Order Your Commemorative Touchstone Paver!
2021 Summer Cultural Series at the Garden
JUNE 5
Sho- Art (Calligraphy) Live Performances – 1:00 & 2:15pm
Art of Bonsai Demonstrations – 11:30am to 1:30pm
JUNE 19
Shinobue (Bamboo Flute) Performances – 1pm & 2:15pm
Ikebana (Floral Arrangement) Demonstrations – 10am-noon
JULY 10
Koto-Kai (Japanese Harp) Performances – 1pm & 2:15pm
Origami for All Ages and Abilities – Noon-2pm
JULY 24
Koto-Kai (Japanese Harp) Performances – 1pm & 2:15pm
Ikebana (Floral Arrangement) Demonstrations – 3:00 -5:00pm
AUGUST 7
Takohachi’s Q (Drums) Performances – 11am & 1pm
Art of Bonsai Demonstrations – 2:00 to 4:00pm
Visit Gresham Japanese Garden
Tsuru Island, 3/4 of an acre located at Gresham Main City Park is free and open to the public sunrise to sunset.
A Lesson on Pine Trees
A Lesson on Pines As a pine tree ages, interior and low branches die off from lack of light and energy. To keep a pine tree healthy, spring candling, winter needling, and cutting out branches to retain its shape are necessary. Before pruning, you first study the...
Sakura in Japanese Culture
Sakura in Japanese Culture By Mary DicksonThey blossom, and thenWe gaze, and then the bloomsScatter, and then…(Onitsura, poet) Beyond the beauty of sakura, the national flower of Japan, lies deep symbolism for the nation and its people.One of my Japanese friends said,...
What’s wrong with this tree?
When you walk through Main City Park past Tsuru Island towards the entrance to Springwater Trail, is where Gresham Japanese Garden's Resource Center is located. Now that you're oriented, in front of the Resource sits this tree. It's a 25-year old Shishigashira...
LOTS OF EXCITING WORKSHOPS AND FREE CLASSES
Ebetsu Plaza is located in the south end of Main City Park closest to Springwater Trail. This is a public space, free for the public to enjoy.
Mission Statement
The Gresham Japanese Garden on Tsuru Island provides a place of culture, beauty and learning for all who enter. The Friends of Gresham Japanese Garden bear responsibility to the city of Gresham, to build upon the Japanese American legacy in the community. We foster sustainability through leadership, stewardship, education and volunteerism.
Available to Rent
The Gresham Japanese Garden, Ebetsu Plaza, and the Resource Center are all available for your next event or meeting. Check us each one of the venues as separate rentals or in combination!
Support the Garden
Blank Note Cards
Set of 6 of $10, or purchase one for $2.
Volunteer
Since the Garden’s reopening in 2011, volunteers have contributed over 17,000 hours pruning, sweeping pavers, planting, replanting, building — you name it and the volunteers have done.
Commemorative Pavers
An endowment fund to maintain the garden is now available through the Commemorative Paver campaign.
Gresham Park’s Most Inspirational Project
