We Go Wednesday – Oregon Garden Resort

For my birthday/Mother’s Day combo a great group of girlfriends and I spent the weekend at the Oregon Garden Resort in Silverton. The weather was perfect, and wouldn’t you know it turned cloudy and chilly on Sunday. The spa was AMAZING, I did a body scrub, body wrap and massage. I’m not ashamed to say I dozed off a little, and actually woke up myself snoring a bit. It’s OK, my girl said it happens all the time.

We spent one evening in town, it’s a quiet, small town, and I like that. In fact, there were signs up about “DON’T BEAVERTIZE SILVERTON” because I guess their neighbor city Beaverton has like Wal-marts and stuff. I totally understand that, since I hate Wal-mart. I just about died and went to heaven in the Thai restaurant we had dinner at, and A was sniffing next to me the whole time, her food was so spicy!

Our hotel package included a few meals in the restaurant which overlooks part of the garden area, which is actually 85 acres of cultivated gardens including a 35 year old reclaimed conifer forest. The food was phenomenal, except the service sucked so bad. There was like 1 waitress for the entire restaurant, and since it is the only place to eat, kinda makes it a busy location. I mean, not even getting water, crying waitresses, botched orders, a hair or two. But I was on vacay, so it’s all good. Look at me turning into Fodor’s….no more talking. Here are just a few of the many amazing garden spots there… My favoritest place, the Bosque has four brick reflecting ponds and 40 planter boxes, each planted with a single Pacific Sunset Maple. So quiet and serene…

I heart koi….

Dogwoods in bloom…. Ridiculously enormous pots and a back view of the conifer forest….

In front of the rose petal garden….