Hiking

9 Picture-Perfect Wildflower Hikes Within 90 Minutes of Portland

Wildflower season is calling. Celebrate with some of our favorite floral displays in the region.

03/30/2026 By Brooke Jackson-Glidden and Portland Monthly Staff

Blossoms

A Flower CSA Will Keep You in Local Blooms All Season Long

Skip the grocery store bouquets by signing up for a flower subscription from a Portland-area farm.

03/18/2026 By Rebecca Jacobson

Awesome Blossom

Guide to the Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival

Thirty miles south of Portland, 40 rainbow acres await.

03/16/2026 By Rebecca Jacobson

Pretty in Pink

A Complete Guide to Viewing Cherry Blossoms in Portland

Peak bloom is nigh.

03/03/2026 By Rebecca Jacobson

Get Out

What to Do in Oregon in March

Get schooled on cacao history, dissect an owl pellet, watch whales on their way to Alaska, and amble under a canopy of cherry blossoms.

02/24/2026 By Rebecca Jacobson and Portland Monthly Staff

Get Out

What to Do in Oregon in September

Dahlias are in bloom, Crater Lake goes car-free, the Pendleton Round-Up kicks off, and Oktoberfest has us raising our steins.

08/27/2025 By Portland Monthly Staff

Month Ahead

What to Do in Oregon in May

Sip cider in Hood River, ride a fat-tire bike in Cannon Beach, and party with aliens in McMinnville.

04/29/2025 By Rebecca Jacobson and Portland Monthly Staff

Flower Power

Commune with the Blooms at 4 Willamette Valley Flower Farms

Stately tulips, monster peonies, and Anvil of Darkness irises await thee.

04/11/2024 By Jennifer Krazit

In Bloom

Wildflower-Covered Hillsides to Elegant Gardens, Oregon Blooms Are Booming

Tulips, azaleas, wild irises, begonias, roses ... whatever flower you’re thinking of, it’s probably growing right here in Oregon.

03/20/2023 By Isabel Lemus Kristensen

Visual Art

A New Gallery Examines the Eternal Pull of Flowers

Flowers, in all their shapes and forms, are on view at The Earth Laughs exhibition at the Lobby.

11/04/2022 By Isabel Lemus Kristensen

Get Out

10 Photo Ops in Portland and Beyond to Prove You Live Here

Let your friends know where you are with pictures of the downtown Powell’s Books, the St. Johns Bridge, the airport carpet, and day-trip destinations like Cannon Beach.

09/28/2022 By Margaret Seiler

Public Transit

Take a Transit Trip to Washington Park

We learned the ins and outs of the new route for TriMet’s Line 63 bus route, just in time for summer staycation season.

06/03/2022 By Shannon Daehnke

Flowers

Lilacs for Days at Hulda Klager Gardens in Woodland, Washington

The property's centerpiece farmhouse remains closed for now, but the garden and arboretum are open year-round.

05/09/2022 By Margaret Seiler

Outdoors

What’s Blooming? Springtime Plants Are Popping Up in Portland

From daphne to daffodils, don’t miss these eight blooms.

03/12/2021 By Aurora Biggers

Can Local Flowers Save the Earth?

From farm-to-table restaurants to bike commuting and city-wide composting, Portland is known as a national leader in sustainable living. Lesser known, perhaps, is that the Rose City is at the epicenter of a sustainable local flower movement.

02/12/2020 By Mo McKenna