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Tuesday, August 18, 2015

The Natural Garden at the Portland Japanese Garden

…Continued from The Strolling Pond Garden & The Tea Garden.

IMG_2565 Stream in the Natural Garden at the Portland Japanese Garden at Washington Park in Portland, Oregon on February 27, 2010
Natural Garden on February 27, 2010

The Natural Garden, or shizen shiki niwi, was originally called the Hillside Garden and has seen a couple of renovations since the Japanese Garden opened.

IMG_2566 Stream in the Natural Garden at the Portland Japanese Garden at Washington Park in Portland, Oregon on February 27, 2010
Natural Garden on February 27, 2010

The Natural Garden winds its way down the south hillside with ponds, waterfalls, shallow streams and tiny bridges, eventually leading to a gazebo, or azumaya.

IMG_2569 Pond in the Natural Garden at the Portland Japanese Garden at Washington Park in Portland, Oregon on February 27, 2010
Natural Garden on February 27, 2010

IMG_2570 Pond in the Natural Garden at the Portland Japanese Garden at Washington Park in Portland, Oregon on February 27, 2010
Natural Garden on February 27, 2010

IMG_2571 Stream & Bridge in the Natural Garden at the Portland Japanese Garden at Washington Park in Portland, Oregon on February 27, 2010
Natural Garden on February 27, 2010

IMG_2578 Bridge in the Natural Garden at the Portland Japanese Garden at Washington Park in Portland, Oregon on February 27, 2010
Natural Garden on February 27, 2010

IMG_2579 Natural Garden at the Portland Japanese Garden at Washington Park in Portland, Oregon on February 27, 2010
Natural Garden on February 27, 2010

IMG_2580 Natural Garden at the Portland Japanese Garden at Washington Park in Portland, Oregon on February 27, 2010
Natural Garden on February 27, 2010

IMG_2581 Natural Garden at the Portland Japanese Garden at Washington Park in Portland, Oregon on February 27, 2010
Natural Garden on February 27, 2010

IMG_2582 Natural Garden at the Portland Japanese Garden at Washington Park in Portland, Oregon on February 27, 2010
Natural Garden on February 27, 2010

IMG_2583 Natural Garden at the Portland Japanese Garden at Washington Park in Portland, Oregon on February 27, 2010
Natural Garden on February 27, 2010

IMG_2574 Natural Garden at the Portland Japanese Garden at Washington Park in Portland, Oregon on February 27, 2010
Natural Garden on February 27, 2010

IMG_2584 Natural Garden at the Portland Japanese Garden at Washington Park in Portland, Oregon on February 27, 2010
Natural Garden on February 27, 2010

IMG_2575 Natural Garden at the Portland Japanese Garden at Washington Park in Portland, Oregon on February 27, 2010
Natural Garden on February 27, 2010

IMG_2576 Natural Garden at the Portland Japanese Garden at Washington Park in Portland, Oregon on February 27, 2010
Natural Garden on February 27, 2010

IMG_2572 Sand & Stone Garden at the Portland Japanese Garden at Washington Park in Portland, Oregon on February 27, 2010
Sand and Stone Garden on February 27, 2010

The Sand and Stone Garden, or dry landscape garden or karesansui niwa, is the most abstract Japanese garden form, with weathered stones in a raked bed of sand representing the sea.

IMG_2573 Sand & Stone Garden at the Portland Japanese Garden at Washington Park in Portland, Oregon on February 27, 2010
Sand and Stone Garden on February 27, 2010

The style was developed in the later Kamakura period (1185-1333) and is often part of Zen monasteries.

IMG_2588 Sand & Stone Garden at the Portland Japanese Garden at Washington Park in Portland, Oregon on February 27, 2010
Sand and Stone Garden on February 27, 2010

IMG_2587 Poetry Stone at the Portland Japanese Garden at Washington Park in Portland, Oregon on February 27, 2010
Poetry Stone on February 27, 2010

The Poetry Stone south of the Pavilion is inscribed with a haiku reading:

Here, miles from Japan,
I stand as if warmed by the
spring sunshine of home.

Continue to Rose Garden Children’s Park…

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