Check the operator’s hours and admission or registration terms; participation may be limited. Public-entry status is separate from wheelchair accessibility.
Official page label: Public garden; Atlas classification rules. Classification: source-labeled.
Source captured: 2026-06-02. Human verification: Pending.
Check current official informationPublished activities: sit by a fountain, walk a soft path, and expect no dogs.
Photo from the City's park pageLeach Botanical Garden is a unique urban gem offering a place to explore and enjoy nature in outer Southeast Portland. The garden is situated on a free-flowing creek and features an aerial tree walk, a four-season pollinator garden, a variety of unique collections, including ferns, camellias, and spring ephemerals, meandering pathways, and many plants native to the Pacific Northwest.
Lilla and John Leach purchased the garden’s original 4.17 acres on Johnson Creek in 1932 and created a home and garden they called "Sleepy Hollow." Lilla was a well-respected botanist who found several plants previously unknown to western science, and John was a very civic-minded pharmacist. Lilla and John left their beloved home to Portland Parks & Recreation with the stipulation that it become a public garden within 10 years, or the property was to go to the YMCA. A group of concerned citizens lobbied the City to keep the property, but the transfer to the YMCA was set to take place when Portland Commissioner Charles Jordan decided to look at the garden before signing it away. After visiting the garden, he called it a “little jewel.” A plan was created to manage the garden with a non-profit partner organization, Leach Garden Friends. Leach Botanical Garden opened to the public in 1983.
From the City's page for this park.
Published amenities are checked separately from entry conditions. Each links to other documented locations; confirm current hours before visiting.
A public garden or arboretum, cared for as a collection rather than as open park land. Classified from official page labels it “Public garden”; our model.
Something specific to this park — the thing you'd use it for if it were here.
Send an idea for this park →Public school grounds within a half mile, by straight line. What is listed is what OpenStreetMap mappers have recorded, not an inventory. The district sets public access.
On record: 1 track. Not recorded in this property’s inventory: running track. PP&R runs a SUN Community School here.
Nothing recorded inside the grounds yet.
Beyond parks explains what opening a school ground would take.
School grounds: Metro RLIS. Features inside them: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Seasonal facilities and listings captured by the Atlas. These records do not measure attendance, utilization or all activity at the site.
Counts describe captured listings, not attendance or all activity. No listings captured does not mean the site is unused.
Dark by 5 and wet most days: cover, lighting, indoor rooms, and paths that drain.
Fields and gardens open; showers between sun. Leagues, planting, first picnics.
Water, shade, long evenings — the season the system is built around.
Light shortens and leagues wind down; shelters and lighting carry the season.
| Season | Programs | Recurring events | One-time |
|---|---|---|---|
Winter Dec–Feb Not yet published | — | — | — |
Spring Mar–May Recorded from 2026-06-11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Summer Jun–Aug Recorded from 2026-06-11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fall Sep–Nov Recorded through 2026-10; 1 month still to come | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No current listings were captured and matched to this property. This does not establish that no activity takes place. See the citywide calendar and programs.
Community organizations that steward, fund, operate, or run programs at Leach Botanical Garden. Labels show what is confirmed and what is still being filled in.
Named in PP&R’s FY2025–26 site-partner roster for stewardship, operations and/or maintenance; individual responsibilities are not specified.
Portland.gov — Leach Botanical GardenPP&R FY2025–26 Partnerships & Volunteerism report, p. 5Real ways to help Leach Botanical Garden and parks like it. This site does not process donations; every link below goes to an official giving or volunteering channel.
Public value created when partners operate, maintain, fund, program, or steward park assets.
A specialized public garden remains active, cared for, and able to draw private and grant funding beyond City resources alone.
The City's own inventory of what is here and the condition it last recorded for each item. Dates are the source's; old dates mean no newer public assessment, not that nothing has happened since. Historical project estimates appear below; they are separate from these condition records.
Historical cost profile · 2023 reporting
Leach Botanical Garden
$6.3M
8 distinct source rows. Proposed repair and improvement costs, not a current funding gap.
All-in annual service cost: Not established
Current remaining repair cost: Not verified
Categories are Atlas labels based on project titles. Expansion and new provision are included where proposed; a project can include several kinds of work.
Asset as named in source: Buildings
Renovate Manor house/gift shop, Carriage House, Stone Cabin, and remove Aluminum Bridge Cost details in attached project summary
KGW table row 575. Source field: “Escalated Estimate.” Estimate date, inflation basis, funded amount and completion status are not supplied.
Original source table ↗Asset as named in source: Leach Botanical Garden
Repair retaining wall below the manor. Showing signs of distress.
KGW table row 571. Source field: “Escalated Estimate.” Estimate date, inflation basis, funded amount and completion status are not supplied.
Original source table ↗Asset as named in source: Garden Office
Fix or replace the Structure that is rated 4 through buildings' assessment
KGW table row 573. Source field: “Escalated Estimate.” Estimate date, inflation basis, funded amount and completion status are not supplied.
Original source table ↗Asset as named in source: Bridge
the pedestrian bridge over the creek at leach botanical garden, floated away and needs to be scrapped
KGW table row 574. Source field: “Escalated Estimate.” Estimate date, inflation basis, funded amount and completion status are not supplied.
Original source table ↗Asset as named in source: Parking Area A
Repair parking lot that was rated 5 in condition assessment. Repair include surface, drainage and curb. approx area= 10506 sq.ft
KGW table row 576. Source field: “Escalated Estimate.” Estimate date, inflation basis, funded amount and completion status are not supplied.
Original source table ↗Asset as named in source: Carriage House
Fix or replace the Structure that is rated 4 through buildings' assessment
KGW table row 578. Source field: “Escalated Estimate.” Estimate date, inflation basis, funded amount and completion status are not supplied.
Original source table ↗Asset as named in source: South Stone Residence
Fix or replace the Roof that is rated 4 through buildings' assessment
KGW table row 572. Source field: “Escalated Estimate.” Estimate date, inflation basis, funded amount and completion status are not supplied.
Original source table ↗Asset as named in source: Leach Botanical Garden
Replace the damaged pathway, trails and sidewalks that have been rated as 4 and 5 in Pathway assessment
KGW table row 577. Source field: “Escalated Estimate.” Estimate date, inflation basis, funded amount and completion status are not supplied.
Original source table ↗8 of 147 assessed built records are rated poor or very bad in the separate condition dataset. Condition ratings do not determine these dollar estimates.
Source: KGW’s November 2023 table. Current status, remaining scope and funding are unverified. Exact duplicate rows count once; other scope overlaps remain unresolved.
Compare repair estimates across parks →Annual service · FY 2026–27 adopted
This property has no named account linked in the public budget extract. Shared crews and citywide programs may still fund its care.
Later budget supplements and unallocated shared services are not included.
Annual breakdown & district context →District picture · District 1
The same public records, read the same way for every property, so this park can be set next to its district. Each figure keeps its own source and date. “Not available” means the source has no record for this property. It is not a zero.
2020 Census blocks whose centre point lies within a half mile of the park boundary, measured in a straight line. Residents, not visitors. Blocks outside the city limits count.
Records in the PP&R backlog map workbook that name this property. The workbook publishes no cost field, so these are counts of records, not dollars.
Geocoded PP&R capital projects at this property, a subset of the full capital program. The cost is the published estimated total project cost, not spending to date.
Partner operates an asset here
A partner is on record operating a facility or program site at this property. City crews may still care for the grounds.
Partners at assets here: Leach Garden Friends (operates a facility or program site)
From the department-provided partnership directory. It records what is on paper, not who does each task. Each agreement links to its entry on PP&R's agreements with partners, with the public text where it's posted, how to request it where it isn't, and the rules that govern partnerships.
Across 147 assessed assets at this park, 5% are in poor or very-bad condition (rated 4–5). Pooled from the City's public assessment layers — buildings, bridges, playgrounds, courts, fields, fences, paths and amenities.
This count comes from the City's rated asset layers; the “Public assets” list below is a separate furnishings inventory, so its items and scores are counted separately and the two totals need not match.
Condition is rated 1 (good) to 5 (very bad); no score means not yet assessed and is excluded. Park trees are inventoried separately and not counted here. These assessment records do not contain repair costs. Historical project estimates are shown separately.
Public data does not currently flag repair candidates for this park. Additional PP&R maintenance exports can be added without changing the page structure.
Seen something here that's broken, fixed, or missing from this list? Records are updated periodically; tell us what you see.
Send a condition note →Furnishings the City inventories here, with each item's condition score — 1 is good, 5 is very bad. Asset photos aren't public yet.
Leach Botanical Garden on Portland.gov
Photo of the Leach Botanical Garden as Oregon sunlight ripples through the cooling trees. Photo by Leach Botanical Garden staffer Tamra Tiemeyer.
Leach Botanical Garden is a unique urban gem offering a place to explore and enjoy nature in outer Southeast Portland. The garden is situated on a free-flowing creek and features an aerial tree walk, a four-season pollinator garden, a variety of unique collections, including ferns, camellias, and spring ephemerals, meandering pathways, and many plants native to the Pacific Northwest. Leach Botanical Garden is committed to providing positive experiences to the diverse community upon which it relies for support.
Visit the official Leach Botanical Garden website for complete venue details. See all Garden etiquette in FAQs.
Leach Botanical Garden hours change seasonally. This winter, hours are: Visit the official Leach Botanical Garden website for more information.
The QR label for this park points here. Print labels →
https://parks.portlandciviclab.org/parks/leach-botanical-garden-226?utm_source=park_qr&utm_medium=sign&utm_campaign=park_226
Facilities from the City's amenity pages and asset layers; hours, photo, and history from the City's park page; programs and events from its catalogs; condition from PortlandMaps public records. Where the City publishes nothing, this page says so instead of guessing.