Against a background of lush garden greenery, the upper part of a worn, warm brown wooden garden post is wrapped with a traditional tubular-woven cord that marks the ending of the edge of a path. The cord circles the post four times before ending in a knot. First begun in the 1970s by members of the Japanese-American Citizens League, they hand-built a beautiful space for the townspeople, in the historic downtown. Over many years later, it fell into disrepair. In the mid 2010s, a massive project to restore it, powered by local funding and an army of dedicated volunteers, it blossomed into one of the most popular gardens to visit in the Willamette-Valley.
#JanuArty2026 and #ending, tying things up.
Decorative landscape post at Tsuru Island - in the #GreshamJapaneseGarden in #Oregon
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