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The Portland Japanese Garden is a traditional Japanese garden occupying 12 acres, located within Washington Park in the West Hills of Portland, Oregon, United States.It is operated as a private non-profit organization, which leased the site from the city in the early 1960s.
The 189-acre (76 ha) arboretum is located atop a ridge in the Tualatin Mountains two miles (3.2 km) west of downtown Portland. Hoyt has 12 miles of hiking trails, two miles of accessible paved trails, and is open free to the public all year. [1] [2] About 350,000 visitors per year visit the arboretum. [3] [4]
Portland Japanese Garden: 1967 A 9.1-acre (3.7 ha) private traditional Japanese garden that opened in 1967. It was the most highly ranked Japanese garden in North America of more than 300 such gardens rated by experts from The Journal of Japanese Gardening in 2013. [15] Himalayan Cloud Forest Garden: 2010
The Japanese Garden was designed by Ken Nakajima in 1992, includes a teahouse, waterfalls, bridges, and stone paths that wander among crepe myrtles, azaleas, Japanese maples, dogwoods and cherry trees. Hershey Gardens: Hershey: Pennsylvania: Includes a Japanese garden with rare giant sequoias, Dawn Redwood trees, Japanese maples and more.
This list of botanical gardens and arboretums in Oregon is intended to include all significant botanical gardens and arboretums in the U.S. state of Oregon. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Name
Portland Japanese Garden: SW Kingston Dr. — [203] Powers Marine Park SW Macadam Ave. south of the Sellwood Bridge: 13.97 acres (5.65 ha) [204] South Park Blocks: Downtown Portland: 8.73 acres (3.53 ha) [205] Spring Garden Park 3332 SW Spring Garden St. 4.56 acres (1.85 ha) [206] Stephens Creek Nature Park SW Bertha Blvd. and Chestnut St.
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The Portland Community Gardens project addressed the problem that the city's residents, schools and housing developments faced a long waiting list for garden plots; it received funding between 2010 and 2011 which enabled it to create 150 new garden plots, and further funding in 2012. [4]