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It’s Farwest Show week!

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The Farwest Show is one of the biggest trade shows in the nursery industry, and it’s this week in Portland, Ore. Starting Tuesday, we will provide full coverage of the show on Facebook, Twitter, and www.DiggerMagazine.com. All week long, we will be sending tweets, posting pictures and writing blog posts. Coverage will include what happens […]

Dog Days of Summer garden tour is July 21

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The Washington County Master Gardeners (Portland, Ore. area) are holding their Dog Days of Summer Garden Tour on July 21, 2012. You can experience seven different gardens that are doing creative things with edibles, organics, wildlife, recycled materials, worm bins and much more. Click the link to see descriptions of each garden, plus directions on […]

July 16 is Northwest Nursery Research Day

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This week is your last chance to register at the discounted rate for the upcoming Green Thumb Conclave, an all-day conference modeled on the Briggs Nursery Research Days of the past. The registration cost is just $55 if you sign up by June 30. Starting next week, the cost goes up to $70. To reserve […]

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Farwest Show announces 2012 seminar lineup

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Officials from the 2012 Farwest Show today announced the docket of professional seminars for this year’s event, according to Farwest Show director Allan Niemi. “Farwest seminars are designed to provide some of the most valuable professional development in the nursery, landscape and garden center businesses,” Niemi said. “And this year’s lineup is one of our […]

Oregon takes proactive stance against boxwood blight

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So far there has been just one detection of boxwood blight in Oregon nurseries, but growers are taking the pathogen very seriously, as Mitch Lies reports in the Capital Press (Salem, Ore.). The Oregon Association of Nurseries has been out front in getting information to its members, and is holding a special meeting on Friday, […]

Ahmed Hassan coming to the Yard Garden & Patio Show

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Ahmed Hassan is coming to the Yard, Garden & Patio Show Presented by Dennis’ 7 Dees, Feb. 17–19 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Ore. Twice daily, the celebrity landscape designer and television personality will give interactive demonstrations on the show floor that entertain and inspire people to do more with their garden. “We […]

ODA plans webinars on block grant opportunities

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The Oregon Department of Agriculture is now accepting concept proposals for the next round of the USDA Specialty Crop Block Grant Program. Those interested in applying for a grant can take part in one of two upcoming webinars. The first will be at 10 a.m. this Friday, Jan. 20. Another will be held a week […]

Climate expert to speak at High Desert conference

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Kathie Dello, deputy director of the Oregon Climate Service at Oregon State University, will be the keynote speaker at the 20th annual High Desert Green Industry Conference. It will be held Wednesday–Thursday, Feb. 8–9, at the Deschutes Fair & Expo Center in Redmond, Ore. The conference is geared for those who supply, design, maintain or […]

Box blight webinar set for Thursday at 8 a.m. PST

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Cylindrocladium buxicola, a fungal blight afflicting boxwood shrubs, recently has been detected in several East Coast states. Experts believe it came over from Europe on infected plant material. At 8 a.m. Pacific time on Thursday morning, Jan. 5, Kelly Ivors of North Carolina State University will hold a free webinar to address this disease threat. […]