Garden Updates
On The Move: Pieris Relocated to New Flat Garden Location
Learn how a pieris shrub was moved from one Flat Garden location to another using traditional Japanese gardening techniques.
Japan Institute Garden Path
The Mission of Portland Japanese Garden and Japan Institute: “Inspiring Harmony and Peace”
With this refined mission providing a clear way forward, the Garden and Institute will take intertwining paths to inspire harmony and peace. The Garden will focus on achieving its mission through culture, art, and nature and the Japan Institute will make these gains with an emphasis on dialogue, diplomacy, and knowledge.
Press Releases
Celebrate Spring with the Cherry Blossoms of Portland Japanese Garden
In the Garden, the arrival of spring has been accompanied by the steady bloom of cherry blossoms. The delicate and ephemeral beauty of these cherished trees is stirring, and our Yoshino and Weeping Cherry trees will soon glow with joyful white and pink colors. What better place to come embrace the start of a new season then at Portland Japanese Garden?
In the News
From The Washington Post: What the Cherry Blossoms Can Teach Us About the Nature of Life
In 2015, our Arlene Schnitzer Curator of Culture, Art & Education Diane Durston (now Curator Emerita) wrote this lovely article about the ephemeral beauty of cherry blossoms for The Washington Post. As we approach spring and the return of our sakura, we thought it fitting to share this article once again.
Special Message
In Pursuit of Peace, a Letter from CEO Steve Bloom
The events in Ukraine have confirmed and magnified that the work we do has never been more relevant and more needed… the work of our mission: Inspiring Harmony and Peace.
Photos & Video
Webinar Recording: Talking “Nuno” Visionary Japanese Textile
Japanese textile has never lost its craft spirit after industrialization. A celebrated cultural observer with a deep connection with Japan and the editor of the new book, NUNO: Visionary Japanese Textiles, Naomi Pollock, explores the creative world-vision of one of Japan’s most inventive textile design studios through a captivating dialogue with Anne Higonnet (Art historian …
In the News Art Exhibitions
From KBOO: Netsuke Carvings at Portland Japanese Garden
In a recent episode of the KBOO program Art Focus, Portland Japanese Garden Assistant Director of Exhibitions Sarah-Kate Nomura discussed the art of netsuke, miniature art pieces used as toggles for holding a purse or pouch on the belt of a kimono. See the exhibition, Fashion and Fantasy: The Art of Netsuke in the Pavilion …