Join us in 2008 for the 21st Annual Apple Tasting Event Portland Nursery at 5050 SE Stark
Always the second and third weekends in October
Friday-Sunday October 10,11,12, 2008
Friday-Sunday October 17,18,19, 2008

20th Annual Apple Tasting Event

This year’s 20th annual Apple Tasting is now but a memory, but what a memory it is! 

We had it all, over the two weekends: gorgeous sun, rain and wind. Strudel, a juggler and magician on stilts, cooking demonstrations, storytellers, a full Mariachi Band, and tons of apples and pears to taste and to buy to name just a bit of everything that there was to enjoy!

We knocked ourselves out with live music this year. We had a full Mariachi band: Los Gallos de America and the hottest Cuban band in the Northwest:Cana Son.  Combine that with Gypsy Jazz at its finest: The Pete Krebs Gypsy Trio and American roots with an edge: the Sasparilla Jug Band. Then we topped it off with bluegrass by one of our favorites:Great Northern Planes.

Our 20th year saw record-breaking crowds – thank you to everyone who joined us for this year’s celebration -- even in the worst of the weather there were the intrepid visitors who braved the rain with smiles on their faces and true Portlanders’ spirit!  Thank you to all who braved the lines, the parking challenges – we hope you had a great time!

Portland Impact collected a lot of canned food in the big orange barrel donated by visitors during the event, and Elders in Action benefited from a percentage of the sale of apples and pears.

Over the last 20 years, the event has grown and changed, it has managed to retain much of the spirit of community celebration that initiated its creation twenty years ago. This fact was reinforced by an email we received from a customer the week after Apple Tasting was over. In the original spirit of Portland Nursery’s Apple Tasting, we would like to in turn share this story with you:

The Portland Nursery's Apple Festival has always had a unique importance to my family, particularly my daughter Damaris, who has celebrated her October birthday in conjunction with the festival since she was 6 years old. She has not missed one in 20 years -- until this year -- as she now resides in Ireland. Now forced to break with tradition, we came up with an  idea -- a stand-in, her old Bunny, to be documented cheerfully taking Damaris' place in the much loved festival events that had shaped and colored her childhood. The attached pics commemorate the antics of our designated "stunt bunny." Fondly, Mary Dixon

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Portland Nursery at 5050 SE Stark
Join us in 2008
Second and Third Weekends in October
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.