When you love on the city and have a passion for gardening it can be tough to find a place to do…read moreit. The South Waterfront has fixed that issue by offering raised planter boxes filled with organic soil for rent. The rent is due annually. Included in your rental fee is the water, tools and the hauling away of the debris. People plant everything. There are flowers large and small and every kind of vegetable you can think of. Tomatoes especially seem to grow really well because the boxes get a lot of sun. The sunflowers are super happy as well. The other gardeners seem very nice and social, it's a great way to meet other people that live in the area as well. So if you have a hankering to grow something and live in close proximity....check it out!

A gem of a park!…read more I've always admired all the tall, barked beauties any time I've driven by. So today when we grabbed lunch to-go nearby I requested we bring it back to eat amongst the treeeeees. The park is fab...bocce ball courts and volleyball courts, a lovely play area, and picnic tables. Everything looked very well-maintained and clean. And, if you're like me and adore trees, it's just a great place to sit in your car, relax and take them all in while you eat. :)

Great park for toddlers. They have a really nice splash pad that my granddaughter really enjoyed…read more Wonderful on a sunny summer day.

We joined the Gladstone Community Gardening Association in 2025 and our experience has been…read morepositive. The gardens are all organic. The new leadership on the Board of Directors over the past three years has revitalized the gardens and is planning to make them even better with a pathway project to level all the paths and make them ADA compliant. Large 250 gallon water butts have been installed in case of plumbing issues so water is always available although every plot has access to water spigots; shade awnings have been installed throughout the gardens with tables and chairs to sit and eat lunch or take a break from the heat and the sun. Raised beds are now allowed. Everyone is friendly and helpful. There are people from Thailand, Korea, Mexico, Columbia, Italy, the Philippines, Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Germany, and Iraq. The annual rental is $50 with a volunteer requirement of 4 hours for a whole lot (25 ft x 45 ft) and 2 hours for a half lot per season. Those hours may be met in a range of different ways although most folks volunteer for the twice monthly work parties to keep the paths mown, and the parking and fencing areas trimmed. The variety of plants grown and the creativity shown across the allotments is amazing! We grow Asparagus, Raspberries, blueberries, strawberries, currants, snap peas, green beans, beets, turnips, potatoes, lettuces, radishes, cucumbers, peppers, tomatoes, and nearly a dozen herbs and medicinal plants such as rosemary, tarragon, lavender, comfrey, chamomile, red clover, and nasturtiums. This community is built from people of all different ages: 4-90! There are individuals and couples who have been gardening here for 20 years, some just beginning their gardening, couples with young children, seniors with their grandchildren and LGBTQ+ folks. Everyone is welcome here and supportive. I've found my community!

After deliberating for a few years about getting a spot in the community garden, my sister and I…read morefinally pulled the trigger. And we are so glad we did. The lots are large. There is water at every corner of the lot. And the annual fee is very reasonable. In addition, they have all the mechanical tools you need to prepare and maintain your lot for a small rental charge. You do need to schedule the rental though. And you need to help out at one or more monthly work parties to fulfill an annual work hour requirement but it's no more work than what you would do in your own lot. Like with many a great thing, there is a wait list. But it's worth it, believe me. Not only do you have a great sense of community here, but you can see what others are doing with their spots to get your creativity working. And everyone we've met has been so nice. It's been a wonderful experience. Be warned though, on the weekends you may encounter Remote Control airplanes and helicopters overhead as well as the neighboring athletic fields being used for anything from softball to soccer to frisbee leagues. Work in your garden, bring a chair, an umbrella and a cooler and spend the afternoon talking with your plants. It's guaranteed to de stress your life...oh and having organically grown produce is an added bonus.

Since Clarendon middle school closed down in 2006, this site sat unused and sadly neglected. Then,…read morean enterprising group from the 'hood, The Portsmouth Neighborhood Association applied and received an Interstate Urban Renewal Community Livability grant and since last year has been busy transforming the site to a community garden project prevalent in so many urban communities these days. Biggups to the PNA for their ambition and stick-to-it-iveness! One wonders what, if anything this portends for the immediately adjacent Clarendon Park (now it's called Northgate Park. I guess old man Clarendon has fallen completely out of favor). We sure played many a pick-up football game and walked the dogs, played frisbee, and fraternized w/the fairer gender many a time in that park, among other sundry activities. Hopefully this park is safely preserved in "livable" perpetuity as well..

I regularly lean against the fencing and stare with extreme focus at what folks have in their…read moregardens here. I feel like a kids with my faces pressed against the glass of a locked candy store. The 33 organic garden plots are well kept, but I am on the waiting list and every time I see an unattended plant wilt, I am filled with hope that I will get that plot! They have a picnic table inside the garden that is for gardeners only, it calls to me! You can add your name to list, just follow the link, it is very affordable, about $20 per year.

Well this park is a little neighborhood gem. A community garden, compost area, a play structure,…read morebasketball court AND BMX area. Pros - it's mostly clean and whenever I have been it's been easy in and out. Easy street parking, as there is no other parking option. Cons - don't you DARE think you can do BMX without mudding if it's rained recently. And y'all, it's PDX winter which means it's wet. And it's been a wet one for a full week. So we had A LOT of mud. Thankfully I had a bag of Goodwill donations and I found shoes, and a t-shirt for my son after he completely covered himself in mud. Lol. It's a cute local park, right on Farmington. And the BMX track has a lower level (for less experienced or smaller riders,) and then higher ramps/hills for more experienced riders. We will be back. Hopefully not to mud again!

I love this park especially in the summer. There is a good size parking lot, the restrooms are…read moreclean and it is just off the beaten path. There is a nice playground, basketball court and baseball field. I like the loop walking trail along the river that has signage so that you learn about the things that are cool to the area. Like the meteorite. It was a rainy day today but there were still a few people enjoying the walking trail.

A beautiful little oasis, with a slice of Main Street USA.....This lovely small park rests between…read moreWillamette Falls Dr and the Tualatin River. There are little league fields, a place to fish or watch the water, trails to walk your dog, neighborhood garden..what else could you possibly want? Pay a visit, if even for 15 minutes, to transport yourself into a small town park

Given that I live in this area, I often run through this area. It's a great, kid-friendly park with…read morenice terrain for running, as there are a good number of decent-sized hills. As far as I can tell, the play structures seem quite well maintained. I even think a few new structures were put in fairly recently. There's a cute little community garden that went up a number of years ago, and there are occasionally events here during the summer. If you're coming here from outside the neighborhoods bordering the park area, you'll need to park street side, as there isn't any dedicated parking for this small park.

I am a frequent visitor at Powerlines Park. There is a private parking lot and an additional lot…read moreacross the street. Very limited street parking. If you're there on the weekend, park across the street at Lenox Elementary. Depending on the season, there may be little black bugs that stick to every surface known to man! If you're there when the sun sets, the mosquitos will bite your ass. Literally. My butt had a butt. You're lucky if you are assigned games on field #2. Field #4 is a stretttcccchhh.