Spring is springing, so it’s no surprise that April 14th is National Gardening Day! Getting outside to enjoy our gardens and Portland’s parks feels even more profound than normal after a cold and rainy winter. The Washington Park Rose Garden and the Portland Japanese Garden are both treasures that can give us inspiration for our home gardening projects. Below are local shops that can help support your green thumb!
- Beaumont: Crewel Summer is a women-led, plant-obsessed shop off Fremont and is the perfect spot to grab a fun new plant.
- Central Eastside: For climate-adapted plants tailored to the Pacific Northwest region, visit Xera Plants. Check their website for the latest selection as new plants arrive weekly.
- Foster: For indoor gardeners, Larkspur features an array of unique houseplants and everything you need to keep them alive. Ask about their therapeutic horticultural activities! Your garden can support pollinators that play an important part in our ecology. Birds & Bees Nursery focuses on plants, soils, and seeds that are native to the Northwest.
- Greater Brooklyn: SymbiOp Garden Shop is a worker-owned cooperative that has all your ecological gardening, homesteading, and landscaping needs for residential, commercial, and public land.
- Hillsdale: Gurton’s is a friendly neighborhood houseplant shop founded and curated by Julina Abbott, whose family has a history of horticulture going back seven generations!
- Lents: Leach Botanical Garden is home to 16 acres of botanical floral and forestry. Their garden space welcomes all and is perfect for gardeners and plant lovers to visit, learn, and explore the legacy of the garden.
- Lloyd: Plants on Broadway is the perfect destination for both novice and passionate plant enthusiasts alike. They offer a wide range of low-to-high light indoor plants that are easy to maintain.
- Midway: Tony’s Garden Center has annuals, perennials, houseplants, trees, and shrubs in addition to all the accessories and tools that you need for your next project.
- Mississippi Ave: Don’t have an outdoor garden space? Pistils Nursery has plenty of house plants to help you create your own indoor garden oasis!
- Parkrose: Established in 1960 as a small community farm in Yamhill County, Parkrose Greenhouse now hosts an annual plant sale each year beginning on May 1st.
- St. Johns: Rewild Portland is a non-profit organization serving Portland and the surrounding rural communities. They regularly host community-building, ecological restoration, and educational activities.
This list is non-exhaustive. If you’ve got a great place for gardening supplies, let us know. How is your garden looking? Show us on Instagram and Facebook.