Welcome to the 2013 Farwest Trade Show! And thanks for following along at www.diggermagazine.com. As you can see, we have converted the blog to the “Farwest Edition” of Daily Digger, and we’ll be updating it frequently with highlights from the show. If you are into Twitter, you can follow along at @FarwestShow. If you’re tweeting […]
Nursery Tour #3: Al’s Garden Center (Part 5 of 6)
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— Posted“Grown by Al’s” appears on the vast majority of pots at the three retail garden center locations operated by Al’s Garden Center, a wholesale greenhouse operation. Al’s produces more than 6 million plants each year on over 30 acres of growing operations. Family owned and operated by second- and third-generation family members, Al’s started as […]
Nursery Tour #3: Fessler Nursery (Part 6 of 6)
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— PostedFessler Nursery Co. is a family-owned-and-operated nursery that has grown to over 500,000 square feet of greenhouse space. It grows more than 70,000 baskets annually and offers a large variety of quality annuals that are shipped seasonally throughout the Willamette Valley and Southern Washington. In 2004, Fessler Nursery became a root-n-sell for Selecta, one of the leading […]
Nursery Tour #3: Terra Nova Nurseries (Part 4 of 6)
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— PostedTerra Nova Nurseries Inc. has grown from a tiny lab and greenhouse to a world leader in perennial plant breeding. They have introduced over 700 new varieties to horticulture. Their display gardens are a site to behold…and you will do better than behold them, you’ll walk through them. Their new introductions are distributed world-wide to wholesalers, […]
The chairman’s welcome
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— Posted2013 Farwest Trade Show Chairman Jay Sanders (of Bountiful Farms in Hubbard, Ore.) put together a short, 1-minute welcome video that highlights just a few of the many exciting features at the show. You can check it out at http://youtu.be/qdSnldu90LQ.
Nursery Tour #3: Swan Island Dahlias (Part 3 of 6)
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— PostedWe stopped at Swan Island Dahlias for lunch. The largest dahlia grower in the U.S., Swan Island Dahlias has been in operation for over 85 years. The Gitts family has owned and operated the business for more than 40 years. They hybridize their own new varieties, planting over 30,000 seedlings each year. From those original seedlings, it […]
Nursery Tour #3: Rare Plant Research (Part 2 of 6)
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— PostedRare Plant Research specializes in new and unusual plants for unique gardens. This small specialty nursery sources plants from Baja, Madagascar, South Africa and other exotic locales. As interesting as the plant material is, you’re bound to be lured to walk up to the gardens of the Spanish villa, built by the owner, which sits atop the hill […]
Nursery Tour #3: Garden Fever (Part 1 of 6)
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— PostedWe set out on our deluxe coach bus at 8 a.m. on day two of the nursery tours. Tour #3, “New & Unusual Plants & Places to Inspire,” will take us to six different growers and retailers. Stop number one is at Garden Fever! an urban gardening oasis at the corner of NE 24th and Fremont in […]
Nursery Tour #1: TSW Nursery Sales (Part 4 of 4)
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— PostedTSW is a grower and broker of quality nursery stock that works with over 250 growers in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and California. They stock an abundant variety of material, everything from 4-inch liners to 4-inch caliper shade trees to 20-foot conifers. They hand-select all the plant material that they ship.TSW has been in business for […]
Nursery Tour #1: Weeks Berry Farm (Part 3 of 4)
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— PostedWeeks Berry Farm was started back in 1888 as a small peach farm on the banks of the Willamette River. 100 years later Bradley Weeks is continuing five generations of farming. Whether grown in the field for commercial production or to sell to the home gardener, Weeks grows and sells many varieties of asparagus, blackberries, […]
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