Bellevue Botanical Garden
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🌷 Garden · Bellevue
1.5 hours · Free · No reservation needed
age fit
0–1 yr
★ 4.0
1–3 yrs
★ 4.0
3–5 yrs
★ 4.0
5–10 yrs
★ 3.0
- 🚗About 7 min driveFrom Bellevue · Parking: Free lot
- 🍼Stroller-friendlyFlat surfaces — bring the stroller
- 🌳Some shadeGreat on sunny days · Good on cool days · Rain-OK
- ⏱️Typical visit: 1.5 hoursBest seasons: Spring · Summer · Fall
A free 53-acre botanical garden with paved paths through a rhododendron glen, perennial borders, and a Japanese garden, ending at a 150-foot suspension bridge that a 2-year-old will insist on crossing three times.
💡 Tips
The suspension bridge is in the Ravine Experience; strollers can reach the bridgehead. The Garden d'Lights show from late November through December is ticketed and well worth it.What this place offers
✓free
✓suspension bridge
✓garden loop
✓visitor center
✓picnic lawn
✓restrooms
✓winter lights
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Sat 10/17
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Location
Bellevue, Washington
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