Swan Island Dahlias - Canby, Oregon

 Swan Island Dahlias - Canby, Oregon

If you missed the tulip festival you can perhaps make the Dahlias Show at the Swan Island Dahlias, the largest Dahlia grower in America.  This family owned business began in 1927 and now grows over 40 acres featuring over 350 varieties of dahlias!  They plant over 30,000 seedlings each year and hybridize their own new varieties.  It takes about 4 years to introduce a new seedling for sale.  Each season they introduce anywhere from 5 to 15 new varieties.

Dahlia bulbs are called tubers and are planted in the spring and produce loads of blooms the first year and all summer long.

The Dahlia Festival has indoor displays and has the fields open.  There is free admission, free parking, it is handicap accessible and a perfect way to spend a weekend.  The Festival runs the end of August and the first weekend in September but to find more information on this cot to www.dahlias.com and read the updates.

There will be over 400 floral arrangements of dahlias in the two indoor display rooms varying in size from teacup to floor to ceiling extravaganzas.  Come and enjoy this largest display of any one grower in the USA.  There are demonstrations on arrangements and care each day of the festival (check the their site for more detailed information).  There will be food booths and refreshments at the farm during the event.

If you can’t make the festival then come and see the beauty of the fields which are open from August 1^st through September, 7 days a week from 8 – 8.

Location: 995 NW 22^nd Ave., Canby, Oregon 97013

Phone: 800-410-6540 or 503-266-7711