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 Episode 12 - June 24, 2006

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Welcome to summer!  The long cold winter is officially over. As a gardener in the Pacific Northwest, now is your time to shine.

This week we featured:

Havenhill Lavender Festival

We paid a visit to Havenhill Lavender Farm (503-873-0396) to help celebrate a French Harvest Lavender Festival happening this weekend.  Trina Stoffel, owner of the farm, told us about many of the events including cooking demonstrations that are happening this weekend.  We even got to sample lavender shortbread.  Other events include antiques, lavender wreath and wand making classes and live music.  Trina also told us about the different varieties of lavender, how to prune it and which ones grow best in the Northwest.  If you love lavender, this is a must see event.

Timber Press – Wild Flower Book

Blooms are not just limited to your garden.  Wildflowers in the Pacific Northwest are also showing off.  Tom Fischer from Timber Press (1-800-327-5680)  shared with us the definitive guide to Northwest wildflowers.  “Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest” is an easy to use, comprehensive guide to nearly all the wildflowers that you will find no matter where you live.  The guide breaks down wildflowers by color, structure and location.  So if you see a six petaled, yellow flower in southern Oregon you can easily identify it with this book.  Beautiful color photos and detailed illustrations make it an easy read.  You can pick up this book from Timber Press or your local bookstore.  Pick up a copy and take it with on your next Northwest vacation.

Ferguson’s Fragrant Picks

A truly beautiful garden should appeal to all your senses.  We believe fragrance should be near the top of the list.  Danielle Ferguson of Ferguson’s Fragrant Nursery (503-633-4585), shared with us some of her favorites including Daylily ‘Ice Carnival’, Mock Orange ‘Belle Etoile’, Hosta ‘Fragrant Bouquet’ , Hardy Gardenia ‘Kleim’s Hardy’, Bugbane ‘Hillside Black Beauty’, Astilbe False Spirea.  These are but just a few of the many fragrant plants that you can add to your garden this summer.  To see more, you can visit Ferguson’s for their “Festival of Fragrance” happening this weekend at the nursery.  Wine and microbrew tasting, live music, educational seminars make this a great weekend getaway event.

Kindergarden – Rainbow Pots

The key to getting kids excited about gardening could be somewhere over the rainbow.  With all the colors available in your garden center, it’s easy for them to create their own rainbow in a planted container.  Amy Bigej, from Al’s Garden Center  in Woodburn (503-981-1245) had help from four young volunteers to create a couple of beautiful containers.  We were also joined by ROY G BIV which is actually an acronym for the colors of the rainbow… red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet.  Take your kids to your local garden center and let them create their own container of many colors.

Farmington Plants

Farmington Gardens in Aloha (503-649-4568) is huge, with a ton of plants, trees and shrubs.  Jon DeBoer brought us another group of his favorite plants.  We saw Hosta ‘Red October’, Purple Fountain Grass Pennisetum, Hydrangea ‘Endless Summer’, Climbing Hydrangea ‘petiolaris’ and Maple ‘Autumn Moon’.  One thing we always find at Farmington Gardens is a good selection of beautiful blooms  and/or fantastic foliage.  Farmington Gardens is deeply involved in the community.  Check with them about their “Habitat for Humanity” benefit coming in mid July.

 
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