…Continued from Portland Children’s Museum.
Hoyt Arboretum in Washington Park on February 15, 2010
Beginning in 1911, Superintendent of Portland Parks Samuel L. Mische promoted the idea of an arboretum in Portland, and by 1913 he was acquiring seeds from E.H. Wilson in China through the Arnold Arboretum in Boston.
Hoyt Arboretum in Washington Park on February 15, 2010
In 1928, the northern 145 acres of the land acquired from Multnomah County in 1922 was established as the Hoyt Arboretum, named for Multnomah County Commissioner Ralph Warren Hoyt.
Hoyt Arboretum in Washington Park on February 15, 2010
John W. Duncan was commissioned to design a plan for the arboretum, which he completed in 1930, calling for 501 species grouped taxonomically, with room for further addition.
Geese flying over the Hoyt Arboretum on February 15, 2010
The land had been decimated by a forest fire in 1889, and since then a dense forest of young alders, maples, hemlocks, Douglas firs and western red cedars had grown.
Hoyt Arboretum in Washington Park on February 15, 2010
The land was cleared by Works Progress Administration crews, leaving some of the native trees in place.
View of Mt. St. Helens from Hoyt Arboretum, February 15, 2010
New trees were planted according to the Duncan Plan in 1931; some of the earliest plantings were the Coast Redwoods along the Redwood Trail, which are now over 150 feet tall.
Hoyt Arboretum in Washington Park on February 15, 2010
Most of the original plating was done by 1938, and by 1944 all 40 of the plant families on the Duncan Plan were represented.
Hoyt Arboretum in Washington Park on February 15, 2010
Since then, the arboretum has grown to include thousands of plantings from about 1,000 different species.
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