Events

Connect with nature with $13 zoo admission!

Celebrate Hina Matsuri at Portland Japanese Garden, a Japanese festival celebrating the happiness, growth, and good health of girls. Included with garden admission.

Forest Hope Through Innovation is an interdisciplinary art-forest-science exhibition at World Forestry Center’s Discovery Museum that explores how creativity, research, and community action can shape a sustainable future for the forests we rely on. Included with museum admission.

Connect with nature with $13 zoo admission!

Come join us for a story and guided walk on the trails at Hoyt Arboretum. Registration required.

Connect with nature with $13 zoo admission!

Connect with nature with $13 zoo admission!

Portland Japanese Garden is partnering with textile artisan Judilee Fitzhugh to offer a series of four immersive textile workshops. Registraion required.

On the first Wednesday of the month, join us in the Discovery Museum’s reading nook for Forest Stories, included with museum admission.

Connect with nature with $13 zoo admission!

Connect with nature with $13 zoo admission!

Join one of our volunteer guides on a free Garden tour for members and their guests only, during member hours.

Join Portland Japanese Garden in celebrating the opening of Enduring Impressions: Contemporary Woodblock Prints during member hours.

Come join us for a story and guided walk on the trails at Hoyt Arboretum. Registration required.

Join us in the Family Studio for a joyful community storytime celebrating Japanese culture and the power of nature to spark curiosity and wonder, included with garden admission.

This intimate tour for members focuses not on meditation, but instead on learning to bring mindful awareness to oneself, and the world around us, through intentional observation and connections. Please check the venue's website for current details. Some events sell out, and pre-registration may be required.

Portland Japanese Garden is partnering with Karen Illman Miller, a Corvallis-based katazome artist who has worked in the artform since 1994, to provide an introductory workshop. Registration required.

Come join us for a story and guided walk on the trails at Hoyt Arboretum. Registration required.

In this program, students will learn about our watershed, discover who lives in the Arboretum’s creek. Registration required.

In this program, students will learn about our watershed, discover who lives in the Arboretum’s creek. Registration required.

Join us for a free musical performance featuring shinobue flute and a piano performance by Maido Mind. Included with garden admission.

Come join us for a story and guided walk on the trails at Hoyt Arboretum. Registration required.

Using the backdrop of seasonal changes at Hoyt Arboretum, Dr. Kiki Sanford will facilitate discovery of the many ways it is connected to its avian inhabitants, registration required.

Join arborist Casey Clapp of podcast Completely Arbortrary to explore our collection of conifers. Registration required.

Portland Japanese Garden will offer free public demonstrations of Chadō, the Way of Tea, included with garden admission.

Explore pressed flowers, symbolism, and the first signs of awakening!
This early-spring session celebrates Hoyt Arboretum’s landscape as it reawakens. Registration required.

Join this workshop to dive into what you want to express and the direction your life is calling you. Registration required.

Enjoy a free koto performance by Oregon Koto-Kai, included with garden admission.

Join Portland Parks & Recreation on the MAC Trail in Washington Park, registration required.

Come join us for a story and guided walk on the trails at Hoyt Arboretum. Registration required.

Join Portland Parks & Recreation in the Cloud Forest in Washington Park!

Volunteer to care for Hoyt Arboretum’s trees and trails with the Saturday Crew! Registration required.

Come join us for a story and guided walk on the trails at Hoyt Arboretum. Registration required.

This hands-on art class introduces you to the creative process of making resin jewelry with natural elements. Registration required.

Join us for an ikebana presentation by Miwa Satoh from the Ohara School of Ikebana, included with garden admission.

This intimate tour for members focuses not on meditation, but instead on learning to bring mindful awareness to oneself, and the world around us, through intentional observation and connections. Please check the venue's website for current details. Some events sell out, and pre-registration may be required.

Hoyt Arboretum is recruiting volunteer tour guides for the 2026 public tour season! Registration required.

Join Portland Parks & Recreation on the MAC Trail in Washington Park, registration required.

Come join us for a story and guided walk on the trails at Hoyt Arboretum. Registration required.

Portland Japanese Garden will offer free public demonstrations of Chadō, the Way of Tea, included with garden admission.

Photographer-level Members and their guests are exclusively invited to capture Portland Japanese Garden’s beauty during twilight hours, reservations recommended.

Join Portland Parks & Recreation in the Cloud Forest in Washington Park!

Join woodblock artist and expert printmaker, April Vollmer, and Stephen Salel, to take a closer look at the iconic art of mokuhanga, Japanese woodblock printing. Included with garden admission.

Come join us for a story and guided walk on the trails at Hoyt Arboretum. Registration required.

This behind-the-scenes look at Vollmer’s extensive printmaking practice offers an exclusive perspective on the vibrant contemporary landscape of the International Mokuhanga Movement, from one of its forefront artists. Tickets required.

Join instructor Ruth Williams as she takes you on a walking exploration of the most common mosses and lichens along the trails. Registration required.

Enjoy a free koto and violin performance by Masumi Timson and Fumino Ando, included with garden admission.

Join Stephen Salel, Curator of Japanese Art at the Honolulu Museum of Art and Co-Curator of Enduring Impressions: Contemporary Woodblock Prints, to discover the fascinating history and exciting contemporary landscape of this iconic printmaking practice. Tickets required.

Join Angela from The Nature Atelier for a ceramic workshop that celebrates the beauty of plants and the coming of Spring. Registration required.

Join us once a month and explore your creative nature here at World Forestry Center’s Discovery Museum with our friend at RAD Creative, included with museum admission.

Join Portland Parks & Recreation on the MAC Trail in Washington Park, registration required.

Come join us for a story and guided walk on the trails at Hoyt Arboretum. Registration required.