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Over the summer and fall, we have completed a number of projects within the Walpole Garden, located in Terwilliger Parkway along Hamilton Terrace.

Friends of Terwilliger is partnering with KAYAK’s Portland Oregon Travel Guide to have Historic Terwilliger Parkway included in it’s suggested destinations for Portland Visitors.

Thanks to our April 2024 Volunteers who working like surgeons, carefully removing the invasive ivy while simultaneously protecting and saving our native plants. Now our native plants will have room to spread and thrive

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The Frederick Andrews Walpole Garden is a public garden created in the strip of land between SW Terwilliger Boulevard and SW Hamilton Terrace with spectacular, unobstructed views of the Willamette Valley and Mount Hood. The garden is named after Frederick Andrews Walpole, a major US botanical illustrator hired by the US government who settled in Portland and built his home at Eagle Point in 1894.

The project has been developed by the Friends of Terwilliger and Portland Parks & Recreation over the past six years: reflecting our volunteer capacity, funds raised, and exploring what works in the area.

Students and coaches from Central Catholic High School gave a few hours of their time to help us clear some ivy near Duniway Track.

Thanks, Charlie, for clearing the path so all of us walkers and runners can enjoy our safe exercise space in the Terwilliger Parkway.

1. Walking.

2. Running.

3. Cycling.

4. Dog walking.

5. Goats!

We’re happy to report that the recent Terwilliger Blvd. paving project has been completed. Yeah!

Throughout Portland, developed public parks and playgrounds are closed to limit the rate spread of Covid-19, but Terwilliger Parkway footpath and bike lanes are still open for use if we continue to practice social distancing. We can continue to walk, jog, or cycle in Terwilliger Parkway enjoying the nature and its splendid views as spring bursts forth, but let’s protect and look out for one another by practicing a few simple rules:

Be the first in your running club or neighborhood to wear Friends of Terwilliger socks!

One Saturday morning in July, Friends of Terwilliger(FOT) hosted a water/Gatorade table to engage with Parkway users. We wanted to know the who, what, and why stories behind people’s choice of Terwilliger Parkway as a place to exercise and enjoy day and night. We counted over 300 people exercising in the 4 hours we were there: half were runners and a third cyclists. Walkers, dogs with owners, strollers, and a skateboard were there too! Of the 300 active exercisers, we were able to engage with 200 asking them 3 questions:

You already knew it, right? Yes, we’ve learned that OregonLive.com has recently published an article about the 16 most beautiful places in Portland and Terwilliger Parkway is one of them.

Terwilliger Parkway has provided a fitness course with many exercise stations since the late 1970s​, but they haven’t been maintained and are largely lost to the public.