CLASSES & WORKSHOPS

Enrollment for Garden Workshops

A maple pruning workshop held in 2024. Photo by Portland Japanese Garden.

Due to the popularity of our Japanese Garden Training Center’s Garden Workshops, we have introduced a lottery system for purchasing tickets. This process is intended to provide equal opportunity for members to participate in workshops. Our Training Center workshops are only open to our members. We highly recommend becoming a member so you can enter the lottery and enjoy a host of other benefits, including exclusive access to the Garden every day it’s open, discounts in our Gift Shop, and much more.

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Here’s how it works:

  • Dates for workshops and their respective lotteries will be published on our website.
  • We will also share the dates for the workshops and when their lotteries open in our weekly newsletter. Sign up to stay informed!
  • When the lottery window opens, a link will appear on the event listing on the website to submit a lottery bid.
  • Each individual member will have one week to enter.
  • Only one submission per member will be factored into the lottery, and each member can only purchase one ticket. If you have a membership with secondary members listed, they should enter their own submission to be entered into the lottery.
  • After the lottery window has closed, members will be selected at random and our events team will call you at the phone number listed on your entry to complete your purchase.
  • If you are unavailable when we call, a message will be left and you’ll have 72 hours to respond and purchase your tickets.
  • Once the workshop is full, those who were not selected will be automatically included on a waitlist in the order determined through the lottery and will be notified via e-mail. If there is an opening, you will be contacted via phone.

If you have questions regarding the workshop lottery process, please contact our Membership Department by emailing membership@japanesegarden.org.

Those in the Golden Crane Recognition Society will continue to have early access to workshop registration. For more information about the Golden Crane Recognition Society, please contact Director of Development, Claire Eisenfeld at ceisenfeld@japanesegarden.org or 503-542-0281.