Green Tip: Other People's Gardens
See six unique inner NE Portland gardens at this last big garden tour of the summer.
Green On Green Garden TourLate summer is the perfect time to see gardens at their lushest.
The tour is self-guided – you receive a map with directions and can visit the gardens in any order you like. Preview the gardens here - and order tickets.
WHAT: Green On Green Garden Tour – a benefit garden tour for the Portland Reading Foundation
WHEN: Saturday September 15, 2012 from 11 am to 4 pm. Pre-tour fern table demo and breakfast 9:30 – 10:30 am
WHERE: tour takes place at six inner NE Portland gardens; pre-tour demo/breakfast is in inner NE neighborhood
COST: Tour: $20 per person; demo, breakfast and tour: $35 per person. Tour proceeds go to the Portland Reading Foundation, to support students in low-income Portland neighborhood schools who are working to build lifetime reading skills.
Tickets can be purchased on line
here or in person at Garden Fever Nursery: 3433 NE 24th Avenue; Portland Nursery: 5050 SE Stark St or 9000 SE Division St.; or Oxalis: 1824 NW 24th Ave.