Upper Garden Development – December 2020

Expansion Updates, Garden Highlights

Warm wishes as we enter the Holiday Season The finish line is in view!  Our excellent construction team from JW Fowler have continued to move the project forward. The installation of new utilities and rebuilding Claybourne Street for its future role as an entrance to...

Leach Garden Friends awarded grant from M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust

Expansion Updates, Garden Highlights

PORTLAND, OREGON— Leach Garden Friends recently received a $130,000 grant from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust of Vancouver, Washington, for Building Capacity to Serve Growing Audiences. This grant will be spread over three years as the Garden reopens and begins to...

Upper Garden Construction Updates

Expansion Updates, Garden Highlights

July 2020 Neighborhood Construction Update Beginning on July 6th, utility work in the public right of way will impact traffic on SE 122nd Ave south of Foster Rd. Flaggers will be onsite—at the intersection of SE Foster Rd & 122nd Ave and both north and south of...

Phase One Development

Expansion Updates

Phase One Development Construction of the Master Plan’s First Phase began in August 2019. Primary elements included in this phase are described on the plan below. Funding for this phase came from the City of Portland, Prosper Portland and METRO with major support from...

Designing for the Future

Expansion Updates

Designing for the Future Garden Expansion Project In 2016 a master plan for Leach Botanical Garden was completed, in partnership with Leach Garden Friends, the City of Portland, and the Portland Development Commission (now Prosper Portland). The Design Team, headed by...