That’s right. Edible yard — as in fruit trees, berry shrubs, vegetable starts and the like. We’ve been hearing for a while now that edibles are the hot and happening thing, and the Capital Press (Salem, Ore.) is the latest to report on it: “My clients are asking for edible plants,” landscape designer Liz Frances […]
2009 Oregon heritage tree calendar available
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The 2009 Heritage and Community Trees of Oregon calendar is now available from Oregon Community Trees, just in time for the holiday season. Each month profiles a significant tree or urban forest in Oregon, and includes tree planting and care tips and resources. The cost is $14 per calendar, with discounts for higher quantities. Download […]
One burdensome requirement avoided
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Many industries bringing plant material into the United States will be required to file a Lacey Act disclosure beginning on Dec. 15, according to USDA/APHIS. But thanks to some astute lobbying, the nursery industry will not be among them. The new Lacey Act provision (PDF) was included in the 2008 Farm Bill, approved in May. […]
Master Gardener course returns to Portland
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It’s been six years since Master Gardener training was last offered in Portland, but now, the drought is over. An 11-week course will be taught from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. every Thursday, starting Jan. 8 and ending March 19, at Central Lutheran Church, 8120 N.E. 21st Ave (directions), Portland. Registration is underway online. The deadline to […]
Tuesday afternoon Green Industry Seminars kick off Oct. 28
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The 2008 Willamette Valley Green Industry Seminars will be every Tuesday afternoon from Oct. 28-Dec. 14 at the Oregon Garden’s Natural Resource Education Center, Silverton, Ore. Each class is from 1-4:15 p.m., and the cost is $45 per session, $105 for any three, or $225 for all of them. The initial seminar, Oct. 28, is […]
Out-of-state firewood: bad
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Oregon residents are being asked to make sure that if they purchase firewood, that it comes from Oregon. According to Dan Hilburn, administrator of the Oregon Department of Agriculture Plant Division, that’s because firewood often allows diseases and invasive species to hitchhike to new locales, endangering trees and nursery stocks in whole new areas. Officials […]
Kousa dogwood IDd as P. ramorum host
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USDA APHIS officials indicate they are planning to add the Kousa dogwood, Cornus kousa, to the list of plants that have been identified as hosts for Phytophthora ramorum, the destructive plant pathogen that’s also known as sudden oak death. The species of dogwood will now come under federal regulations designed to combat the spread of […]
China Forbes says, ‘Amado Tree-o’
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To many music fans, the bestselling lounge/world music ensemble Pink Martini is the pride of Portland. But to Pink Martini vocalist extraordinaire China Forbes, the pride of Portland may in fact be the city’s celebrated tree canopy.Forbes will appear in a Friends of Trees ad in the Sept. 7 issue of the Sunday Oregonian, in […]
My Douglas fir reaches acrooooossss the room
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I drink your milkshake! But I wouldn’t be able to drink it through a 350-foot straw.Neither could Daniel Day-Lewis.And as it turns out, neither could a Douglas fir tree – at least, not according to researchers led by Jean-Christophe Domec of North Carolina State University.They conducted a study which posits that the maximum height of […]
Friends of trees join Friends of Trees board
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Buley, Nilsen join Friends of Trees board of directorsTwo members of the OAN have been appointed to the board of directors for Friends of Trees, a Portland-based nonprofit that supports urban tree planting along streets and in natural areas.Nancy Buley is the marketing and communications director at J. Frank Schmidt & Son Nursery. She joined […]
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