In the Garden and Around Town

The Portland Japanese Garden will be holding its annual plant sale on Saturday, April 26.  Located in the upper parking lot, since this is outside the Garden, there is no fee.  Here is an opportunity to buy some unusual plants and support this Garden.

More than 25 Portland area nurseries will be selling an outstanding selection of conifers, peonies, orchids, camellias, hydrangeas bamboo, bonsai, Japanese maples, etc.  This sale offers a unique range of plants for gardeners of all types; from the weekend gardener to specialist in Japanese gardening.

Vendors include Adelman Peony Gardens, Bloom River Garden, Brothers Peonies, Cistus Nursery, Dancing Oaks Nursery, Hana Farms, Gossler Farms Nursery, Joy Creek Nursery, Once Green World, Porterhowse Farms, etc.

The Portland Japanese Garden has been said to be ‘the most beautiful and authentic Japanese garden in the world outside of Japan’.  Located in Washington Park above the International Rose Test Garden at 611 Kingston Drive.

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In the Garden, April 12th, 2008

The show this week was from Moen Machinery in Gresham. Greg Moen, Sujaya Rao, OSU Entomology; Thomas Johnson, Sebright Gardens.

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In the Garden, April 5th, 2008

Broadcasting from the Portland Classical Chinese Garden with guests; Gloria Lee, Executive Director; Phyllis Oster, Development Director; Bruce Wong, early supporter; Yvonne Tang, Tao of Tea; Ban Ngan, Board of Directors; Gary Wilson, Director of Events. We also talked about the Hardy Plant Society of Oregon Spring Plant Sale with Bruce Wakefield, Show Chair; Ian Conner, Bamboo; Samantha Hatch, Eastfork Nursery.

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In the Garden, March 22nd, 2008

Al’s Garden Center; Jack Bigej and Mark Bigej/Al’s, Jim Kaminskas/Espoma, Steve Grassman/Corry’s, Don Sprague/Don Sprague Sales.

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In the Garden, March 15th, 2008

Dan Heims, Portland Spaces, Monnier’s Fuchsias, Simply Dump It and B&B Nursery were all featured this week.

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In the Garden, March 29th, 2008

Broadcasting from the Better Living Show with guests Nancy Buley, J. Frank Schmidt Company; Sean Hogan, Cistus Nursery, Ganti Murthy, OSU; Michael O’Loughlin, show founder; Jim Gilbert, One Green World.

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