Portland Lindy Exchange 2025

On Saturday night showcase your style with your finest rose inspired attire!  If you want it to be an accent or make it a bolder statement, let roses be your guide. Think rose prints or rosy hues.  Add accents with embroidered details, hair accessories, lapel pins, or jewelry.  Make a statement with your tie, scarf, pocket square, socks or shoes. Whatever you choose, let your creativity bloom.

Website
Instagram:
@portlandrosegardens
@portlandrosesociety
Photo by @pdxgg

Portland has a long history of being know as the City of Roses. 

Prominent gardener Georgianna Pittock hosted a rose display in 1888 at what is now known as the Pittock Mansion.  In 1889 the Portland Rose Society was founded and the following year a hybrid tea rose from France was introduced to the city. 

Portland held the Lewis and Clark Exposition in 1905 and planted close to 10,000 rose bushes to attract visitors.  During the exposition, roses lined over 200 miles of sidewalk and earned Portland the name "City of Roses".  After the exposition, it was announced by the city's mayor that an annual rose festival would be established.  The first rose festival was held two years later in 1907. 

During WWI when Europe's hybrid roses were in danger of being lost, the idea of a garden was proposed to protect the roses.  Hybridists from England began to send roses to what is now the International Rose Test Garden.  The garden was officially established in 1924 in Washington Park and is partnered with the Portland Rose Society.  The Rose Parade and the International Rose Test Garden are still prominent in our city today!

In recognition of Portland's floral heritage, we're excited to fill the night with rhythm, roses, and unforgettable memories.