Garden of Surging Waves, Astoria's Chinese Heritage Park

02/05/2019

Happy Chinese New Year in the Year of the Pig!
Here are the wonderful photos taken by Astorian Raina Yusi Christian. Raina's origami pig climbs a branch of plum (Prunus mume) blossoms! The Chinese Paper Bushes (Edegeworthia Chrysantha 'Gold Rush') are also in full bloom! May you all have a healthy and prosperous year!

05/20/2018

The Garden is in full bloom, and it just turned 4 years old on May 17th! What an enjoyable anniversary by being included in the three-day enriching MDR-SAH 2018 annual conference! Thank you, Marion Dean Ross Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians for visiting Astoria! Come back soon!

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03/26/2018

Writer Lynette McAdams' Garden of Surging Waves in OUR COAST Magazine

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03/26/2018

Garden of Surging Waves is featured in a 10-page article in the latest Our Coast Magazine (2018, issue #7). Thank you, Lynette McAdams for your well-crafted article with great interviews. What a special opening photo by Colin Murphey!
To access Our Coast Magazine, please contact Daily Astorian directly.

02/17/2018

Traditionally on the second day of the Chinese New Year, young families visit the elders. The quotes from the elders have been published, for the first time, in Oregon Historic Quarterly in its 2017 Winter Special Issue; may you have a nice visit!

02/16/2018

To celebrate the Year of the Dog, Tim Davis of Portland, an advocate for placemaking and a blogger http://placesforeveryone.com visited our garden for the first time...and he fell in love with it by taking hundreds of photos during the past weekend! Here are two treats! May you all have a colorful year!

08/16/2017

Our interpretive panel is refreshed and now back at home! Thank you Juno and your team!

07/13/2017

Last week, glass artisan Juno carefully un-installed the interpretive panel from its steel frame. The panel will return in a few weeks. The panel graphics will be much easier to read against a new white glass backing. Thank you Juno and your two very special helpers!

05/22/2017

Garden of Surging Waves is celebrating its three year anniversary this week. Coastal Strength PT instructor Shannon Johnson has creatively turned our garden into a training ground!

05/09/2017

135 years ago, on May 6th, 1882, President Chester A. Arthur signed the Chinese Exclusion Act - prohibiting all Chinese laborers from immigrating to the United States and denying basic freedoms because of their ethnicity.

As a show of solidarity and recognition of the incredible contributions they gave to the City of Astoria (building infrastructure, working in the canneries, and supporting the economy), former Mayor Van Dusen and a group of committed citizens created The Garden of Surging Waves.

So if you're in the area of Duane and 11th Street today, enjoy the weather and take a break - have lunch or coffee at the park and read the placard that describes the importance of this memorial.

Let's see how many pictures we can post of the park on Instagram using !

05/02/2017

http://www.parentmap.com/article/astoria-awesome-four-season-family-destination

How delightful for our garden to be included in Emily Grosvenor Diesburg's latest article! The Garden of Surging Waves will be 3 years old on May 17th!!

This historic Oregon town rocks as a family vacation or couples getaway, all year long

01/27/2017

May your Year of the ROOSTER be filled with fruitful endeavors!