Located near Graham, Washington, just one hour south of Seattle on the way to Mt. Rainier, is a special 4 1/2 acre garden. The Chase Garden sits on a bluff overlooking the Puyallup River Valley and features spectacular views of Mt Rainier. 

The garden is the lifework of Emmott and Ione Chase. Parts of the garden were designed by landscape architect Rex Zumwalt, and the entire garden has been developed and maintained by Emmott and Ione Chase since 1962, and today stands out as one of the finest examples of the Pacific Northwest style of the mid-20th century. The naturalistic woodland, primarily of second-growth Douglas fir trees, has an understory of native shrubs and carpets of trillium, erythronium, vanilla leaf, and other wildflowers.

A meadow filled with drifts of rock garden plants inspired by the wildflower fields on Mt. Rainier features expanses of groundcovers and perennials accented with Japanese maples, rhododendrons, and conifers.

Photo by William Noble