Winter Textile Workshop Series with Judilee Fitzhugh: Sashiko Mending
2024-01-25 09:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Portland Japanese Garden, 611 SW Kingston Ave, Portland, OR, 97205, United States
Now famed worldwide for its striking traditional indigo-and-white color scheme and complex decorative patterns, sashiko’s utilitarian use as a mending technique is sometimes forgotten. In this workshop students will learn to mend well-loved items using beautiful and strong sashiko stitching. While fabrics will be provided, students can also bring their own textiles to mend such as jeans, flannel shirts, or hand towels.

Tu Bishvat Forest Bathing
2024-01-25 10:00 | Hoyt Arboretum, 4000 SW Fairview Blvd, Portland, OR, 97221, United States
We invite you to join this very special Forest Bathing event, honoring the Jewish “New Year of the Trees”, or Tu Bishvat. All are welcome (Jewish or not) as we celebrate and connect with these miraculous beings. We’ll explore our interconnections, and reflect on what the trees can teach us (and what we can offer back). As ritual leader and writer Dori Midnight reminds us, “Like trees, we are earthbound beings arching toward sky, holding root hands under the earth.”

Celebration of Tu B'shvat Nature Walk
2024-01-25 13:00 | Hoyt Arboretum, 4000 SW Fairview Blvd, Portland, OR, 97221, United States
Join us for a celebration of Tu B’Shvat. This Jewish holiday is known as the ‘New Year for Trees’ and marks the season for early tree blooms. It started as a date for farmers to record the age of their trees and has become a time to connect with environmental values and caring for the Earth.

Cultural Performance: Shinobue Flute & Piano Performance by Maido Mind
2024-01-26 13:15 | Portland Japanese Garden, 611 SW Kingston Ave, Portland, OR, 97205, United States
Join us for a free musical performance featuring shinobue flute and a piano performance by Maido Mind. This cultural performance will be held from 1:15 to 2:15pm in the Jordan Schnitzer Japanese Arts Learning Center.

Tree Time! Preschool Walk
2024-01-27 10:00, 2024-01-29 10:00, 2024-02-03 10:00, 2024-02-05 10:00, 2024-02-10 10:00, 2024-02-12 10:00, 2024-02-17 10:00, 2024-02-19 10:00 | Hoyt Arboretum, 4000 SW Fairview Blvd, Portland, OR, 97221, United States
Tree Time! preschool walks are a safe and fun way to get outside with your little one. Come join us for a story and guided walk on the trails at Hoyt Arboretum.

Winter Plant ID
2024-01-27 13:00 | Hoyt Arboretum, 4000 SW Fairview Blvd, Portland, OR, 97221, United States
Portland is fortunately very green in the winter due to evergreen trees, ferns, and moss. Other plants, however, are bare and make identification more of a mystery. Join this class to learn the clues to search for that make plant identification more manageable in the colder months. Class will start in the library with a brief presentation along with samples of key features to search for when identifying deciduous plants in the winter. Then bundle-up and walk outside during the remainder of time to practice identification on the trails with your instructor.

Cultural Performance and Lecture: Edo Kotobuki Jishi
2024-01-27 13:15 | Portland Japanese Garden, 611 SW Kingston Ave, Portland, OR, 97205, United States
Shishimai is the traditional Japanese lion dance, and Edo Kotobuki Jishi is the celebratory shishimai of Tokyo. Come see a performance by Portland Shishimai Kai followed by a lecture by the group’s founder, Eien Hunter-Ishikawa, from 1:15-2:15pm in the Jordan Schnitzer Japanese Arts Learning Center.

Cultural Demonstration: Tea Ceremony
2024-01-28 13:15, 2024-01-31 13:15, 2024-02-11 13:15 | Portland Japanese Garden, 611 SW Kingston Ave, Portland, OR, 97205, United States
Portland Japanese Garden will offer free public demonstrations of Chad?, the Way of Tea, at the Cathy Rudd Cultural Corner in the Jordan Schnitzer Japanese Arts Learning Center from 1:15 – 2:15pm. The Way of Tea is intrinsically linked to Japanese gardens and understanding the kokoro (heart) of Japanese gardening.

Metro Council Event
2024-02-01 07:30 | Oregon Zoo, 4001 SW Canyon Rd, Portland, OR, 97221, United States
Private Event

Spring Rose Pruning
2024-02-01 08:00 | International Rose Test Garden, 400 SW Kingston Avenue, Portland, OR, 97221, United States
Alternative day for volunteers joining the PP&R Horticultualists to prune the rose bushes in preparation for spring.

Portland Outdoor Forest School
2024-02-01 09:00 | Washington Park, 4033 SW Canyon Rd, Portland, OR, 97221, United States

Winter Textile Workshop Series with Judilee Fitzhugh: Pieced and Sticked Birds of the Garden Applique
2024-02-01 09:30 | Portland Japanese Garden, 611 SW Kingston Ave, Portland, OR, 97205, United States
Over the years, garden staffers have seen (or heard) more than 50 types of visiting birds, including dark-eyed juncos, hawks, owls, sparrows, chickadees, mallards, spotted towhees, bald eagles, finches, and more. In this workshop, students will take inspiration from our feathered friends to cut snippets of fabric and stitch them into a painterly collage of their bird of choice. Students will leave with a textile piece which can be used to make a patch for clothing or bags, a pillow top, table mat, laptop case, or more.

Cultural Performance: Koto by Mitsuki Dazai
2024-02-02 13:15 | Portland Japanese Garden, 611 SW Kingston Ave, Portland, OR, 97205, United States
Enjoy a free koto performance by Mitsuki Dazai at 1:15pm at the Cathy Rudd Cultural Corner in the Jordan Schnitzer Japanese Arts Learning Center. The standard Koto is a thirteen-string plucked zither. It was introduced to Japan from China through the Korean Peninsula in the 7th century.

Cultural Performance: Oregon Koto Kai
2024-02-04 13:15 | Portland Japanese Garden, 611 SW Kingston Ave, Portland, OR, 97205, United States
Enjoy a free koto performance by Oregon Koto-Kai at 1:15pm at the Cathy Rudd Cultural Corner in the Jordan Schnitzer Japanese Arts Learning Center. The standard Koto harp is a thirteen-string plucked zither.

Nature Journaling Series: Tools and Techniques
2024-02-05 14:00, 2024-02-12 14:00 | Hoyt Arboretum, 4000 SW Fairview Blvd, Portland, OR, 97221, United States
Spend time at Hoyt Arboretum on Mondays in February to connect with nature through sketches, words and watercolor. Build your own Nature Journaling toolbox as you learn about supplies, techniques and creative approaches to keeping a nature journal. Demos and new inspiration will be shared each week. This program will take place indoors at the Visitor Center library so class size is limited. No experience is necessary.

Mindfulness Tour
2024-02-11 09:00 | Portland Japanese Garden, 611 SW Kingston Ave, Portland, OR, 97205, United States
This intimate tour focuses not on meditation, but instead on learning to bring mindful awareness to oneself, and the world around us, through intentional observation and connections. An experienced guide will provide a foundation for the art of contemplative exploration throughout various Garden spaces, and gently guide awareness away from the busyness of everyday life, back toward the connection to nature and experience of peace.

Winter Maple Sugaring Class and Demonstration
2024-02-11 10:00, 2024-02-11 13:00 | Hoyt Arboretum, 4000 SW Fairview Blvd, Portland, OR, 97221, United States
Did you know that sap from the bigleaf maple tree, native to the Pacific Northwest, can be made into syrup similar to sugar maple syrup from the Eastern United States? Join Melanie Douville from the Oregon Maple Project to learn about the history, science, process, and best practices for maple sugaring in the PNW. Take a guided walk on Arboretum trails to visit bigleaf maples that have been tapped, as well as watch a tree tapping demonstration. The program will conclude with a maple syrup tasting.

Cultural Demonstration: Bonsai Presentation by Andrew Robson
2024-02-16 13:15 | Portland Japanese Garden, 611 SW Kingston Ave, Portland, OR, 97205, United States
Join us for a bonsai presentation by Andrew Robson at the Cathy Rudd Cultural Corner in the Jordan Schnitzer Japanese Arts Learning Center from 1:15 – 2:15pm. Bonsai, literal translation tree-in-a-tray, is the art and science of miniature trees.

Cultural Demonstration: Ikebana
2024-02-18 13:15 | Portland Japanese Garden, 611 SW Kingston Ave, Portland, OR, 97205, United States
Ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arranging, has been translated as “living flowers” or “giving life to flowers.” Join us from 1:15-2:15pm for an Ikebana presentation by Nana Bellerud from the Sogetsu School of Ikebana in the Jordan Schnitzer Japanese Arts Learning Center.
