Bloom Hard 2: The Waitlist Strikes Back
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We warned you. We told you this Magnolia Trail walk would be a full-scale sensory assault - an overwhelming, relentless wall of color and bloom that could unhinge even the strongest among us. Thirty of you signed up anyway.
Now dozens MORE of you have joined the waitlist, apparently eager to get in line for the same floral devastation. At this point we have to ask: do you people not read warnings? Have you no sense of self-preservation?
So. We have decided to stop standing between you and your floral destruction and simply open a second session:
This is the evening edition. The golden hour edition. The you-waited-and-you-earned-it edition.
What's coming for you: magnolias with an attitude. Waves of them. All blooming at once with zero regard for your emotional stability. And while you stand there trying to remember how to function, we'll unpack how flowers actually reproduce - which is wilder than you think - and exactly how these magnolias were tracked down and convinced to move to Portland. Let’s just say these trees have some serious skeletons in their greenhouse.
Bring your device. This is a fully interactive presentation. We have gone deep on this. You will too.
It's a walk. It's a lecture. Honestly, what else were you going to do on a Friday night?
You waited. You persisted. Journey on, brave adventurer.
The Stats:
Mostly dirt trails with numerous benches, vistas, info placards.
Meeting Point Location: Hoyt Arboretum Visitor Center
Meeting Point Address: 4000 SW Fairview Blvd. Portland, OR 97205
Google Maps Meeting Point
Meeting Point GPS: 45.515833085577455, -122.71565229736083
Main Parking Area: Hoyt Arboretum Paid Parking Lot 1 & Lot 2
Overflow Parking Locations: SW Fairview Blvd, Veteran’s Parking Lot (8 min. walk), Parking Lot B (12 min. walk).
Map of our hike. Press “preview route” to see animated trail.
Distance: Approximately 1.2 miles
Elevation gain: 223 feet.
Estimated time on trail: 1 hour hiking & 1 hour learning
Difficulty level: Easy
Parking: Paid Parking Kitty Lots
Bathrooms at the trailhead at Hoyt Arboretum Visitor Center