Past Events

Summer Career Fair with Portland Parks & Recreation - SWCC

Featuring seasonal job openings in Recreation, Environmental Education, and Land Stewardship.

11:00 am 2:00 pm
Community Event

* Event is Full* Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge Planting Event with Birdhers

Please join Birdhers and Portland Parks & Recreation for a planting at Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge. This event is for womin, Trans and non-binary people of all ages and experience levels.

10:00 am 1:00 pm
Volunteer Event

Spring Garden Park Volunteer Event

Join us for a stewardship event at Spring Garden Park, this is a great way to get outside, enjoy nature, and help care for your local park.

12:00 pm 2:00 pm
Volunteer Event

Mt. Scott Park Volunteer Event

Join us for a pollinator-friendly planting party at Mt. Scott Park! We will be planting wildflowers and native shrubs that attract bees, butterflies, birds and other pollinators.

10:00 am 12:00 pm
Volunteer Event

Marquam Nature Park Volunteer Restoration Event

Join PP&R and the Friends of Marquam to help restore Marquam Nature Park.

9:00 am 12:00 pm
Volunteer Event

Portland Parks Board Meeting

Monthly Parks Board Meeting - March

5:00 pm 7:00 pm
Public Meeting
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Summer Career Fair with Portland Parks & Recreation - EPCC

Featuring seasonal job openings in Recreation, Environmental Education, and Land Stewardship.

4:30 pm 7:30 pm
Community Event

Tree Planting and Career Fair at John Luby Park

Join Urban Forestry to plant trees at John Luby Park and learn about upcoming jobs within the division and beyond.

10:00 am 1:00 pm
Volunteer Event
person moving mulch around tree base

Gateway Green Planting Event

Join PP&R and Friends of Trees to plant native shrubs, trees and wildflowers in the natural area of Gateway Green.

9:45 am 1:00 pm
Volunteer Event

Spring Garden Park Volunteer Event

Join us for a stewardship event at Spring Garden Park, this is a great way to get outside, enjoy nature, and help care for your local park.

9:00 am 11:00 am
Volunteer Event

Gateway Green Planting Event

Join PP&R, Northwest Trail Alliance, Warpaint Outdoors, and Friends of Gateway Green to plant native shrubs, trees and wildflowers in the natural area of Gateway Green.

10:00 am 1:00 pm
Volunteer Event

Kelley Point Park Planting Event

Join PP&R, Friends of Trees, 7 Waters Canoe Family, and POIC Rosemary Anderson Natural Resource Crew Leaders, to plant native shrubs, trees and wildflowers in a little-known natural area of Kelley Point Park

9:00 am 12:00 pm
Volunteer Event

Tree Summit 2024

Learn about Portland's urban forest and some of the people who help manage it.

9:00 am 1:00 pm
Community Event
People posing for a photo in a park behind an Arbor Day sign

Columbia Slough Natural Area Planting Event

Join PP&R and Friends of Trees to plant native shrubs, trees and wildflowers at Columbia Slough Natural Area

10:00 am 1:00 pm
Volunteer Event

Alberta Park Nature Patch Planting

Help spruce up Portland's original nature patch, completed in 2018, with some fill-in plantings.

10:00 am 12:00 pm
Volunteer Event
Panorama of the Columbia Park Nature Patch

Wilkes Creek Headwaters Planting Event

Join PP&R, the Columbia Slough Watershed Council, and Bark to plant native shrubs, plants, and trees at Wilkes Creek Headwaters Natural Area.

10:00 am 1:00 pm
Volunteer Event

Mt. Tabor Last Saturday Volunteer Event

Please join Portland Parks & Recreation and the Friends of Mt. Tabor Park Weed Warriors for a volunteer event at Mt. Tabor Park.

9:00 am 12:00 pm
Volunteer Event

Oregon Park Nature Patch Planting

Pitch in to bring a beautiful pollinator garden to Oregon Park.

10:00 am 12:00 pm
Volunteer Event
the nature patch at Oregon Park in progress and in need of plants

Madrona Park Volunteer Event

Please join Portland Parks & Recreation and the Overlook Neighborhood Association for a planting event at Madrona Park.

10:00 am 1:00 pm
Volunteer Event

Earl Boyles Park Nature Patch Planting

Pitch in to help create a beautiful pollinator garden.

10:00 am 12:00 pm
Volunteer Event
The nature patch is next to the playground at Earl Boyles Park.