Japanese Garden in Washington Park

While in the Portland area, we were able to see the Japanese Garden in Washington Park. The garden is beautifully arranged in a logical and aesthetically pleasing manner. With a map and guide in one hand and a camera in another, we made our way down the winding path. Here are a few pictures we took.

A view of the city from the garden

If you look closely in the background you'll see that isn't a cloud. It's Mt. Hood covered in snow.

This is a garden of rocks made to look like the ocean. This picture demonstrates the ripples and waves.

And this one looks like a seal or sea lion.

Pretty Japanese trees.

A good example of what most of the garden looked like.

As I said, recycling takes place all over Oregon. This was at the gift shop. The park also encourages patrons to recycle their brochures on the way out to be used by other visitors. We kept ours for our scrapbook.