Portland families love their Pacific Northwest home. From the largest urban forest to an abundance of gorgeous parks, our city is truly a natural oasis filled with many beloved greenspaces that need our nurturing and support. This weekend Portland is hosting tons of Earth Day activities, events and celebrations that give your family an opportunity to get out and have fun while cleaning, planting and restoring protected areas. Read on to find out where your family can make the biggest impact this weekend.
Clean-up in Northwest Portland
Bring the kiddos out to northwest Portland to spend a Saturday morning cleaning up the neighborhood! The Hostel Cafe is acting as the hub for this Earth Day tradition, and they’ll have you covered. SOLVE Oregon will provide the bags, the litter grabbers, the gloves, and the refreshments – all you need to do is show up in your best pair of walking shoes, but you can bring all of your own materials if you’d like! Event Details.
Portland Saturday Market
Spring is here and there is no better time to support our local artisans than now, and what better way is there than by hitting the iconic Portland Saturday Market. Enjoy local music, delectable bites, and shopping goods created by our beloved city’s artists. Event Details.
Autism Walk
Join this family-friendly, Autism-friendly event celebrating Autistic people and the Autism community! Registration fee includes a commemorative event tee-shirt, face painters, photo booth, resource tables, art activities, obstacle court, appearances by costumed characters, and more! The walk is a 1/2 mile loop, accessible to all. All funds raised are to support ASO’s programs in Oregon and SW Washington! Event Details.
Earth Day Community Celebration
This full-day event is sure to get the kids pumped about celebrating our awesome planet. Get to know your neighbors and show up on Earth Day at Washington Highschool to enjoy an afternoon of panel discussions, arts & crafts, and live music! Make sure to bring props, homemade signs, and your best Earth accessories so you can take part in the parade! After that, you can make your way to Clinton Street Records for a little pre-screening bash before settling in at the Clinton Theater to watch Rad Earth. Event Details.
Trail Work: Forest Park
Join Portland families in our city’s beloved Forest Park for the annual trail work party with the Forest Park Conservancy. Attendees will work throughout the morning until noon working on the trails. Sign-up is required in advance. Event Details.
Center for Native Arts & Cultures
Join the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF) for a day of activation at the new Center for Native Arts and Cultures (CNAC)! The Open House event at CNAC provides an opportunity to view NACF’s inaugural exhibition, “Where the Waters Come Together,” meet NACF staff, and hear about future plans for the Center of Native Arts. Visitors can participate in various art activations throughout the building as well as witness performances by Indigenous artists. Event Details.
Community Clean-up and Planting Party
One of the best things about Portland is the natural beauty that surrounds us. The smell of roses quite literally floats through the air. On Earth Day, you can join a community clean-up project in your neighborhood! Local families will be walking around and picking up trash as well as sprucing up the planter boxes on the sidewalk, and planting some flowers and bulbs. Event Details.
The World of Leonardo Da Vinci
The World of Leonardo da Vinci is an innovative exhibition dedicated to one of the most influential thinkers of the Renaissance. Visitors will explore reproductions of da Vinci’s many engineering marvels and artistic masterpieces, ranging from boats to flying machines to musical instruments.
For the first time ever in the Pacific Northwest, two original da Vinci folios from the 500-year-old Codex Atlanticus will be on display thanks to an arrangement with the renowned Biblioteca Ambrosiana of Milan, Italy. Visitors will have the opportunity to see these authentic documents up close as well as consult all pages of da Vinci’s Codex Atlanticus and Codex on Flight in digital format. Event Details.
