History and Heritage
The Roots of Tiller Terrace
Tiller
A tribute to the original working class of Goose Hollow, the Chinese vegetable farmers, while also representing the residents who are working to cultivate their own position in Portland. Tiller pays homage to the Chinese farmers by offering an affordable housing option in an area that has historically pushed out the working class.Tiller Terrace
The alliterative Tiller Terrace references the terraced gardens of the Chinese workers:"No one can say for sure what brought the first Chinese gardener to the West Hills in 1879, but it was probably the lure of that wild land and an interest in cultivating crops that many had brought from their homes in the agrarian Pearl River Delta of China, an area known for terraced farming, according to Marie Rose Wong, who wrote about the Chinese gardens in her book, Sweet Cakes, Long Journey."
Putsata Reang, The Farmers of Tanner Creek, Oregonhumanities.org, August 2016
