Lan Su Chinese Garden is much more than just a beautiful garden. It’s a creative wonder — an authentically built, powerfully inspiring experience based on a 2,000-year-old Chinese tradition that melds art, architecture, design and nature in perfect harmony. Lan Su Chinese Garden offers infinite paths to discovery. One visit just isn't enough to take in the depth and abundance of experiences. Lan Su is ever-changing — by the minute, by the hour, and with the seasons.
Lan Su Chinese Garden opened September 14, 2000.
The City of Portland owns the garden, and contracts with Lan Su Chinese Garden, a non-profit organization, to operate and maintain the garden.
The garden is located between NW 2nd and 3rd and NW Flanders and Glisan in Old Town/Chinatown. The garden can be reached from I-405 by taking the Everett Street Exit and turning east. The garden is also available by MAX, which is Portland’s light rail system, or by buses 1, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 33, 40, and 77. Visit
TriMet’s Trip Planner, which can provide door to door directions using public transit.
Lan Su's street address is:
239 NW Everett Street
Portland, OR 97209
The garden is surrounded by on-street parking meters, both short term and long term. A number of parking garages within a few blocks including a Smartpark on the corner of NW Davis and Naito Parkway.
Your admission gains access to the garden and the Garden Shop.
With a membership, admission is free for one year.
The Lan Su Chinese Garden is open to visitors Monday to Sunday. The garden is also closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day.
Winter Hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., open Monday to Sunday. Last admission entry is 5:30 p.m.
In response to Oregon's statewide mask mandate lift, masks are optional for garden visitors, staff, volunteers, and Lan Su admin office visitors, starting Saturday March 12th, 2022.
Please leave your furry friends at home. Only service dogs are permitted in the garden.
Lan Su offers 1-2 interpretive public tours daily. Tours are 45-60 minutes in length. Free with membership or admission; no registration required. Learn more about Lan Su's Public Tour Program. Missed the tours of the day? Try audio tours and scavenger hunts with the garden's visitor mobile app, Discover Lan Su.
Lan Su has a wheelchair accessible route that travels throughout the garden. Almost every area of the garden can be accessed by those using mobility devices, and benches are available throughout the garden. Restrooms and the Garden Shop are also fully accessible. We also offer Universal Access Map that outlines wheelchair-friendly routes in the garden. Download the Lan Su Universal Access Map.
Lan Su honors complimentary entry for one caregiver of each visitor with a mobility issue necessitating an extra helping hand.
All memberships are good for one-year free admission to the garden, a 10% discount in the gift store and Teahouse, and quarterly newsletter. Additional membership information is available on our membership page.
Yes. The Garden Shop is currently located in the garden's Hall of Brocade Clouds. The Garden Shop opens Thursday-Tuesday. Closed on Wednesdays.
Yes. Yun Shui 雲水 Teahouse is always open the same hours as Lan Su Chinese Garden. Lan Su admission is required to visit Yun Shui 雲水. Inside The Tower of Cosmic Reflections, Yun Shui 雲水 is a two story teahouse overlooking the lake. Both floors are accessible with elevator access to the second floor. There is outdoor seating in the warmer months. We offer a full tea experience including pots and Gaiwan tea service. Our Tea menu is comprised of over 20 different Chinese and Taiwanese teas sourced directly from China and from local tea makers. We also serve food and the menu includes traditional Chinese dishes such as wonton soup and congee.
The garden is one city block or approximately 40,000 square feet.
The lake, named Lake Zither, is about 8,000 square feet.
The rocks, called Tai Hu rocks are limestone mined from Lake Tai, a fresh-water lake near Suzhou. They are prized for their four virtues which are: the holes that allow life force to flow freely, the rough texture, their slenderness, and being top-heavy. More than 500 tons of rock was shipped from China for the garden.
There are three types of wood used in the garden. San-Mu (Northeast China Fir) is used for most of the beams and columns. Dong-Bei-Song (Northeast China Pine) is used for the largest columns. Yingxing (Gingko) wood is used for the pale yellow decorative carving in the Pavilions. Nanmu (similar to walnut) is used for the carvings in the doors and windows.
The windows, around the garden and inside the walls, are called “leak” windows since they allow the visitor to see the view “leaking” through. There are 51 windows, each unique, in and around the garden.
In response to the statewide mask mandate lift in Oregon, masks are optional for Lan Su visitors, staff, and volunteers, starting Saturday March 12th, 2022.
Lan Su's visitor mobile app, Discover Lan Su, provides audio tours, interactive scavenger hunts, plant spotlight, and more.
Yes we are. Lan Su is a universal access garden and there is a wheelchair accessible route that travels throughout the garden.
239 Northwest Everett Street, Portland, Oregon 97209
Call Us: 503.228.8131
Lan Su Chinese Garden
38 NW Davis St #260, Portland, OR 97209
Members, donors and visitors help keep Lan Su healthy and growing. Lan Su is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and all donations and memberships are tax deductible. Lan Su’s Federal Tax ID number (EIN) is 93-1296840.