NW Natural Street of Dreams has created a new experience for 2022: a Wine Country Tour Edition! Find six stunning wine country-inspired homes, with four homes on a main site in Newberg and two bonus homes in nearby McMinnvile! This is the year to experience Inspired Taste at the NW Natural Street of Dreams! The […]
Author: Curt Kipp
Curt Kipp is the director of publications and communications at the Oregon Association of Nurseries.
Oregon asks for public’s help in fighting invasive, tree-destroying pest
Gardeners are being asked to keep a lookout for the most destructive and economically damaging forest pest in North America, which was recently confirmed to have arrived in Oregon. The emerald ash borer (Agrilus plagripennis Fairmaire, or EAB) is a shiny, metallic green beetle, about ½ inch long, that has killed hundreds of millions of […]
What to do in your garden in June
June is one of the best times to enjoy gardening. The days are long, the sun is hopefully out, and it’s a prime time to see things grow and bloom. Just get out and enjoy! But if you’re looking for stuff to do, one can build structures for climbing plants and vegetables, prune back things […]
Earth Day returns to The Oregon Garden Saturday April 16
After a two-year hiatus, The Oregon Garden is set to welcome visitors back to its much-beloved annual Earth Day event, taking place 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Saturday, April 16, 2022. To ensure the health and safety of our guests, this year’s event will take place entirely outside. Guests are encouraged to come prepared to celebrate the […]
What to do in your garden in April
There’s something to do in your garden 12 months a year, but in April, it hardly needs to be said. Spring is here and fully underway! Take your pick of things to get done in this April Garden Calendar, posted by Oregon State University Extension. It lists tons of things you can do: soil prep, […]
2022 Portland Spring Home & Garden Show returns February 24–27
Just in time for spring gardening season, the Portland Spring Home & Garden Show will return as an in-person event next month! The show will take place Thursday through Sunday, February 24–27, 2022, at the Portland Expo Center, 2060 N. Marine Drive, Portland. Attendees will enjoy a wide variety of local vendors, live and in-person, […]
Virtual gardening festival set for March 19
Some of the biggest names in gardening are joining forces to empower the 16 million new people who took up the hobby in 2020 and ensuring they become lifelong gardeners. The Great Grow Along is a three-day online event, March 19-21, 2021, designed to connect with this sizeable and diverse audience. Lifestyle taste-makers, plant gurus, […]
Gardening isn’t canceled!
Gardening is a healthy form of stress relief — and it pays dividends in the form of continuous beauty throughout the spring and summer. Or as Walter Sedlacek of Laurel Bay Gardens, a retail garden center in Florence, Oregon, put it: “Gardening is therapy!” The COVID-19 pandemic has curtailed many activities, but gardening doesn’t necessarily […]
In the Garden with Mike Darcy radio show cancelled
Longtime radio show host Mike Darcy is looking for a new home for his In the Garden radio show. Its longtime broadcast home, Portland-based KXL 101 FM, has discontinued the weekly Saturday morning broadcast after 35 years on the air. The final show will air December 31, 2016. Station officials told Darcy they will replace […]
Guide helps you find your Christmas tree
Looking for a Christmas tree? The Pacific Northwest Christmas Tree Association has published an online guide that lists 36 U-cut tree farms in Oregon and 26 more in Washington state. Some of the U-cut farms begin operation prior to the Thanksgiving weekend, while the majority open the first weekend after Thanksgiving. Information provided on the […]