VISIT LOCAL FARM NEWS
April & May 2018
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Read on to learn what's happening on your
local family farms & country attractions
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Spring Flower Fest begins blooming this April!
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Throughout the months of April and May, the Oregon Farm Loop will be blooming! Follow the route and find a bounty of brilliant blooms and landscaping plants on local family nurseries and greenhouses. Varieties include tulips, daffodils, hostas, hanging baskets, annuals, perennials, veggie starts and more.
On the Farmlandia Farm Loop
On the Canby Farm Loop
- Fir Point Farms - Kick off the gardening season at Garden Palooza on April 7 and return for hanging baskets and annuals on April 20 or later.
- Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm - Walk through acres of beautiful tulips! More info on their annual event below.
- Postelwait Farm & Nursery - Beginning in May, you'll find hanging baskets, annuals, perennials, mixed urn planters, and more for your yard and garden.
- Clackamas County Fair & Event Center - Visit the Spring Garden Fair the first weekend in May to find everything you could need for your garden!
- Swan Island Dahlias - From April 2 through May, buy dahlia tubers on site at the United State's largest dahlia grower.
- Wilco - Shop for lawn and garden supplies, equipment and locally-raised flowers and veggie plants. Advice on plant foods and medicines.
On the Molalla Farm Loop
- K's Nursery - A garden center with everything you’ll need for beautiful flowers — annuals, perennials, herbs and baskets.
- Stoller Farms - Starting in April the avid gardener can choose the finest geraniums, magnificent hanging baskets and assorted vegetables and bedding plants.
- Molalla Farmers Market - Opens May 18 for veggie and flower starts sourced from local farms.
On the Marion Farm Loop
- Egan Gardens - Perennials, annuals, greenhouses full of flowering plants, hanging baskets and planters. Also features lots of roses and shrubs, and a nice selection of dwarf conifers.
- Bauman's Farm & Garden - Greenhouses full of colorful baskets, annuals, perennials, veggie starts and gardening advice to boot!
- E.Z. Orchards Farm Market - Come check out their fresh-cut tulip bouquets and herb plants while you shop their fresh produce and snack on a house-made donut.
- French Prairie Gardens & Family Farm - Garden Center full of perennials, annuals, shrubs and hanging baskets. Sip a local cider while you shop!
- Margie's Farm & Garden - Greenhouses open April 5 for hanging baskets, annuals, perennials at this full-fledged garden and retail center.
- Greens Bridge Gardens - Starting in May, find flowers and veggie starts on this southern most point of the Marion Farm Loop.
- The Oregon Garden - The Garden is coming back to life this time of year! Current blooms include the star magnolia, daffodils, crocus, hyacinth and many more.
- Raintree Tropical - If you're looking for unusual, specialty and tropical plants, this is the place! Demonstration garden on site.
- Sebright Gardens - Specialty plant nursery offering a plethora of shade-tolerant plants for purchase such as: several hundred hosta varieties, hardy ferns, epimediums and much more. Four acres of botanial display gardens at the nursery
- Al's Garden & Home Woodburn - Beautiful hanging basket and annuals for sale - almost all grown by Al's. Patio furniture, pottery and home decor, too.
- Salem Saturday Market - Celebrate their 20th season by visiting their 150+ vendors and picking out flower and veggie plants for your garden.
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Spotlight:
Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival
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Running through April 30, the annual
Wooden Shoe Tulip Fest
is here again! Walk through 40 acres of
stunning beauty, experience expansive views of vineyards, distant mountains, and a few mud puddles. Fresh flowers, food, and fun for the entire family, including well behaved dogs on leashes!
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Special time in the life of the vineyards: Bud Break!
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Bud Break is beginning in vineyards all throughout the Willamette Valley, which means this is a really unique time to visit.
What is Bud Break? From an article by
VinePair,
"Bud break, as its known in the biz, is the first stage of the vine cycle that yields grapes each fall. As the name suggests (though bud burst may be more appropriate), new green growth appears on the vines during this stage. Magically, entire regions go from brown and drab to green and vibrant during a few weeks each spring. The process is not only beautiful, but sets the stage for a productive season and puts hundreds of vineyard workers back in the fields."
So get on out to your favorite Oregon Farm Loop wine members' locations and check out this beautiful change, and have a tasting while you're at it!
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Oregon Farm Loop
PO Box 3707 Wilsonville, Oregon 97070
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This e-newsletter made possible by the generous support of many people & entities:
Oregon Agritourism Partnership, an Oregon nonprofit that benefits agritourism farms
Kyle Bunch Agency - American Family Insurance
Oregon State University Extension Service
Oregon's Mt Hood Territory
Travel Salem
Cities/Chambers of Canby, Lake Oswego, Milwaukie, Molalla, West Linn, Oregon City and Wilsonville
Clackamas and Marion Counties, Marion County Extension 4-H Service District
Sparrow Travel Media
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