About

Dogwood is the combined dream of Gabby Terracciano and Brant Ozanich. We met in San Francisco in 2013, after both studying in France for a year - Gabby in Paris and Brant in Aix-en-Provence. During our time in San Francisco, we both worked in the restaurant industry, where our passions led us, respectively, to flowers and wine. 

Fast forward to August 2020, we packed up our life after over a decade in SF to move to Portland. In the middle of a pandemic, we found there was no better time to chase our dream. With life more unstable than ever, we took a leap of faith and began what you know now as Dogwood. With a clear vision for the 500 sq ft space we knew with absolute certainty that 4932 NE 30th Ave had to be a space for both wine and flowers.

Gabby designed the shop, choosing light fixtures, painting walls, and tiling the backsplash. The goal was to allow the merchandise - flowers and wine bottles - to provide the color against a neutral backdrop of white walls, grey concrete, and raw wood. Brant got to work with the table saw, custom building wine shelves, tables, benches, and even a ladder. Everything made of wood in the shop apart from the chairs was built with love and our hands alone. We officially opened Dogwood on May 29th, 2021.

Dogwood is an homage to our time spent in both France and California, and further evolves each day to reflect time spent in our new home - Portland, Oregon. When we purchased our home in Parkrose neighborhood in Winter 2022, we set our sights on developing an organic flower farm. By Summer of 2024, we achieved the goal of providing 100% of our shop's flowers for an entire growing season.

Dogwood is wine merchant, flower shop, wine bar, community hub, event center, and so much more. Please join us soon for a glass, a bouquet, or a bottle. xoxo