The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released its first new climate zone map in more than new decades. The new 2012 map, downloadable here (various other versions here), replaces the previous map published in 1990. According to USA Today, the new map is much more localized — in fact, it’s accurate down to one-half mile. […]
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 […]
Watch where you’re mowing
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Landscapers, watch where you’re mowing. A maintenance worker at a North Akron, Ohio school learned this lesson the hard way when he ran over a softball-sized rock. The stone was sent flying, richocheted off a wall, crashed through a classroom window, flew over the heads of numerous students, and struck a fourth-grade girl in the […]
New Varieties Showcase award winners shine
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Picking the very best plants displayed in the 2011 New Varieties Showcase at the Farwest Show was a tough task falling to no single group. Show judges handed out the official awards, while show attendees voted separately on the People’s Choice awards. As things turned out, however, the two groups agreed more often than not. […]
Annual ANLD tour is set for June 18
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If you want to see some of the finest and most creative residential landscapes in the Portland area, then mark Saturday, June 18 on your calendar, and make plans to attend the eighth annual Behind-the-Scenes Garden Tour, presented by the Association of Northwest Landscape Designers (ANLD). The self-guided, multi-site tour will be held from 10 […]
OAN Retail Nursery Guide now available
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Spring is here. How about a nursery road trip? You can now get the 2011 OAN Retail Nursery Guide at garden centers and visitor information centers all across Oregon and Southwest Washington. Here’s the press release: 2011 Retail Nursery Guide Available Free for Seasoned and Aspiring GardenersOregonians asked to “buy local” when it comes to […]
Watering the roots of community
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We told you last month about the Oregon nursery industry’s efforts to spruce up the Oregon School for the Deaf campus. The Capital Press (Salem, Ore.) now has an article posted that covers that effort in greater detail. Included is this nugget: OAN members supplied 70 percent of the plants and shrubs needed for the […]
Nurseries help with Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
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When the ABC television program Extreme Makeover: Home Edition came to Salem and transformed the campus of Oregon School for the Deaf, Oregon nurseries and landscapers were there pitching in. Show organizers got in touch with the Oregon Association of Nurseries, and member/past president Kathy LeCompte of Brooks Tree Farm in Brooks, Ore. took the […]
It ain’t easy being screened
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We in the nursery industry like to say that trees are the answer, but David Alvand’s neighbors in Plymouth, England are raising questions about some trees that Alvand planted. They’re crying foul over the giant Leland cypress trees in his front yard that were installed for privacy. It’s not Alvand’s first neighborhood dispute over screening. […]
OAN secretary featured in lunchtime panel on workforce issues
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There will be a luncheon on “Regional Competitiveness and Latino Integration: Developing Our Workforce,” from noon-2 p.m. next Friday, March 12, at the World Trade Center, 121 S.W. Salmon Street, Portland, Ore. (Directions.) Keynote speakers will include Oregon Speaker of the House Dave Hunt and Portland mayor Sam Adams. Additionally, OAN secretary Gary Furr of […]
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