2025 Forest Grove GardenWalk June 14-15th, 10am-4pm.
We have 16 gardens to tour this year, 9 on Saturday and 7 on Sunday!
Maps Here
Go on the GardenWalk!
For 2025, the Forest Grove GardenWalk will have 15 gardens to view!
This year we have decades old gardens and 1 year old gardens, 3 community group’s gardens, 3 Certified Backyard Habitat gardens, large gardens and small gardens. There are gardens of all types, sizes, incomes, and ages to inspire, educate, and entertain.
The GardenWalk is always free to tour, simply grab a map, make a plan, and set out on the tour in any order you like
Questions about the GardenWalk
Q: What if it rains?
A: The GardenWalk is rain or shine, we’re Oregonians after all!
Q: Can I bring my dog?
A: Please leave pets at home, for the sanity of our host gardens’ resident pets.
Q: Are there public restrooms at the gardens?
A: No, but our paper and digital maps show public restrooms available in the area.
Q: The map has the gardens numbered, do I need to visit them in that order?
A: No, there is no order to the gardens listed on the map, you may not be able to visit all in one day, so you can review the listings and choose by neighborhood, style/features, or any other way you want to view the gardens.
Q: Are the gardens wheelchair accessible?
A: Our digital google map shows garden features in the details, which may include wheelchair/stroller accessibility. This is self-reported and determined by host gardens and may be a portion of the garden, or the full garden. Some gardens are side yard or hellscape gardens that may be viewable from the sidewalk.
Q: How are gardens selected?
A: The Forest Grove GardenWalk is an uncurated, self-guided garden tour. Any gardener who wants to show off what they have made, is welcome to join.
About Us
The Forest Grove GardenWalk was started in 2022 to provide Forest Grove gardeners a venue to show off their gardens, no matter how big or small, new or long established, whether the garden is a novice or a master gardener.
All gardens can inspire someone, even a small, newly established garden can provide encouragement and inspiration to a newer gardener, and show experienced gardeners a way of looking at gardening that they may never have considered.
Open Your Garden
What Does Showing My Garden Look Like?
1: You sign up (sign ups closed) and fill in some information about your garden.
2: In late May, you will be contacted to review your sign-up and to be assigned 1 day of June 15th or 16th to be open, based on location within Forest Grove. We group open gardens to be generally in the same side of town on each day.
3: The weekend of the tour we drop off a sign for your yard.
4: On your open garden day, you put out the sign and can choose whether to be out in your garden that day. It’s a lot of fun to interact with the tourers, some will want to chat and ask about plants, designs, etc, others just come and go.
Is My Garden Ready/Good Enough/It Doesn’t Look Like HGTV
Real gardens are not show gardens, they can be messy, they take time to build, things go wrong.
But even a new garden, built by an inexperienced gardener can inspire and encourage the aspiring gardener who just got their first home with some space for a garden, or even the green thumb who sees a new way of doing things or a plant they never heard of.
If you have a garden space you are proud of, it is worth sharing with the community.
My Front Yard Looks Great, But the Back is a Disaster.
No problem, our signs allow you to select how much of your garden you want to share and say whether the Front/Side/Back or all are open to the tour.
Do I have to show my Garden both days?
No, each garden is shown for 1 day of the weekend, we assign tour days based on geographic location within Forest Grove.
What are the criteria for showing a garden?
You must be in the Forest Grove city limits, and have a garden you want to share! That’s it!
Do I need to provide food, bathrooms, beverages?
No, our map includes public restrooms for our garden walkers to use. You do not need to provide refreshments.
I want to share my garden, but I don’t want to talk to people.
You can choose how much of your garden to show, and how much to engage. Several hosts have shown just their front yard and chosen not to be outside during the tour.
Can I sell plants, art, cleaning supplies during my tour?
We ask that all garden hosts not sell or use the garden tour to promote their business, so the event remains non-commerical. Kids lemonade/snack stands and pre-approve garden related non-profits are allowed.
About Us
The Forest Grove GardenWalk was inspired by the Buffalo and Cleveland GardenWalks, events that see hundreds of gardens open, of all sizes, styles, and experience levels, to their community. While inspired by these events, we are growing the Forest Grove GardenWalk to be our own unique event to fit our community.
Our goal at Forest Grove GardenWalk is to continue growing our community open gardens, developing walkable clusters of open gardens in different neighborhoods of Forest Grove.
The Forest Grove GardenWalk will always be a free, non-commercial event that is open to all. Forest Grove GardenWalk is a registered community benefit nonprofit corporation, donations are not tax deductible at this time, as we are not a charitable nonprofit.
Maps
Maps will be posted here for 2026!
Digital Maps:
Please do not visit gardens outside of their posted dated or times.
Google Maps have full garden details available by clicking on an entry.
By using these maps or going on the GardenWalk, you agree to release garden hosts, organizers, and volunteers from any liability incurred during or related to the GardenWalk.
Volunteer
Spanish Language Interpreter
We would like to have Spanish language translations of our printed materials to increase our reach in the community.
Gardener Guides
Help recruit new gardens for the GardenWalk, work with our garden hosts to develop descriptions of their gardens, and deliver/pickup signs before and after the open gardens.
Photographer(s)
We want photos of our event! Whether you can take photos on day, or both!
Web Development
Are you good with making websites? We really could use that!
