Category: Garden Visits: Oregon

  • Ikebana International Chrysanthemum Exhibition: celebrating Kiku Matsuri

    Yesterday I attend Ikebana International Portland Chapter 47‘s annual Chrysanthemum Exhibition at the Portland Japanese Garden. As expected, it was amazing, and I truly enjoyed viewing all of the different arrangements. Following are a few of my favorites from the show. (My Sensai’s is the last arrangement in the Sogetsu School section at the end of the…

  • Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden (Portland, Oregon)

    Ever since I can remember I’ve been visiting what my family always referred to as The Rhododendron Garden, though nowadays, I’ve finally started calling it by a name others actually recognize: Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden. The garden was started back in 1950, when my dad was a boy, and not long after my Grandfather Salvatore, aka…