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Nursery Country stars in January Digger

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The annual Nursery Country (formerly State of Perfection) issue of Digger magazine has been published. It includes feature profiles of five top-notch Oregon growers: J. Frank Schmidt & Son Co. (PDF)  Hochstein Nursery (PDF)  Countryside & Fairdale Nurseries (PDF)  Rickel’s Tree Farm (PDF)  Native Grounds Nursery (PDF)  The issue was distributed to its 8,000 regular […]

Nursery Country Video #5: Rickels Tree Farm

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“Welcome to Nursery Country!” This special January issue of Digger, formerly known as the State of Perfection issue, has been showcasing outstanding Oregon nurseries for six years now. Five nurseries are featured in this year’s edition. We also filmed a short video at each nursery. Today’s fifth and final Nursery Country video features Rickel’s Tree […]

Monrovia purchases Imperial Nurseries

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Monrovia issued a press release today announcing the acquisition of Imperial Nurseries, located in the Northeast. The purchase gives Monrovia a wholesale growing presence in all four quadrants of the country. The privately-held company is based in Visalia, Calif., and also has growing facilities in Oregon (Pacific Northwest) and Georgia (Southeast). Here is the press release […]

Nursery Country Video #4: Native Grounds Nursery

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“Welcome to Nursery Country!” This special January issue of Digger, formerly known as the State of Perfection issue, has been showcasing outstanding Oregon nurseries for six years now. Five nurseries are featured in this year’s edition. We also filmed a short video at each nursery. Today’s video features Native Grounds Nursery, which is located in […]

Nursery Country Video #3: Countryside and Fairdale Nurseries

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“Welcome to Nursery Country!” This special January issue of Digger, formerly known as the State of Perfection issue, has been showcasing outstanding Oregon nurseries for six years now. Five nurseries are featured in this year’s edition. We also filmed a short video at each nursery. Today’s video features Countryside Nursery and Fairdale Nursery, two companies […]

Nursery Country Video #2: Hochstein Nursery

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“Welcome to Nursery Country!” This special January issue of Digger, formerly known as the State of Perfection issue, has been showcasing outstanding Oregon nurseries for six years now. Five nurseries are featured in this year’s edition. We also filmed a short video at each nursery. Yesterday’s video featured Keith Warren, new products director at J. […]

John Humes, former editor of Pacific Coast Nurseryman, passes away

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We are saddened to report the death of John Humes, who served on the Oregon Association of Nurseries staff for three years and edited the Pacific Coast Nurseryman trade magazine for 32 years. He passed away Dec. 24, 2013 at the age of 72. A private service was held Jan. 4, 2013 in Beaverton, Ore. […]

Nursery Country Video #1: J. Frank Schmidt & Son Co.

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“Welcome to Nursery Country!” This special January issue of Digger, formerly known as the State of Perfection issue, has been showcasing outstanding Oregon nurseries for six years now. Five nurseries are featured in this year’s edition. For the next five business days, we will post a different video on one of the featured nurseries every […]

Conifers, health care and Coulter featured in December Digger

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The December issue of Digger has been mailed to subscribers, and the cover story this month is on ground-hugging conifers (PDF). Other articles in this issue include: • “Bee-ing aware of insecticides” (PDF) — Columnist Mike Darcy discusses insecticides containing neonicotinoids and ways garden centers can inform their customers.• “Meet the Leader: John Coulter” (PDF) — […]

ODA to lift temporary dinotefuran rule, replace with label restrictions

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The Oregon Department of Agriculture plans to lift temporary restrictions on the use of the insecticide dinotefuran, effective Dec. 24. These rules will be replaced with new, Oregon-specific label restrictions. The decision was announced on Thursday (Nov. 21) at a meeting of the House Interim Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources. At that meeting, OAN […]