Group has ambitious plan for Portland Botanical Gardens
Founders Sean Hogan, Paige Witte and Dan Pogust envision all-encompassing campus for plants and flowers.
It s a fun time for gardeners, as the American Public Gardens Association hopes to inspire the public to visit, value and volunteer during Go Public Garden Days! May 7-16.
So, the organizers behind the Portland Botanical Gardens figured it would be a perfect time to announce their grand plans for a multiconservatory and multigarden campus to be constructed in the metropolitan area at some time in the future at a cost of millions of dollars.
The logistics, partnerships, communications, website and more are being worked out, and a team has been finding and evaluating land for an acquisition. It could be in Portland, could be in the suburbs. Either way, it s a go for founders Sean Hogan, Paige Witte and Dan Pogust and their roster of some 40 volunteers. Kate Bodin serves as executive director.