Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden

Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden
Type Botanical garden
Location Portland, Oregon, United States
Coordinates 45°28′47″N 122°38′8″W / 45.47972°N 122.63556°W / 45.47972; -122.63556Coordinates: 45°28′47″N 122°38′8″W / 45.47972°N 122.63556°W / 45.47972; -122.63556
Area 9.49-acre (3.84 ha)
Opened 1950
Plants 2,500
Rhododendron 'Dutch Master' at Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden.

Crystal Springs Rhododendron Gardens are botanical gardens located between Reed College and the Eastmoreland Golf Course in southeastern Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon. The gardens, at Southeast 28th Avenue and Woodstock Boulevard, cover 9.49 acres (3.84 ha), and are named for Crystal Springs Creek, which flows along its western side. Crystal Springs Gardens feature more than 2,500 rhododendrons, azaleas, and other plants in a setting of small lakes, paved and unpaved paths, fountains, and small waterfalls.[1]

The gardens are open daily from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. from April through September and from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. from October through March. Admission is $4 from March through Labor Day and free from Labor Day through the end of February.[1]

The project began in 1950 as a rhododendron test garden on a site previously covered with brush, blackberries, native trees, and the remnants of a Shakespeare theater developed by students of Reed College. In 1964, the park's name was officially changed to Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden.[1]

In addition to the manicured areas that make up most of the gardens, patches of less orderly shrubs, upland forest, marsh vegetation, and submerged logs attract wildlife, especially waterfowl, most prevalent in winter. The Rhododendron Society has counted 94 species in the garden, including grebes, herons, ducks, Canada geese, wigeons, gulls, thrushes, nuthatches, hummingbirds, and others.[2]

A lake in the garden

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden". City of Portland. 2010. Retrieved November 30, 2010.
  2. Houck, Michael C.; Cody, M.J, eds. (2000). Wild in the City. Portland: Oregon Historical Society Press. pp. 27576. ISBN 0-87595-273-9.
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