Past Events
2026
Friends & Allies Spring Summit
Thursday, May 14, 5:00 - 7:30 PM, The Laurelhurst Club
Raymond Park Playground Celebration
Friday, May 8th, 2026, Raymond Park
Placekeeping in Motion: Native Memory and Presence
Green Dreams Series Field Day at Tryon Creek
Sunday, April 19th, Tryon Creek Education Pavilion
Thompson Elk Fountain Return Celebration
Sunday, April 12th, between Lownsdale and Chapman Squares
Return of the Thompson Elk Fountain: the Restoration, the Film, the Comic
Wednesday, April 8, 5:30 - 8:00 PM, JK Gill Building
2025
Green Dreams Panel: Through the Eyes of the Elk
Thursday, October 30, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, Literary Arts
Friends & Allies Fall Summit
Thursday, October 16, 10:00 AM - 6:30 PM, Kennedy School
Green Dreams Field Day: Peninsula Park
Saturday, September 27, 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM, Peninsula Park
2024
Friends & Allies Spring Summit
May 16, 2024, 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm at The Laurelhurst Club
2023
Friends & Allies Fall Summit
October 12, 2023, 10:30 am - 6:30 pm at McMennamins Kennedy School.
In a Landscape Benefit Concerts for Portland Parks Foundation
July 8 & 9, 2023, 6:00 - 7:30 pm at Washington Park
Rose City Park Playground Play Day & Opening Celebration
June 17, 2023, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm at Rose City Park
Friends & Allies Spring Summit
May 18, 2023, 5:00 - 7:30pm at the Laurelhurst Club
Just Space: Beyond Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Design
March 1, 2023 at 5:30pm
Urbanism in Motion: Mobile Architecture, Street Plazas, and the Green Loop
February 27, 2023 at 5:30pm
Urban Futures: Work, Retail, and Living in Post-Pandemic Downtown
February 22, 2023 at 5:30pm
Making Space for Everyone: Trauma-Informed Design and Programming
February 13, 2023 at 5:30pm
Grassroots Urbanism: Growing Public Space from the Youth Up
February 8, 2023 at 5:30pm
Back to Square 1: An Introduction to O’Bryant Square’s Past and Future
February 6, 2023 at 5:30pm
2022
Fall 2022 Friends and Allies Summit
McMenamins Kennedy School, October 20, 2022 at 12pm
Paseo
South Park Blocks, July 15-17
Spring 2022 Friends and Allies Summit
Laurelhurst Club, May 12, 2022 at 5pm
Beyond Recreation: Climate, Social Justice, and the Urban Landscape Ahead
March 28, 2022 at 6pm
Parks and Consequences—Hidden Histories of Olmsted Parks Tradition, from New York to Portland
March 14, 2022 at 6 pm
Greening Democracy: Frederick Law Olmsted, Slavery, & American Park Design
March 7, 2022 at 6 pm
Looking Inward First: How to Make Your Organization More Equitable
March 3, 2022 at 5 pm
2021
Fall 2021 Friends and Allies Summit
October 23 - October 26 & November 18
Paseo
August 28 - October 1
Spring 2021 Friends & Allies Summit
Thursday, May 27 at 5:30 pm
Re-imagining Portland — Cleanse: A Dialogue on Art and Public Space with Paul Farber and Michelle Angela Ortiz
Wednesday, March 17 at 5 pm
Re-imagining Portland: Parks, Public Space, Memory, Creativity, and Spatial Justice with Liz Ogbu
Wednesday, March 17 at 5 pm
2020
Green Dreams: Radical Love: How nature can shape a more equitable city
Monday, December 7 at 5:30 pm
Parks Levy House Party with Commissioner-Elect Carmen Rubio and former Parks Director Zari Santner
Wednesday, October 7, 2020 at 5 pm
Green Dreams: A virtual happy hour with City Council Candidates Chloe Eudaly and Mingus Mapps
Monday, September 28, 2020 at 5:30 pm
Portland’s Parks Friends & Allies Summit
Saturday, September 28, 2020, 10 am to 3 pm
Pints4Parks: Parks, Protests and Soccer
Wednesday, August 12, 2020 at 5 pm
Green Dreams: A Portland City Council Candidates Position 2 Candidates Forum on Parks
Wednesday, July 15, 2020 at 5:30 pm
Green Dreams: A Portland City Council Candidates E-forum on Parks
Monday, April 20, 2020 at 5 pm
Portland’s Parks Friends & Allies Summit-Postponed
Holocene
Saturday, March 14, 2020 at 3 pm
2019
PPF’s Pints4Parks
The Widmer Brothers Brewery
Tuesday, November 19, 2019 at 5:30 pm
Oasis of Hope? America’s Public Gardens Navigate a Radical Era of Change
The Armory, 128 N.W. 11th Avenue, Portland
Monday, November 4 at 6:30 pm
Barbara Walker Crossing Grand Opening
Barbara Walker Crossing - Pedestrian bridge over W Burnside
Sunday, October 27th, 2020 at 8 am
Green Dreams - City of Gardens: What is the Portland We Want to Grow?
Portland Center Stage at the Armory
Monday, March 25, 2019 at 6:30 pm
Green Dreams - Albina Vision + I-5/Rose Quarter: A Match?
Portland Center Stage at the Armory
Monday, March 18, 2019 at 6:30 pm
Green Dreams: State of the Union
Portland Center Stage at the Armory
Monday, March 11, 2019 at 6:30 pm