With the fall political campaign season about to begin, ads are already flooding the airwaves concerning the proposed Employee Free Choice Act, which would provide an alternate way for workers to form bargaining units. A card check allows employees to signify their support for forming a union by signing a card, rather than voting by […]
Checking out some gardens
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The Garden Conservancy will hold an open tour of six private gardens in the Eugene area as part of its Open Days Program. On Sept. 6-7, six private gardens in Eugene, Veneta, Springfield, and Dexter will be open to the public. Three gardens west of Interstate 5 will be open on Saturday, Sept. 6, and […]
Le Tour des Plants: A Gardener’s Excursion
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Our very own Le Tour des Plants – a self-guided excursion to 48 garden centers and specialty nurseries from Eugene, Ore. to Woodland, Wash. – will be from Sept. 13-21. Its purpose is to build fall sales for OAN-member retailers by encouraging experienced gardeners and those new to gardening to look at fall as a […]
Friends of trees join Friends of Trees board
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Buley, Nilsen join Friends of Trees board of directorsTwo members of the OAN have been appointed to the board of directors for Friends of Trees, a Portland-based nonprofit that supports urban tree planting along streets and in natural areas.Nancy Buley is the marketing and communications director at J. Frank Schmidt & Son Nursery. She joined […]
Nursery Research and Extension Day 2008
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The North Willamette Research and Extension Center and Oregon State University will present their 2008 Nursery Research and Extension Day from 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11 at NWREC, 15210 N.E. Miley Road, Aurora, Ore. (directions via Google Maps). The day will include morning research presentations on P. ramorum, nursery production strategies, crop water use, […]
Asian longhorned beetle found in Illinois, Massachusetts
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It’s long. It’s distinctive. And it chews dime-sized holes in many species of hardwood trees so that it can lay eggs in them, perpetuating a cycle that leads to infestation and the death of the tree.USDA officials are mobilizing a response after confirming the presence of the Asian longhorned beetle in Worcester, Mass. A resident […]
Nursery industry feels Olympic tragedy
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The nursery industry suffered a tremendous loss on the opening day of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. Fourth-generation nurseryman Todd Bachman – president and CEO of the Minnesota-based Bachman’s flower, home and garden stores – was murdered, apparently at random, by a distraught Chinese man. Bachman and his wife, Barbara, were both stabbed […]
Getting to know the U.S. Passport Card
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The new U.S. Passport Card is now on the list of documents that can be used to verify employment eligibility, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service announced today. What is the passport card? It’s a small card that confirms the citizenship and identity of the holder. The upside? It’s cheaper and smaller than a traditional, […]
Emerald ash borer found in two states
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For the first time, the emerald ash borer has been detected in Missouri, as well as in Wisconsin. The adult borer doesn’t cause much harm to trees, but in larvae form, it’s a whole different story. The borer larvae consume the inner bark of ash trees, disrupting their vascular systems and causing them to dehydrate […]
Welcome to the Digger Magazine blog
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Welcome to the Digger magazine blog. Digger magazine is a trade publication that has been serving the Northwest nursery industry for more than 50 years. This blog is part of our plans to expand our Web presence. We will regularly be updating this space with nursery industry news for wholesalers, retailers and other allied industries. […]