Dear Portland Japanese Garden Members and Community, On May 6th, as I gave my report on the state of our organization at the Annual Meeting of the Membership, I announced that in January of 2025, I will be retiring. After 33 years of public service, during which time I was fortunate to see Portland Japanese …
The Pacific Sentinel, a monthly magazine led by the student body of Portland State University, sat down with Lisa Christy, who was appointed Executive Director of Portland Japanese Garden at the beginning of 2024.
KGW-TV, Portland’s NBC affiliate, sent photojournalist Chad DeHart to the Garden to cover our art exhibition, Vision of Place.
The Oregonian, sharing a study from nonprofit organization Earth.fm, reports that while Portland itself has been named as one of the noisier cities in the U.S., it has several peaceful areas where the din settles down, including Portland Japanese Garden.
Portland Japanese Garden was selected as one of 16 partners to celebrate the city’s thriving cultural scene through the Google Arts & Culture Platform. Portland is the first city in the Pacific Northwest to be featured.
Portland Japanese Garden stands as a crown jewel of its home city. Lauded as the most authentic Japanese garden outside of Japan, it is a space of great civic pride. Because it is in perpetual evolution, the Garden is best enjoyed through multiple visits, something its members can attest to.
As we look ahead to Asian American Native Hawai’ian Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month in May, we reflect on what it means to be an organization that represents this community by diving further back into our history.
During the summer of 2023, University of Oregon student Chloe Lee joined Portland Japanese Garden’s Marketing Department as an intern as part of her school’s Portland Internship Experience program (PIE). PIE students receive a philanthropically-funded stipend, and career preparedness, and all while contributing to organizations that aim to make a difference in their community. Here is an article in which Lee reflects on her time with the Garden.
In an effort to heal the lingering division of World War II, Portland, Oregon and Sapporo, Hokkaido reached across the Pacific to become sister cities 65 years ago this year. To commemorate this longtime friendship, Portland Japanese Garden presents Vision of Place, two photography exhibitions sharing different perspectives of Hokkaido and its capital city of Sapporo.