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January 2020 – Nursery Country Issue

By Bill Goloski — Posted January 6, 2020

With its rich volcanic soil, mild weather, and natural resources, Oregon is a great place for wholesale and retail garden center growers. Meet the fantastic business partners who are just one part of Oregon’s nearly one-billion-dollar nursery and greenhouse industry. Here’s a peek at the featured nurseries:

Also in this issue, researchers discuss fire blight, and Digger provides a calendar of networking opportunities throughout 2020.  

Serendipity Nursery is one of the hundreds of top-quality providers green products produced in Oregon. Photo by Bill Goloski

In this issue:

  • A place where people can grow: We profile nurseries that exemplify the advantages of Oregon’s outstanding soil, climate, and skilled growers
  • Serendipity Nursery: After leaving a career in finance, David Sather now runs a 40-acre wholesale operation in Canby, Oregon that offers a variety of broadleaf evergreens, conifers and groundcovers and other genera.
  • F & B Farms and Nursery: A pair of brothers and their wives co-own a business that produces a wide variety of annuals, plus an assortment of different and unusual greenhouse-grown items that are in demand in garden centers.
  • TSW Nursery Sales Inc.: Inspired by his time in a retail setting 20 years ago, Todd Williams began the process which led to his wholesale nursery operation with two growing locations in the Willamette Valley.
  • Green Industry Networking Calendar 2020: Make plans to attend these opportunities to connect with the industry, build your network and pursue your business success.

Columns:

  • Why we connect: President’s Message by Jim Simnitt
  • Spending your first digital dollars: Pivot Points by Ian Doescher
  • Growing a vision for the future: Director’s Desk with Jeff Stone

Growing Knowledge an ongoing series provided by Oregon State University in collaboration with the USDA and in partnership with OAN.

  • Fire blight in the plant nursery: How did it arrive here, and what can be done?
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Please send your comments on the issue to editor Curt Kipp at ckipp@oan.org.

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Filed Under: Issues Tagged With: Digger, Digger magazine, Retail Nurseries, Welcome to Nursery Country, Wholesale Nurseries

About Bill Goloski

Bill Goloski is the publications manager at the Oregon Association of Nurseries and the art director for Digger magazine.

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