Come see our winter decorations! They're being installed now and will be up through February.
By Will Lerner Portland Japanese Garden has earned a reputation for its excellence over its more than 60 years, but that excellence would remain an aspiration were it not for the quality that truly makes the Garden special: its people. It begins with its visitors: more than 400,000 folks annually from more than 90 nations …
Written by Will Lerner, Marketing and Communications Manager In October, Portland Japanese Garden refreshed its Kashintei Tea House by adding new tatami mats thanks to generous support from its volunteers. Floor coverings traditionally composed of woven grass and straw, tatami mats are often found in Japanese buildings, including but not limited to tea houses. Believed …
By Will Lerner, Communications Manager for Portland Japanese Garden & Japan Institute In September, the Japanese Garden Training Center, one of Japan Institute’s programming centers, saw the return of Waza to Kokoro. This flagship program helps Japanese gardens outside of Japan find authentic, locally-appropriate solutions in design, construction, maintenance, and preservation. It is designed for …
Portland Japanese Garden welcomed Anne Hunter, gardener and curator for Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s three-acre Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden and Japanese Tree Peony Collection, to become the latest professional to participate in its guest gardener exchange program.
David Komeiji is one of Portland Japanese Garden’s Cultural Partners. He shares his expertise and talents to help people learn more about Japanese culture.
By Will Lerner, Communications Manager for Portland Japanese Garden & Japan Institute Portland Japanese Garden has been and always will be a community effort. Founded by civic leaders in government, business, and cultural organizations in 1963, it has been a place of nature, beauty, and cultural understanding for more than 60 years. And while it …
We’re putting a Portland Japanese Garden twist on a recent New York Times article that introduced some fun and novel ways to get yourself walking.
By Will Lerner, Communications Manager for Portland Japanese Garden & Japan Institute When guests arrive to the Cultural Village of Portland Japanese Garden, the site many head to first is the Ellie M. Hill Bonsai Terrace. Here in this dedicated space, they’re able to see stellar and award-winning bonsai (literally, “tree-in-a-tray”). Those who aren’t done …
Joining the Phoenix Legacy Society is an incredibly generous and thoughtful way to honor the Garden and help ensure it remains able to pursue its mission of Inspiring Harmony and Peace for generations to come. We recently sat down with two members of the Society, Jacquie Siewert-Schade and W. Curtis Schade, about why they decided to make this meaningful gesture.