Pacific Northwest - Oregon

Portland Classical Chinese Garden

A Karen Brown Recommendation

The Portland Classical Chinese Garden (also called the Garden of Awakening Orchids) occupies an entire city block between NW Third Avenue and NW Everett Street. It’s a unique urban garden patterned in a 15th-century Ming style and designed by architects and artisans from the Chinese city of Suzhou. Created to inspire residents living in busy cities, Chinese gardens were meant to offer respite in the center of activity. Today’s visitors to this setting will find a garden little changed from what would have greeted them more than 500 years ago in dynastic China. (Open November through March from 10 am to 5 pm and from April through October from 9 am to 6 pm.)

Located along this Karen Brown Itinerary:

Vines to Volcanoes-The Portland Area

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Nearby Hotels and Bed & Breakfasts:
Listed Alphabetically, Not By Distance.

• Lion and the Rose Victorian Inn
• Portland’s White House
• Springbrook Hazelnut Farm