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Pruning Flowering Shrubs: 1-2:30 p.m. Learn the basic cuts through a hands-on demonstration of pruning rhododendrons and ...

The project will cost at least $34 million and double the 25-year-old city-owned cultural site’s footprint in Old Town.

There is no surer sign of springtime in Portland than the arrival of the cherry blossoms. Those pink-and-white fluffs, that ...

Cherry blossom season is one of Portland’s best transition points. When those little pink and white buds start popping out ...

Combing through the city of Portland's database of 2024 food and liquor licenses triggered feelings from four years earlier, when as part of the Press Herald's food team, I put together a list of the ...

From Washington, D.C.'s Tidal Basin to the serene Japanese Garden of Washington Park in Portland, Oregon, sakura displays are accompanied by elaborate Japanese cultural events and traditions. It's a ...

For years, the Old Town Community Association has pushed for the removal of Chinese sculptures deemed culturally offensive.

Pruning Flowering Shrubs: 1-2:30 p.m. Learn the basic cuts through a hands-on demonstration of pruning rhododendrons and ...

Cherry blossom trees along Portland’s Tom McCall Waterfront Park have official started to bud out during this first week of March.

DeWitt also pointed out a throughline from Monet’s Floating Worlds to the rest of the museum, flagging Chinese art influenced ...