We hope you will join Friends of Terwilliger, your friends and neighbors, and Portland Parks & Rec for a day in the Parkway ridding one of Portland’s favorite parks of those darn invasive plants.
USS Tulsa volunteers
We hope you will join Friends of Terwilliger, your friends and neighbors, and Portland Parks & Rec for a day in the Parkway ridding one of Portland’s favorite parks of those darn invasive plants.
USS Tulsa volunteers
Our Volunteers…you can be one too!
Please join Friends of Terwilliger, your neighbors, and Portland Parks & Recreation staff for our regular monthly work party, helping to rid Terwilliger Parkway of those darn invasive plants.
Register HERE
Meta Sequoia Trees (aka Dawn Redwoods or the fossil tree) were once thought extinct until living trees were discovered in inner China in the early1940’s.
The seeds were collected and shared with arboretums all over the globe, including ours right here in Portland. You’ll recognize these dawn redwoods on either side of Mt Hood in the background of this photo. They’re deciduous, so don’t panic if they loose their needles in the fall. Thanks to Doug Weir for the photo!
The Walpole Garden, a collaboration with our partners at Portland Parks and Recreation, is named after the noted American botanical illustrator Frederick Andrews Walpole who built a house at Eagle Point (300 ft to the north of the garden) in 1895. We are gradually planting many of the native plants he illustrated for the US Botanical Garden before his untimely death of typhoid in 1905.
Willamette Week, Portland’s beloved weekly newspaper, has opened nominations for their 2025 Best Of Portland Readers’ Poll.
We’re asking you to nominate “Terwilliger Parkway” as one of the best parks in Portland. Click here and write “Terwilliger Parkway” You’ll be asked to sign in with your email address, but no password. Simple, right?
The Walpole Garden, a collaboration with our partners at Portland Parks and Recreation, is named after the noted American botanical illustrator Frederick Andrews Walpole who built a house at Eagle Point (300 ft to the north of the garden) in 1895. We are gradually planting many of the native plants he illustrated for the US Botanical Garden before his untimely death of typhoid in 1905.
Friends of Terwilliger received several calls/emails last month from concerned users of the Parkway regarding the many trees cut down uphill towards the OHSU campus.
Environmental Services is designing a project to replace approximately 1600 feet of aging, large-diameter public sewer pipes along Duniway Park. Having provided over 100 years of service, the pipes require repairs to maintain reliable sewer service and protect public health and the environment. Construction is currently scheduled to begin late fall 2025 and will take about up to two and a half years to complete.
A few years ago we came across this picture of a wooden trestle spanning a ravine in Terwilliger Parkway. Sadly, it doesn’t seem to have lasted very long.
