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Twelve plants to entice pollinators to your garden

Consider adding some flower power to your landscape to bring in the buzz of pollinators to your garden.

Kym Pokorny | May 9, 2023 | News story

Get big flavor from tiny microgreens

Growing microgreens is fun, easy and a great activity to get kids involved in gardening.

Kym Pokorny | Jul 17, 2020 | News story

Pot up some bulbs and dream of spring

Bulbs often do better in pots than in the ground because pots provide better drainage, critical for their long-term survival.

Kym Pokorny | Oct 23, 2020 | News story

Slime mold looks ugly in the garden but does no harm

Primiative substance appears overnight during a rainy spring.

Kym Pokorny | Jul 31, 2020 | News story

Divide and conquer plants to keep them healthy and productive

When perennials start looking raggedy and the middle dies out, the time has come to dig them up and make more plants.

Kym Pokorny | Mar 20, 2020 | News story

Water-wise Gardening in Central Oregon

You can have a colorful and beautiful landscape while conserving water and saving time, energy and money. Learn innovative conservation techniques for water-wise gardening, or xeriscaping, in central Oregon. Full plant...

Amy Jo Detweiler | Jun 2020 | Extension Catalog publication Peer reviewed (Orange level)

Growing Kiwifruit in Your Home Garden

This guide will walk you through all the details on planting, fertilizing, irrigating, pruning and training so you, too, can grow delicious kiwifruit.

Bernadine Strik, Emily Dixon, Amy Jo Detweiler, Nicole Sanchez | May 2021 | Extension Catalog publication Peer reviewed (Orange level)

With a few tips and patience, Western Oregon gardeners can grow melons

If you’re choosing varieties for Western Oregon, look for melons that require a shorter season.

Kym Pokorny | May 24, 2021 | News story

‘Community cultivator’ uses gardening to enrich underserved communities

Dennis Brown received the inaugural Growing and Belonging Award from the OSU Extension Master Gardener Program and nonprofit Oregon Master Gardener Association.

Jonathan Kauffman | Aug 25, 2023 | News story

Wildflowers give gardens a charming, relaxed look

Put aside an area of the garden for the beauty of wildflowers.

Kym Pokorny | Apr 10, 2020 | News story