Festival of Fragrance

2010 Community Events Title Sponsor - NW Natural

Festival of Fragrance

March 20-31
See schedule for a full list of activities

The Festival of Fragrance is a celebration of all things fragrant. Over two weeks, the Garden will host a plant sale, a camellia display from the Oregon Camellia Society, and two weeks of activities.

The weekend of March 20 & 21, the Garden will host a plant sale featuring more than 20 local, specialized nurseries.  Located just outside the Garden walls in the parking lot to the north of the Garden, the sale will feature Chinese plants including orchids, rhododendrons, camellias, edgeworthia, daphne, and bamboo--including many fragrant types and plants found within the Garden’s own collection. Proceeds of the plant sale support the Garden’s ongoing horticultural work.

While the plant sale is happening outside, inside the Garden will be alive with plant enthusiasts. Members of the Oregon Camellia Society will be on-hand to discuss and showcase their camellias and self-guided tours of the Garden’s camellias will be available.

Other activities include aromatherapy talks, flower arranging workshops with fragrant plants, and tours with the Garden’s horticulture staff of fragrant plants inside the Garden.

Plant Sale

March 20-21
10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. both days

Members Only Early Bird Sale
Saturday, March 20
9:00-10:00 a.m.

The plant sale your opportunity to take home a piece of Lan Su.  Featuring plants of Chinese origin--many of whose mature specimens are featured within the Garden itself--the plant sale is the perfect opportunity to find a plant perfect for your own garden.  The sale has expanded this year to include more than 20 local, specialized nurseries. To accommodate such a diverse and varied assortment of high-quality plants, the sale has moved from within the Garden to the parking lot just to the north.
By locating the sale outside the Garden, admission is not required for the sale. In addition, each vendor is pledging a percentage of their sales to support Lan Su with all of the sale proceeds benefiting the Garden’s horticulture programs.

Members of the Garden get early access and first pick of the plants with the Member Early Bird Sale from 9:00-10:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 20.  With the addition of new vendors bringing a larger number of local, specialized plants member discounts will not be available.

Plant Sale Vendors include:

Schedule of Events

Saturday, March 20
All Day - Self-guided tours of the Garden’s camellias
All Day - Camellia Display in the Garden
9:00-10:00 a.m. - Member Only Early Bird Access Plant Sale
10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. - Plant Sale
1:00 p.m. - Ask the Expert with the Oregon Camellia Society

Sunday, March 21
All Day - Self-guided tours of the Garden’s camellias
All Day - Camellia Display in the Garden
10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. - Plant Sale
1:00 p.m. - Ask the Expert with the Oregon Camellia Society

Tuesday, March 23
1:00 p.m. - Aromatherapy Lecture from the American College of Healthcare Sciences
3:00 p.m. - Fragrant Plants of the Garden - A tour of the Garden’s most fragrant plants with the Garden’s horticulture staff

Wednesday, March 24
1:00 p.m. - Fragrant Flower Arranging with Mark Vossbrink of RainyDay Flowers

Tuesday, March 30
1:00 p.m. - Aromatherapy Lecture from the American College of Healthcare Sciences
3:00 p.m. - Fragrant Plants of the Garden - A tour of the Garden’s most fragrant plants with the Garden’s horticulture staff

Wednesday, March 31
1:00 p.m. - Fragrant Flower Arranging with Mark Vossbrink of RainyDay Flowers