Discover the joy of the Garden in spring! Many of our flowers are blooming, creating delightful pops of color throughout our landscape.
In 2025, the Garden’s exhibitions highlight a diverse range of Japanese cultural traditions and artforms, including a selection of ceramics from Japan’s famous Bizen region as well as the art inherent in Japanese gardens themselves. These exhibitions aim to share the ideas and aesthetics integral to the fabric of life in Japan. Here, we share a preview of what to expect in the upcoming year.
Visitors to Portland Japanese Garden this winter will see additions to its grounds that haven’t been present since the 1980s: yukizuri (sometimes transliterated as “yukitsuri”).
Here we present original writing crafted by Portland Japanese Garden in 2024, all imbued with the spirit of this nonprofit organization’s mission of Inspiring Harmony and Peace.
2024 was a year filled with many exciting experiences and moments for Portland Japanese Garden. In its 61st year, the Garden reaffirmed its place as a tranquil urban oasis and home for cultural understanding. Let’s take a look back one last time at all that happened in 2024 at Portland Japanese Garden.
2024 was a year remarked by several stories from the media that demonstrated the incredible landscape, unforgettable programming, and outstanding people that bring Portland Japanese Garden to life. To close out the year, we have selected our best coverage of 2024.
Issue 11 of The Journal of the North American Japanese Garden Association (NAJGA), published in November 2024, features an article written by Will Lerner, Communications Manager for Portland Japanese Garden and Japan Institute. In it, Lerner shares insights from the organization’s Garden Directors and Curators, all Japanese-born niwashi (garden masters). They discuss the Natural Garden, one of the organization’s five historic garden spaces, and an example of the zoki no niwa style.
As you consider the presents you’ll be giving this holiday season, we encourage purchasing those you love a gift membership to Portland Japanese Garden to give them a space to find peace and connect with nature. Portland Japanese Garden stands as a crown jewel of its home city and because it is in perpetual evolution, it is best enjoyed through multiple visits, something its members can attest to.
Oregon ArtsWatch, an independent Oregon-focused website featuring arts journalism and criticism recently wrote about Kintsugi: The Restorative Art of Naoko Fukumaru, an exhibition now on show through January 27, 2025.
Islands, a magazine that has covered travel destinations for more than 40 years recently turned to Reddit to discover which gardens are considered the best in the U.S.