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Some annuals are better than others when it comes to attracting pollinators

By Kym Pokorny — Posted January 27, 2025

With concern for pollinators on the rise, the demand for annuals that provide nourishment for bees, hummingbirds and butterflies is growing.

Filed Under: Plant Features, Uncategorized Tagged With: annuals, pollinators

A disease love triangle: water, rhodies, and root rot

By Jerry Weiland — Posted October 24, 2024

USDA—ARS experiment attempts to define way to manage Phytophthera root rot through irrigation controls

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November 2024: The Transportation Issue

By Vic Panichkul — Posted October 24, 2024

This month’s issue helps nurseries navigate the challenges of shipping their products efficiently and economically to their buyers. Columns: Growing Knowledge, an ongoing series provided by Oregon State University in collaboration with the USDA and in partnership with OAN. Download a PDF of this issue.

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New Oregon groundwater rules will fundamentally change permitting

By Steve Shropshire — Posted July 29, 2024

The bottom line is that in most locations, the new requirements will amount to a moratorium on new permits

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Oregon Nurseries Foundation’s 2024-2025 Scholarship Award Winners

By Stephanie Collins — Posted July 29, 2024

Please join us in congratulating the Oregon Nurseries Foundation’s 2024–2025 Scholarship Award Winners.

Filed Under: OAN Members, Uncategorized Tagged With: ONF, scholarships

Welcome to the Hall of Fame Class of 2024

By Jeff Stone — Posted January 30, 2024

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. […]

Filed Under: Director's Desk, Uncategorized Tagged With: Hall of Fame, OAN, OAN Members

Change is constant

By Mike Darcy — Posted January 30, 2024

Change 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 […]

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January 2024: The Retail Issue

By Vic Panichkul — Posted December 28, 2023

The New Year’s issue of Digger tracks the trends steering sales for retail nurseries and garden centers

Filed Under: Issues, Uncategorized Tagged With: Digger, Digger magazine, Retail Nurseries

December 2023: Oregon is Nursery Country

By Curt Kipp — Posted November 30, 2023

With 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 […]

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Pacific Fibre Products selling operation in Canby

By Vic Panichkul — Posted November 15, 2023

Pacific 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 […]

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NURSERY NEWS

Terra Gardens owner’s gesture for his mother opens the door to other wheelchair-bound gardeners

OAN announces 2025 Friends of Nurseries award winners

OAN leads grower-driven Japanese beetle solution

AmericanHort president and CEO to step down

In memoriam: Bill Van Belle

Longtime employee buys Heritage Seedlings and Liners

In Memoriam: Melvin John Steffenson

New USDA Census of Hort arriving in mailboxes this month

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From the pages of Digger

March: The Perennials Issue

February: The Greenhouse Issue

January 2026: The Retail Issue

November 2025: The Transportation Issue

October 2025

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Pests and Diseases

OAN leads grower-driven Japanese beetle solution

Prioritizing nursery pest challenges

New tools in the battle against thrips

Aiming for precision in pest control

Oregon’s nursery licensing program aims to keep the entire industry healthy

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FARWEST SHOW UPDATES

2026 Farwest Show issues calls for speakers

Excitement, optimism prevail at 2025 Farwest Show

Dazzling plants, products garner Retailer’s Choice Awards

Youngblood Nursery wins Best in Show booth honors at the 2025 Farwest Show

Glow Sticks Fescue wins top honors from judges at Farwest Show’s New Varieties Showcase 

More Updates from Farwest

The Value of Membership

AmericanHort president and CEO to step down

OAN honors industry leaders at 2025 Convention

Meet the Leader: Patrick Peterson

More member stories

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