Events

The 2023 Portland Spring Home & Garden Show will take place Thursday–Sunday, February 23–26 at the Expo Center in Portland, Oregon. Tickets are now available at www.HomeShowPDX.com and at the door. The cost is $15 per day, with a multi-day pass also available. Kids 12 and under are free with paying adult.

Out in the Garden Nursery in Molalla is hosting its annual Happy Hellebore Days every weekend in February, celebrating the plant also known as the Lenten rose. During that month, the nursery will be open from 10 a.m.–4 p.m. every Friday, Saturday and Sunday. It is located at 32483 S. Matthias Road, Molalla, Oregon 97038.

Out in the Garden carries almost 40 Hellebore cultivars from the Hellebore Gold Collection, Winter Jewels, Frostkiss, and Honeymoon/Wedding Series. The nursery also has many other winter interest plants, including evergreen ferns, grasses, Sarcococca (aka sweet box), and Cyclamen. Some early spring plants are also poking their heads up, and the nursery’s display garden also will be open.

There's nothing like growing your own fruit! Learn the skills you need to make your fruiting trees productive for years to come. Topics include pruning, pollination, pest and disease prevention and fertilization.

Blooming Junction
35105 NW Zion Church Rd.
Cornelius, OR 97113

Get ready for spring with Vancouver Rose Society. Rose experts will be answering questions and demonstrating proper rose pruning techniques.

Get ready for spring with Portland Rose Society. Rose experts will be answering questions and demonstrating proper rose pruning techniques. Bring your hand pruners to be sharpened while you shop and a 1-cup sealed bag of garden soil (label with email + phone number) for free pH testing!

Join us for a drop-in style class to make your own candle.

The Environmental Learning Center at Clackamas Community College is once again offering a free series of Zoom classes on wildlife-and-water-friendly gardens.

Back by popular demand, this series will provide tips on how to garden with less water, manage too much stormwater, and generally provide a healthier habitat for birds, pollinating insects, and more. Each week, a different expert presenter will share their experience, stories, and best practices. There will be plenty of time for discussion, so questions are encouraged.

It’s time to start planning your summer garden! We’ll cover starting seeds indoors, planning your garden layout, when to direct sow and transplant vegetables, herbs and more!

Blooming Junction
35105 NW Zion Church Rd.
Cornelius, OR 97113

Get ready for spring with Portland Rose Society! Rose experts will be answering questions and demonstrating proper rose pruning techniques. Bring your hand pruners to be sharpened while you shop and a 1-cup sealed bag of garden soil (label with email + phone number) for free pH testing!

The annual tradition, where specialty growers give fun presentations on interesting and unusual plants, will take place at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 5 at Lake Oswego High School Auditorium, 2501 Country Club Road, Lake Oswego, Oregon. Doors will open at 1 p.m. and those interested should line up ahead of time to be assured of a seat. The auditorium seats 640. That’s a little more than the prior venue, which seated 500 and was always full. Admission is free. Participants get a goody bag that includes a FREE Retail Nurseries and Garden Centers Map, courtesy of Plant Something Oregon and the Oregon Association of Nurseries.