Kathy LeCompte My husband Dave and I started Brooks Tree Farm in 1980, so we’re celebrating our 40th year in business this year. Our first year in the show was actually 1982. My mother and father had a booth with Drake’s Crossing Nursery, where I’d grown up on the farm. We developed a really unprofessional sales […]
Building the stems of the next generation
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— PostedThe Oregon Association of Nurseries and the Oregon Nurseries Foundation congratulate each of these students on their impressive accomplishments thus far and wish them the best of luck as they continue towards building the future of a strong nursery industry. Please join us in congratulating the 2020-21 ONF Scholarship Award Winners. Students were evaluated based […]
Reflections on Farwest
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— PostedThe COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the world’s social and economic norms with shelter-in-place orders and social distancing. Unfortunately, it has also turned the business of large events upside down — including the Farwest Show. That’s why you’re holding a Farwest Edition of Digger without a show to attend this year. Oregon growers define the show The […]
Meet the Leader: Tom Brewer
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— PostedHC Companies OAN member since 1991 1991-2010 Greenhouse Chapter 2010-2013 Sunset Chapter 2013-2020 Clackamas Chapter OAN 2013 “Distinguished Member of the Horticultural Allied Trades Industry” Award OAN roles/positions: OAN Board of Directors, 2013–present (current Associate Member representative) Member, Government Relations Committee, 2013–present President, Clackamas Chapter, 2014 Vice chair, Government Relations Committee, 2016–2017 Chairman, Oregon Nurseries’ […]
An important partnership
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— PostedIn 1888, the Oregon Agriculture College (OAC) established a horticulture department with sights on building a single greenhouse and creating its own laboratories to conduct experiments. In the subsequent 132 years, OAC became Oregon State University (OSU) and the horticulture department has grown. When I graduated from OSU in horticulture 20 years ago, there were […]
America needs our vote
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— PostedAt a time of national challenge, we can either look at what divides us or what unites us. Our nursery community is a critical ingredient in the great American experiment. We are a blessed and privileged few. America is only as strong as her citizens. Our nation is a cauldron of different perspectives, ideologies and […]
Meet the Leader: Chris Robinson
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— PostedNursery ManagerRobinson Nursery Inc. OAN member since 1987 Field/Bare Root representative, OAN Board of Directors Sunset Chapter President Research Committee member New Nursery Professional of the Year (2017) Tell us about yourself My dream ever since I was little was to manage the nursery. When I was 8, I started pruning trees to earn a […]
Becoming a Zoom Jedi master
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— PostedThe COVID-19 pandemic has forced me to work at home, isolated in what I have started calling “the 64th Avenue Bunker.” As a result, my family has gained a deeper understanding of my severe technological deficits. They commonly hear me uttering phrases like, “I just want it to work!” I am not quite to the […]
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