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State of Perfection Clip 3: Bizon Nursery

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Clip 3 in our State of Perfection videos features Bizon Nursery and production manager Greg Anderson. In it, Greg talks about the company’s signature Bizon Blue spruce (Picea pungens ‘Bizon Blue’). We’ll add another video on Friday, and every Friday thereafter, until all six are available for viewing. Up next: Bountiful Farms. Keep checking back!

Ag leaders speak out on the agriculture-conservation coalition’s reserves map

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Yesterday a coalition of agricultural and conservation groups announced they had developed an alternative to the most recent “Core 4” plan for the Portland metropolitan area. Here’s video of the press conference: The coalition developed the map based on the criteria in state law, and with an eye toward selecting the most suitable areas for […]

Landscape design awards program accepting entries

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The Association of Professional Landscape Designers is now taking entries for the 2010 International Landscape Design Awards, which will recognize excellence in the field of professional landscape design. There are six categories: residential design, non-residential design, small gardens, planting design, specialty projects and show gardens. Entries are judged on project impact, overall design, technical merit, […]

Agriculture speaks on urban reserves process

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The Metro regional government, which guides growth for Portland, Ore. and its suburbs, last month released its latest “Core 4” draft map of proposed rural and urban reserves. The map shows where urban-style development would be allowed, and where it would be off limits, for the next 50 years. Many in agriculture have been critical […]

Rogerson Clematis Collection attains National Collection status

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Congratulations are definitely in order for the Oregon-based Rogerson Clematis Collection, which was recently awarded National Collection status. It’s quite an honor: The Rogerson Clematis Collection, the most comprehensive gathering of the genus clematis in the United States, has recently been granted National Collection status by the North American Plant Collections Consortium. Located at Luscher […]

State of Perfection Clip 2: Sester Farms

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The new “State of Perfection” issue of Digger is now out. Featured are six nurseries that are representative of the state’s climate, passion, diversity, insight, service and quality. We shot videos at each nursery in which the growers talked about a favorite offering. Here’s Clip No. 2, featuring Tim Sester, sales manager of Sester Farms […]

‘Grower to Garden Center: An Industry Seminar’ set for Jan. 20

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“Grower to Garden Center: An Industry Seminar,” will be presented all day on Jan. 20 by the Greenhouse and Retail chapters of the Oregon Association of Nurseries. The proceedings will take place from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. (with a social hour afterwards) at Bauman Farms, 29898 Howell Prairie Road, Gervais, Ore. Topics will include grower and […]

Owner of Don Schmidt Nursery passses away

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We are saddened to report that longtime Oregon grower Jim Schmidt, owner of Don Schmidt Nursery, passed away last Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2009, of a heart attack, just weeks short of his 64th birthday. Jim was among the world’s foremost growers and collectors of Japanese maples. His nursery in Boring, Ore., was featured (PDF) in […]

Urban forestry conference is accepting speaker proposals

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The committee that is planning the 2010 Oregon Urban and Community Forestry Conference is inviting potential speakers to submit a presentation proposal for possible inclusion in the conference program. The conference will be presented June 2-3, 2010 by the Oregon Department of Forestry and Oregon Community Trees, in cooperation with the U.S. Forest Service. On […]