Sounds pretty big. The Portland garden seems a bit tight to me; I haven't gotten the same feeling from the Vancouver one, at least the larger, main part (I haven't been in the smaller portion).
RonB, the Portland Classical Chinese Garden does seem a bit tight, but I agree with their decision to purchase mature specimen plants, a lesson they learned from our local Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden. Budgetary restraints necessitated the planting of more immature plants locally. Picture taken at the PCCG, May 19th, 2003.
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The one in Portland may be tight, because of where they have it, and the value of the land. Downtown is expensive land. But there is a certain district there, that I think they tried to fit it to. I have two photos of the Portland garden on this album, I think #14 and#15.... http://www.mdvaden.com/album_Oregon.shtml At number 14, click first to get slideshow, and when it gets to slideshow, click the tiny text under the frame that says "large" or "original" - it will show the detail of the stonework on the ground. The stone was every bit as good as any other aspect.
