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Opened. 1983. Operated by. Portland Parks & Recreation. Website. leachgarden.org. Leach Botanical Garden is a 16-acre (6.5 ha) botanical garden located in outer southeast Portland, Oregon, [2] near S.E. 122nd Avenue and Foster Road. [3] It was acquired by the Portland Parks Bureau in 1972. [3]
Lilla Irvine Leach (March 13, 1886 – September 10, 1980) was a botanist who spent most of her career studying plants in the Pacific Northwest and West Coast of the United States. She particularly focused on Oregon, where she spent time researching with her husband and discovering new plant species. She opened her own botanical gardens in 1931.
Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden. Portland Parks & Recreation. Portland. 45°28′47″N 122°38′8″W. / 45.47972°N 122.63556°W / 45.47972; -122.63556. Elk Rock Gardens of the Bishop's Close. Episcopal Diocese of Oregon. Dunthorpe. 45°26′23.17″N 122°39′5.13″W.
Elk Rock Gardens of the Bishop's Close are located on a hillside estate overlooking the Willamette River in Dunthorpe, Oregon, in the United States. Peter Kerr started the gardens in 1916 on a 13-acre (5.3 ha) estate that passed to the Episcopal Diocese of Oregon after his death in 1957. [1] The private estate includes a manor house -inspired ...
Pages in category "Botanical gardens in Portland, Oregon" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. ... Leach Botanical Garden; P. Portland Japanese ...
Forest Park (Portland, Oregon) / 45.54528°N 122.73611°W / 45.54528; -122.73611. Forest Park is a public municipal park in the Tualatin Mountains west of downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. Stretching for more than 8 miles (13 km) on hillsides overlooking the Willamette River, it is one of the country's largest urban forest reserves.
Mt. Scott Park. / 45.48139°N 122.58778°W / 45.48139; -122.58778. Mt. Scott Park is an 11.22-acre (4.54 ha) public park in Portland, Oregon 's Mt. Scott-Arleta neighborhood, in the United States. Named after Harvey W. Scott, the park was acquired in 1922 and houses the Mt. Scott Community Center.
Lents Park is a 38.07-acre (15.41 ha) public park in southeast Portland, Oregon 's Lents neighborhood, in the United States. Acquired in 1914, [1] the park features the Charles B. Walker Stadium (home of the West Coast League 's Portland Pickles collegiate baseball team), and has a new playground to replace one built in the 1970s. [2]