftTedd KraftAlice leachMarianne MallabonKeiki BianchiGene McGowannancy McGowan

James Mcnettlinda MortonAnila PrineveauVirginia RedfieldRay RohayMartha RogersBeth RomanoTakako SatohErnestina SchwartmanGeorgene ScottDwight ShappellJane ShawMasami ShimizuRoger ShieldsAnn SievertsonJoan SpencerSue StandleyStephanie SteelePatricia K. StrayerTom StridAlice TawreseyRuth ThomasGinger ThrashMarian TomaszewskiClark W. TownsendJohn VaivodsWill VandagriffJohn van den MeerendonkRuth WarnsMary WilliamsJames WoodSylvia Zonoff

Premier Plant Sale at Bloedel ReserveSaturday, April 16 • 10am-5pmSunday, April 17 • 10am-2pm

Special Preview Sale for Bloedel Reserve Members Only: Friday, April 15, 4pm-7pmFeaturing plants propagated and grown at Bloedel Reserve and by premier northwest growers and nurseries

lectures by Dan Hinkley & Kelly Dodson

A portion of the proceeds support the horticulture program at Bloedel Reserve

Watch our website for information on participating vendors and lecture times!

Winter Hours: 10am–4pm, Wed-Sun. library Reading Hours: 1–4pm, Mon-Tue.

NEW entry Fees:General Admission: $13Seniors 65+ and Military $9Age 13 - College $5Children under 13 free

our annual members enjoy tHe FolloWing beneFits:

• Unlimited free visits with up to three guests

• Advanced notification and discounts on concerts and educational programs

• Quaterly newsletters and program bulletins

• 10% discount in our Shop

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The Bloedel Reserve7571 nE Dolphin DriveBainbridge Island, WA 98110-1097

non Profit Org.U.S. Postage

PAIDBainbridge Island,

WAPermit No. 17031

Annual Report to the Community In this issue we celebrate the

achievements of the past year

at Bloedel Reserve, send our

heartfelt thanks to our many

members and supporters, and

look ahead to the exciting

year of opportunities ahead.

As you will read in the

messages from our Board

President, our Executive

Director, and the guest article

by Trustee, Robert Skotheim,

we will continue to build on

the transformative successes

of 2010. In 2011, we will

embark on a year-long process

to engage a variety of sources

– trustees, staff, volunteers,

our members and the greater

community – in a strategic

planning process that will

provide a guiding roadmap for

the Reserve for the next five

to ten years.

A Party in the Gardens at the Bloedel ReserveThursday, August 11Enjoy an amazing array ofdelicious food, wine and ale from Puget Sound’s finest purveyors.

New This Year!• new time! 5:00pm-8:00pm

• A dessert finale with three spectacular live Auction items!

• Please call 206-842-7631 for your invitation, or request by email: [email protected]

• Check our website often as exciting party details unfold!

HOnORARy CHAIRS: Doug and Cassie Picha

SAVE THESE DATES!

by robert allen skotheim

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