Started in 2019 with the inkling that we need a new parks movement, PPF’s Green Dreams feature dynamic conversations between local leaders, spatial thinkers, historians, and community advocates to better understand the role —and the possibilities!— of today and tomorrow’s parks.
Fall 2024 Series
Stay tuned to hear more about what we’re asking our 2024 City Council and Mayoral candidates about the future of Portland parks.
2023 Series: Back to Square One: Reimagining O’Bryant Square
Back to Square 1: An Introduction to O’Bryant Square’s Past and Future
Grassroots urbanism: Growing public space from the youth up
Making Space for Everyone: Trauma-informed Design and Programming
Urban Futures: Work, Retail, and Living Post-Pandemic Downtown
Urbanism in Motion: Making the Mutable City
Just Space: Beyond Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Design
2022 Series: Olmsted’s Legacy in Portland
Greening Democracy: Frederick Law Olmsted, Slavery, & American Park Design with Sara Zwede
Beyond Recreation: Climate, Social Justice, and the Urban Landscape Ahead with CNE Corbin and Vivek Shandas
Parks and Consequences—Hidden Histories of Olmsted Parks Tradition, from New York to Portland with Catherine McNeur and Carl Abbott
2021 Series: Reimagining Portland:
Parks, Public Space, Memory, Creativity, and Spatial Justice
Liz Ogbu, Studio O, designer, urbanist, racial and spatial justice activist, in conversation with Manuel Padilla, Oregon Solutions
Cleanse: A Dialogue on Art and Public Space with Paul Farber and Michelle Angela Ortiz
2020 Series: Green Drinks & Candidate Forums
Radical Love: How nature can shape a more equitable city, happy hour with Vivek Shandas, PSU Professor, Chair of Portland’s Urban Forestry Commission
2019 Series: Seeding Portland’s Next Parks Movement
“State of the Union” discussion with Adena Long, Lynn Peterson and Jon Blasher
Albina Vision + I-5 Rose Quarter: A $500-million Parks Opportunity with Albina Vision Trust’s Rukaiyah Adams, Michael Alexander, and Will Ives with Julie Meredith
City of Gardens: What is the Portland We Want to Grow? with local leaders and advocates
Oasis of Hope? America’s Public Gardens Navigate a Radical Era of Change with Dr. Casey Sclar