70th annual Tree Planting Festival guide to events

For Immediate Release:

70th Annual Tree Planting Festival – Oakridge, OR
The 70th annual Oakridge-Westfir Tree Planting Festival (TPF) kicks off May 5-7, 2023! This community tradition will feature events before and throughout the May 5th-7th weekend. We encourage everyone to come home or come outside to participate in these wonderful activities!

Here’s a rundown of the events

Pre-events

● April 22nd: Uptown Clean-Up sponsored by Uptown Business Revitalization Association
● April 24th-28th: Local Restaurant Entree Showcase features a daily TPF food special
● April 28th-30th: Oakridge Disc Golf Club event, the Mountain Town Throw Down
● April 29th- May 13th or until prizes run out: Geo-Cache Scavenger Hunt

Festival events

Friday, May 5th:

● 10 AM–4 PM, Quilt Show at the Methodist Church
● 6 PM, First Friday Art Walk throughout Uptown Oakridge along East 1
st Street
● 7 PM, Talent Show and Tree Planting Teens Showcase at the OHS Auditorium
● 6 PM doors open, Zero Clearance Theater Production of A Bad Year for Tomatoes by Patrick Stewart
at Lion Mountain Bakery

Saturday, May 6th:

● 9 AM–5 PM, Vendor and Non-Profit Fair at Oakridge Elementary School Field
● 10 AM–4 PM, Quilt Show at the Methodist Church
● 10 AM–2 PM, Westfir Oakridge Local Food Hub (WOLFH) plant sale at the Methodist Church
● 11 AM, Grand Parade heading west to east on 1st Street
● 12 PM, Oakridge Museum Tours at the Oakridge Museum
● 12–2 PM, Kids Carnival and Natural Resource Fair at Methodist Church
● 1 PM, preK-4th Grade Mini Olympics sponsored by Orchid Clinic and the US Forest Service at the Oakridge High School Field
● 1 PM, Car Show at the Oakridge Post Office
● 5:30 PM doors open, Zero Clearance Theater Production dinner theater

Sunday, May 7th

● 8 AM sign up, Salmon Creek Walk and Fun Run at Greenwaters Park
● 9 AM, Golf Tournament at the Circle Bar Golf Course
● 9 AM–3 PM, Vendor and Non-Profit Fair at Oakridge Elementary School Field
● 11 AM, Family Bike Ride at 1st and Pine Street in Oakridge
● 1 PM, Ceremonial Tree Planting at Circle Bar Golf Course

For those interested sponsoring this non-profit event, all information can be found on the TPF website & Facebook page:
oakridgewestfirtreeplantingfestival.com/become-a-sponsor/ & facebook.com/TreePlantingFestival
The TPF volunteer committee chairpersons President Vanessa Tharp, Secretary Guen Digioia, and Treasurer Jeanee Martin are pleased to invite you to the longest-standing tree planting festival where we celebrate stewardship and conservation while honoring our communities’ timber history.