Portland Nursery
Portland Nursery

Join us in 2009 for Annual Apple Tasting

Portland Nursery at 5050 SE Stark
Friday-Sunday October 9, 10, 11 2009
Friday-Sunday October 16, 17, 18, 2009

 

Whew! Just when we thought Apple Tasting couldn’t get any Apple Tasting 2008bigger and better…..not one, but two weekends of glorious autumn sunshine, and you all came out to celebrate with us! Wasn’t it great?

Sixty-one varieties of apples and pears to taste – we had to add another table to the tasting lines – and this year there were three tasting lines to help make sure everyone got to sample some of the best apples and pears this region has to offer.

Apple tasting 2008

Clowns, jugglers, face-painting, crafts and storytelling – there was something for kids of all ages who visited us during those two weeks.

Local chefs and the Hungry Gardener brought us more delicious ideas and recipes in their cooking demos.
But we couldn’t have made it such a success without you!

Pumpkin scarecrows You brought us a dozen fantastic and original scarecrows.

 

Apple Tasting 2008You waited patiently for the last box of Honey Crisp apples to be wheeled out on Sunday morning and didn’t push or shove each other to get some of this year’s Most Sought-After Apple.

 

Apple Tasting 2008

You danced and tapped your feet and enjoyed the wide array of music we’ve come to be known for – and helped us say farewell to what has been the cornerstone band of our event, Great Northern Planes.

You contributed an abundance of cans of food to Portland Impact and have helped to make a difference to our neighbors in need.

And on a personal note: After the last weekend of the event the cashiers brought me a couple envelopes containing cash– change from purchases – that generous customers asked be contributed to Portland Impact.

In the seventeen Apple Tasting events I have been a part of this is the first time this has happened. It didn’t amount to a vast amount of money, but that’s not the point; this year’s apple tasting came at a time of incredible economic upheaval and uncertainty, and yet this was the year that people made the added gesture to take care of those in greater need than themselves.

Thank you for helping to keep alive the community spirit of the event.