Oregon Zoo To Japanese Garden

There is public bus access to these remarkable places but it is the japanese garden i would like to focus on.

Oregon zoo to japanese garden. For those who don t mind a walk the frequent service buses 15 nw 23rd and 20 burnside both stop at nw 23rd burnside which is about a one mile walk up through washington park. Year round the garden is served by trimet bus 63 which connects to the max stations at the oregon zoo and providence park. Japanese heritage garden in hood river oregon. On june 4 1962 the portland city council adopted an ordinance to create a japanese garden commission to establish a garden in the site of the former washington park zoo.

Visit often and see portland japanese garden transform with the season. Or you can take the red or blue line max train to the washington park stop aka the. View all hours ticket prices. In 1963 professor takuma tono head of the landscape architecture department of tokyo agricultural university was commissioned to design and supervise the development of the garden.

Event new timed entry tickets. Perched on a hill overlooking the city of portland oregon is the rose garden the zoo and the japanese garden. Bloom has been the chief executive officer of the portland japanese garden since 2005. There are a lot of different trails in washington park that take you all over the park including the japanese garden and the rose garden.

The oregon zoo which neighbors the portland japanese garden in washington park has yet to confirm a reopening date as leaders continue to work with public health agencies to work out how to. Unfortunately it has been awhile since i walked out to the rose garden and i can t remember which trial it is. By don pylant jan 28 2019. 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.

Portland japanese garden ranks 5 in portland with accolades from 7 reviews like lonely planet travel leisure and afar magazine. Yes you can walk to the rose garden from the zoo but it is a good hike but not too strenuous. Genuine compressed exquisitely maintained this garden is both a leisure site and an educational site. Both are rated highly by travel writers.

Oregon zoo foundation community oregon zoo membership gives you a whole lot more this year back by popular demand museums and attractions in the portland metro area and beyond have teamed up to offer a reciprocal membership program in 2020.