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Portland Japanese Garden is an independent 501(c)3 charitable nonprofit organization and relies on contributions from individuals, corporations, and foundations to cover approximately one-third of the cost of its operation. Your contributions allow us to deliver on our Mission to Inspire Harmony and Peace.

We are grateful to those who have already given generously to the Garden. For a list of donors acknowledged in the latest issue of The Garden Path, please see here.

Areas of Support

There are several ways to give a donation, learn how:

Area of Greatest Need

Help sustain the Garden and its many programs throughout the year.

Arts and Culture

Support art exhibitions, traditional cultural festivals, and demonstrations and performances of the many garden-related arts.

Tribute

Honor a friend or family member by making a gift in support of Portland Japanese Garden.

Educational Programs

Support multi-generational education programs, both indoors and in the Garden’s living classrooms.

Garden Upkeep

Help maintain our beautiful gardens for generations to come.

MAILING ADDRESS

611 SW Kingston Ave.
Portland, Oregon 97205

CONTACT

Director of Philanthropy, Claire Eisenfeld at 503-542-0281 or via email.

The Garden’s Federal Tax ID number (EIN) is 93-0511171.

Another great way to support Portland Japanese Garden is through an IRA Distribution or a gift of appreciated stock. Full information for making gifts of stock to Portland Japanese Garden (also known as the Japanese Garden Society of Oregon) is here.

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Did you know? Kashintei or "flower heart room" is the name of our Tea House. It is used for tea ceremonies held on the third Saturday of every month from April through October. The structure was made in Japan by master craftsmen in the traditional tongue and groove style, using wodden pegs rather than metal nails. On the floor of the tea house are straw mats called tatami. Most tea houses are 4.5 tatami mats in size. The tea house should be fully enclosed with only a small opening for guests to crawl into the room, but our tea house is open on two sides because we use it to demonstrate tea ceremony.

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Every year at the time of the Harvest Moon and our Moonviewing Festival, Portland Japanese Garden’s gardeners create this special checkered pattern, called ichimatsu moyo (市松模様), with the white sand in the Flat Garden.

This ichimatsu pattern raking was inspired by the Katsura Imperial Villa in Kyoto, Japan, the design of which is globally considered as the apex of the traditional Japanese approach on the use of space and refined simplicity. One of the tea houses at Katsura Imperial Villa (Shokin-tei) is known for its blue and white checker-patterned alcove walls and sliding screens, a design fairly modern for its time. Some even consider this quintessential to Katsura.

This pattern will only be up through September, so make sure to visit soon!

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We feel so fortunate to have such humbling and inspiring roots in our Portland community, beginning in the 1960s. During these early years, Portland’s NBC affiliate, KGW-TV, captured Portland Japanese Garden’s construction and has shared the treasured footage from their archives with us. Thank you, KGW-TV, for sharing these priceless moments from the Garden’s past, so we may enjoy it together with hopes to build a better future.

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