Combine your quest for getting your garden in with the short trip to Aurora, whether it’s combing one of the nearby nurseries for the right plants or to give the body a break for some post-digging R & R! You’ll find our location close to many of the area’s top plant-sourcing businesses. Don’t worry about “dressing up” to visit Aurora’s shops — we’ll be happy to just take you the way you arrive.
May 12 Antique Radio Show & Sale and Special Radio Auction, 9-3, American Legion Hall. Free admission. Sponsored by the Northwest Vintage Radio Society, this popular event is a must see! Lots to look at, purchase and kibitz about with these very knowledgeable guys. Special auction begins at 1pm includes radios from the 1920′s-30′s in original condition from a Portland collector. For details see www.nwvrs.com.
May 12 3rd Annual Remembering Emma Day with author Jane Kirkpatrick. Old Aurora Colony Museum. This day celebrates the life of original Colony member Emma Wagner Geisy who is the central character in a trilogy of popular novels. Tickets $35 includes a talk by Jane, tour “where Emma walked” including the cemetery where Emma is buried and a reception with refreshments at the Frederick Keil house. Morning book signing in Emma’s house at the museum complex begins at 10:30am (museum admission applies to those not purchasing tickets for the entire day.) Call (503)678-5754 www.auroracolony.org.
May 13 MOTHERS DAY IN AURORA, 11-5. All shops open. Bring Mom and Grandma for an afternoon stroll through the shops after you take them to brunch. Special Mothers Day displays, sales and treats.
May 11-June 10 Iris Festival at Shreiner’s Iris Gardens, just 15 minutes south of Aurora off I-5. Stroll the beautiful gardens, buy cut iris and tubers for your own garden. www.schreinersgardens.com/
Save the Dates:
June 24 Strawberry Social
August 11 Aurora Colony Days Outdoor Antiques Faire


Saturday, February 4 10am-4pm. Look for Punxsutawney Phyllis in Aurora’s shops and eateries and get chances to win “Aurora Bucks,” cash to spend all year in our businesses. Fun for families, singles or couples of all ages, there is over $300 to win and the “hogs” are not all that difficult to find. When you arrive in town, pick up your pink “map guide” at the shops and begin your search. Find as many ground hogs as you have time for and get a chance for each member of your group, kids count too! (Drawing is at 4pm but you need not be present to win.)
Picturesque Aurora Presbyterian Church located on Liberty Street & 2nd Streets across from the Old Aurora Colony Museum features the original pews from the 1850′s Colony church. (And they’re pretty comfortable! They were no doubt built for lengthy services!)

















