During the month of October, Forever Northwest will be giving clues to where you can find wooden pins hidden in and around McMinnville and Newberg! Wooden Pins are Buy 2, Get 1 Free from now until Oct 31st! Each week in October, we'll be hiding wooden pins in some of our favorite natural areas. Hints will be given on Instagram and Facebook, so you'll need to be following to make sure you don't miss out! Some pins may include extra surprises like gift cards from local businesses (see below), and a free t-shirt from Forever Northwest! 😮 We'll also be releasing some new pin designs throughout the month. If you don't live in Yamhill County, or you're not able to join the search,...
During the month of October, Forever Northwest will be giving clues to where you can find wooden pins hidden in and around McMinnville and Newberg! Wooden Pins are Buy 2, Get 1 Free from now until Oct 31st! Each week in October, we'll be hiding wooden pins in some of our favorite natural areas. Hints will be given on Instagram and Facebook, so you'll need to be following to make sure you don't miss out! Some pins may include extra surprises like gift cards from local businesses (see below), and even a chance to win a Cascade Mountain Range Hoodie 😮 We'll also be releasing some new pin designs throughout the month. If you don't live in Yamhill County, or you're not able...
Help name the goats from Silverton Country Historical Society's photo and you could win your choice of a "Silverton or Bust" or "Oregon or Bust" t-shirt
Contest ends Saturday, October 1st. Winner will be selected on Sunday, October 2nd.
Contest has closed. The goats have been (unofficially) named Davenport and Oakley! :)
Did you know that roses are not native to Oregon? So how did Portland get its nickname? Photos courtesy of Wikipedia The story behind "City of Roses" is not a straightforward one, but each event lead incrementally to Portland's royal rosy status. It all started when a rose bush was given as a wedding gift in 1837, before Oregon even became a state. After which, appreciation for the flower grew (pun intended), with the creation of the Portland Rose Society, thanks to Georgina Pittock, whose husband was Henry Pittock, fancy man-about-town and publisher of The Oregonian. In 1891, William S. Ladd, a former mayor of Portland, subdivided his 126-acre property to develop Portland's first planned residential area. The unique feature...
