Rose City Roots

Seasonal gardening wisdom for Portland, Oregon

🌿 Zone 8b  ·  Spring 2026

Local Gems

Portland has a wonderful community of nurseries, farmers markets, community gardens, and hidden spots that make gardening here so special. This is our running list of favorites places we actually visit and love, and think you will too.

Best Buy In Town Landscape SupplyMaterials Supplies

Best Buy In Town Landscape Supply

2200 NE Cornelius Pass Rd, Hillsboro, OR 97124

If you live at the far end of the world in Hillsboro or Beaverton, this is your joint! Barkdust, soil, compost, rocks, sand, gravel, sticks and stones, you'll find them all there. And if you use their

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Cascadian NurseriesPlants

Cascadian Nurseries

8900 NW Dick Rd, Hillsboro, OR 97124

My absolute favorite place to visit when shopping for plants. The quality, the variety, the peacocks strolling around, the surroundings, I've always day dreamed about working there... The only thing i

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Dennis 7 Dees Landscaping & Garden CentersPlants

Dennis 7 Dees Landscaping & Garden Centers

1090 McVey Ave, Lake Oswego, OR 97034

They do it all, and I mean all of it! The company has been around since before dinosaurs, I hear a couple of them still roam the HQ hallways.  The garden centers are a mine of info and carry supe

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McFarlanes BarkMaterials Supplies

McFarlanes Bark

13345 SE Johnson Rd, Milwaukie, OR 97222

They carry the usual yard amendments but they also recycle yard debris (and sell it back as compost). They take some lumber and construction refuse too just as long as it's free of metal and paint/sta

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Mt Scott FuelMaterials Supplies

Mt Scott Fuel

6904 SE Foster Rd, Portland, OR 97206

They've been around forever, over a hundred years in fact. They have all the barkdust, soil and rocks you'll ever need. They also carry specialty stones and boulders as well as firewood; I usually pic

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Portland Nursery - SE Stark St LocationPlants

Portland Nursery - SE Stark St Location

5050 SE Stark St, Portland, OR 97215

They grow gardeners. And plants. Perennials, tropicals, deciduous, in small pots, in big planters, bonsais... if it has roots and/or foliage you'll find it there. Worst case they'll special order it f

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Redbark IncBark Blowing

Redbark Inc

6400 SE 101st Ave, Portland, OR 97266

All your bark and soil blowing can be handled with these guys. Same advice than for Best Buy crews, be extra nice to them, the job is no picnic! https://www.redbarkinc.com/ 503-722-5910

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Site One - Landscape SuppliesMaterials Supplies

Site One - Landscape Supplies

12723 SE Carpenter Dr Clackamas,OR 97015

Landscape supplies, all of them! Outdoor lighting, sticks and stones, shovels, and every sprinkler heads one can install! Great quality and prices, top notch staff, Henry is the wizard behind the curt

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