Lambert Gardens

Lambert Gardens
A beautiful garden, green and with white, red, pink, and orange flowers. A reflecting pool is in the center of this photo flanked with four black flowerpots with white flowers at each corner. In the background is a white building with a brown roof.
1940s postcard featuring the reflecting pool in the Sunken Gardens
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TypeBotanical garden
LocationPortland, Oregon, United States
Coordinates45°29′9.11″N 122°38′13.9″W / 45.4858639°N 122.637194°W / 45.4858639; -122.637194
Area30-acre (12 ha)
Opened1930
Closed1968
Owned byAndrew Lambert
Visitors2,000,000+
StatusClosed
CollectionsSunken Rose Gardens
Italian Court
English Gardens
Spanish Gardens
French Gardens

Lambert Gardens was a botanical garden of over 30 acres (120,000 m2) in the Reed neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, USA.[1] It opened in 1930 and closed in 1968 and had a total estimated visitor count of 2,000,000, most of them believed to be out-of-towners.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ a b "SOS". Statesman Journal. Salem, OR. 1977-05-19. Retrieved 2022-04-18 – via newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Lambert Gardens' Story Appears In Magazine". John R Sweet. The Sunday Oregonian. 1965-03-21. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  3. ^ "Lambert dies". The Capital Journal. Salem, OR. 1974-01-14. Retrieved 2022-04-18 – via newspapers.com.