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New Plants Tour: A Preview

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This is part of our continuing coverage of the Farwest Show. Keep checking back for updates. This post concerns Day Two of the Farwest Show Tours, specifically, Tour 3, the New Plants tour on Wednesday, August 22, 2012. Today will be an exciting day, as we will have a packed bus with 53 people touring […]

Gen(i)us Acer Tour: Brentano Tree Farm

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This is part of our continuing coverage of the Farwest Show. Keep checking back for updates. This post concerns Day One of the Farwest Show Tours, specifically, Tour 1, the Gen(i)us Acer tour on Tuesday, August 21, 2012. Our final stop on the Gen(i)us Acer Tour was at Brentano Tree Farm, and was led by […]

Gen(i)us Acer Tour: Arrowhead Ornamentals

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This is part of our continuing coverage of the Farwest Show. Keep checking back for updates. This post concerns Day One of the Farwest Show Tours, specifically, Tour 1, the Gen(i)us Acer tour on Tuesday, August 21, 2012. Our fourth stop was Arrowhead Ornamentals, one of the newest nurseries in the state. The Coleman family […]

Gen(i)us Acer Tour: JLPN Inc.

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This is part of our continuing coverage of the Farwest Show. Keep checking back for updates. This post concerns Day One of the Farwest Show Tours, specifically, Tour 1, the Gen(i)us Acer tour on Tuesday, August 21, 2012. Our third stop was JLPN Inc. in Salem, Ore. The initials stand for Jonathan Lewis Propagation Nursery, […]

Gen(i)us Acer Tour: Herinckx Nursery

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This is part of our continuing coverage of the Farwest Show. Keep checking back for updates. This post concerns Day One of the Farwest Show Tours, specifically, Tour 1, the Gen(i)us Acer tour on Tuesday, August 21, 2012. Our second stop was Herinckx Nursery in Gervais, Ore. This nursery, founded in 1986, specializes in Japanese […]

Gen(i)us Acer Tour: Crispin’s Creations Nursery

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This is part of our continuing coverage of the Farwest Show. Keep checking back for updates. This post concerns Day One of the Farwest Show Tours, specifically, Tour 1, the Gen(i)us Acer tour on Tuesday, August 21, 2012. Our first stop was at Crispin’s Creations Nursery, a small but significant growing operation located in Molalla, […]

The genius of Acers

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Oregon is an ideal place for growing nursery stock — particularly woody material — and out of the many trees and shrubs we grow here, maples are always among the favorites. It’s only fitting that today, as the first Farwest Show nursery tour begins, the focus will be on maples. Five nurseries will be part […]

It’s Farwest Show week!

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The Farwest Show is one of the biggest trade shows in the nursery industry, and it’s this week in Portland, Ore. Starting Tuesday, we will provide full coverage of the show on Facebook, Twitter, and www.DiggerMagazine.com. All week long, we will be sending tweets, posting pictures and writing blog posts. Coverage will include what happens […]

Dog Days of Summer garden tour is July 21

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The Washington County Master Gardeners (Portland, Ore. area) are holding their Dog Days of Summer Garden Tour on July 21, 2012. You can experience seven different gardens that are doing creative things with edibles, organics, wildlife, recycled materials, worm bins and much more. Click the link to see descriptions of each garden, plus directions on […]

Native American tribe wins auction for Heronswood

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Heronswood Gardens — the 15-acre, world-class private botanical garden near Kingston, Wash. that was founded by Dan Hinkley and Robert Jones — has a new owner. W. Atlee Burpee & Co. sold the garden at a sealed-bid auction June 15 to the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe, which has a 1,200-acre reservation close by. No price […]