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Largest Dahlia grower in the country holds annual festival near Canby

Swan Island Dahlias has been growing beautiful flowers in the Portland area for over 90 years.

CANBY, Ore. — Swan Island Dahlias hosts its annual Dahlia Festival near Canby Saturday, Aug. 24, through Monday, Aug. 26, and again next Saturday, Aug. 31, through Monday, Sept. 2 (Labor Day Weekend). 

The dahlia fields are open from 8 a.m. am to 6 p.m. all six days of the Festival. The indoor display area is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The two-weekend event includes daily floral arranging demonstrations, dahlia culture discussions and dahlia tuber dividing demonstrations.

You can also take a stroll through the family-owned and operated farm's almost 40 acres of dahlia fields.

The name of the farm and where it's actually located can cause some confusion.

It was originally located in Portland, with some buildings on Swan Island. In the 1950s, 20 acres of farmland was purchased in Canby and the business was relocated to its present site.  

The Gitts family purchased Swan Island Dahlias in 1963 and have owned and operated the farm since.

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