Wasn’t Wednesday a great Spring day here in Portland?  Now that Spring’s officially here, there are only more great sunny days to come.  I actually got into the garden and got my hands dirty – felt really good. Thank goodness Winter is over.

Along with Spring come the garden shows, plant sales, garden events, etc.  I’ve always considered the following event to be the “true” start of Spring.

The Wooden Shoe Tulip gardens open March 25, 2009.

One year I went to the Wooden Shoe Tulip fields with my camera in tow.  It was a gorgeous “10″ day in Oregon — blue sky, sunny but not hot, light breeze and the tulips were in full bloom.  Mt. Hood was in view in all her glory along with the red barn on the property.  I took a full roll of film only to get home that day and found I had left the roll of film on the counter.  I was happily snapping pictures all day with no film.  Obviously, I was very disappointed.  If you go, make sure you take your camera.  Nowadays with digital cameras that isn’t a problem.  Bring along some good rain boots or garden shoes to trek around the fields just in case it isn’t that perfect “10″ day.

Another one of my favorites on April 4, is the Garden Palooza at Fir Point Farms in Aurora, Oregon.  There will be 40 local nurseries and garden vendors to get you excited about gardening.  Hundreds of plants, tools and garden art.  A true gardener’s paradise.

On April 4 and 5, there’s the Trillium Festival at Tryon Creek State Park.

Then there’s the Hardy Plant Society Plant Sale April 11-12 at the Expo Center.  For years they were at the Hillsboro Fairplex. The first time I went, I was overwhelmed and had to go back the next day there was so much.  With their expanded quarters, there’s even more to see and “buy”.

This is only the start of many more.

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