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Because there is so much to do in Washington Park to complement your visit to Portland Japanese Garden, it can be a little overwhelming trying to plan out a visit. To help out, we’ve put together an itinerary for you.
Here is a helpful itinerary so you can plan the perfect day of Portland garden visits, starting at Portland Japanese Garden!
In June, Portland Japanese Garden, through its sibling organization and global cultural initiative, Japan Institute, formally presented a handcrafted replica of its beloved Peace Lantern to one of the most revered and famous public gardens in the United States, Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
Read about how a group of textile workshop attendees gave their time to craft aprons for the horticultural support volunteers of Portland Japanese Garden.
Lear more about Tsuru Tuenge, who has been a member of Portland Japanese Garden since the late 1970s and has been a highly admired volunteer since 2017.
In May, Portland Japanese Garden welcomed Peter Putnicki, Senior Gardener of Seattle Japanese Garden, to become the latest professional to participate in its Professional Gardener Work Exchange Program. He sat down to chat about his week in Portland.
Portland Japanese Garden is delighted to share that it has been given a 2024 Traveler’s Choice Award by Tripadvisor, the world’s largest travel guidance platform.
News site Business Insider turned to writers Zoë Miller, Matthew Wilson, and Mykenna Maniece to detail what they deemed to be the 25 most unique gardens in the world and named Portland Japanese Garden among them.
Guests arriving to Portland Japanese Garden this summer may notice a large lantern structure in the Atsuhiko and Ina Goodwin Tateuchi Foundation Courtyard of our Cultural Village. They are known as “Gion Festival Lanterns” and were first installed in this space back in 2018 when Portland Japanese Garden held an exhibition called “Gion Matsuri: The World’s Oldest Urban Festival.”