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Are you looking to learn how to propagate native plants in your home garden? Master the steps to propagate natives for your own garden with Propagating Native Plants: A Gardener’s […]

Few dishes comfort us as well as a lovingly rendered pot roast. Just as Champagne tickles the tongue and heart with feelings of joy and celebration, a pot roast fills […]

Our first Thanksgiving in Oregon in 2002 was a downcast one. We had just arrived from Baltimore, Maryland and knew nobody. Our closest relatives were thousands of miles away from […]

Don’t let your fallen leaves go to the landfill. Instead, the Morton Arboretum recommends that you use them to nourish your gardens this autumn. According to the arboretum’s expert Plant […]

Local artists from the Sogetsu Portland Branch will create a wide range of styles of Ikebana from basic to abstract for the Sogetsu Portland Fall Show at the Portland Japanese […]

When Thomas Johnson was 8, his mother gave him the record “Let Me Be There” by Olivia Newton-John. Even at that young age, the song, the music, and the lyrics […]

I stumbled upon the Queener Fruit Farm in Scio more than 10 years ago after getting lost in the area heading somewhere else. They specialize in apples, peaches, black currants, red […]

Interested in learning more about attracting pollinators to your garden? Join Marion County Master Gardeners for a Pollinator Symposium from 9 a.m.−4 p.m. Saturday, October 19 at the Scottish Rite […]

On the West Coast, boxwood is still the most popular hedging plant, but more and more gardeners are looking to evergreen alternatives that don’t face the same pest and disease […]

Mums aren’t the only plants that add color to your autumn garden. The plant experts at Monrovia (a wholesale nursery based in California with a large operation in Dayton, Oregon) […]