Top Spots To See Summer Flowers In Mt. Hood Territory

Each year gorgeous sunflower fields welcome summer! Take advantage of different photo ops a farms throughout Mt. Hood Territory. Stafford Acres Sunflower Festival is an event with kids' activities and stations to view farm animals like chickens, peacocks and goats. Ramage Farms in Mulino invites you to visit their fields and sometimes has food trucks on-site. 

In August and September, vibrant colors appear as if a rainbow has bloomed from the ground at Swan Island Dahlias in Canby. Stroll through their fields, or even pack a picnic for a lunch with stunning views. They have virtually every kind of dahlia and new varieties they've cultivated themselves. Bonus: You can bring some of the beauty home with you, as they offer pre-cut flowers and bouquets. In Estacada, Mama's Dahlia Farm is a family run farm with u-pick dahlias for a buck a bloom until the first frost of the season. They also sell tubers.

EnChroma color blind sunglasses help those with red-green color blindness experience the full spectrum of breathtaking colors in select flower fields. Rent a pair for no cost at the Swan Island Dahlia Festival and the Wooden Shoe Farm Summer Flower event (as well as their annual spring tulip festival).

Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm, known for its breathtaking tulip displays, transforms into a haven of summer flowers, including sunflowers, cosmos, zinnias and more for a short time in late July and early August. Capture the magic of the flower fields during the golden hours of sunrise/sunset, or fill a glass jar with beautiful u-pick blooms. Fees apply. Bucolic, family owned Fiala Farms in West Linn offers a lovely u-cut flower experience in late summer. Head to Molalla and you'll find Stoller Farms where this family-owned and operated nursery produces more than 5,000 geraniums per year! While in town visit another family-owned business in C&K's Flower Garden, which is really a 27-acre farm offering a wide variety of cut flowers as well as fresh produce. At Laurel Hedge Garden in Estacada this two-acre estate is arranged into garden rooms hosting a Japanese garden with tea house, koi pond with rustic pavilion, white-flowering spiral garden, rose garden and vegetable garden. 

In June and July one of the most beloved floral scents of them all, the tranquil notes of lavender, manifests in row after row after row of deep purple gloriousness. Fields at Barn Owl Nursery have extras like gift shops filled with lavender scented goodies and all sorts of other treasures. Whispering Lavender Farm offers u-pick lavender and a great farm store. Willamette Valley Lavender Farm is a family-owned lavender farm in Canby featuring the best of hand-harvested English and French lavender. They also have a charming greenhouse that they rent out as a photography studio in the fields. At Raven Croft Lavender Farm you can stroll through the lavender demonstration field learning tips for growing lavender in Oregon and picnic with a fantastic view of the Willamette Valley. Hope Lavender Farm is a family-owned U-pick lavender farm. Relax and take in the beautiful Mt. Hood view while you pick some bundles of lavender to take home.

While these flowers are in bloom at the Rogerson Clematis Garden in Lake Oswego all year long, they extend their hours May through October, so there's more time to enjoy the real showstoppers of the warm season. Known as "Queen of the Vines," you can check out their What's In Bloom page to see which of your favorite majesties is in full color. They also offer special events and often have docent-led tours over holiday weekends, such as Mother's Day and Memorial Day. The gardens at Luscher Farm nextdoor are a stunning sight in the late summer and early fall.