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Invite Metro's mobile native plant garden to your community event.


Learn about native plant gardening from Metro's native plant mobile garden. The 6-foot-by-14-foot garden features more than 70 plant species that are native to the Pacific Northwest.
Metro's natural gardening educators can bring the mobile garden to community events in the Portland metropolitan area. Visit the mobile garden and talk with an expert about gardening with native plants. Come see beautiful native plants on display and take home a variety of natural gardening brochures.
To request the mobile garden for your event, call Metro Recycling Information at 503-234-3000.
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