Portland Memory Garden

Garden and public park in Portland, Oregon, U.S.

45°29′42″N 122°33′30″W / 45.49500°N 122.55833°W / 45.49500; -122.55833

The Portland Memory Garden is a garden and park in Portland, Oregon's Lents neighborhood, in the United States.

Description

The garden, part of Ed Benedict Park, is designed for people with Alzheimer's disease and other memory issues. The project was a collaboration of the following groups: American Society of Landscape Architects, Center of Design for an Aging Society, Legacy Health Systems, Oregon-Greater Idaho Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association, Portland Parks & Recreation, and Portland State University's School of Urban Studies & Planning.^[1]

History

The garden was dedicated in May 2002.^[2]

References

^ "Portland Memory Garden". City of Portland, Oregon. Archived from the original on September 6, 2022. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
^ Ashton, David F. "Neighbors continue to maintain 'Memory Garden'". East PDX News. Archived from the original on 2022-09-06. Retrieved 2022-09-06.

External links

Media related to Portland Memory Garden at Wikimedia Commons
Official website
About Us: What is a Memory Garden? at Center for Design

Lents, Portland, Oregon

Business

Bella's Italian Bakery
Collective Oregon Eateries
Eastport Plaza
HK Cafe
New Copper Penny
Zoiglhaus Brewing Company

Geography

Beggars Tick Wildlife Refuge
Bloomington Park
Earl Boyles Park
Ed Benedict Park
- Portland Memory Garden
Glenwood Park
Lents Park
Willamette National Cemetery

Transit

Lents Town Center/Southeast Foster Road station

Category
Commons

Parks in Portland, Oregon

Parks

North	Arbor Lodge Cathedral Chimney Columbia Dawson Delta DeNorval Unthank Farragut Gammans George Kelley Point Kenton McCoy McKenna Overlook Peninsula Pier Smith and Bybee Wetlands Natural Area St. Johns
Northeast	Alberta Cully Gateway Discovery Gateway Green Glenfair Grant Holiday Irving John Luby Kʰunamokwst Knott Merrifield Normandale Oregon Rocky Butte Sacajawea Thompson Wellington Whitaker Ponds Nature Wilshire Woodlawn
Northwest	Couch The Fields Forest Jamison Square Lan Su Chinese Garden Tanner Springs Wallace
South	Butterfly Caruthers South Waterfront Greenway South Waterfront Willamette
Southeast	Beggars Tick Wildlife Refuge Berkeley Berrydale Bloomington Brentwood Brooklyn Cherry Clatsop Butte Clinton Colonel Summers Creston Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden Earl Boyles Ed Benedict Portland Memory Garden Errol Heights Essex Flavel Glenwood Harney Hazeltine Johnson Creek Kelly Butte Natural Area Kenilworth Kern Laurelhurst Laurelwood Leach Botanical Garden Lents Lincoln Mill Montavilla Mount Tabor Mt. Scott North Powellhurst Oaks Amusement Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge Parklane Piccolo Powell Butte Powell Raymond Sellwood Sellwood Riverfront Sewallcrest Springwater Corridor Tideman Johnson Natural Area Verdell Burdine Rutherford Westmoreland Woodstock
Southwest	Ankeny Square Council Crest Darcelle XV Plaza Director Duniway Fulton Gabriel George Himes Keller Fountain Lair Hill Lovejoy Fountain Marquam Nature Mill Ends The Oregonian Printing Press Pettygrove Pioneer Courthouse Square Plaza Blocks Portland Firefighters South Park Blocks Terry Schrunk Plaza Tryon Creek State Natural Area Washington Hoyt Arboretum International Rose Test Garden Oregon Zoo