It’s always a delight to chat with Arda Berryhill. She and her late husband, Roger, founded Berryhll Nursery in 1962 in Sherwood, Ore., and it became one of the leading rhododendron growers in the state. Arda is one of those who perhaps best exemplifies the Oregon spirit of sharing information to help move the industry […]

A feeling of optimism is permeating the booth of family-owned Sester Farms, a grower of containerized trees and shrubs based in Gresham, Ore. According to sales manager Ted Sester, the company has added 160 new varieties to its line. “The nursery has been retooled to respond to garden centers,” he said. “It’s a $1 million […]

We’ve opened the doors to an eager nursery industry at the 2012 Farwest Show. Visitors — Please stop by the OAN Resource Center if you would like to say hello — that’s our social media headquarters. Exhibitors — Drop us a line if you’d like us to drop by your booth and see what’s going on. There’s […]

The Farwest Seminars are close to wrapping up for the morning. We dropped in on several of the seminars and all have been well attended. People are discovering or getting re-acquainted with interesting plants, and they’re also learning better ways to tackle their organizational issues and improve their bottom line profitability. One of the best […]

One of the early seminar highlights had to be Jim Gilbert’s seminar on “Plants with a Purpose.” Gilbert is the owner of Northwoods Nursery in Molalla, Ore. and the One Green World website (www.onegreenworld.com). He’s carved out a unique niche for himself by offering unique fruit and berry shrubs and trees that he finds all […]

The three-day Farwest Show — biggest nursery trade show on the West Coast — opens this morning in earnest. The morning seminars are underway, and the expo floor will open for business at noon. The available seminar tracks for this morning include “Stellar Selections” (seminars on fruits/edibles, maples and chic plants); “The Good, The Bad […]

This is part of our continuing coverage of the Farwest Show. This post concerns Day Two of the Farwest Show Tours, specifically, Tour 3, the New Plants Tour on Wednesday, August 22, 2012. Keep checking back for updates, or follow @FarwestShow on Twitter. Our final stop on the New Plants Tour was The Oregon Garden. […]

This is part of our continuing coverage of the Farwest Show. This post concerns Day Two of the Farwest Show Tours, specifically, Tour 3, the New Plants Tour on Wednesday, August 22, 2012. Keep checking back for updates, or follow @FarwestShow on Twitter. Our fourth stop on the New Plants Tour was Fessler Nursery Company, […]

This is part of our continuing coverage of the Farwest Show. This post concerns Day Two of the Farwest Show Tours, specifically, Tour 3, the New Plants Tour on Wednesday, August 22, 2012. Keep checking back for updates, or follow @FarwestShow on Twitter. Our third tour stop this morning was at Woodburn Nursery & Azaleas, […]