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Watering season in the Portland area is upon us. It unofficially starts July 5, just after the fireworks end and the skies clear for the next three months. I try […]

Many think Oregon is the land of tree-huggers. Now we have an opportunity to prove it!   Hoyt Arboretum, a museum of living trees in Portland’s Washington Park, and the […]

I have worked for the Oregon Association of Nurseries for almost 10 years now, but it’s really only in the last few years that I’ve come to realize the terrific […]

Using baseline information developed for urban foresters to estimate the value of urban tree canopies, Casey Trees and Davey Tree Expert Co. developed a tool to measure the benefit of […]

 Photo credit: Janet Loughrey On May 25, my garden was open for the first time to the public. In preparation for the garden tour, a fundraiser for the Rogerson Clematis […]

Oregon has a new pest in town: the brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB). Stink bugs aren’t new to the Northwest, but BMSB (Halyomorpha halys) was first identified in Oregon in […]

Food gardening is harder than ornamental gardening, in my opinion. There is little leeway as to when to plant something for a successful harvest. And then you have to be […]

Congratulations to J. F. of Battle Ground, Wash. She won the two tickets for the 2013 Inviting Vines Garden Tour. You can get your tickets to the May 25 Inviting […]

Reprinted from Renee’s Garden April E-newsletter    Flowers are a universal symbol of beauty. We offer them as gifts on special occasions or simply to show appreciation, but flowers can […]

They look dainty but Epimediums are sturdy and great workhorses in the partial shade garden. I started adding them to my garden in the last three years, seduced by the […]