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The Garden Path
Gardens Create Community
Fall 2021
H A I KU
TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S
FROM THE CEO
3 Letter from the CEO
Steve Bloom
Round and round
Koi in the quiet pool
Below the falls
4 Membership News
Updates and Upcoming Events
– Peter Kendall
6 Holiday Gift Guide
A Curated Selection of Goods S E N I O R S TA F F
Christina Sjogren
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Steve Bloom
DEPUTY DIRECTOR Cynthia Johnson Haruyama
8 International Advisory Board Dear Members,
THE ARLENE SCHNITZER CURATOR
Mimi Gates Joins IAB OF CULTURE, ART, AND EDUCATION
Aki Nakanishi
In Japan, the transition of seasons is Next year, we’ll officially launch our plans
CHIEF CURATOR AND DIRECTOR OF THE
INTERNATIONAL JAPANESE GARDEN revered for their impermanence. The for the Japan Institute and look forward to
10 Garden News TRAINING CENTER
fleeting nature of Japanese maples sharing more details on the programs, the
Care During Extreme Weather Sadafumi Uchiyama
reaching peak color only heightens the campus renovation, and timing of it all. We
GARDEN CURATOR Hugo Torii
anticipation of fall. In a part of the world are hosting the American Public Gardens
CHIEF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS OFFICER Lisa Christy
better known for its year-round greenery, Association (APGA) Conference, convening
12 Art Exhibition
Ukiyo-e to Shin Hanga
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Diane Freeman
once a year – the Pacific Northwest and of together professionals of the public garden
CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER Cheryl Ching course, Portland Japanese Garden, comes field representing 600 institutions in all 50
DIRECTOR OF RETAIL Ashley McQuade to life with vibrant tone and texture. Every states and 20 nations. At the end of 2022,
season holds something to look forward we’ll also be hosting a Peace Symposium in
14 Golden Crane Society EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE CEO Kathy Parmenter
to, but the transition to fall is also a time to London, allowing us to be a leading voice
CURATOR EMERITA Diane Durston
look back on the year that we’ve had. for cultural understanding in pursuit of a
more peaceful, sustainable world.
BOA RD OF TRUSTEES
16 Phoenix Legacy Society We’ve accomplished so much together.
Global Ambassadors PRESIDENT Robert Zagunis From beautiful art exhibitions and For nearly 60 years, Portland Japanese
Tribute Gifts PRESIDENT-ELECT Drake Snodgrass reinstating in-person events to weathering Garden has helped to shape our city’s
VICE PRESIDENTS Dr. Calvin Tanabe, Paul Schommer extreme climate conditions to setting identity as a place that reveres nature, a
18 Community Voices TREASURER Doug de Weese
a clear path for our evolution with the “City of Gardens”, and a place that brings
Donor Profiles Japan Institute – there is no shortage of different peoples and cultures together
SECRETARY Janelle Jimerson
“firsts” and triumphs. Most importantly, from across the world. We were created by
MEMBERS
Trish Adams, Gwyneth Gamble Booth, throughout it all, we have been able to and for the community, and I am extremely
20 Photo Gallery Ann Carter, Katherine Frandsen,
remain a place of serenity and respite for humbled and proud to say that over the
Ronna Hoffman, Bill Hughes,
Yoshio Kurosaki, Polly Lauser, our community. decades, we have also been able to foster
Martin Lotti, Paul Loving,
Lindley Morton, Darren Nakata, and cultivate communities in return.
Travers Hill Polak, Sue Reynolds,
Cathy Rudd, Dan Schwoerer, As we look at our final quarter and even
24 Did You Know...? Dorie Vollum, Alice Wiewel, further ahead to 2022, I look forward to In the coming months, we will be asking
2022 The Year of the Tiger Jeff Wolfstone, Carmen Wong
an exciting year ahead. A few highlights you to make a year-end contribution. I
include: hope you will remember the impact that
F O U N D AT I O N B O A R D
you can make and continue to be a part of
CHAIR Dee Ross Asian art historian and scholar, Mimi this important work.
PRESIDENT Steve Bloom Gardener Gates is joining our International
VICE PRESIDENT Dede DeJager Advisory Board (IAB). As you may know, With Gratitude,
SECRETARY/TREASURER Diane Freeman
Gates was most recently the Director of
the Seattle Art Museum for 15 years and
MEMBERS
Trish Adams, Sandy Chandler, brings with her a wealth of knowledge
Greg Fitz-Gerald, Katherine Frandsen,
James D. Lynch, Allen Mercer, and passion for the Asian arts. You can Steve Bloom
Valerie Sasaki, Cecelia Tanaka
read more about this announcement and Chief Executive Officer
how the IAB brings global resources and
T H E G A R D E N PAT H opportunities to Portland Japanese Garden
FRONT COVER Rebecca Saltonstall FOR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS on pages 8 and 9.
BACK COVER Mike Centioli Email marketing@japanesegarden.org
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MEMBERSHIP NEWS
Upcoming Special Events
Phoenix Legacy Tea Member Preview for Art
Exhibition "Ukiyo-e to Shin
Friday, October 15 Hanga: Changing Tastes in
2pm - 4pm
Japanese Woodblock Prints"
An inaugural, invitation-only event to celebrate
the tremendous generosity of our Phoenix Legacy Saturday, November 20
Society members. The Garden will be open to 9am - 10am
Fall has arrived, which brings with it a series of seasonal enjoy for an hour following the Tea. Tea and light
transitions and changes. Along with the stunning show refreshments will be served. For more information, Join us during member hours to view the latest
of fall colors, below are reminders for things to expect contact our Director of Development, Edwina Kane art exhibition from the Lavenberg Collection of
at ekane@japanesegarden.org or 503-595-5225. Japanese Prints before it opens to the public and
over fall and winter: enjoy a tour from our gallery staff.
New General Hours Member Hours & Booking Online Night of a Thousand Cranes
As of October 1, we have new hours, As visitors flock to see the display of fall Mark Your Calendars!
where we open at 10am and last colors, we strongly recommend visiting O-Shogatsu, New Years at
Saturday, October 23
admission is at 3:30pm from Wednesday- during the designated member hours
Monday. We are closed on Tuesdays. and making online reservations if you’re
5:30pm the Garden
planning on visiting outside of those hours. An exclusive, invitation-only dinner to thank
Member Hours are 8-10am on Saturday, January 1
the leadership donors of Portland Japanese
Wednesday-Monday 10am - 2pm
Fall Foliage and Maintenance Garden. Join us for an autumn evening in the
In order to maintain our paths and Garden celebrating the 15 Year Anniversary of
Start the new year right with a visit to Portland
the partnership between Torii Mor Winery and
When are peak colors? preserve the Garden environment and the Japanese Garden. On January 1st we open for
Portland Japanese Garden. Enjoy a cocktail hour
While factors like temperature, light, level of cleanliness and grooming expected members and their guests and will commemorate
followed by a seated dinner. For more information,
and water all affect the onset and dura- by all our members and visitors, our the holiday with a tranquil and refreshed
please contact Senior Philanthropy Manager,
tion of fall colors, peak color tends to be gardeners perform necessary maintenance, atmosphere and authentic Japanese New Year’s
Claire Eisenfeld at ceisenfeld@japanesegarden.org
towards the end of October. Follow us including the use of leaf blowers. In the or 503-542-0281. décor. Details to be announced in our e-newsletter.
on our social media for the latest daily fall, the leaf blower use may increase in the
status updates and on our website at mornings when the Garden is open. Thank
japanesegarden.com/fall-2021. you for your understanding.
Golden Crane Opening
Reception for Art Exhibition
"Ukiyo-e to Shin Hanga:
W I N T E R C L O S U R E S A N D I N C L E M E N T W E AT H E R Changing Tastes in Japanese
Woodblock Prints"
To give staff time to enjoy the holidays at home with their families, we are closed
on the following dates (in addition to our regular Tuesday closures): 11/24, 11/25, Friday, November 19
11/26, 12/22, 12/23, 12/24, 12/25 5:30pm - 8:30pm
For inclement weather updates, please check our website, japanesegarden.org, Details are forthcoming for the opening reception
before visiting as we will be updating this source first. for our final art exhibition of the year. Keep your
eyes out for an email invitation in October!
William Sutton
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GIFT GUIDE
Paper-wood Clocks by
Takizawa Plywood
$70
These plywood clocks have a colorful and beautiful
cross section born of an innovative method involving
the lamination of colored recycled paper and wood
grown in Hokkaido. Made in Japan.
2022 Wall Calendar
$18
Whether you’re near or far, experience
the Garden year-round.
2022 Calendar
Embroidered Jewelry
Photo by Julia Taylor
by Yuki Onizuka
$140-240
Each piece is inspired by the principles of ikebana and handmade
on a 60-year-old sewing machine that swings the sewing needle
Holiday from side to side. Made in Japan.
Gift Guide
A Curated Selection
of Giftable Goods Portland Japanese
GIFT MEMBERSHIPS
Garden Puzzle
It’s never too early to start shopping $24
for the holidays. Whether it’s a gift A gift of membership to Portland Japanese
Garden allows you to share this place of The perfect activity as you’re
membership or something from
peace and tranquility with others. In times connecting with friends and
our Gift Shop, there are a range of
of stress, the Garden can provide relief—in family over the holidays.
delightful items that could serve your From the Gift Shop:
times of joy, the Garden becomes a place to
unique gifting needs. celebrate. This is a gift that keeps on giving.
Don't forget–as members, you get
Purchase a Gift Membership online
a 10% discount in the Gift Shop!
(japanesegarden.org/join-or-renew), onsite, or
by calling us at (503)796-9180.
Gift Shop hours are 9:30am-3:30pm
Wednesday-Monday.
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I N T E R N AT I O N A L A D V I S O R Y B O A R D
Mimi Gardner Gates Joins
Portland Japanese Garden’s
International Advisory Board
Support from Around the World
Kengo Kuma during a symposium in Portland
Portland Japanese Garden wouldn’t exist without the critical global scale and develop innovative programs. seek out shrines that had washed away during
support from advocates from around the world who help to Here is just a small glimpse into the ways that the earthquake and tsunami. In a country with
advance the work we do towards fulfilling our mission. One our International Advisory Board members have over 10,000 shrines, this was no small task.
such group of advocates is our International Advisory Board supported the Garden since 2011: His staff put aside their daily work for weeks
(IAB). Today, we are pleased to announce the appointment of to research the town that had suffered this
Asian art scholar, Mimi Gardner Gates to this esteemed group. • Chief Priest Shigeho Yoshida of Tsurugaoka loss and we were able to return the kasagi in a
Hachimangu Shrine helped bring the ancient gesture of support, friendship, and hope.
Gates was most recently Director of the Seattle Art Museum ritual of Mikagura to the Garden - the first time
for 15 years (1994-2009), and after being appointed Director ever for these historic dances to be performed • The late Ron Herman, one of the world’s
Emerita, she provided oversight for the Gardner Center in the continental U.S. During this trip, foremost practitioners and scholars on
for Asian Art and Ideas at the Seattle Asian Art Museum. members of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine Japanese gardens, assisted and advised
Previously, she spent 19 years (1975-1994) as curator and then also honored the Garden with a ritual tree in establishing the International Japanese
director at Yale University Art Gallery. During her time as the planting, which now serves as a symbol of our Garden Training Center. His legacy lives
Director at the Seattle Art Museum, Gates presided over several friendship, as well as the connection between on through a recent gift made by his wife,
ambitious projects, including establishing an art conservation the U.S. and Japan. Jenny Herman, which helped make the Japan
department, expanding the downtown museum, and most Institute a possibility.
notably, creating the award-winning Olympic Sculpture Park. • Tadashi and Teruyo Yanai, founding family
Mimi Gardner Gates
Since retiring as a museum director, Gates, a specialist in the of global clothing retailer Fast Retailing,
history of Chinese painting, has focused on the magnificent parent of Uniqlo from Tokyo, Japan. The
cave temples of Dunhuang in northwest China and co-chairs Yanai family played a critical role in bringing
the Dunhuang Foundation. a Kabuki performance to the Garden through
an introduction to Shochiku Co., the premier
Gates was married for 24 years to the late Bill Gates Sr., and kabuki company in Japan.
together they were active members of the Seattle arts and
philanthropic scene for nearly three decades. • Kengo Kuma, world renowned Japanese
architect who designed Portland Japanese
Thank you to these and other IAB Gates joins a roster of international leaders who are at the Garden’s Cultural Crossing expansion, spoke
members for their commitment, counsel, top of their field. Founded in 2011, the International Advisory about our work together at symposiums that
and shared vision. As we embark on Board is comprised of many of Japan’s business, cultural, and took place in Japan in 2017, 2018, and 2019 on
the next stage of our evolution, we are philanthropic leaders matched by counterparts in the U.S. topics such as “Building Bridges in an Age of
honored to continue to work with these and the United Kingdom who have a strong interest in Japan Walls.”
esteemed individuals and look forward and Japanese culture. 28 regular members and two honorary
to the myriad ways their efforts enhance members help lend their expertise and open doors to new • During the Garden’s effort to return two kasagi
and advance our work towards inspiring opportunities. that washed up on the Oregon coast following
harmony and peace. the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011,
With the much-anticipated launch of the Japan Institute in Masatoshi Ito, Chairman of Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
Ritual tree planting by members of the
2022, the commitment and extensive personal networks of our offered the assistance of his own employees. Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine
PHOTOS Jonathan Ley IAB members enable us to continue to expand our reach on a He mobilized his staff with the directive to
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GARDEN NEWS
Extreme Weather
and Caring for the Garden
Anticipating and Adjusting to Change
• Refrain from hard pruning when there is
Portland Japanese Garden is revered as a place a forecast of extreme heat and practicing
where one can find an intimate connection with patience until late summer or early fall to
nature. Our natural topography and setting prune, if possible. This helps prevent sun
within a forest of towering trees combined with scalding and burnt leaves.
intentional design of each garden space allow
the heart and mind to open, listen, and take • Shade netting where necessary in extreme
important lessons from nature. sunlight and temperatures.
Listening and learning from nature also includes • Leaf watering to keep dust off leaves and
perceiving the signs of climate change. In the help let the leaves breathe.
past 18 months, we saw several extenuating
conditions, including the impact of wildfires • Keeping heavy snow or ice off the canopy
creating hazardous air quality, the beautiful, yet of thinner branches and keeping snow off
dangerous aftermath of an ice storm, and the where snow burns can be anticipated.
unrelenting grip of record-setting heat.
• During heavy rain conditions, making sure
Hugo Torii, Garden Curator, works together there is adequate drainage and exit for run
with his team of gardeners throughout the offs especially on the pathways.
course of the year to implement protective
and preventative measures for these extreme • When there is a stormy forecast, keep
weather conditions. Below are a handful of bonsai and any potted plants off raised
examples of practices that Torii and the team display shelves.
incorporate into their daily maintenance of
the Garden: • Anticipate the changing climate trends
and adjust planting species and positions
• When pruning (especially older trees), as necessary.
consider which branches can and cannot
be overly extended to help prevent breaking • Be aware of the time lag in symptoms of
from strong winds and weight of snow and stress for plants from extreme weather.
ice. If keeping an extended branch, adding
TOP Marketing Dept. BOTTOM & RIGHT Caleb Hendrickson an appropriate support helps keep it sturdy.
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A RT E X H I BI T I ON S
Fall Art Exhibition
Ukiyo-e to Shin Hanga: Changing Tastes
in Japanese Woodblock Prints
For the final art exhibition of the year, Portland ukiyo-e master works, Watanabe took ukiyo-e's
Japanese Garden is proud to host a selection business model to create a new type of
of Japanese woodblock prints from the diverse woodblock print, aptly called shin hanga, or
collection of Irwin Lavenberg. Ukiyo-e to Shin “new prints.”
Hanga: Changing Tastes in Japanese Woodblock
Prints illuminates the dramatic social, political Shin hanga portrayed traditional subject matter
and economic shifts in Japanese culture in a contemporary manner, its artists steeped
between the mid-19th and early 20th centuries in traditional Japanese and Western artistic
through a close look at two artists: Toyohara styles. Of these artists, the most successful and
Kunichika (1835-1900) and Kawase Hasui prolific was Kawase Hasui, who specialized in
(1883-1957). landscape views.
Commercially produced woodblock ukiyo-e, Hasui masterfully designed evocative images
"pictures of the floating world," were of a classical, scenic Japan while deftly
immensely popular during the Edo period incorporating Western-inspired shading and
(1615-1868) through the first half of the Meiji perspective to appeal to a wider audience.
period (1868-1912). In Kunichika’s prints, we His contemporary landscapes focused on
see a celebration of vivid Japanese storytelling. quiet scenes capturing the seasons with the
He is one of the last great ukiyo-e masters and occasional solitary figure in harmony with the
his career spanned the heyday of ukiyo-e until natural world.
its demise towards the end of the 19th century.
As you wander among these prints, consider
As Japanese demand for traditional woodblock how ukiyo-e and shin hanga influenced the
prints declined, the innovative print publisher, Western world’s growing interest in Japanese
Watanabe Shōzaburō (1885-1962), sought style and desire to create something akin
to bring it back to life. Starting in 1906, as – in art, in fashion, in design, and even in
a publisher of woodblock reproductions of establishing Japanese gardens outside of Japan.
For the full explanation, please refer to
japanesegarden.org/ukiyo-e-to-shin-hanga
2022 A RT EX H IBITIONS
TOP BOTTOM
Courtesy of the Irwin Lavenberg Collection of
Japanese Prints
Upcoming in the new year include a lineup of Toyohara Kunichika Kawase Hasui
exhibitions including a collection of netsuke,
Exhibition Consultant: Lynn Katsumoto
art of Jun Kaneko, and botanical paintings. Bandō Hikosaburō V, Sawamura Tosshō II and Nakamura Kanjaku III Snow at Heian Shrine, Kyoto
Look for more details on 2022 art exhibitions in The Great Thief of the Miyakodori Brothel (Heian Jingu no Yuki Kyoto)
in the next issue of The Garden Path. (Bandō Hikosaburō V, Sawamura Tosshō II and Nakamura Kanjaku III
in Miyakodori Nagare no Shiranami) 19 4 8
178 3
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Cumulative giving to the
Annual Fund from April 30, 2020
through May 31, 2021.
$100,000+ $5,000-$9,999 $2,500-$4,999
Tyler Quinn
Deborah & Jim Coonan Ruth Anderson & Michael Beebe Trish Adams
Institute of Museum and Chita Becker Roudabeh Akhavein
Library Services Martha & Anthony Belluschi Bokksu, Inc.
Oregon Cultural Trust Elizabeth "Ibby" Brooke Diane & James Burke $1,500-$2,499
Regional Arts & Culture Council Brown Printing, Inc. Barbara & Worth Caldwell
Drs. Mayho & Calvin Tanabe Mora Chartrand & Linda Grant Will Carter & Jeff Miller Acorn Fund, Oregon Andrew & Cynthia Haruyama Oregon Venture Fund
U.S. Department Of Housing and Community Foundation for Clarity Consulting Community Foundation Etsuko Harvey The Paramount Hotel
Urban Development Southwest Washington Anne & James Crumpacker Susan & Dean N. Alterman Yasumasa Hasegawa Frank Piacentini & Sara Weinstein
U.S. Small Business Administration Douglas and Bee De Weese Drake's 7 Dees Dr. and Mrs. Warren Anderson Don Hastler & Dan Bergsvik Marilyn R. Podemski
Devil's Food Catering Gwyneth Gamble Booth K. Andreasen Dr. Tsutomu Hattori Reynolds Potter & Sharon Mueller
Mrs. Margueritte H. Drake and the Geffen Mesher Julieann & Alan Barker Helen Herman Lee & Ronald Ragen
$50,000-$99,999 Margueritte Hirschbuhl Drake Fund, Barbara Giesy George & Patty Beall Mary & Gordon Hoffman Susan & Michael Rego
Oregon Community Foundation Peter & Mim Gray Patsy Crayton Berner Tomoe Horibuchi & Kihachiro Nishiura Pat Reser & Bill Westphal
Delta Air Lines Susan & Greg Fitz-Gerald Sandra & Jeffrey Grubb Broughton & Mary Bishop Foundation The Jackson Foundation Nancy L. Richmond &
Oregon Community Foundation Katherine & Mark Frandsen Margaret & Thom Hacker Brian Blihovde John & Janet Jay William A. Hughes
Travers & Vasek Polak Carol Frankel Ms. Susan Halton and the Heida & Don Bruce Edwina and Victor Kane Room & Board
Bob and Jeanne Frasca Fund, Halton Foundation Bullseye Glass Co. Caroline Kerl & Bill Lunch Valerie Sasaki
Oregon Community Foundation Merle & Andrew Hashimoto Candy Cassarno Selby & Douglas Key Janet Schibel
$25,000-$49,999 Sally C. Gibson Mike Henningsen Fund, Stephen Chipps & Laura Sherrill Bonnie Laun Patricia O. Schleuning
Donald Gibson Oregon Community Foundation Tim & Lisa Christy Polly & Ron Lauser Scott & Charldene Schneier
Jack B. Blumberg City of Hiroshima Elizabeth Hulick Kathryn & John Cochran Elizabeth Leach & Bert Berney Marie and Thomas Spence
Sandra Chandler & Chris Schaefer Ronna and Eric Hoffman Fund, Kerstin & Joshua Husbands Truman Collins Ross M. Lienhart, Edward Lienhart Dawn M. States & Stephen Smith
Emerio Design Oregon Community Foundation Hyatt Centric Downtown Portland George Cummings Family Foundation Richard Stein
The Lora L. and Martin N. Kelley Andy Johnson-Laird Tatsuo Ito & Kohgetsu Aoki Cameron & Dick Davis Kathy Lou Charles J. & Caroline Swindells
Family Foundation Trust Allan Karsk & Keith Berglund Janelle & Lee Jimerson Mary Dickson Doug & Theresa Lovett Charitable Fund, Oregon
Dorothy Piacentini Aase Kendall Peter J. Kendall Gail Durham & E Benno Philippson Melinda & Jesse Maas Community Foundation
Torii Mor Winery & Vineyard Nikki & Yoshio Kurosaki and the Elizabeth M. King Lauren Eulau & Paul Schneider saRah Mahler Rebecca & Russell Teasdale
Woodard Family Foundation Kurosaki Family Fund, Oregon Catherine & John Knox Mary E. Fellows & John W. Russell Anthony & Erin Masciotra Connie & Tom Thomsen
Robert & Deborah Zagunis Jewish Community Foundation Dorothy Lemelson Trust David & Beth Ferguson Janet McCormick & Stephanie Walker Rena & Cheryl Tonkin
Martin Lotti & Linda Mai-Lotti Joyce & Stanley Loeb Rodger Flint Allen Mercer & Helen Angelica Wong Robert Trotman & William Hetzelson
Dinah & Robert McCall James D. Lynch & Robby Cunningham Flowerree Foundation Thor Mitchell & Jaime O'Dell Susan & John Turner
$10,000-$24,999 Steve & Kelly McLeod Family Susan & Peter Lynn Teri Jensen Freeman & Ron Freeman Erin Moeschler & Robb Rathe Dawn & Sadafumi Uchiyama
Foundation Curtis W. Marble Diane & Gary Freeman Glenn Moore Fran & John von Schlegell
Carole Alexander Mercer Advisors Masa Mizuno GE Foundation Matching Gifts Bruce and Jeanette Morrison Shiro Wakui & Masako Kubo
Jean & Ray Auel Setsuko Mitsuhashi Nike Andra Georges & Timothy Shepard Darren & Casey Nakata Wells Fargo Financial Network, LLC
Bank of America Lindley Morton & Corinne Oishi Carol L. Otis MD & Roger Goldingay Patrick Gibson & Maja Henderson Mrs. Hester H. Nau & Leslie Willhite David Willis
Mary Lee Boklund Akihito & Mie Nakanishi Marianne Perrin Ann Goetcheus Lynne Naughton Danny & Chien Lung Wu
Dede & Joe DeJager Chef Naoko Shirley & David Pollock Bruce Guenther & Rikki Ninomiya And those who wish to remain
Kathi & Dean Dordevic NW Natural Gas Co. PSACE/Portland-Setagaya Eduardo A. Vides, M.D. Pui Ogorman anonymous (2)
Julie & Wayne Drinkward Oregon Jewish Community Foundation Association of Cultural Exchange
Yoko Fukuta PGE Foundation Russell & Mary Reid
William G. Gilmore Foundation Mary & Alex Polson Laura Schlafly
Google Jennifer & Charles Putney Paul & Caitlin Schommer
Susan & Tom Hamman William & Anne Rasnake Mary Sharman & Mitchell Sundquist
Jenny Herman Marge Riley Fund, Oregon Peter Shinbach If you would like to make a donation or have any questions about
Hoffman Construction Community Foundation Steven H. Smith & Dennis C. Johnson the Golden Crane Society, please contact Director of Development
The Japan Foundation, Center for Cathy and Jim Rudd Ernie Stoddard
Edwina Kane at (503) 595-5225 or ekane@japanesegarden.org.
Global Partnership Dori Schnitzer, Susan Schnitzer, Cecelia Tanaka
Salena Johnson and the Mildred and Morris Dona & John Tarpey
Joto Sake Charitable Fund of the Oregon Hiro Tsuji & James Knodell
Hoichi & Judy Kurisu Community Foundation Rose E. Tucker Charitable Trust
Steve Luczo The Standard Douglas L. Walker
Lisa Maulhardt & Joseph Okies, Jr. Storms Family Foundation Marinus & Alice Wiewel
Lani McGregor & Daniel Schwoerer Mr. Henry T. Swigert, Swigert Susan & Jim H. Winkler WOODARD
Family Foundation
Moonstruck Chocolate Company Foundation Lynn & Jeffrey Wolfstone
Multnomah Whisk{e}y Library Treecology, Inc. Joji Yoshimura & Michael Kronstadt
Oregon Heritage Commission Priscilla Bernard Wieden & Dan Wieden
Gary & Sue Reynolds Carmen Wong & Arjun Chatrath
Jordan & Arlene Schnitzer Juan Young Trust
The Harold & Arlene Schnitzer
CARE Foundation
Dorie & Larry Vollum and the
Jean Vollum Fund of the Vanguard
And those who wish to remain
Tyler Quinn anonymous (3) Don Schwartz
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Global Including our Global Ambassador Members and Donors contributing
$500 or more in the past 12 months and residing more than 120 miles
Ambassadors from Portland, Oregon.
A & B Realty City of Hiroshima Robert Richards
Warren & Robin Anderson Max Hohenlohe & Courtney Dawn M. States & Stephen Smith
Kay Bristow Hohenlohe Langenburg Tarbell Family Foundation
Candy Cassarno The Japan Foundation, Miriam C. Trahan
Regi Christensen Center for Global Partnership Douglas L. Walker
Bill Cobb Sabin Lamson Walmart Foundation
Matthew Driver MCAA Mashiko Ceramics and Jo & Kate Wolf
Sally C. Gibson Arts Association Woodard Family Foundation
Dr. Tsutomu Hattori Laura & Jim Murray Jean Wyss
Mike Henningsen Fund, Rikki Ninomiya Anonymous (1)
Oregon Community Foundation Danielle Nye
Roman Johnston
Tribute Gifts Memorials and Honoraria
Members of the Phoenix Legacy Society have
& Donations February 16 – May 31, 2021
named the Garden as the ultimate beneficiary of
a planned gift. We are grateful to the following IN HONOR OF IN MEMORY OF IN MEMORY OF
people for letting us know of their plans to support LOU ELLEN BARNES-WILLIS BARBARA DRINKA H A R U E M A E N I N O M I YA
the Garden in this enduring way. Drew-Henrie McWilliams Kathy Parker Rikki Ninomiya
Anonymous (1)
IN MEMORY OF IN MEMORY OF
DAN A. BIERLE, IN HONOR OF MARY JO PETERSON
PAT R I C I A A . B I E R L E , F. G R E G O R Y &
Ruth Anderson & Michael Beebe Geoffrey Hoefer MICHAEL L. BIERLE SUSAN FITZ-GERALD Steven J. Peterson
Legacy Society Members receive Esther "Ricky" Appleman Albert Horn Timaree Bierle-Dodds Jane Scheidecker
invitations to Golden Crane Carole Beauclerk Ann & Jerry Hudson Diana Learner IN MEMORY OF
special events and receptions. Barbara Bell Mary Kay Johnson FUNIE SAKAGUCHI
Diane Benjamin Janelle & Lee Jimerson IN HONOR OF
Melanie Billings-Yun Elizabeth M. King JEME A. BRELIN & IN HONOR OF Ann and John Scherner
If you would like to include the CAROLINE ADAMS BRUCE GUENTHER AND
Steve Bloom Valerie Lau EDUARDO VIDES
Garden in your estate plans, or Judy Bradley & Dave Mitchell Ron & Polly Wall Lauser Christopher & Jane Adams IN MEMORY OF
if you have already done so and Susan C. Brown John & Lisa Lehman Marylyn Ross Podemski STEVE TUBBS
would allow us to list you as a Heida & Don Bruce Linda & Don McNeill
Carla Caesar & Nora King Gordon Olson IN MEMORY OF Arwen Bird
Legacy Society Member, please THE MOTHER OF IN MEMORY OF
Robert Caragher Jeannie & Ron Prindle ERIC CHRISTENSEN ANN STOUGH
contact Director of Development Mora Chartrand & Linda Grant Wayne M. Quimby & IN HONOR OF
Edwina Kane at (503) 595-5225 Mary Dickson Michael Roberts-Quimby Steve Holwerda Edwina and Victor Kane RICK VAN BEVEREN
or ekane@japanesegarden.org. David & Nancy Dowell W. Curtis Schade &
Mrs. Margueritte H. Drake Jacquie Siewert-Schade Reed Van Beveren
IN MEMORY OF IN MEMORY OF
Elaine West Durst Richard C. Stetson Jr. MARK COOK DAVID E. LOU
Yoko Fukuta Ernie Stoddard
Ms. Susan Halton Ann & John Symons Barbara & William Howell Kathy Lou
John Hembroff & Shari Macdonald Drs. Mayho & Calvin Tanabe Anna McVay Wells Fargo Wealth Management
Ron & Jenny Herman Carmen Wong
Richard Welander
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D ONOR VOI C ES
When de Weese returned to Portland in 2016, Ferguson continues to visit often and enjoys
after many years working and living in Thailand, bringing friends, especially when they’ve never
reconnecting with the Garden was a top priority. experienced anything like a Japanese garden
“My dad really valued civic duty— he was deeply before. He likes to show them how every space is
involved with key local organizations (Portland designed with a purpose, shaped by generations of
Public Schools, OMSI, the Japanese Garden) to thought, and maintained with a sense of tradition.
help Portland grow and prosper. He also had deep
business ties and love for Japan and its culture.
I’m honored to serve on the Garden’s Board
of Trustees and be able to follow in my dad’s
footsteps.” de Weese is also a new father, and with
his wife Bee, they hope that Portland Japanese
Doug de Weese’s father, Bill de Weese, and Professor Takuma Tono, the Garden’s
original designer, survey the land concept ideas for the future layout.
Garden will continue to be a place where the next
generation can feel the deep connection to both
Japan and Portland.
Community is what happens when people come together to create opportunities
to work, learn, and grow. The Garden does that by bringing together people of
all backgrounds, to be a place of great beauty and peace, fostering inclusion,
understanding, and collaboration.
Aase Kendall
Doug de Weese Volunteer and Golden Crane Member
After meeting her husband, an Oregonian, at
school in Switzerland, Kendall moved to the
Community Voices United States from Denmark in 1949 and to
Oregon in 1950. An avid gardener and garden
How Portland Japanese Garden Builds Community lover, Kendall was very happy to hear about the
construction of the Portland Japanese Garden in
David Ferguson 1963. She had visited Japan and was so impressed
New Golden Crane Member by their gardens. Kendall became a member of
Portland Japanese Garden is privileged to have a diverse and loyal group of the Garden in 1978 and a tour guide in 1980. She
members, volunteers, and donors. Each has a unique history that compels Ferguson first visited the Portland Japanese became one of the organization’s first volunteers,
them to give back to their community (whether that be the City of Portland, Garden his second weekend in Portland, during running the volunteer program. She also sat on the
immediate circle of friends, or otherwise) through their Garden experience. winter of 2017. Having moved here from Utah, Garden Resource Committee for several years. In
We’re pleased to introduce you to a few of these supporters. We hope their he was living in the heart of a city for the first 2021, Kendall celebrated her 41st anniversary as a
stories inspire you as much as they have inspired us. time despite living in six other states and two tour guide.
small towns in Germany. The Garden was a
tranquil retreat where Ferguson could experience She says Portland Japanese Garden is “so peaceful
a gateway to nature. After his very first visit, and so lovely” and is a very special place for
Ferguson bought a membership and came back her. The Garden has created the opportunity for
Doug de Weese every few months, enjoying how the Garden Kendall to make many friends and connections,
Treasurer, Portland Japanese Garden Board of Trustees changed with the seasons. and she’s enjoyed getting to know the gardeners
and all the staff through the years. When asked
A Portland native, de Weese has a deep connection Ferguson shares, “It’s one of the most meaningful what her favorite space is, Kendall answers, “I love
to Portland Japanese Garden. de Weese’s mother, places to me in Oregon.” That’s why in spring of the whole place, but it’s a toss-up between the
Kuniko, is from Japan, and his father, Bill, was one of 2020, when the pandemic was causing turmoil Natural Garden and the Flat Garden.”
the local business and civic leaders who worked to for the Garden and cultural institutions across
create the Garden in the early 1960s. de Weese was Oregon, Ferguson chose to make a gift to Portland She says to all her friends, “You are a member,
moved when he recently saw archival footage of his Japanese Garden and join the Golden Crane aren’t you?! You really should be.”
father with Professor Tono, the Garden’s original Recognition Society. “I knew the Garden was at
designer; a vivid reminder of how the Garden has risk, and I wanted to support a place where people
been a part of his family’s life for over 60 years. can go to find peace.”
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The main builing at the
Japan Institute campus.
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Photo by Marketing Dept.
Cherry blossoms in full bloom at the Flat Garden in spring.
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Photo by Marketing Dept.
Scene from the
International Japanese
Garden Training
Center's Maple Pruning
Workshop in August.
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Gardens Create Community Photo by
Quincy Woo
For nearly 60 years, Portland Japanese Garden has helped to
shape our city’s identify as a place that reveres nature, a “City of
Gardens”, and a place that brings different peoples and cultures Maggie Drake, supporter
of the Garden for 60 years,
together. Take a glimpse at the community that the Garden has gets interviewed by local
created through these photos. NBC affiliate, KGW.
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Photo by
Marketing Dept.
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Long-time friends and
sponsors Treecology,
Inc. visited the Garden
for an exclusive tour.
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Volunteers gather for an
Photo by
exclusive evening during
Becca Hart
the Volunteer Appreciation
Event in August.
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Photo by
Catherine Montgomery
O-Bon celebration at the
Strolling Pond Garden.
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Photo by Donovan Nededog
Lighting of candles in memory
of loved ones during our Guests gathering
O-Bon festival in September. at the Tateuchi
Guests in the Pavilion Gallery - Courtyard for the
viewing the art exhibition Photo by Donovan Nededog Golden Crane
Painting Paradise: Art of Annual Reception.
Daisuke Nakano. -
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Photo by Jonathan Ley Jonathan Ley
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