Lan Su Chinese Garden

Floral Crown Demo with Annie Chen
2025-11-15 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Lan Su Chinese Garden, 239 NW Everett Street, Portland, Oregon, 97209
Join our drop-in floral workshop and learn how to create your own wearable blooms using small chrysanthemum varieties. Known for their exceptional longevity, chrysanthemums often last much longer than the average flower. We’ll guide you through designing a beautiful floral crown — perfect for festivals, events, or simply adding a touch of floral flair to your everyday look. No experience needed — just come ready to get creative!

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Meet Featured Designer Annie Chen

Annie discovered her passion for flowers in 2004 after designing a friend’s wedding blooms. With a music degree from the University of Oregon and a decade in HR and sales, she followed her entrepreneurial spirit to found Floral Sunshine in 2009 after training at the Floral Design Institute. When not arranging dahlias and peonies, Annie enjoys fishing for salmon, halibut, and crab.

Autumn Tea Tasting (3 PM)
2025-11-15 15:00 - 16:00, 2025-11-16 15:00 - 16:00, 2025-11-22 15:00 - 16:00, 2025-11-23 15:00 - 16:00, 2025-11-29 15:00 - 16:00, 2025-11-30 15:00 - 16:00 | Lan Su Chinese Garden, 239 NW Everett Street, Portland, Oregon, 97209
Take a front row seat to experiencing Chinese tea culture with our intimate Autumn Tea Tasting series!

Saturdays: 11 AM · 1 PM · 3 PM | Sundays: 1 PM · 3 PM

Taste your way through three (3) seasonal teas, led by Tea Master in Residence Eric Arthur. Explore different flavor profiles and preparation methods using traditional gaiwans and teaware. You’ll learn about the history, cultivation, and traditions that have evolved over centuries from ancient China—and how other cultures adapted these practices for their own people.

After your 1-hour tasting, you’ll receive a porcelain teacup to continue your journey at home. All sampled teas will also be available for purchase in our Yun Shui Teahouse.

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Meet Tea Master in Residence Eric Arthur

In the last 15 years, Eric Arthur has journeyed from hating tea, being surprised by it, to obsessing over it. While hosting tea tastings, he blends the knowledge, lore, grace, and fun of tea to perfection. His skill in pouring tea is heavily influenced by being a practitioner of Tai Chi for 20+ years, moving and partnering with the leaf and its energy. Come spend an hour being surprised, or find a new obsession with tea and tea service!

*SOLD OUT* Dried Flower Wreath Workshop
2025-11-16 10:00 - 12:00 | Lan Su Chinese Garden, 239 NW Everett Street, Portland, Oregon, 97209
Join Madeline from Walking Whale Flower Farm for a holiday wreath workshop in the garden! Participants will be provided all materials necessary and guided through creating their own 100% locally grown 10″ dried flower wreath, perfect for the holiday season.

Note: this workshop requires delicate fine motor skills and is best suited for ages 13+

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Growing Mums Talk & Tour
2025-11-16 11:00 | Lan Su Chinese Garden, 239 NW Everett Street, Portland, Oregon, 97209
Learn how chrysanthemums are grown and styled by one of Lan Su’s gardeners. Mums may possibly be some of the easiest ornamentals to grow and the styling possibilities are also endless! The talk will walk through the many styles we incorporate in our displays.

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Make Your Own Chrysanthemum Wind Chime
2025-11-16 11:00 - 15:00, 2025-11-23 11:00 - 15:00 | Lan Su Chinese Garden, 239 NW Everett Street, Portland, Oregon, 97209
Add a touch of creativity to your garden visit! Stop by this drop-in craft station to design your own chrysanthemum-inspired wind chime to take home. This quick, hands-on activity is a fun way for families to make something beautiful together while discovering the meaning of chrysanthemums in Chinese art and poetry. No registration needed—just drop in and create!

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Autumn Tea Tasting (1 PM)
2025-11-16 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-11-22 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-11-23 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-11-29 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-11-30 13:00 - 14:00 | Lan Su Chinese Garden, 239 NW Everett Street, Portland, Oregon, 97209

#PlantWednesday: Chrysanthemums
2025-11-19 11:00, 2025-11-26 11:00 | Lan Su Chinese Garden, 239 NW Everett Street, Portland, Oregon, 97209
Get involved with chrysanthemums! There’s more to mums than your average grocery store potted plant. Learn how they’re propagated, grown and prepared for display as well as why they’re still a revered flower and symbol of the fall season in Chinese culture.

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#PlantWednesday Spotlight
2025-11-19 11:00 - 11:30, 2025-11-26 11:00 - 11:30, 2025-12-03 11:00 - 11:30 | Lan Su Chinese Garden, 239 NW Everett Street, Portland, Oregon, 97209
Join our horticulture team every Wednesday for a tour diving into a plant in its peak, gardening tips, and more.

Wednesdays, 11-11:30 AM | Free with admission or membership

The #PlantWednesday Spotlight is a unique “show & tell” program featuring different captivating topics every month. Meet Lan Su’s horticulture team each Wednesday to explore, learn, and connect with the natural beauty of Lan Su. These are short 30-min sessions that showcase a horticultural wonder, technique, or tool that our passionate horticulturists want to share with fellow plant enthusiasts. Each session will shine a light on the behind-the-scenes operations of the garden, highlight a plant at its peak beauty, or focus on recent improvements to our collection.

Each session will explore a different part of the garden based on that week’s topic. When you arrive, please check in with the front door staff or volunteers for the exact location to meet in.

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This program is FREE with garden admission or membership. No registration needed.

Weekly Member Hour
2025-11-19 16:30 - 17:30, 2025-11-26 16:30 - 17:30 | Lan Su Chinese Garden, 239 NW Everett Street, Portland, Oregon, 97209
Members and their guests are invited to enjoy an exclusive hour in the garden in the early evening glow.

Wednesdays, 6:30–7:30 PM (Spring/Summer to October 14, 2025) or 4:30–5:30 PM (Fall/Winter through Nov. 30)

This exclusive evening hour allows members to enjoy Lan Su in the soft glow of twilight, a magical time to experience the garden’s beauty.

Members are encouraged to bring guests in accordance with their membership level. This is a wonderful opportunity to introduce friends and family to Lan Su, sharing the peaceful ambiance of the garden during these exclusive hours.

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Autumn Tea Tasting (11 AM)
2025-11-22 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-11-29 11:00 - 12:00 | Lan Su Chinese Garden, 239 NW Everett Street, Portland, Oregon, 97209

Write Like a Scholar: The Character for “Chrysanthemum” 菊
2025-11-22 11:00 - 15:00 | Lan Su Chinese Garden, 239 NW Everett Street, Portland, Oregon, 97209
Step into the world of a Chinese scholar among the chrysanthemums. Learn how to hold a traditional calligraphy brush and write the character 菊 (jú), meaning chrysanthemum, one stroke at a time. Perfect for curious kids and parents alike, this hands-on activity lets visitors explore the artistry and mindfulness behind Chinese calligraphy during Lan Su’s Chrysanthemum Festival.

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Chinese Floral Art Foundation Demo: Chrysanthemums in Chinese Floral Art
2025-11-22 13:00 - 14:00 | Lan Su Chinese Garden, 239 NW Everett Street, Portland, Oregon, 97209
The chrysanthemum, one of the four Noble Gentlemen of flowers in Chinese culture is innately Chinese and has been in cultivation for over 2000 years. Join Rosa Zee and Vivian Chan of the Chinese Floral Art Foundation to get a deeper understanding of the many styles of arrangement chrysanthemums can be used in Chinese floral art tradition.

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Chinese Floral Art Foundation Workshop: Holiday Arrangement
2025-11-23 11:00 - 13:00 | 38 Davis, 38 NW Davis St Suite 260, Portland, Oregon, 97209, United States
You won’t want to miss this exciting opportunity to learn Chinese floral art from a master! Rosa Zee of the Chinese Floral Arts Foundation, based in San Marino, CA, will lead this workshop, teaching not only the basics of Chinese floral tradition, but also how every bit of this art form is imbued in symbolism and scholarly habit. Chrysanthemums will, of course, be the star element of your beautiful arrangement you can take home and share for the holidays.

All materials and instruction included.

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Weekly Member Hour
2025-12-03 09:00 - 10:00 | Lan Su Chinese Garden, 239 NW Everett Street, Portland, Oregon, 97209
Members and their guests are invited to enjoy an exclusive hour in the garden in the early morning glow.

Wednesdays, 9:00–10:00 AM (December 1, 2025 – April 8, 2026)

This exclusive hour allows members to take a quiet morning stroll through the garden as the city begins its day

Members are encouraged to bring guests in accordance with their membership level. This is a wonderful opportunity to introduce friends and family to Lan Su, sharing the peaceful ambiance of the garden during these exclusive hours.

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Meet Asian Santa
2025-12-06 11:00 - 15:00 | Lan Su Chinese Garden, 239 NW Everett Street, Portland, Oregon, 97209
Saturdays & Sundays, Dec. 6-7, 13-14, & 20-21 | 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM

Join us for a unique cross-cultural holiday experience! Take photos with Asian Santa, enjoy the festive atmosphere, and receive a blessing that carries both the brightness of the holiday season and the serenity of ancient Chinese aesthetics.

Cost: $5 per group of 6 people, $10 for 7-12 people, $15 for 13-19, etc. Regular garden admission is also required for each person in the group.
