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Rose Festival parade floats take shape in unassuming North Portland warehouse

By rivo_admin · June 1, 2026 · 1 min read
Rose Festival parade floats take shape in unassuming North Portland warehouse

Volunteers work on floats for the inaugural CareOregon Grand Floral Starlight Parade at the Big Float Barn in North Portland on Sunday, May 31, 2026. Crews build, weld, shape and decorate the floats by hand, using flowers, seeds, bark and other natural materials, ahead of the parade, which takes place Saturday, June 6.Jesse Parden welds steel on one of the floats for the inaugural CareOregon Grand Floral Starlight Parade at the Big Float Barn in North Portland on Sunday, May 31, 2026. Crews are building, shaping and decorating floats by hand ahead of the parade, which takes place Saturday, June 6.Volunteers work on floats for the inaugural CareOregon Grand Floral Starlight Parade at the Big Float Barn in North Portland on Sunday, May 31, 2026. Crews build, weld, shape and decorate the floats by hand, using flowers, seeds, bark and other natural materials, ahead of the parade, which takes place Saturday, June 6.Volunteers work on floats for the inaugural CareOregon Grand Floral Starlight Parade at the Big Float Barn in North Portland on Sunday, May 31, 2026. Crews build, weld, shape and decorate the floats by hand, using flowers, seeds, bark and other natural materials, ahead of the parade, which takes place Saturday, June 6.Volunteers work on floats for the inaugural CareOregon Grand Floral Starlight Parade at the Big Float Barn in North Portland on Sunday, May 31, 2026. Crews build, weld, shape and decorate the floats by hand, using flowers, seeds, bark and other natural materials, ahead of the parade, which takes place Saturday, June 6.Volunteers work on floats for the inaugural CareOregon Grand Floral Starlight Parade at the Big Float Barn in North Portland on Sunday, May 31, 2026. Crews build, weld, shape and decorate the floats by hand, using flowers, seeds, bark and other natural materials, ahead of the parade, which takes place Saturday, June 6.Volunteers work on floats for the inaugural CareOregon Grand Floral Starlight Parade at the Big Float Barn in North Portland on Sunday, May 31, 2026. Crews build, weld, shape and decorate the floats by hand, using flowers, seeds, bark and other natural materials, ahead of the parade, which takes place Saturday, June 6.Volunteers work on floats for the inaugural CareOregon Grand Floral Starlight Parade at the Big Float Barn in North Portland on Sunday, May 31, 2026. Crews build, weld, shape and decorate the floats by hand, using flowers, seeds, bark and other natural materials, ahead of the parade, which takes place Saturday, June 6.Volunteers work on floats for the inaugural CareOregon Grand Floral Starlight Parade at the Big Float Barn in North Portland on Sunday, May 31, 2026. Crews build, weld, shape and decorate the floats by hand, using flowers, seeds, bark and other natural materials, ahead of the parade, which takes place Saturday, June 6.A volunteer named Melissa works on one of the floats for the inaugural CareOregon Grand Floral Starlight Parade at the Big Float Barn in North Portland on Sunday, May 31, 2026. Crews are building, shaping and decorating floats by hand ahead of the parade, which takes place Saturday, June 6. Dave Cohen uses a brush on one of the float displays for the inaugural CareOregon Grand Floral Starlight Parade at the Big Float Barn in North Portland on Sunday, May 31, 2026. Crews are building, shaping and decorating floats by hand ahead of the parade, which takes place Saturday, June 6.Dave Cohen uses a brush on one of the float displays for the inaugural CareOregon Grand Floral Starlight Parade at the Big Float Barn in North Portland on Sunday, May 31, 2026. Crews are building, shaping and decorating floats by hand ahead of the parade, which takes place Saturday, June 6.Volunteers work on floats for the inaugural CareOregon Grand Floral Starlight Parade at the Big Float Barn in North Portland on Sunday, May 31, 2026. Crews build, weld, shape and decorate the floats by hand, using flowers, seeds, bark and other natural materials, ahead of the parade, which takes place Saturday, June 6.Jesse Parden welds steel on one of the floats for the inaugural CareOregon Grand Floral Starlight Parade at the Big Float Barn in North Portland on Sunday, May 31, 2026. Crews are building, shaping and decorating floats by hand ahead of the parade, which takes place Saturday, June 6.Jesse Parden welds steel on one of the floats for the inaugural CareOregon Grand Floral Starlight Parade at the Big Float Barn in North Portland on Sunday, May 31, 2026. Crews are building, shaping and decorating floats by hand ahead of the parade, which takes place Saturday, June 6.Volunteers work on floats for the inaugural CareOregon Grand Floral Starlight Parade at the Big Float Barn in North Portland on Sunday, May 31, 2026. Crews build, weld, shape and decorate the floats by hand, using flowers, seeds, bark and other natural materials, ahead of the parade, which takes place Saturday, June 6.Volunteers work on floats for the inaugural CareOregon Grand Floral Starlight Parade at the Big Float Barn in North Portland on Sunday, May 31, 2026. Crews build, weld, shape and decorate the floats by hand, using flowers, seeds, bark and other natural materials, ahead of the parade, which takes place Saturday, June 6.Volunteers work on floats for the inaugural CareOregon Grand Floral Starlight Parade at the Big Float Barn in North Portland on Sunday, May 31, 2026. Crews build, weld, shape and decorate the floats by hand, using flowers, seeds, bark and other natural materials, ahead of the parade, which takes place Saturday, June 6.Volunteers work on floats for the inaugural CareOregon Grand Floral Starlight Parade at the Big Float Barn in North Portland on Sunday, May 31, 2026. Crews build, weld, shape and decorate the floats by hand, using flowers, seeds, bark and other natural materials, ahead of the parade, which takes place Saturday, June 6.Volunteers work on floats for the inaugural CareOregon Grand Floral Starlight Parade at the Big Float Barn in North Portland on Sunday, May 31, 2026. Crews build, weld, shape and decorate the floats by hand, using flowers, seeds, bark and other natural materials, ahead of the parade, which takes place Saturday, June 6.Volunteers work on floats for the inaugural CareOregon Grand Floral Starlight Parade at the Big Float Barn in North Portland on Sunday, May 31, 2026. Crews build, weld, shape and decorate the floats by hand, using flowers, seeds, bark and other natural materials, ahead of the parade, which takes place Saturday, June 6.Volunteers work on floats for the inaugural CareOregon Grand Floral Starlight Parade at the Big Float Barn in North Portland on Sunday, May 31, 2026. Crews build, weld, shape and decorate the floats by hand, using flowers, seeds, bark and other natural materials, ahead of the parade, which takes place Saturday, June 6.Volunteers work on floats for the inaugural CareOregon Grand Floral Starlight Parade at the Big Float Barn in North Portland on Sunday, May 31, 2026. Crews build, weld, shape and decorate the floats by hand, using flowers, seeds, bark and other natural materials, ahead of the parade, which takes place Saturday, June 6.Volunteers work on floats for the inaugural CareOregon Grand Floral Starlight Parade at the Big Float Barn in North Portland on Sunday, May 31, 2026. Crews build, weld, shape and decorate the floats by hand, using flowers, seeds, bark and other natural materials, ahead of the parade, which takes place Saturday, June 6.A small viewing window is seen on the side of one of the floats for the inaugural CareOregon Grand Floral Starlight Parade at the Big Float Barn in North Portland on Sunday, May 31, 2026. Drivers have limited visibility inside the floats and can see out only through a few small windows on each side of the structure. The parade takes place Saturday, June 6.The inside of one of the floats for the inaugural CareOregon Grand Floral Starlight Parade at the Big Float Barn in North Portland on Sunday, May 31, 2026. The driver has limited visibility inside the float and can see out only through a few small viewing windows on each side of the structure. The parade takes place Saturday, June 6.Volunteers work on floats for the inaugural CareOregon Grand Floral Starlight Parade at the Big Float Barn in North Portland on Sunday, May 31, 2026. Crews build, weld, shape and decorate the floats by hand, using flowers, seeds, bark and other natural materials, ahead of the parade, which takes place Saturday, June 6.Longtime volunteer Dena Najdek shows the inside of one of the floats for the inaugural CareOregon Grand Floral Starlight Parade at the Big Float Barn in North Portland on Sunday, May 31, 2026. The driver has limited visibility inside the float and can see out only through a few small viewing windows on each side of the structure. The parade takes place Saturday, June 6.Volunteers work on floats for the inaugural CareOregon Grand Floral Starlight Parade at the Big Float Barn in North Portland on Sunday, May 31, 2026. Crews build, weld, shape and decorate the floats by hand, using flowers, seeds, bark and other natural materials, ahead of the parade, which takes place Saturday, June 6.Jesse Parden welds steel on one of the floats for the inaugural CareOregon Grand Floral Starlight Parade at the Big Float Barn in North Portland on Sunday, May 31, 2026. Crews are building, shaping and decorating floats by hand ahead of the parade, which takes place Saturday, June 6.

The flower-bedecked floats that give the Rose Festival parades their decades-long reputations as a feast for the eyes begin their lives as wooden and metal skeletons in a mid-sized North Portland warehouse.

المصدر: The Oregonian

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