Summer Greetings! We are more than halfway through what promises to be a historic year for the Portland Botanical Gardens. With a plan to close on the McCormick & Baxter site by the end of the year, we are ramping up efforts across the board—from site planning to public engagement to fundraising. To that end, what […]
Author: Matthew Taylor
Learning & Engagement Opportunities
The Portland Botanical Gardens (PBG) continues its due diligence and hopes to close on the amazing 59 acre McCormick & Baxter site in North Portland by year’s end. Along with the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), we are providing ongoing learning and engagement opportunities for the public. Community Webinar w/DEQ – May 8th, 6:00-7:30PM […]
Spring 2025 Update
Happy Earth and Arbor Days! We hope this finds you well and enjoying the beautiful spring weather. This update comes right between Earth Day (April 22) and Arbor Day (April 25), days of stewardship and celebration of the natural world, and a great time to share news about the Portland Botanical Gardens (PBG). As many […]
LND LAB & PBG Partnership
LND LAB, led by award-winning landscape architect Michael Geffel, is partnering with PBG to create a research structure so that students, researchers, and community members interested in studying M&B can access historical records, site plans, monitoring reports, and operational infrastructure. As a start, LND LAB generated detailed Existing Conditions and Botanical Inventory site maps, and […]
Happy New Year from PBG
[Below reprinted from end of year letter from PBG] Dear Friends, First of all, thank you for your donations, letters, and volunteer energy for the Portland Botanical Gardens (PBG). Your support is what has brought us this far. The response to PBG’s April 22, 2024 announcement of a Purchase and Sale Agreement (PSA) for the […]





