Updated: 9/2/2010
Workers graft Japanese maple trees at Monrovia Nursery near Dayton, Ore.
The rapid deterioration in demand for nursery stock seems to have ceased, but nursery operators still face an uphill climb to recovery, according to industry officials. "It seems like it's flatlined," said Kevin Klupenger, president of the Oregon Association of Nurseries. Though revenues a ...
Saturday, August 21, 2010 1:08 PM
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AURORA, Ore. -- Oregon Association of Nurseries' president-elect Kristin VanHoose has taken an unusual path to the association's top position. VanHoose not only wasn't born into farming, as were most OAN presidents, she has been in agriculture only since 1999. VanHoose and her husband, Dav ...
Saturday, August 21, 2010 2:08 PM
Veteran nurseryman Kevin Klupenger will turn over the presidency of the Oregon Association of Nurseries during the association's annual convention in September. During his year in office, Klupenger has been involved in steering the association through a recession and replacing an executive di ...
Saturday, August 21, 2010 2:08 PM
"New" is the theme for the 38th Farwest Show Aug. 25-28 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland. The show features a new garden center pavilion to help centers generate year-round profits and a new nonplant products showcase. "You'll go home with valuable new ideas, new energy, new ins ...
Saturday, August 21, 2010 1:08 PM
Oregon's Climate Friendly Nurseries project is one year old this month, and already reaping benefits. J. Frank Schmidt and Co. has cut labor costs and improved irrigation and fertilization efficiency by installing underground drip irrigation at its Canby, Ore., farm. Heritage Seedlings has red ...
Saturday, August 21, 2010 1:08 PM
Heading into the recession, many nurseries thought themselves lucky to be in business with "big box" merchants. Now that the worst turmoil appears to be over, their opinion of major nationwide retailers has changed, said Robert Dolezal, executive director of the California Association of Nurs ...
Saturday, August 21, 2010 2:08 PM
WOODBURN, Ore. -- Knowing when plants have enough water can help growers reduce irrigation, free zones for other work and optimize plant growth. It also could save growers thousands of dollars in pumping costs. "Managing water is one of the most important decisions on a nursery. It affects ...
Saturday, August 21, 2010 1:08 PM
While there's nothing like face-to-face networking and personal contact to seal the deal, the Internet does serve an important function in the nursery and landscaping businesses. "People are shopping on the Internet, of course," said Dan Johnson, marketing coordinator for Olympic Landscaping and ...
Saturday, August 21, 2010 2:08 PM
Nursery and landscape trade shows have boomed in good times and gone by the wayside in bad. But even the shows that have stood the test of years have to contend with the rise of the Internet. "It's a competition or a force we need to keep in mind when we're marketing a trade show (and) what i ...
Saturday, August 21, 2010 2:08 PM
As nurseries across the West struggle financially, industry suppliers have had to compete harder for their money. Growers are looking to reduce spending, so suppliers have been helping them make more judicious investments in fertilizer, soil substrates and other materials. "We work with th ...
Saturday, August 21, 2010 3:08 PM
SATSOP, Wash. -- Nurseries large and small are seeing similar trends in consumer demands: Buyers are thinking small, and they're growing their own food. Julie Sanchez, owner and sole employee of Juel's Unique Nursery, near Satsop, Wash., has hundreds of varieties of ornamentals and edibles at ...
Saturday, August 21, 2010 1:08 PM
CHEHALIS, Wash. -- Both the weather and the economy are making business unpredictable for Kim Wood. Last winter killed a lot of gardens, the owner of Sun and Shade Nursery said, but the prolonged spring depressed sales of bedding plants. Last summer's heat scorched a lot of evergreen trees, ...
Saturday, August 21, 2010 3:08 PM
Researchers have begun taking the offense against the many issues the nursery industry faces. Marc Teffeau, director of research and regulatory affairs for the American Nursery and Landscape Association, said his association has transformed research to look toward the future, anticipating iss ...
Saturday, August 21, 2010 12:09 AM
The shortage of seedlings at conifer nurseries is a result of underplanting, not increased demand for the end product, said Terry Smith, seedling sales manager at Weyerhaeuser. "When customer demand decreased the past couple of years, nurseries were left with a lot of unsold stock they had to des ...
Saturday, August 21, 2010 3:08 PM
The popularity of "lifestyle" television shows featuring gardening tips and backyard makeovers may have waned a bit with the burst of the housing bubble. But there's still plenty of interest, especially among new homeowners, industry officials said. "Five years ago it really stimulated a l ...
Saturday, August 21, 2010 3:08 PM
DURHAM, Calif. -- It started as a way for an aging poultry farmer to diversify a little and keep his hand in agriculture. As it turns out, two sisters helped their father get in on the ground floor of what appears to be a booming industry -- the wondrous world of compost. The Worm Farm's s ...
Saturday, August 21, 2010 3:08 PM
The furor surrounding sudden oak death in nurseries just won't go away. Until earlier this year, it appeared that Oregon's program of certifying that nurseries are free of the disease in annual inspections was easing out-of-state worries. Earlier this year, however, USDA's Animal and Plant He ...
Saturday, August 21, 2010 3:08 PM
Organics are catching on both in backyards and commercial landscapes, and a growing number of suppliers are filling the niche for fertilizers and supplements. Thirty years ago Gary Kline, a biologist now retired from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, started selling organic fertilizers out ...
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