Digger magazine

Written to make you a nursery industry expert.

Native plants can solve Willamette Basin problems

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When people think of an unhealthy river, chemical discharges may be first thing that comes to mind, but other conditions in the water can also be a problem for fish and wildlife. The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality just released a 650-site assessment of the Willamette River basin which concludes in part that high water […]

Marketing to families

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OAN Director of Marketing extraorinaire Ann Murphy passed along this article on marketing to families during a recession. Hint: They don’t stop buying. They just buy differently.

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Gypsy moths sent packing

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Despite placing 12,000 traps this year, the Oregon Department of Agriculture detected just six gypsy moths in the state. That’s half the number detected in 2008 (12), and far fewer than the thousands that were detected at times in the past. Three were found in Portland near Jantzen Beach, two in the Aurora area, and […]

OAN on FB

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Yep, some of you have noticed – the Oregon Association of Nurseries (which publishes Digger) is now on Facebook. Come by and say hello.

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It’s the greatest pumpkin!

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Our friends at Bauman Farms in Woodburn, Ore. held their pumpkin weigh-off on Saturday, and here are the results. (Jeff Gustin and GardenTime produced an excellent slow-motion video of the pumpkin drop, embedded above. Or view it on YouTube.)

Ginkgo stinko

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The Associated Press has an article on Ginkgo biloba trees (a.k.a. maidenhair trees), and the fact that some cities are removing them due to odor problems. Landscapers normally prevent this problem by planting only male trees – that’s right, there are male and female ginkgos, and it’s the females who drop the sticky, stinky seed […]

A convention-al view?

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Should your marketing change depending on whether the targeted customers are Baby Boomers or Gen X’ers? Robert Hendrickson of The Garden Center Group gave his answer in a presentation at the Oregon Association of Nurseries Convention, and what he said may surprise you.

Green industry seminars coming up

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Early registration is now open for the seventh annual Willamette Valley Green Industry Seminars, presented by several partners including the Oregon Association of Nurseries. These afternoon workshops take place every Tuesday from Nov. 3-Dec. 15 at the Natural Resource Education Center, The Oregon Garden, Silverton, Ore. Topics are listed on the series brochure, which can […]

Nursery sales down 17 percent

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Nurseries reported decreased year-to-year sales between 2007 and 2008, according to numbers just released by the Oregon office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, an agency of USDA. Ball and burlap growers were particularly hard hit due to the housing slowdown.