The Oregon Garden
The Oregon Garden, located in Silverton, Oregon, was founded by influential members of the Oregon Association of Nurseries to showcase the beauty of ornamental plants,…
Regions: Oregon
Oregon
Old Roses for the Water-Saving Gardener
Roses have the unfortunate reputation of being almost insatiable drinkers of water. Granted, that is true for most modern roses, especially the hybrid teas and…
The Artistic Garden
While the city of Portland, Oregon is known for its wet, rainy weather, it was a dry, 100-degree day in July when I visited the…
Laboratory Report (July 2020)
Bees Bite Plants to Encourage Flowering It’s every bumblebee’s nightmare: it is spring, and you are finally out and about, but the neighborhood plants are…
A Botanical Force
Listening to Alice Doyle recount the origin stories of Log House Plants’ most popular introductions, educational campaigns, and innovative collections is a great way to…
Making a Garden
Greg Shepherd is an avid plant collector and nurseryman. Together with Paul Bonine, Greg is the co-owner of Xera Plants, a retail nursery and wholesale…
Transform Your Barren Parking Strip Into Pollinator-Friendly Habitat
One of the most awkward, yet rewarding, gardening challenges can be found in that neglected patch of turfgrass between the sidewalk and the curb: your…
A Photographer Looks at Hoyt Arboretum
It is way too easy to forget that Pacific Coast gardens can have wonderful fall color. But not after my visit to Hoyt Arboretum in…
Women in Horticulture
For the special “Women in Horticulture” issue of Pacific Horticulture (Summer 2019), we’ve called out the following stories in the online archives; this is but…