The Friends of Deering Oaks is a non-profit citizen organization committed to preserving, protecting and enhancing the physical condition of Portland's historic Deering Oaks Park and promoting its use by residents and visitors.  The 1994 Deering Oasks Master Plan will guide the activities fo the Friends of Deering Oaks..... Learn More

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Designed in 1879, just before Thomas Edison's invention of the incandescent light bulb, Deering Oaks was apparently not lit at night for almost a century.... Learn More.