Random Acts of Gardening

I’ve never been very good at creating exciting container plant combinations and until this year, I’ve never been very good at fertilizing my containers either. To help with the former, […]

From Daily Mail, a United Kingdom publication  Feeling a little down? Don’t reach for a glass of wine—head out to the landscape instead. More than 90% of gardeners say the […]

“Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.” – John Muir The Harlequin […]

 ‘Wayne’s White’ with ‘Zebra’ hydrangea,creeping jenny ‘Aurea’ and ‘August Frost’ hosta This seems to be a good year in my garden for hydrangeas, probably due in large measure to […]

One of my favorite pastimes is visiting other people’s gardens. It is fascinating to see how people use and create space and select plants. In June, I took advantage of […]

Oxaliz oregano with Aralia cordata ‘Sun King’ Native Oxalis oregano thrives in my garden. I love the lushness it provides my woodland garden setting; however, left unchecked, it will creep […]

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 […]