Plants Make Life Better

Want to improve your quality of life? Get your hands dirty and plant something. That’s right, putting trees, flowers or shrubs in the ground doesn’t just provide you with beauty and shade, it can also improve your property value, lower your energy costs, clean the air and water—even lower your heart rate.

LATEST EVENTS AND ADVICE FROM GARDENING EXPERTS

Feed the birds in winter with berry-bearing plants

When winter comes and the menu for birds shrinks in urban backyards, they rely on the kindness of humans.   ...
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January 18, 2021 / Kym Pokorny

Wisteria care: Take out clippers twice a year and go to town

Wisteria delivers a beautiful spring display, but this vigorous vine needs plenty of pruning to keep it from swallowing the ...
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January 11, 2021 / Kym Pokorny

Get a leg up on fruit tree problems with dormant oils

Just when you’re ready for a long winter’s nap, it’s time to tend your fruit trees. If you don’t, chances ...
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January 8, 2021 / Kym Pokorny

Turn to gardening books for comfort and inspiration

If you can't garden, why not read about it? Books bring us comfort when the gloomy weather of winter is ...
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December 18, 2020 / Kym Pokorny

New OSU volunteer program tackles statewide native bee inventory

Oregon is the first state in the nation to form a Master Melittologists program of trained community scientists dedicated to ...
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December 18, 2020 / Kym Pokorny

Gifts for the gardener

What do gardeners really want for the holidays? That depends, for gardeners are as unique as the plants that they ...
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December 11, 2020 / Zen Landis

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Plants Make Life Better

Plants make life better! Research has proven that plants benefit all of us in many ways — some obvious, and some not so obvious. What benefits? Check out these flyers and see.

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DON’T JUST STAND THERE … PLANT SOMETHING!

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