The Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District welcomes you to this tranquil setting tucked into a wooded niche crowning Cooper Mountain. Come enjoy the view of the Tualatin Valley and surrounding mountains. A revitalized country estate on 68 acres, listed on the National Registry of Historic Places, the Jenkins Estate features a large lodge-style home dating from 1913 and refurbished stables suitable for weddings, corporate meetings, memorial services or other events.
The grounds are open Monday through Friday and some weekends outside the summer months. Self-guided tours of the gardens are welcome. Admission is free.
The grounds consist of wooded, wild natural growth areas in the perimeter that give way to cultivated plants and a tamed landscape of ornamental trees, shrubs, flowers and winding gravel pathways. Trail maps are available to guide you to the rhododendron garden, perennial garden, rock gardens, primrose path, herb garden and rose pergola. Perennial boarders, wild flower meadows and water features highlight other areas on the grounds.
Visit the Braille section (work in progress) of the Herb Garden where you will find scented geraniums, lambs ears, lavender, rosemary, chives and thyme.
A large and developing Rhododendron Garden is the first garden through the iron gates at the entrance. The 1.6-acre rhododendron garden is planted and maintained by the Tualatin Valley ARS chapter in cooperation with the Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District. There are more than 700 plants and 600 varieties planted. Garden volunteers continue annual propagation from existing plants in the Greenhouse located on-site.
Please call Jim MacDonald, gardener at the Jenkins Estate, at 503/629-6355. He would love to talk with you.
The Tualatin Valley Chapter of the American Rhododendron Society meets every Thursday from 9 a.m. to noon at the Jenkins Estate's Rhododendron Garden. A variety of garden care continues year-round. Call Paul Brown at 503/629-5873 for membership and other information.
Garden Clubs are also another source of volunteering groups that visit the Jenkins Estate occasionally. For more information, please call our office at 503/629-6355.
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