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Green drenching creates peaceful garden spaces

By Emily Hoard — Posted April 21, 2025

Gardeners are tapping green’s soothing nature to create peaceful spaces, and nurseries are following suit.

Filed Under: Plant Features Tagged With: Consumer trends

A matter of trust

By Ben Verhoeven — Posted April 21, 2025

What makes NWREC special isn’t just the research — It’s the spirit of cooperation that drives it forward.

Filed Under: President's Message

April 2025: The Tree Issue

By Vic Panichkul — Posted March 25, 2025

This issue explores the rising consumer attraction to Styrax japonicus and the greater attention that growers are giving this tree and provides ideas to grow and produce better plants.

Filed Under: Issues

Seeing a generational shift

By Jeff Stone — Posted March 25, 2025

A new generation has taken the reigns of leadership, with some following the footsteps of their fathers and mothers.

Filed Under: Director's Desk, Uncategorized

Prioritizing nursery pest challenges

By Jerry Weiland — Posted March 25, 2025

Nursery industry input is critical to helping IR-4 Project identify most pressing nursery challenges.

Filed Under: Growing Knowledge, Plant Pests and Diseases

Success comes from reading the future

By Mitch Lies — Posted March 25, 2025

An accurate read on coming market conditions and a balanced strategy are critical to weathering ups and downs of tree-growing business 

Filed Under: Nursery Operations

Getting a grip on drainage

By Emily Hoard — Posted March 25, 2025

Standing water can encourage diseases and create a poor environment for plant roots and microbes

Filed Under: Nursery Operations Tagged With: Drainage

New frontiers for Japanese snowbells

By Erica Browne Grivas — Posted March 25, 2025

Styrax japonicus is catching the eyes of gardeners and greater attention from growers

Filed Under: Plant Features Tagged With: Flowering trees

Meet the leader: Sam Pohlschneider

By Vic Panichkul — Posted March 25, 2025

What is your background? Worked on the family grass seed farm growing up. Graduated from Oregon State University with a degree in agriculture. Interned at Bailey Nursery in Yamhill, Oregon, in the summer of 1996. After graduating from OSU, went to work at Marion Ag Service as a crop adviser for 4 years. Then, went […]

Filed Under: Meet the Leader, OAN Members Tagged With: Wholesale Nurseries

Some lesser-known trees to consider

By Mike Darcy — Posted March 25, 2025

Many beautiful trees are overlooked becuase they are not as well known as their cousins.

Filed Under: Mike Darcy Tagged With: Plants

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NURSERY NEWS

Terra Gardens owner’s gesture for his mother opens the door to other wheelchair-bound gardeners

OAN announces 2025 Friends of Nurseries award winners

OAN leads grower-driven Japanese beetle solution

AmericanHort president and CEO to step down

In memoriam: Bill Van Belle

Longtime employee buys Heritage Seedlings and Liners

In Memoriam: Melvin John Steffenson

New USDA Census of Hort arriving in mailboxes this month

More Nursery News

From the pages of Digger

March: The Perennials Issue

February: The Greenhouse Issue

January 2026: The Retail Issue

November 2025: The Transportation Issue

October 2025

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Pests and Diseases

OAN leads grower-driven Japanese beetle solution

Prioritizing nursery pest challenges

New tools in the battle against thrips

Aiming for precision in pest control

Oregon’s nursery licensing program aims to keep the entire industry healthy

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FARWEST SHOW UPDATES

2026 Farwest Show issues calls for speakers

Excitement, optimism prevail at 2025 Farwest Show

Dazzling plants, products garner Retailer’s Choice Awards

Youngblood Nursery wins Best in Show booth honors at the 2025 Farwest Show

Glow Sticks Fescue wins top honors from judges at Farwest Show’s New Varieties Showcase 

More Updates from Farwest

The Value of Membership

AmericanHort president and CEO to step down

OAN honors industry leaders at 2025 Convention

Meet the Leader: Patrick Peterson

More member stories

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