Classical Chinese Garden
Chinese Garden
Portland Classical Chinese Garden, titled the Garden of Awakening Orchids, is a walled garden enclosing a full city block, roughly 40,000 square feet (4,000 m2) in the Chinatown area of the Old Town Chinatown neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, USA. The garden is influenced by many of the famous classical gardens in Suzhou.
The garden was built by 65 artisans from Suzhou on land donated by NW Natural;
groundbreaking occurred in July 1999, and construction was completed 14 months
later at a cost of about $12.8 million. 500 tons of rock were brought from China
and used in the garden. The garden's grand opening was on September 14, 2000.
Most of the plants featured in the garden are indigenous to China. However, no
plants were brought from China due to import bans. Instead, many plants were
found in gardens and nurseries in Oregon, having grown from plants brought over
before the import ban. Some plants in the garden are as old as 100 years. There
are over a hundred trees, orchids, water plants, perennials, bamboos, and
unusual shrubs located throughout the garden.
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