Lan Su is open daily, hours are 10 am - 6 pm. Last admission is 5:30 pm.
- Get Your Admission Today XIn response of the statewide mask mandate lift, masks are optional for garden visitors, staff, and volunteers, starting Saturday March 12th, 2022.
You are encouraged and welcome to take photographs of Lan Su Chinese Garden for your own use and enjoyment. To preserve other visitors' experience, professional and commercial photoshoots are not allowed during the garden's regular public hours. The garden is available for photography rental bookings during non-public hours. Please read the "Photo Shoots, Videography, and Portrait Photography" below for details. For any further questions, please contact Maggie Lim, Cultural Program Manager at rentals@lansugarden.org.
Please note that the image and design of the garden is copyrighted and we ask that you do not sell or otherwise use your images for commercial activities including print, broadcast, or web advertising. If you are a professional photographer and interested in including photos of the garden in your work, please contact Lan Su's Membership Department regarding an Artist Memberships at members@lansugarden.org.
Due to limited space on our pathways and for the enjoyment of all visitors, the garden cannot allow the use of tripods on weekends or on other high-traffic times. On weekdays, tripods are welcome with the understanding that visitors and tripods must stay on paved pathways, that the use does not impede other visitors, and that photographs are for your own use. Lan Su reserves the right to ask visitors to not use tripods during peak visitation times on any day. Monopods are allowed at any time for personal photos.
The garden is located in Oldtown/Chinatown Portland and a traffic spot for helicopters. For the safety of our visitors and the quality of visits, we do not allow the use of drones during public hours. The garden is available for photography rental bookings during non-public hours. Please read the following on "Photo Shoots, Videography, and Portrait Photography" for details. For any further questions, please contact Maggie Lim, Cultural Program Manager at rentals@lansugarden.org.
Lan Su Chinese Garden does not allow portrait photography during public hours. Portrait photography is defined as any group coming for the purpose of taking posed portrait photographs. This can be with a professional photographer or just a friend, but if the reason for the visit is taking posed portrait photos, we do not allow this during the public hours. Examples of photo shoots include: engagement photos, wedding photos, prom photos, senior or graduation photos, and posed portrait photos in costumes or special attire. Large equipment and light reflectors are never allowed during public hours. The garden pathways are narrow and patio spaces can be busy with visitors, so portrait photos can inhibit the enjoyment of the garden by other visitors.
You can rent the garden before we open or after we close for a private photo shoot, proposal or other small event. Enjoy the opportunity to take your time with no visitors in the background, utilize professional equipment or surprise your significant other.
Visitors are welcome to take photos for personal use while inside the garden. Since our pathways are narrow, we ask that you be courteous of other guests by not blocking pedestrian or wheelchair access, bridges or patio areas while you enjoy taking photos of the garden.
For information about before or after hours rentals, please contact Maggie Lim, Cultural Program Manager at rentals@lansugarden.org.
Lan Su Chinese Garden is a smoke and tobacco-free To provide a healthy, safe environment for visitors, volunteers, staff and the plant collections, Lan Su prohibits smoking of any type, including vaping and electronic cigarettes in the garden. (This includes the Entry Plaza at Everett Street & 3rd Avenue).
Outside drinks are permitted within the garden only if they have a lid. Small snacks for toddlers or babies are the only outside food permitted in the garden.
For the safety of all visitors, glass bottles are never permitted in the garden.
The garden does not provide wheelchairs, but you are welcome to bring your own. Lan Su has a wheelchair-friendly 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. All restrooms have ADA stalls and are fully accessible. Universal Accessibility Map is available as paper copies at the Garden Ticket Booth.
Children under age 13 must be supervised at all times while visiting the garden. For safety of visitors and horticultural specimens, it is very important to stay on the garden paths and not enter the planting beds. Please do not allow children to pick flowers or otherwise damage plants in the garden. We recommend experiencing the free mobile scavenger hunts on the Discover Lan Su Visitor App.
We love our furry friends too! But please leave your pets at home. Only service animals are permitted in the garden.
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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.