Portland Japanese Garden Hosts PGE Foundation Community Day—
Free Admission to the Garden
with Can Contribution to Oregon Food Bank
 Portland, Ore. – The Portland Japanese Garden will be hosting their second annual Free Admission Day on November 12 from 10am – 4pm. Sponsored by the PGE Foundation, this year’s Free Admission Day at the Garden will benefit the Oregon Food Bank (OFB). Visitors will receive free admission to the Garden with the contribution of two non-perishable food items for the OFB.
“PGE Foundation is so pleased to support this event at the Portland Japanese Garden,” commented PGE Foundation Chair Gwyneth Gamble Booth. “We are glad to make the Garden accessible to the community and to encourage donations to the Oregon Food Bank, which provides critical support to those in our community who are hungry.”
All members of the community are invited to come and visit the Garden on this Free Day. Tours will be given at the top of every hour and there will be a special kimono exhibition in the Garden’s Pavilion which is also free of charge.
“Last year’s Free Admission Day was a big success, so we wanted to make it a regular part of our annual event offerings,” stated Steve Bloom, the Garden’s Executive Director. “This year we decided to add another element by asking the community to help a fellow non-profit, the Oregon Food Bank. The PGE Foundation has generously agreed to sponsor this event in order to make help us make the Garden accessible to everyone on this special day.”
Visitors are encouraged to bring non-perishable items including canned meats, canned and boxed meals, peanut butter, canned or dried beans and peas, pasta, rice, and cereal, canned fruits, and 100% fruit juice (canned, plastic, or boxed).
The Portland Japanese Garden has been proclaimed by his Excellency Nobuo Matsunaga, former Ambassador of Japan, to be “the most beautiful and authentic Japanese garden in the world outside of Japan.” The Garden is above Washington Park at 611 SW Kingston Drive in SW Portland, Oregon. The Garden is open daily except on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s. Hours are 10am-4pm October 1-March 31, and 10am-7pm April 1-September 30.
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