Oregon Gardens

 Berry Botanic Garden: 11505 SW Summerville Avenue, Portland, OR 97219-8309 (503)636-4112.

This lovely 6 1/2 acre garden includes collections of rhododendrons, primula, lilies, native plants, and alpine plants, exhibited in the Rock Garden, the Native Plant Trail, the Fern Garden, and the Rhododendron Forest.

 Bush's Pasture Park: 600 Mission Street SE, Salem, OR 97302 (503)363-4714.

The 100 acres of open pastures of this Victorian Italianate style house are now a municipal park with extensive gardens including a rose garden. A Conservatory, the first west of the Mississippi, is still home to tropical plants and succulents.

 Castle Crest Wildflower Garden: Crater Lake National Park, P.O. Box 7, Route 138, Crater Lake, OR 97604 (541)594-2211 Ext. 402.

A half mile trail at the Steel Information Center allows the viewing of native wildflowers in August.

 Cecil and Molly Smith Rhododendron Garden: 5065 Ray Bell Road, St. Paul, OR 97137.

Cecil Smith, a rhododendron hybridizer and devotee, created this spectacular rhododendron garden.

Claire Hanley Arboretum: 569 Hanley Road, Medford, OR.

The Classical Chinese Garden. See The Garden of Awakening Orchids, below.

 The Connie Hansen Garden: 1931 NW 33rd Street, P.O. Box 776, Lincoln City, OR 97367 (541)994-6338.

Just over an acre, this delightful garden features a collection of rhododendron (more than 100) plus varieties of Dogwoods, Magnolias, spring flowering trees, Viburnums, Heather, Japanese Maples, Iris, primroses, geraniums, and more

 Corvallis Rose Garden: Avery Park, 2245 NW 11th Street, Corvallis, OR 97333 (541)766-6918.

This 75 acre public park's rose garden displays 1,200 bushes of 250 varieties in an East and West garden, a Memorial Garden and an Old Rose Garden. A rhododendron garden also graces the park.

  Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden: SE 28th Ave, one block north of Woodstock, Portland, OR 97202 (503)771-8386.

This 5 acre garden displays more than 2000 species of hybrid rhododendrons, azaleas, magnolias and related plants.

 Darlingtonia State Natural Site: US 101 5 miles north of Florence, OR (800) 551-6949.

Not truly a garden, but who can resist carnivorous plants? Especially from a safe distance on the boardwalk!

 Deepwood Gardens: Deepwood Estate, 1116 Mission Street SE, Salem, OR 97302 (503) 363-1825.

This 1894 Queen Anne style house includes 5.5 acres of grounds designed by the Northwest's first female landscape architecture firm, Lord and Schryver. The 2 acre formal gardens feature an iron gazebo from the Lewis and Clark exposition, broken columns from old capitol building, and garden rooms framed with hedges (including a scroll garden). A nature trail and a greenhouse may also be seen.

 Elk Rock Gardens: The Bishop's Close, 11800 SW Military Lane at State Route 43, Portland, OR 97219-8436 (503)636-5613 or (800)452-2562 .

This impressive 13 acre estate includes 6 acres of beautifully landscaped English-style gardens that feature magnolias and other native and exotic plants.

 The Garden of Awakening Orchids (Lan Su Yuan, The Classical Chinese Garden:  NW 3rd and Everett, Portland, OR  (503)228-8131.

Opened in September, 2000, this classical Chinese Garden, occupying a city block, features the Azure Water Yard, the Double Rainbows Resting in the Clouds bridge, the Understanding Fish Pavilion, the Cool Fragrance with Drizzling Fountain courtyard, and scenes such as "Mist and Rain Over Boat" and "Locked Moon Pavilion and Bridge", with elements of rockeries, waterfalls, a lake, and bridges.

 Greer Gardens: 1280 Goodpasture Island Road, Eugene, OR 97401-1794 (541)868-8266 or (800)548-0111.

A commercial nursery specializing in rhododendrons.

The Grotto: National Sanctuary of Our Sorrowful Mother, NE 85th and Sandy Boulevard, P.O. Box 20008, Portland, OR 97294-0008 (503)254-7371.

This 62 acre Catholic Shrine and botanical garden offers more than a hundred statues and shrines along its pathways. Special areas include the natural rock altar, the Chapel of Mary, the Meditation Chapel, the Peace Garden, the Rose Garden, and St. Anne's Chapel.

 Hendricks Park Rhododendron Garden: Summit Avenue, Eugene, OR (541) 682-5324.

This 12 acre woodland displays more than 6,000 ornamental plants including rhododendrons, azaleas, magnolias and viburnums under a canopy of Oregon white oaks.

 Hoyt Arboretum: Bureau of Parks, 4000 SW Fairview Blvd., Portland, OR 97221 (503)823-3655.

This 175 acre arboretum displays 800 varieties of trees and shrubs including one of the largest U.S. collections of conifers.

 International Rose Test Garden: 400 SW Kingston, Portland, OR 97201 (503)796-5193 or (503)248-4302.

This 5 acre rose garden displays 8,500 bushes.

 Jackson & Perkins Test and Display Garden: 2836 Pacific Highway, Medford, OR 97501 (541)776-2277.

This mail order nursery, headquartered in Medford, offers a lovely test and display garden..

 Japanese Gardens: Washington Park, 611 SW Kingston and Washington Park Drive, Portland, OR 97201 (503)223-4070.

This peaceful 5 1/2 acre garden offers five distinct gardens: the Flat Garden (with plants, rocks and raked white gravel), the Sand and Stone Garden (a walled garden), the Natural Garden (featuring shallow streams, waterfalls and native plants), the Strolling Pond Garden (with waterfalls, ponds, rocks and planting), and the Tea Garden (with an imported teahouse).

 Jenkins Estate: 8005 S. W. Grabhorn Road, P.O. Box 5868, Aloha, OR 97006 (604)642-3855.

This 1912 English-style mansion is surrounded by 68 acres of estate grounds featuring English-style gardens, rockeries, ponds, a teahouse, a greenhouse and an herb garden.

  Ladd's Circle, Squares and Rose Gardens: SE Ladd & Harrison, Portland, OR 97214.

A neighborhood garden of 3,300 rose bushes.

 Leach Botanical Garden: 6704 SE 122nd Avenue, Portland, OR 97236 (503)761-9503.

This 9 acre public botanical garden showcases Northwest native plants and displays over 2000 species of wildflowers, ferns, shrubs and trees in their natural habitat. Trails traverse a wetland forest, a creek, a fern walk, a peat bog, then wind past the manor house to a rock garden and dry woodlands.

 Lithia Park: Ashland, OR (541)488-5340.

This beautifully landscaped 100 acre park, whose design was assisted by John McLaren, renowned for his work at Golden Gate Park, offers lawns, ponds and woodlands. Features includes a Japanese Garden, a rose garden, a sycamore grove, a duck pond with swans and a one mile trail. The web site offers hundreds of pictures in a virtual tour.

 Martha Springer Botanical Garden: Willamette University, 12th Street, Salem, OR 97302.

Also visit the small Japanese garden behind the art building and the rose garden along State Street. A map.

 Mission Mill Village: 1313 Mill Street S.E., Salem, OR 97301 (503)585-7012.

This historical textile mill includes an herb and dye garden.

 Mount Pisgah Arboretum: 33735 Seavey Loop Road, Eugene, OR 97405 Office: (541)747-3817 Visitor Center (541) 741-4110.

This thoughtfully designed 208 acre arboretum offers 7 miles to trails for viewing native and exotic trees, shrubs, wildflowers, and cryptogams.

 Oregon Garden: 879 W. Main Street, Silverton , OR 97381 (503)874-8264 or (877)674-2733 x8264.

This exciting 240 acre world-class botanical garden under construction, with 65 acres now open, will showcase Oregon's horticultural diversity. Features will include the Grotto, the Children's Garden, the Bosque/Overlook, the Ornamental Water Garden, the Conifer Garden and the Entry Waterfall.  A Frank Lloyd Wright house has been moved to the gardens and restored.

 Oregon Zoo: 4001 SW Canyon Road, Washington Park, Portland, OR 97221 (503)226-ROAR.

This 65 acre zoo displays its creatures in naturalistic settings. The Zoo Train Ride features stops for the Rose Test Garden and the Japanese Garden.

(George) Owen Rose Garden: North Jefferson Avenue, Eugene, OR 97448 (541)682-4800.

This All-America Rose Selections accredited rose garden, situated along the Willamette River, features over 4,500 varieties of roses plus the 1860 Black Republican Cherry Tree, the largest cherry tree in Oregon.

Palmerton Arboretum: West Evans Creek Road, Rogue River, OR (541)776-7001.

This 5 acre arboretum, originally a nursery, features labeled plants from all over the world including 40 species of trees and shrubs (including azaleas and rhododendrons), pines fromm Japan, cedars from the Mediterranean and large coastal redwoods.

 Peavy Arboretum: McDonald Forest, 8692 Peavy Arboretum Road, (Route 99W), Corvallis, OR 97330 (541)737-4452.

This arboretum displays over 200 native and exotic trees which can be viewed from 5 trails.

 Peninsula Park and Rose Gardens: N Albina & Portland Boulevard, Portland, OR 97217.

The 2 acre formal rose garden displays 8,900 bushes of 65 varieties.

 Schreiner's Iris Gardens: 3671 Quinaby Road NE, Salem, Oregon 97303 (800)419-4747 Ext.71.

This commercial iris grower offers 10 acres of display gardens.

 Shore Acres State Park (Gardens): Off US 101, 13 mi. SW of Coos Bay, Coos Bay, OR 97420 (541) 888-3732 or (800) 551-6949.

A former timber baron estate, this state park features a formal garden, an oriental-style pond and two rose gardens which include an All America Rose Selection display.

 Tallina's Wedding Gardens and Conservatory: 15791 SE Highway 224, Clackamas, OR 97015 (503)658-6148.

This wonderful wedding location features 4 acres of gardens including a French Rose Garden (with 1,200 bushes), an Oriental garden, a cottage garden, an English vegetable garden, a gazebo, stone ornaments, a lily pond and topiary, plus a Glass Conservatory.

 Territorial Seed Company: 20 Palmer Avenue, Cottage Grove, OR 97424 (503)942-9547.

Trial gardens are located a few miles outside Cottage Grove and are open in late August through mid-September on Saturdays.