Mother's Day Portland 2026: 30 Things To Do This Weekend

Portland Spirit Mothers Day Cruise

Two hours on the Willamette with a Northwest brunch buffet, live piano, mimosas, and skyline views that do the planning work for you.

📅 Sunday May 10 | Seatings 10 AM and 2:30 PM
📍 1010 SW Naito Pkwy | 💰 Ticketed

The Portland skyline looks completely different from the water. One of the few ways to experience it without owning a boat.

Amaterra Winery Mothers Day Brunch

Classic buffet with an Amaterra twist — elegant, family-friendly, and one of Portland's most popular annual Mothers Day traditions. Reservations required.

📅 Sunday May 10
📍 8150 SW Swede Hill Dr, Portland | 💰 $59 adults / $9 kids under 12

Amaterra gets the setting right. Vineyard views, comfortable pace, works for the whole family without anyone feeling like they're being dragged somewhere.

Topaz Farm Farm-to-Plate Mothers Day Brunch

5-course prix fixe brunch for two on a 130-acre Sauvie Island farm — plus cow train rides, farm animals, and Farmimosas.

📅 Sunday May 10, 10 AM to 2 PM
📍 17100 NW Sauvie Island Rd | 💰 Ticketed

Sauvie Island is one of those Portland places everyone talks about but rarely makes time for. Mothers Day is the perfect excuse to finally go.

Cafe Olli High Tea

Two seatings with True Tea, savory finger sandwiches, housemade scones and biscuits — one of the most distinct Portland options this weekend.

📅 Sunday May 10 | Seatings 10 AM and 1 PM
📍 3925 NE MLK Jr Blvd | 💰 Ticketed

NE MLK is one of my favorite stretches in Portland to walk. Cafe Olli has earned its reputation — this High Tea is genuinely not something you find everywhere in this city.

The EastBurn Mothers Day Brunch

Mimosas, bloody marys, eggs benedict, scrambles, hash — open 8 AM to 2:30 PM with no reservations needed. Portland brunch at its most approachable.

📅 Sunday May 10, 8 AM to 2:30 PM
📍 1800 E Burnside St | 💰 Regular menu pricing — no reservations

Sometimes you want a great brunch without the reservation stress. The EastBurn is exactly that — and E Burnside is one of Portland's most interesting streets to walk afterward.

Bullard Tavern

Regular brunch menu on Mothers Day — no prix fixe markup. Jalapeno cheddar hush puppies and eggs benedict with smoked brown sugar maple pork belly.

📅 Sunday May 10
📍 813 SW Alder St, Portland | 💰 Regular menu pricing

Bullard opts out of the prix fixe game on Mothers Day and serves their regular menu. That is a genuinely customer-friendly call and the food consistently delivers.

Alloro Vineyard Mothers Day Brunch

Italian-inspired a la carte in Sherwood with estate tastings and locally made bouquets for pre-purchase — polished without pretension.

📅 Saturday May 9 and Sunday May 10
📍 Alloro Vineyard, Sherwood | 💰 A la carte

Sherwood is a great example of how close the Willamette Valley actually is to Portland. Under an hour from the city and feels like a different world.

Doe Donuts Strawberry Elderflower Special

Elderflower glaze, strawberry curd filling, whipped cream, strawberry powder, and 24K gold leaf — available Saturday and Sunday only.

📅 Saturday May 9 and Sunday May 10
📍 4110 NE Sandy Blvd, Portland | 💰 Individual pricing

Doe Donuts is worth a detour any day. The Mothers Day special is the kind of thing you bring home after brunch and everyone pretends they don't want a second one.

Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden

Nine acres at peak bloom in SE Portland's Eastmoreland neighborhood — rhododendrons and azaleas reflecting off the lake. Free in May.

📅 Open Mothers Day weekend
📍 5801 SE 28th Ave, Portland | 💰 Free in April and May

Crystal Springs sits in one of Portland's most settled, tree-lined neighborhoods. Walk in when the rhododendrons are at peak and it is one of the most beautiful places in the city.

Leach Botanical Garden Mothers Day Celebration

Spring blooms, live Celtic harp music, and refreshments in a historic manor house — one of the least-known great things happening this Sunday.

📅 Sunday May 10
📍 6704 SE 122nd Ave, Portland (Lents neighborhood)

Out in Lents — a neighborhood most visitors never venture to. The manor house setting puts this a level above a standard garden visit. Worth building a whole day around.

Portland Japanese Garden

Twelve woodland acres in the West Hills — one of the most authentic Japanese gardens outside Japan. Book tickets ahead.

📅 Open Mothers Day weekend
📍 611 SW Kingston Ave, Portland | 💰 Ticketed — book in advance

Portland is lucky to have something this caliber. It is about the whole environment, not just the flowers. One of my first recommendations to anyone visiting the city.

Lan Su Chinese Garden Mothers Day Activities

Corsage-making, henna painting, a peony photo op, and a tea tasting with a tea ambassador — a completely different pace from the rest of Portland.

📅 Sunday May 10, 9 AM onward
📍 239 NW Everett St, Portland Pearl District | 💰 Ticketed

People walk past the walls of Lan Su in the Pearl all the time and have no idea what's inside. One of the most undervisited spots in a neighborhood that gets a lot of foot traffic.

Adelman Peony Gardens Open House

Production fields near Salem open for walking — free admission, cut flowers and potted peonies for sale. The trunk-full-of-plants version of Mothers Day.

📅 Open daily April 25 through June 15, 9 AM to 6 PM
📍 Near Salem, Oregon | 💰 Free admission

A 45-minute drive and worth every minute. Walking through peony fields and leaving with an armful for under $20 is not something most people know is possible.

Hulda Klager Lilac Days Woodland WA

100+ lilac varieties at peak bloom, plant sale, museum, and house tours — 40 minutes north of Portland and criminally undervisited.

📅 All weekend through May 10
📍 115 S Pekin Rd, Woodland, WA | 💰 $5

Come for the blooms, leave with enough plants to fill a garden. Lilac season is the only time this place gets real foot traffic and it's still not crowded enough.

Topaz Farm Private Farm Day on Sauvie Island

Cow train rides, mini donkeys, mini goats, pigs, runner ducks, cornhole, horseshoes — exclusive to Mothers Day ticket holders on a 130-acre working farm.

📅 Sunday May 10, 10 AM to 2 PM
📍 17100 NW Sauvie Island Rd | 💰 Ticketed | Kids brown bag lunches available

Farm visits with kids on Mothers Day always end up being the memory they talk about longest. This one earns it.

Glowing Greens Blacklight Mini Golf

Indoor blacklight mini golf in downtown Portland — genuinely fun for all ages and the perfect plan if the weather doesn't cooperate.

📅 Open daily
📍 309 SW Montgomery St, Portland | 💰 Ticketed

I've recommended Glowing Greens more times than I can count and I've never had anyone report back that it was a bad idea.

Portland Saturday Market Mini Makers Market

Kids selling their own handmade goods under the Burnside Bridge — one of the sweetest things you'll witness on Mothers Day weekend.

📅 Saturday May 9, 10 AM to 12:30 PM
📍 Under the Burnside Bridge | 💰 Free to attend

Saturday Market is a Portland institution. The Mini Makers edition makes May 9 worth seeking out specifically with kids.

Mothers Day Plant and Garden Fair Camas WA

Free all-ages event across the Columbia River — plants, kids activities, live music, and food. Draws thousands every year for good reason.

📅 Saturday May 9, 9 AM to 4 PM
📍 Camas, Washington | 💰 Free

Camas is a short hop over the river and one of the genuinely great small towns the Portland metro doesn't talk about enough.

Oregon Zoo

Not a Mothers Day event specifically — but the zoo in bloom season with kids is a full day that works for everyone, especially paired with the Japanese Garden afterward.

📅 Open daily
📍 4001 SW Canyon Rd, Portland | 💰 Ticketed — book in advance

The zoo sits right next to the Japanese Garden in Washington Park. Do the zoo in the morning, walk over to the garden in the afternoon — a legitimately great full day in the West Hills.

Powell's Books

A city block of books. The world's largest independent bookstore is a Portland rite of passage and solves the what-do-I-get-Mom question in about 10 minutes.

📅 Open daily
📍 1005 W Burnside St, Portland | 💰 Free to browse

I take every out-of-town client to Powell's at some point. It changes how people think about Portland.

Mothers and Aunties Day Spring Indigenous Marketplace

A thoughtfully curated market supporting Indigenous artists and entrepreneurs — meaningful shopping, all ages, free to attend.

📅 Saturday May 9, 10 AM to 4 PM
📍 800 SE 10th Ave, Portland | 💰 Free to attend

This is one of those Portland events that earns loyalty once people find it. The quality of the work and the community energy make it worth returning to every year.

Portland Saturday Market

200+ artists and food vendors under the Burnside Bridge — America's largest continuously operating outdoor arts market, free to browse.

📅 Saturdays and Sundays
📍 2 SW Naito Pkwy, Portland | 💰 Free to browse

Saturday Market is one of the first places worth visiting when you're new to Portland. It shows what this city actually values — local, handmade, independent.

Drag Brunch at Bar Cala — Mothers Day 2 PM Show

The most distinctly Portland Mothers Day experience on this list. 21+ show at 2 PM.

📅 Sunday May 10, 2 PM
📍 Bar Cala, Portland | 💰 Ticketed | 21 and over

Portland has a genuine drag culture, not a trend. If this is the right vibe for your family, Bar Cala delivers it well.

Mothers Day 1980 at The Hollywood Theatre — Filmmaker in Attendance

Filmmaker Charles Kaufman attends a screening of his 1980 cult horror film on Mothers Day evening.

📅 Sunday May 10, 7:30 PM
📍 The Hollywood Theatre, NE Portland | 💰 Ticketed

The Hollywood Theatre is one of Portland's best independent cinema institutions. A filmmaker Q and A on Mothers Day is not something you plan — it's something you talk about forever.