Yarkon Park, Urban park along Yarkon River in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Yarkon Park is a large green space along the Yarkon River in northern Tel Aviv, featuring botanical gardens, sports facilities, lakes, and walking paths. The landscape combines open lawns with planted areas and sits directly beside the riverbanks.

The idea of a park on the Yarkon dates to 1929, under mayor Meir Dizengoff. Planting began on the southern bank in the early 1940s, and in 1950 the state set aside 175 hectares on the northern bank; a tree-planting ceremony followed on 5 July 1951 near the Ayalon-Yarkon confluence. A 1962 committee, including architect Avi Elhanani and Moshe Ekron, planned the expanded park, which opened to the public in 1973 as Ganei Yehoshua.

The park holds several memorial gardens, including spaces dedicated to fallen soldiers and terror victims, serving as important gathering places for remembrance. These areas show how the city weaves collective memory into its green spaces.

The park stretches from the Ramat HaHayal employment area to the Yarkon's mouth at the Mediterranean, so the Green Trail marked for Tel Aviv's centenary in 2009 runs its length. A promenade opened in November 2011 along the northern bank allows continuous walking there, after the Fishermen's Village shacks were cleared. Rowers use the river itself, and the national sports centre and Tel Aviv north Sportek sit within the grounds.

The Tropical Garden is not climate-controlled: its 2-hectare rainforest-like microclimate, shaded by palms along a wooden walkway to a small lake, itself supports orchids and vines. The Rock Garden holds some 3,500 plant species among rocks from across Israel, including over 2.4 hectares of cacti.