It is no secret, I am a sports nut. So whether or not we are talking about Canton, Ohio (football), Cooper-stown, New York (baseball), Springfield, Massachusetts (basketball), Toronto, Ontario (hockey) or Atlanta, Georgia (college) as shrines to legends, leaders or innovators at a Hall of Fame — the OAN has its own in Wilsonville, Oregon. […]
Change is constant
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— PostedChange is inevitable. Whether we like it or not, change is constantly with us and the nursery business is no exception. Sometimes the change can be a step forward with the result either creating a better environment, or perhaps the change could be keeping a business, like a garden center, alive. We, as gardeners, have […]
January 2024: The Retail Issue
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— PostedThe New Year’s issue of Digger tracks the trends steering sales for retail nurseries and garden centers
December 2023: Oregon is Nursery Country
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— PostedWith a record $1.37 billion worth of sales in 2022, Oregon’s nursery industry continues to grow. And if you want to know why, you can ask the families that are driving the growth. Ask Jan, Cindy and Jason Hupp, who run Drakes Crossing Nursery in the Cascade Range foothills, founded 1967. They’ve made huge investments […]
Pacific Fibre Products selling operation in Canby
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— PostedPacific Fibre Products has started the process to sell its custom soils business, based in Canby, Oregon. Pacific Fibre Products, which is based in Longview, Washington, purchased the former Phillips Soil Products in 2022 from Bill Phillips and renamed it Pac Fibre Soils. The Canby, Oregon, operation was established in 1988. It sells custom-blended growing […]
October 2023
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— PostedThe October 2023 issue of Digger is out and here’s what’s included.
September 2023
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— PostedThe September 2023 issue of Digger is out and here’s what’s included.
The lifeblood of our industry
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— PostedThe Water Issue is one of the most pertinent Digger efforts to serve our membership. We hope that how we lay out the issues makes sense and provides some context of the dynamics we are facing at the state and federal levels. Our industry stretches the water resource farther than most of those involved in […]
Fall Creek promotes Dave Daniel to general manager for U.S. and Canada
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— PostedFall Creek Farm & Nursery Inc. announced the promotion of Dave Daniel to general manager for Fall Creek’s United States and Canada business. Previously, he was the blueberry breeding and nursery company’s U.S. operations manager. In his new role, Daniel will manage and develop the U.S. regional team. Daniel is based in Lowell, Oregon. “Dave […]
Farwest Show to celebrate 50th anniversary in 2023
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— PostedThe biggest nursery industry trade show in the West, the Farwest Show, will celebrate its 50th anniversary this coming August, producers the Oregon Association of Nurseries (OAN) have announced.
The trade show and conference will take place August 23–25, 2023 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon. It will include special festivities celebrating five decades of making nursery industry connections. Booths are available now, registration will open April 10, and organizers have planned a full slate of seminars and social events. Highlights of the 50th anniversary celebration will include a band, food carts, expanded educational opportunities, and creative ways of recognizing the history of the show and the industry it represents.
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