Hoyt Arboretum in Portland

Hoyt Arboretum is a living museum on the top of Washington Park in Portland, Oregon. This living museum spread over 185 acres includes more than 8000 plants and trees of more than 2,300 species from all over the world. Everyone can visit Hoyt Arboretum Portland throughout the year without any cost. The programs and paintings of this Arboretum help in promoting a wide range of specimens of scientific studies, understanding, and appreciation. Most of the scientific specimens are endangered or rare.

People visit Hoyt Arboretum Portland with the family and friends to take a tour, a class, or book a venue in its natural beauty for an event. It also offers a calm hiking trail of more than 12 miles in the urban environment of Portland for people to enjoy for free.

Features of Hoyt Arboretum

In this Arboretum, there are trails of 12 miles or 19 km of which 3 km or 2 miles are accessible by wheelchair. This trail is marked with more than 250 interceptive panels and signs. In this Arboretum, the Marquam Trail which goes to the south of Marquam Nature Park and the Wildwood Trail which goes to the north of Forest Park meet as they are the part of the 40 miles long loop trail network of the Portland region.

At the center of this park, there is a Visitor Center along with a research library and a small nature center where visitors can search about the trees in this park as well as start their periodic tours guided by the volunteers. You can find more than 800 books in the research library for the beginners of gardening, to the technical knowledge about flora for the people visiting there.

It also includes a covered picnic shelter, the Stevens Pavilion, with A-frame, stone floors and wooden beams situated in an orchard of the trees of Douglas-fir.

Art for public

In 1987, a living sculpture of Himalayan birch trees in; House for Summer’ was planted by Helen Lessick, an artist. This sculpture shows the seasonal changes in the shelter of the forest canopy. This work of public art is maintained by the arborists of the Park under a collective agreement with the Regional Arts and Culture Council of Portland.

A spherical sculpture, Basket of Air, made from galvanized and stainless steel was created by Ivan McLean, an artist from Portland, after being inspired by the baskets made of bamboo. This steel basket was installed in 2016 over the pond of the bamboo garden of this Arboretum.

Plan your visit

If you are planning to visit Hoyt Arboretum then you can reach there in many ways. By car, it is accessible by W Burnside St and US-26. The trails of Hoyt can be accessed through public transport by riding the red line or blue line of MAX light rail to the Washington Park MAX Station and by walking a few hundred yards on foot. From Max station, you can also reach this Arboretum by bicycle. You can also use drop off or pick up rideshare service of Uber to Lyft to reach across the street of the Visitor Center of Hoyt Arboretum Portland.

Things to do in Hoyt Arboretum

Upcoming Events

Various types of events are also organized in Hoyt Arboretum Portland like classes and tours etc. You can participate in these events by searching online about their timing schedules.

Seasonal Highlights

Some of the seasonal events are also organized in this living museum of trees and plants from winter to summer. In the beautiful environment of this museum, one can enjoy a number of scents and essential sights throughout the year as well as attend outdoor classes from winter to summer.

Walks and Tours

The tours and walks offered by Hoyt Arboretum Portland offer various types of experiences for the families and groups visiting this living tree museum. These tours and walks are led by volunteers who know w=each and everything found in this arena.

 Kids and Families

The main and core mission of establishing this living museum is to educate the communities as well as providing opportunities to the families to have fun and learn several things side by side. They offer programs for the kids of all age groups ranging from walks for toddlers to family days.

Thus, there are a number of things to do for everyone visiting Hoyt Arboretum Portland.

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