Portland in the News: Portland Japanese Garden Ranked Top Spring Visit; 200 Mile Trail System in Gorge & more! | April 6, 2023

The country’s best place to skinny dip is right outside Portland.

Portland Japanese Garden is among the country’s best spring travel destinations.

And celebrate your birthday bigly with these freebies!

Here’s a roundup of the goings-on in Portland this week:

• Willamette Week: Puplandia Thrills Animal Planet, Rescues Locally

• KOIN: Changes to the Gorge? Grants get group closer to 200-mile trail system goal

• Portland Monthly: A Texas Art Gallery Is Taking Over an Old Orchard Hardware

• KOIN: Portland Japanese Garden named among the country’s best spring travel destinations

• Eater: Where to Find Birthday Freebies in Portland

• Portland Monthly: The New, Joyful Face of Portland Coffee

• The Athletic: Portland Thorns’ Bella Bixby on ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender,’ her team’s hot start

• Here is Oregon: Mar de Luna Arts is the Portland-designed equivalent of Hello Kitty-style cuteness

• Oregonian: The best place to skinny dip in the country is apparently right outside of Portland

• Embrace Someplace: 10 Breathtaking Flower Fields Near Portland (Helpful Local’s Guide)

• Portland Mercury: Five Months Down, 20 to Go: Checking In on Portland’s Charter Reform Makeover

• Willamette Week: 2023 Oregon Book Award Winners Announced

Get Portland News delivered every Thursday! Subscribe to our newsletter here.

————————————-