July 29th, 2024 | Author: admin
2024 July 29 Oregon USA
Dear Readers,
Today my dear friend Olga treated me to Portland Japanese Garden and the International Rose Test Garden (both inside Washington Park, Portland, Oregon)
… where Beauty soothes, heals, delights Brain and Heart. I wish to share photos with you.
Portland Japanese Garden, Washington Park, Portland, Oregon, USA
Portland Japanese Garden
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Portland Japanese Garden
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https://japanesegarden.org/about-portland-japanese-garden/history/
says:
Inspired in the late 1950s by growing cultural ties between Oregon and Japan, Mayor Terry Schrunk and members of the Portland community conceived the idea of building a Japanese garden on the site of the old zoo in Washington Park. Their reasons for building a Japanese garden were twofold: providing the citizens of Portland with a garden of great beauty and serenity, while forging a healing connection to Japan on the heels of World War II. At this time in U.S. history, Japanese gardens were founded across the country as a way to build cultural understanding. Needing no translation, an American could experience firsthand Japanese ideals and values, communicated simply through nature.
The site was dedicated in 1961, and Professor Takuma Tono of Tokyo Agricultural University was retained to design the Garden. Professor Tono’s plan included five different garden styles laid out on 5.5 acres. This was quite a departure from gardens in Japan which typically follow one singular style. His intention was to represent different historical developments in Japanese garden architecture and through that communicate Japanese culture to create a cultural exchange.
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Portland Japanese Garden https://japanesegarden.org/
Portland Japanese Garden
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Portland Japanese Garden
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International Rose Test Garden, Washington Park, Portland, Oregon, USA
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https://www.portland.gov/parks/washington-park-international-rose-test-garden
More than 10,000 individual rose bushes bloom in the International Rose Test Garden (IRTG) from late May through October, representing over 610 different rose varieties. The majority of roses in the Garden are commercially available. About 10 to 20 varieties are replaced each year with some of the best new roses released onto the market. Roses bloom from late May to October depending on the weather.
The primary purpose of the Garden is to serve as a testing ground for new rose varieties. In the beginning, while World War I was raging, hybridists sent roses from around the world to Portland’s garden for testing.
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Washington Park, Portland, Oregon, USA
https://explorewashingtonpark.org
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Thank you, Olga dear, for treating me to Portland Japanese Garden and International Rose Test Garden …
Beauty Soothes, Heals, Delights Brain and Heart!
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Everyone all over the world, I wish you beauty, safety, vibrant health, peace and joy.
Sincerely,
Teresa Jade LeYung – photo by Nan and MEK
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