Chapter Meetings are open to the public
and are held on the first
Thursday of the month
at the SMILE Station
8210 SE 13th Ave.
Portland, OR 97202.
and the meeting begins at 7:30 pm.
Social time starts at 7:00 pm
*Meetings are also available simultaneously on Zoom.
Each meeting features an illustrated lecture or other plant-related event such as a non-competitive show, along with socializing, refreshments, and plenty of door prizes. Choice and unusual plants are sometimes available for purchase.
October 1, 2026 "So you want to make a rock garden….."
Christine Ebrahimi and Jan Jeddeloh will explain how they made their rock gardens and then open up the meeting to member contributions. Christine will highlight her new pumice garden. Learn how pumice boulders might be the northwest’s answer to living in a tufa desert. Christine will also discuss how she created her troughs and other rock gardens. Jan has a crevice garden, sand garden (bye, bye grassy front yard) and a small, real tufa garden. She’ll talk about the construction of these three gardens and what’s worked and what hasn’t. Christine and Jan would love for you to bring pictures of your rock garden and rock gardens you’ve visited. The good, the bad, and the ugly. We’re interested in seeing pictures of them all. Cautionary tales quite welcome. Bring your pictures on a USB thumb drive. Note we can’t download from a USB-C thumbdrive