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Best plants for a Japanese garden – expert horticulturalists recommend 7 varieties to create calming color and a sense of serenity
Who doesn't love a Japanese garden? The peace, harmony and beauty of these spaces is appealing to so many of us. Whether ...
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Escape Portland's Big City Bustle At An Authentic Chinese Garden Often Called A 'Creative Wonder'
In downtown Portland, a Suzhou-style garden features hundreds of blooms and plants native to China, as well as traditional ...
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Portland Japanese Garden kicks off the Year of the Snake with O-Shogatsu Festival
As the sounds of taiko and fue — traditional Japanese drums and flute — began to fill the Miller Living Room gathering space at the Portland Japanese Garden on Sunday, a crowd squeezed in ...
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Portland, OR
Portland has ranked among the top five places for business by Forbes for the past five years. Credit its strong growth prospects and a large share of highly-educated millenials. The city has been ...
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Portland Japanese Garden
Hannah Wallace If you need an escape from urban landscapes, seek out Zen-like tranquility at the Japanese Garden within Washington Park. The 12-acre Portland Japanese Garden is made up of eight ...
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‘This is historic’: Oregon swears in first female Japanese American lawmaker
(KOIN) – Oregon State Representative Mari Watanabe was sworn into office at Portland’s Japanese Garden on Sunday – making history as the state’s first Japanese American woman to join the ...
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Washington Park
Washington Park is home to such notable landscaping feats as the Portland Japanese Garden and the International Rose Test Garden, as well as the World Forestry Center, Hoyt Arboretum and several ...
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Japanese couple receives special welcome from Portland Trail Blazers
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU ... "Hopefully we will be able to become season ticket holders in the future." Kyosuke Ushida expressed his amazement at the opportunity, saying he never even dreamed ...
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‘Fast-casual’ Japanese restaurant chain coming to Portland
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The “fast-casual” Japanese chain restaurant Pepper Lunch, which prides itself on feeding customers “in 20 minutes for under $20,” is opening two new locations in ...
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Oregon Swears In First Japanese American Lawmaker
Mari Watanabe became the newest member of the Oregon Legislature on Jan. 19—and also the state’s first-ever Japanese American lawmaker. At a joint meeting of the Multnomah and Washington ...
Should families spring break in Portland? The New York Times thinks so
Portland’s two days of snow may be slowly melting away, but fans of the Pacific Northwest can’t stop dreaming of cherry ...
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The right color combos can make for a dazzling garden. Dan Gill explains how to choose your hues.
When choosing colors for a flower bed, consider the colors of blooming trees, shrubs, ground covers and vines that will live ...