Portland’s identity as the Rose City dates back to before Oregon was even a state. These days, the city hosts what may be the ...

The big picture: The main festival runs for more than two weeks through Sunday, June 8, but some events go later, such as the Rose Garden Awards Ceremony and Milk Carton Boat Race. Here's what's ...

The cost for each potted rose plant is $44.99, which includes Portland Nursery’s donation of $2 to the nonprofit Portland ...

What started as a private display in Pittock’s garden in 1888 soon turned into ... in 1907 – the same year as the very first Portland Rose Festival. In 1909, Peninsula Park became the city's ...

PORTLAND, Ore — This year's Portland Rose Festival officially kicks off Memorial ... create their own entries with their porches, gardens, or yards and decorate the way they want to.

PORTLAND, Oregon — Portland's acclaimed International Rose Test Garden is a big tourist attraction for the city — not only during the Rose Festival, but all year long.

PORTLAND, Oregon — The Rose Festival has been a long standing Portland ... and admiring the colorful roses at Peninsula Park Rose Garden during the summer. Princess Lulu Kennybrew is a junior ...

Harry Landers worked for and curated Portland's famous International Rose Test Garden from 1989 to 2017. In that time, he increased the garden by more than 7,000 rose plants.

In its first year, the garden occupied about a block, between a playground and an elk corral. Today, it spans 4.5 terraced acres (1.8 hectares), with more than 10,000 rose bushes — more than 600 ...

Portland’s celebrated Rose Festival begins later this month, and one of the ways you can take part is to enter the 87th Annual Royal Rosarian Rose Garden Contest! Royal Rosarian Kerri Burke ...

Two years later Portland began the annual Rose Festival. The test garden was a way to solidify the city’s reputation as a rose-growing center internationally — its supporters at the time ...

The Portland Rose Festival followed two years later. Roses plucked from city parks and home gardens festooned parade floats and cars, and marching postal workers filled their leather mailbags with ...