2026 Hood River Front Yard Garden Tour

Walk, bike, roll, or stroll your way through the neighborhoods of the Hood River as you visit gardens and learn how to transform water-thirsty lawns into more sustainable and nourishing landscapes for humans and pollinators alike!

*Garden Map available here: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer…

(Click on the green flowers within the map for garden addresses as well as information on where to find drinking water and community partner booths)

And: Printed maps will also be available for pick up at the Hood River County Extension Office located at 2990 Experiment Station Drive, Hood River, OR, 97031 between Tuesday, September 1st and Friday, September 11th as well as at each garden site on the day of the tour.

The 2026 Front Yard Garden Tour features eight inspiring examples of vegetable and fruit gardening, vertical growing, perennial fruit trees and berries, native plants and wildflowers, xeriscaping, terracing, season extension, cover crops, square foot gardening, raised beds, seed collecting and saving, crop rotation, and making use of micro-climates within a yard. Come learn from these novice and seasoned gardeners as well as Master Gardener Volunteers stationed at each garden along the route. Some gardens will also feature outreach tables with our program partners offering activities for youth and adults including Gorge Grown Food Network, Hood River Soil & Water Conservation District, Hood River Library and Arts in Education. There is also a bonus stop at 301 Gallery, 301 Oak Street, to view the “In a Garden” art exhibition and learn more about pollinators from Central Gorge Master Gardeners.

This event will take place rain or shine, regardless of weather. However, if the Air Quality Index (AQI) is above 201, due to wildfire smoke, the event will be cancelled. Check AQI online.

*After the tour, please Vote for your Favorite Garden here:
https://oregonstate.qualtrics.com/…/SV_4N4UgzvgdDUhjYW