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Park Planning and Development

Park Planning Introduction
	2008 Parks & Natural Areas Levy Fact Sheet

Aquatics Feasibility Study

Bellevue Botanical Garden Master Plan Update
	BBG Visitor Center
	Ravine Garden

Bellevue Youth Theatre Expansion

Bridle Trails Levy Project

Eastgate Area Properties Park Master Plan

Forest Drive Streetscape

Mercer Slough Environmental Education Center Construction
	Background
	Partnerships

Meydenbauer Bay Park Plan

Newport Hills Neighborhood Park Planning

Off-Leash Area Study

Parks & Open Space System Plan

Robinswood Park Off-Leash Area Study

Sports Field Improvements
	Newport Hills Park
	Wilburton Hill Park

Surrey Downs Park Master Planning

Ravine Garden

As part of the Botanical Garden Master Plan update, the Ravine Garden is also one of Garden improvements projects included in the 2008 voter-approved levy package. The Parks & Community Services Department and the Bellevue Botanical Garden Society selected the Ravine Garden for design development and construction.

BBG - current ravine path
Bellevue Botanical Garden's current ravine path

The proposed garden will take visitors along a pedestrian trail through a second-growth forest and a steep-sided ravine in the southeast corner of the Bellevue Botanical Garden, which is located within the larger “Cascadia Experience” (project #4 on Master Plan Projects). The project entails construction of a 150-foot long, five-foot wide pedestrian suspension bridge made predominantly of steel.

The bridge will span the ravine and allow visitors close proximity and intimate views of the plants, wildlife and forest canopy into and around the ravine. The project will also include adding 600 feet of pedestrian trail to the Botanical Garden’s current trail system. The new trail will form a connection between the bridges and existing trail segments to complete a “Ravine Trail Loop,” which will begin and end at the Lost Meadow Trail.

Project Status
Construction began in August 2011. Construction is not expected to dramatically impact the day-to-day operation of the Garden, but there may be some temporary closures of trail segments. Lake to Lake trail access is not expected to be impacted by the project.

Contact Information

Parks & Community Services
450 110th Ave NE
PO Box 90012
Bellevue, WA 98009
Contact: Scott VanderHyden
Phone: 425-452-4169
E-mail: svanderhyden@bellevuewa.gov