Chinese Garden

Portland Classical Chinese Garden, titled Garden Awakening Orchids, walled garden enclosing y block, roughly 40000 square (1 acre, 4,000 ²) Chinatown O T Chinatown neighborhood Portland, Oregon, USA. T garden influenced y y famous classical gardens Suzhou.

T garden built y 65 workers Suzhou donated y NW Natural; groundbreaking occurred Jy 1999, construction completed 14 months later about $12.8 million. 500 brought China garden. T garden's grand opening September 14, 2000.

M plants featured garden indigenous China. However, plants brought China import . Instead, y plants found gardens nurseries Oregon, having grown plants brought before import . S plants garden 100 years. There hundred trees, orchids, water plants, perennials, bamboos, unusual shrubs located throughout garden.

I includes examples number structures common Chinese gardens, including covered walkways (g), bridges (qá), structures :

Celestial H Permeating Fragrance ( xuan, scholar's studio practicing F A Chinese Scholar);

Flowers Bathing Spring R ( shuixie, water- pavilion);

Painted B Misty R ( fáng, -shaped pavilion):

M Locking Pavilion ( tíng, stopping place);

Tower Cosmic Reflection ( ó, -storied building).