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Help keep the South Park Blocks beautiful and clean!Join the Friends of South Park Blocks and PP&R for a weekly volunteer day. Volunteers meet year-round, rain or shine, to help with gardening and land care activities. Typical activities include weed...

Join the Tuesday Pittock Gardens volunteer crew! Every Tuesday, rain or shine, volunteers gather in the garden at Pittock Mansion to care for the plants.  We welcome gardeners of all experience levels to join, you’ll get to work with Portland Park...

Lane SUN School and Latino Network partner together to help run the Lane Middle School Food Pantry. Our pantry supports Lane Middle School students, their families, and the SE Portland community.Food Pantry Shift Hours: Every Tuesday from 2-4:30pmQua...

Help us keep Errol Heights Park in bloom! Do you love helping flowers to flourish? Learning about native plants, pollinators, and keeping weeds away? Spending time with nature and your neighbors? We're looking for volunteers to grow a group of plant ...

Help us tend to this beautiful new park in SE Portland! Join PP&R for family-friendly volunteer events at Parklane Park to help weed and prune garden beds, mulch plants and trees, remove debris, build soil health, and install new plants. This is a g...

Help us keep the shrub beds at Mill Park in bloom! Join PP&R to help weed, prune, and mulch the plant beds around the community garden. This is a great opportunity to learn more about gardening and connect with your neighbors and community. Plant car...

Help us tend to one of the lovely garden beds at Argay Park! This patch of pollinator-friendly plants surrounds the park sign and welcomes you into the space. Join PP&R and your neighbors for a family-friendly volunteer hour to help weed, prune, mul...

Join PP&R horticulture staff to keep up the natural garden at Overlook Park.Created in 2021, the Overlook Nature Patch is a one-acre pollinator garden with a high diversity of native plants that support insects and wildlife. Work parties - weeding, ...

Join Portland Parks & Recreation in the Cloud Forest rhododendron garden in Washington Park most Fridays, rain or shine. Spend a couple of hours amongst the trees, weeding, mulching, planting, and learning about invasive plant management. We meet a...

Bee a pal to plants and join the Pier Park Plant Pals!Join PP&R for a monthly volunteer event to help with gardening and land care activities throughout the park.This is a great opportunity to learn more about gardening and native plants and to conne...

Help restore the Bluff, a half-mile hillside overlooking Rose City Golf Course. Every Sunday at 9:30am, volunteers meet at NE Sacramento and 66th to remove invasive and add native plants to enhance this unique green space. We typically clip blackberr...

Help keep the South Park Blocks beautiful and clean!Join the Friends of South Park Blocks and PP&R for a weekly volunteer day. Volunteers meet year-round, rain or shine, to help with gardening and land care activities. Typical activities include weed...

Help us keep the Wilkes Park pollinator patch in bloom! Join PP&R for a monthly, family-friendly volunteer event to help with gardening tasks like weeding, pruning, mulching, and adding new plants to the park.This is a great opportunity to learn mor...

Join PP&R and the Friends of Spring Garden Park for a morning of plant and garden care at Spring Garden Park. Volunteers will have the opportunity to learn about native plants and simple gardening techniques. We invite all members of the community to...

Do you celebrate Día de los Muertos? In 2024, Portland Parks & Recreation partnered with City employee resource group, Latinx PDX, to create these special garden beds in the SE corner of Mt. Scott Park. Each year we plant marigolds and other vibr...

Lane SUN School and Latino Network partner together to help run the Lane Middle School Food Pantry. Our pantry supports Lane Middle School students, their families, and the SE Portland community.Food Pantry Shift Hours: Every Tuesday from 2-4:30pmQua...

Bee a friend to the park and help us keep Laurelhurst Park in bloom!Join the Friends of Laurelhurst Park and PP&R for a monthly volunteer event to help with gardening and land care activities throughout the park. Regular activities include weeding, ...

Join PP&R horticulture staff to help keep up the natural garden at Columbia Park.Created in 2020, the Columbia Nature Patch is a half-acre woodland shade garden with a high diversity of native plants that support insects and wildlife. Work parties -...

Join Portland Parks & Recreation in the Cloud Forest rhododendron garden in Washington Park most Fridays, rain or shine. Spend a couple of hours amongst the trees, weeding, mulching, planting, and learning about invasive plant management. We meet a...

Help restore the Bluff, a half-mile hillside overlooking Rose City Golf Course. Every Sunday at 9:30am, volunteers meet at NE Sacramento and 66th to remove invasive and add native plants to enhance this unique green space. We typically clip blackberr...

Join Portland Parks & Recreation on the MAC Trail in Washington Park most Mondays, rain or shine. The MAC Trail winds its way through the park, connecting community and visitors to the parks many amenities and attractions.  Spend a couple of hours ...

Help keep the South Park Blocks beautiful and clean!Join the Friends of South Park Blocks and PP&R for a weekly volunteer day. Volunteers meet year-round, rain or shine, to help with gardening and land care activities. Typical activities include weed...

Join the Tuesday Pittock Gardens volunteer crew! Every Tuesday, rain or shine, volunteers gather in the garden at Pittock Mansion to care for the plants.  We welcome gardeners of all experience levels to join, you’ll get to work with Portland Park...

Join Portland Parks & Recreation and The Portland Monarchs for a morning in the butterfly habitat at the viewpoint at Pittock Mansion.This butterfly garden is a sanctuary that plays a critical role in providing a habitat for endangered Monarch Butter...

Lane SUN School and Latino Network partner together to help run the Lane Middle School Food Pantry. Our pantry supports Lane Middle School students, their families, and the SE Portland community.Food Pantry Shift Hours: Every Tuesday from 2-4:30pmQua...

Help us keep Luuwit View Park in bloom! Join PP&R for a monthly family-friendly volunteer event to help weed, prune, mulch, and occasionally add new plants throughout the park.This is a great opportunity to learn more about gardening and to connect...

Join PP&R horticulture staff to help keep up the natural garden at Irving Park.Created in 2021, this two-acre pollinator garden is PP&R's largest nature patch and boasts a dizzying diversity of native plants that support insects and wildlife. Work p...

One of the best ways to ensure a healthy, long-lived tree is to uncover the root flare before planting. Help us pull back soil on hundreds of trees before we give them away this fall. Don't know what a root flare is? No problem. We will show you exa...

Join PP&R horticulture staff to tend the natural garden at Lents Park.Created in 2020, the Lents Nature Patch is a one-acre pollinator garden with a high diversity of native plants that support insects and wildlife. Work parties to keep this beautif...

Join Portland Parks & Recreation in the Cloud Forest rhododendron garden in Washington Park most Fridays, rain or shine. Spend a couple of hours amongst the trees, weeding, mulching, planting, and learning about invasive plant management. We meet a...

Fall Equinox Celebration @ 10:00am
by Native Gathering Garden

We invite our community, family, and friends to welcome fall back to the Native Gathering Garden. Meet us at the Gathering Circle (pictured above) for:     Indigenous cultural activities  Land tending opportunities  Seed scattering in the garden  Spending time in community   Dress for the weather, whatever the weat...

Join us and partner organizations to celebrate bringing our communities together through outdoor connection, recreation, nature and reflection!When: Saturday, September 19th, 2026Where: Mt Scott Park at SE 72nd and SE Harold St, Portland OR 97206Volu...

Help restore the Bluff, a half-mile hillside overlooking Rose City Golf Course. Every Sunday at 9:30am, volunteers meet at NE Sacramento and 66th to remove invasive and add native plants to enhance this unique green space. We typically clip blackberr...

Join PP&R horticulture staff to keep up the natural garden at Alberta Park. Created in 2017, Portland's flagship nature patch is the (pollinator) bomb.Work parties to keep this beautiful garden healthy - weeding, mulching, pruning - are held most m...

Help keep the South Park Blocks beautiful and clean!Join the Friends of South Park Blocks and PP&R for a weekly volunteer day. Volunteers meet year-round, rain or shine, to help with gardening and land care activities. Typical activities include weed...

Join the Tuesday Pittock Gardens volunteer crew! Every Tuesday, rain or shine, volunteers gather in the garden at Pittock Mansion to care for the plants.  We welcome gardeners of all experience levels to join, you’ll get to work with Portland Park...

Lane SUN School and Latino Network partner together to help run the Lane Middle School Food Pantry. Our pantry supports Lane Middle School students, their families, and the SE Portland community.Food Pantry Shift Hours: Every Tuesday from 2-4:30pmQua...

Do you love helping flowers to bloom? Learning about native plants, pollinators, and keeping weeds away? Spending time with nature and your neighbors? We're looking for volunteers to grow a group of plant pals at Hazeltine Park!If you are seeking a c...

Join PP&R and the Friends of Spring Garden Park for a morning of plant and garden care at Spring Garden Park. Volunteers will have the opportunity to learn about native plants and simple gardening techniques. We invite all members of the community to...

Join PP&R horticulture staff keep up the natural garden beds around Woodlawn Park.Parks staff have been working for many years to renovate Woodlawn Park by removing areas of invasive English Ivy and add native plants that support insects and wildlife...

Help restore the Bluff, a half-mile hillside overlooking Rose City Golf Course. Every Sunday at 9:30am, volunteers meet at NE Sacramento and 66th to remove invasive and add native plants to enhance this unique green space. We typically clip blackberr...

Join Portland Parks & Recreation on the MAC Trail in Washington Park most Mondays, rain or shine. The MAC Trail winds its way through the park, connecting community and visitors to the parks many amenities and attractions.  Spend a couple of hours ...

Help keep the South Park Blocks beautiful and clean!Join the Friends of South Park Blocks and PP&R for a weekly volunteer day. Volunteers meet year-round, rain or shine, to help with gardening and land care activities. Typical activities include weed...

Join the Tuesday Pittock Gardens volunteer crew! Every Tuesday, rain or shine, volunteers gather in the garden at Pittock Mansion to care for the plants.  We welcome gardeners of all experience levels to join, you’ll get to work with Portland Park...

Lane SUN School and Latino Network partner together to help run the Lane Middle School Food Pantry. Our pantry supports Lane Middle School students, their families, and the SE Portland community.Food Pantry Shift Hours: Every Tuesday from 2-4:30pmQua...