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A small front yard garden with various green plants and a sign in front, surrounded by wood chips, in front of a gray house with a red porch and wooden fence on the left.

Open Gardens Project – Featuring Jeff’s Habitat

By JP Marchetti-Mendez / August 8, 2025

Site Information: Located in the Roseway (NE Portland) neighborhood, with full sun, part sun, shade, and dry areas.

Lush garden with various plants, including tall flowering lupines with spiky stems and green leaves. Red flowers climb a wooden fence on the left. The background features dense greenery and shrubs, suggesting a well-tended natural garden.

Open Gardens Project – Featuring Suzanne’s Habitat

By JP Marchetti-Mendez / February 20, 2025

This is an update to a site located in the St. John’s neighborhood of North Portland, Caroline’s site conditions are part sun and shade.

Open Gardens Project – Featuring Diane’s Habitat

By Mariah Jiang / April 22, 2024

This habitat in the Garden Home neighborhood in SW Portland, has full sun, part sun, shade, dry, moist, and slope soil.

Open Gardens Project – Featuring Amy’s Habitat

By Mariah Jiang / April 19, 2024

This habitat in the Mill Park neighborhood has full sun, part sun, shade, dry, and moist soil.

A small garden with a bench and trees.

Open Gardens Project – Featuring Coyote Sue & Myk’s Habitat

By JP Marchetti-Mendez / August 30, 2023

This habitat in Lake Oswego has part sun, shade, and moist soil.

A backyard with a wooden fence and a tree.

Open Gardens Project – Featuring Burke’s Habitat

By JP Marchetti-Mendez / August 30, 2023

This habitat in the city of Gresham has full sun, part sun, shade, dry, and moist soil.

A small backyard with bushes and trees.

Open Gardens Project – Featuring Sally’s Habitat

By JP Marchetti-Mendez / August 30, 2023

This habitat in the Rose City Park neighborhood has full sun, part sun, shade, and dry soil.

A sign in front of a garden with trees and plants.

Open Gardens Project – Featuring MCMGA’s Demonstration Garden

By JP Marchetti-Mendez / July 8, 2022

This habitat in the Brentwood-Darlington neighborhood has full sun, part sun, shade, and dry soil.

A pink flowering tree in a garden.

Open Gardens Project – Featuring Char’s Habitat

By Megan Van de Mark / June 8, 2022

Site Information: Char’s habitat in the Cedar Mill area is full sun to full shade, with dry to wet soil conditions and a slope.

A path through a garden with bushes and trees.

Open Gardens Project – Featuring Amber’s Habitat

By Megan Van de Mark / March 31, 2022

Site Information: Amber’s habitat in the Cully neighborhood is full sun to full shade, with dry soil conditions and a slope

A pond with reeds and plants in it.

Open Gardens Project – Featuring Ruth’s Habitat

By Megan Van de Mark / February 21, 2022

Ruth’s habitat in Vancouver is part to full sun to full shade, with dry to moist soil conditions

The sun shines through a forest with trees and ferns.

Open Gardens Project – Featuring Anne and Gary’s Habitat

By Megan Van de Mark / January 24, 2022

Site Information: Anne and Gary’s habitat in Garden Home in Washington County is part to full sun to full shade, with dry to moist soil conditions and a slope

A garden with a lot of flowers and rocks.

Open Gardens Project – Featuring the “Water Wise Garden at the Wildlife Botanical Gardens” Habitat

By Megan Van de Mark / January 7, 2022

Site Information: The Water Wise Garden habitat is located in Brush Prairie, Washington. It has part to full shade, with moist soil conditions.

Pink flowers on a bush in front of a green house.

Open Gardens Project – Featuring Rosewig’s Habitat

By Megan Van de Mark / December 28, 2021

Site Information: Jane’s habitat in Beaverton has full sun, part sun, and shade light conditions and dry to wet soil conditions as well as a slope

A tree stump in the middle of a wooded area.

Open Gardens Project – Featuring Donna’s Habitat

By Megan Van de Mark / September 28, 2021

Site Information: Donna’s habitat in Lake Oswego is part to full shade, with dry to moist soil conditions

A garden with rocks and plants in it.

Open Gardens Project – Featuring Riverplace’s Habitat

By JP Marchetti-Mendez / September 15, 2021

Riverplace condos near the South Waterfront Park naturescaped their grounds to coordinate with the natural beauty of the Willamette shore.

A house with bushes and shrubs in front of it.

Open Gardens Project – Featuring Laura’s Habitat

By Megan Van de Mark / September 1, 2021

Site Information: Laura’s habitat in Cedar Hills in Washington County has full sun, part sun, and shade light conditions and dry to wet soil conditions as well as a slope

A backyard with a rock garden and flowers.

Open Gardens Project – Featuring Anne’s Habitat

By Megan Van de Mark / August 30, 2021

Site Information: Anne’s habitat in Portland has full sun conditions

A garden in the middle of a street.

Open Gardens Project – Featuring Paula’s Habitat

By Megan Van de Mark / August 17, 2021

Site Information: Paula’s habitat in North Portland has full sun to part shade to full shade conditions and dry to moist soil conditions

A garden with a lot of plants and trees.

Open Gardens Project – Featuring Debbie’s Habitat

By Megan Van de Mark / August 17, 2021

Site Information: Debbie’s habitat in South Tabor in SE Portland has full sun to part shade to full shade conditions and dry to moist soil conditions