If you love Dahlias, or just flowers in general, you might want to consider visiting Swan Island Dahlias during August and September. Located just 30 minutes south in Canby, the Swan Island Dahlia farms bills itself as the “Nation’s Leading & Largest Dahlia Grower” and offers ~40 acres of dahlias. This post has some photos to show what they look like in early August (I went August 11) and later, photos from quite a few years ago when I went during their peak during the annual Dahlia Festival.
Swan Island Dahlias is family owned and operated and has been so for more then 90 years. Besides selling the plants and cut flowers, they hold a Dahlia Festival every year the last weekend of August and Labor Day weekend that includes three indoor display rooms as well as food, drink, and live music and other entertainment, demonstrations, and talks. But, you can avoid the crowds who also come during the festival by visiting any day 8am – 6pm 7 days a week in August and September, like I did with my sisters last weekend.
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