Over the next year. I’d like to use this column to share some of those ideas and introduce you to the people who inspired them. My first foray brings me to Smith Gardens in Aurora, Oregon, where I learned a lesson in effective communication.
Making progress towards sustainability
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When I first saw that this month’s issue of Digger was focused on sustainability, I was apprehensive. I reactively thought about how my small nursery hasn’t reached a scale that would let us focus on sustainability. I thought about what larger nurseries are doing, such as Robinson Nursery. They have stopped shipping 600,000+ pounds of […]
The legacy of trees
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When I saw that this April issue was dedicated to trees, I immediately started thinking about which trees stand out to me and why?
Meet the Leader: Christopher Lee
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Christopher Lee offers advice about navigating the complexities of leadership and pursuing your passion and being your absolute best.
Eight inducted into OAN Hall of Fame
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Eight individuals who were instrumental in the Oregon nursery industry were inducted into the Oregon Association of Nurseries Hall of Fame Class of 2024 last night to the applause from about 100 attendees at the Abernethy Center in Oregon City.
NexGen and its founders seize opportunity to help those new to the industry
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Elizabeth Brentano, production and shipping assistant at Robinson Nursery Inc. in McMinnville, Oregon, and Trystan Lewis, assistant production manager at JLPN Inc. in Salem, Oregon, started NexGen to connect new and up-and-coming people in any role in the nursery industry as well as ancillary industries.
Participation in member programs can help strengthen OAN’s collective purchasing power
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At the Oregon Association of Nurseries, we are dedicated to providing our members with relevant benefits that add value to their businesses. Yet did you know that by taking advantage of these benefits, you are also playing a pivotal role in supporting the association?
Welcome to the Hall of Fame Class of 2024
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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. […]
The short and long game
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February is here! The shortest month of the year still packs a big punch. Scrambling to finish our winter grafting, harvesting spring orders, and trying to keep up on our current short Oregon legislative session makes for an exciting February here at Columbia Nursery, as well as for many of my fellow members, I am […]
OAN members report damage to businesses
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With Oregonians still recovering from the weekend’s winter storm that rolled in with high winds and covered the area in a blanket of snow, ice and freezing precipitation, cut power to thousands, and downed trees in neighborhoods, reports are starting to come in to the Oregon Association of Nurseries that some members have received damage […]
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