#PlantWednesday Spotlight
2025-07-30 11:00 - 11:30, 2025-08-06 11:00 - 11:30, 2025-08-13 11:00 - 11:30, 2025-08-20 11:00 - 11:30, 2025-08-27 11:00 - 11:30, 2025-09-03 11:00 - 11:30, 2025-09-10 11:00 - 11:30, 2025-09-17 11:00 - 11:30 (America/Los_Angeles) and 8 more dates | Lan Su Chinese Garden, 239 NW Everett Street, Portland, Oregon, 97209
Join our horticulture team every Wednesday for a tour diving into a plant in its peak, gardening tips, and more.

Wednesdays, 11-11:30 AM | Free with admission or membership

The #PlantWednesday Spotlight is a unique “show & tell” program featuring different captivating topics every month. Meet Lan Su’s horticulture team each Wednesday to explore, learn, and connect with the natural beauty of Lan Su. These are short 30-min sessions that showcase a horticultural wonder, technique, or tool that our passionate horticulturists want to share with fellow plant enthusiasts. Each session will shine a light on the behind-the-scenes operations of the garden, highlight a plant at its peak beauty, or focus on recent improvements to our collection.

Each session will explore a different part of the garden based on that week’s topic. When you arrive, please check in with the front door staff or volunteers for the exact location to meet in.

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This program is FREE with garden admission or membership. No registration needed.

#PlantWednesday: Chrysanthemums
2025-11-05 11:00, 2025-11-12 11:00
Get involved with chrysanthemums! There’s more to mums than your average grocery store potted plant. Learn how they’re propagated, grown and prepared for display as well as why they’re still a revered flower and symbol of the fall season in Chinese culture.

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Floral Design Showcase
2025-11-07 10:00 - 16:30, 2025-11-08 10:00 - 16:30, 2025-11-09 10:00 - 16:30, 2025-11-10 10:00 - 16:30, 2025-11-11 10:00 - 16:30, 2025-11-12 10:00 - 16:30
November 7-13, 2025 | Free with admission or membership

The Chrysanthemum Floral Design Showcase returns to Lan Su this fall in partnership with PNW Florist Association. Don’t miss this crowd-favorite event with our biggest group of designers yet!

Discover stories of creativity and passion with stunning chrysanthemum displays crafted by more than 20 local floral designers. This year’s theme is inspired by Tao Yuanming’s timeless poem, Drinking Wine No. 5, evoking the beauty of quiet reflection amid autumn’s splendor. From interactive designs to larger-than-life installations, this is one bunch of flowers you have to see to believe!

Come see Lan Su bursting with florals this fall—free to enjoy with regular admission or membership.

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Presented in partnership with PNW Florist Association

Meet the 2025 Designers

Featured Designer: Annie Chen

Floral Sunshine“Chrysanthemum Chorus”

Annie discovered her passion for flowers in 2004 after designing a friend’s wedding blooms. With a music degree from the University of Oregon and a decade in HR and sales, she followed her entrepreneurial spirit to found Floral Sunshine in 2009 after training at the Floral Design Institute. When not arranging dahlias and peonies, Annie enjoys fishing for salmon, halibut, and crab.

Anna Arkhangelskaya IG: @Floralia.A“Portland‘s Noble Gentlemums”

Aroa CalvoCocobloom Designs“Blooming Bridges: A Floral Tributeto China and Oregon”

Ashley Ramona PreeceGlasshaus Gardens“Rhythm of Absent Love”

Callie Valente IG: @flowers.by.callie“Tidal”

Chelle DummerChelle Floral Design“Sacred Heart”

Chelsea WillisSweet Delilah Farm“Tea with Friends”

Ellen HansenMindful Flowers“Let Your Light Shine”

Emily BedientEmily Says Goodbye“Wuxing: Mù”

Emily JacquesThe Wild BluebellIG: @The_Wildbluebell“Hé Chéng 合成 Synthesis”

Emily ThompsonHazy Daisy Floral Company IG: @hazydaisyfloralco“Home”

I Li Hsiao“Cycle of Life”

Jayme Rabenberg Bloommonger“Smattering”

Jenny Shadley & Wade Hopkins“Gathering Chrysanthemums Under the Spruce”

Kim Foren Geranium Lake Flowers“Autumn’s Last Dance: A Chrysanthemum Symphony”

Kirstin GarberFloral Sunshine“Picking Chrysanthemums”

Lauren SayIG: @say_flwrks “Seasonal Suspense”

Linda GolaszewskiRooms in Bloom“Midnight for the Moonfisher”

Mailani SouzaMoss Agate Floral“Lún Huí 轮回 Circle of Renewal”

Michael MartinBlossom Bar“Autumn Reliquary”

Rynn Hildebrant Hildebrant Rynn Design“Ripples”

Thang NgoTango Florist“Deafening Silence”

Chrysanthemum Festival

From dazzling floral artistry to hands-on learning opportunities, Chrysanthemum Festival is one of Lan Su’s most anticipated annual celebrations—and an unforgettable way to experience the garden in fall.

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Nights of the Golden Flower
2025-11-07 17:00 - 19:00, 2025-11-08 17:00 - 19:00, 2025-11-09 17:00 - 19:00
Discover stories of creativity and passion with stunning chrysanthemum displays crafted by more than a dozen local floral designers. This year’s theme is inspired by Tao Yuanming’s timeless poem, Drinking Wine (Verse 5) 《飲酒•其五》, evoking the beauty of quiet reflection amid autumn’s splendor.

(Photo: Peggy Donovan, 2024 Floral Design Showcase)

Ticket Rates & Categories

Lan Su Member – $22.95; Up to 2 tickets per cardholder

General – $28.95

General Child (ages 5 and younger) – FREE

EBT Cardholder – $15.95. Limited availability only at Lan Su Ticket Booth. Show your EBT Card to purchase. Up to 4 tickets per cardholder.

Friday, 11/7

Saturday, 11/8

Sunday, 11/9

Mums of Lan Su Plant Tour
2025-11-08 11:00
A fusion talk introducing the many types of gorgeous blooms we cultivate at the garden & how chrysanthemums relate to Chinese culture-past and present. This walking tour will showcase the highlights of our collection and allow you to learn the importance of mums to China.

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Growing Mums Talk & Tour
2025-11-09 11:00
Learn how chrysanthemums are grown and styled by one of Lan Su’s gardeners. Mums may possibly be some of the easiest ornamentals to grow and the styling possibilities are also endless! The talk will walk through the many styles we incorporate in our displays.

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