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Ornamental gardening experts will share advice, plant picks and more in free Home & Garden Show seminars.
By Ellen Schlesinger
For special publications
Posted to Web: Thursday, Mar 12, 2009 11:14AM
Rain or shine, calm or blustery, spring is here. If you’re like most gardeners, you’ve spent a good portion of the winter daydreaming about the coming season. Curled up on a sofa, poring over flower and seed catalogs or perhaps reviewing your gardening journal for 2008, you probably made all sorts of promises to yourself (and your garden.) You’ve vowed to do better—learn more, use fewer chemicals, experiment, try new plants or new varieties of old favorites — and now you’re rarin’ to go.
And the good news is that expert horticultural advice and information is right at hand. The March 12-15 Lane County Home & Garden Show is showcasing an impressive group of Northwest nursery owners, growers, garden writers and other plant professionals who will address many aspects of ornamental gardening during their live presentations. The hour-long talks and slide shows are free and questions from the audience are encouraged.
The topics under discussion by these experts cover a broad spectrum from the basic to the whimsical. Attendees can learn about soil amendment, how to prune shrubs correctly, which plants to grow for an abundance of flowers for cutting, how to arrange dazzling container plantings and much, much more.
The clinics offer attendees a chance to absorb the speakers’ expertise and pick up their tips on soil preparation, growing bulbs, perennials, herbs and ornamental grasses, native plant varieties and new introductions.
‘Wow’-worthy blooms
Yolanda Wilson started her company, Vanveen Bulbs of Kalama, Wash., (near Portland) more than 20 years ago. Her grandparents, the Vanveens, grew flowers in their native Holland; her parents grew cut flowers for the Portland Flower Market for more than 30 years.
“I didn’t want to have anything to do with flowers,” Wilson admits. “I went to college, got a degree and went to work in an office. And then one day I wondered what I was doing in a little cubicle. I guess I was genetically programmed to be a grower.”
At the Home & Garden Show, Wilson will discuss proper planting techniques and share her enthusiasm for some lesser-known, more exotic bulbs.
“I think canna ‘Cleopatra’ is a great tropical-looking accent plant,” Vanveen says. “It’s a lush, 5-foot-tall, dramatic stunner with bold foliage and bright flowers. The large leaves are green with a purple stripe and the flowers are a brilliant yellow and orange. It’s a ‘wow’ — in the ground or in a container.”
Spider lily or Peruvian daffodil (Ismene or Hymenocallis) is another bulb that Wilson thinks should be more widely planted. This summer bloomer has large white flowers that thrive in full sun.
“They’re gorgeous,” says Wilson, “and they smell like heaven; just like lemon meringue pie!”
Several other Northwest experts also will share with show-goers their plant picks and pointers for successfully growing stunning blooms, including Sharon Frey of Frey’s Dahlias (Turner, Ore.), Jan Detwiler of The Lily Pad Bulb Farm (Olympia, Wash.), and Linda Beutler, author of “Gardening with Clematis” and “Garden to Vase: Growing and Using Your Own Cut Flowers.”
Ellen Schlesinger is a writer who lives and gardens in Eugene, and the author of “A Gaga Gardener’s Guide to Nearby Nurseries.” She may be contacted by e-mail at sp.feedback@registerguard.com.
At the Home & Garden Show
Experts on ornamental gardening — with specialties that range from sustainable landscaping to planting flower cutting gardens and stylish containers — will share their knowledge during free presentations at the March 12-15 Lane County Home & Garden Show. These seminars, suitable for gardeners of all levels, will take place at the Green Thumb Garden Theater (see map, Page 5):
Thursday, March 12
• 6 p.m.: “Growing Flower Bulbs and Lilies for Summer Cutting Gardens for Weddings, Celebrations & Scented Bliss” by Jan Detwiler, The Lily Pad Bulb Farm
• 7 p.m.: “Sensuous Gardens: Planning for Scent, Texture and Sensual Pleasure” by Jackie Chama, Bloomer’s Nursery
Friday, March 13
• 7 p.m.: “Dazzling Dahlias: Blazing, Ravishing & Easy to Grow” by Sharon Frey, Frey’s Dahlias
Saturday, March 14
3:30 p.m.: “Fast Facts for a Phat Garden: Selecting the Best Plants for Your Shady or Sunny Garden” by Anne Jaeger, www.GardenGal.TV host
5 p.m.: “Exotic Flower Bulbs for Northwest Gardens: Selections to Care” by Yolanda Vanveen, Vanveen Bulbs
6:30 p.m.: “Designing High-Style Planters & Landscapes with Ornamental Grasses” by Jackie Chama
Sunday, March 15
• 1 p.m.: “Fearless Flowers, Fearless Bouquets: Using Unconventional Flowers, Foliage and Fruit to Create Fearless Bouquets” by Linda Beutler, author of “Gardening With Clematis”
• 2:30 p.m.: “Sustainable Landscaping: All About Selecting the Right Plant for the Right Place” by Nancy Sorensen and Sue Sierralupe, Lane County Master GardenersRelated stories do not exist
Ornamental gardening experts will share advice, plant picks and more in free Home & Garden Show seminars.
By Ellen Schlesinger
For special publications
Posted to Web: Thursday, Mar 12, 2009 11:14AM
Rain or shine, calm or blustery, spring is here. If you’re like most gardeners, you’ve spent a good portion of the winter daydreaming about the coming season. Curled up on a sofa, poring over flower and seed catalogs or perhaps reviewing your gardening journal for 2008, you probably made all sorts of promises to yourself (and your garden.) You’ve vowed to do better—learn more, use fewer chemicals, experiment, try new plants or new varieties of old favorites — and now you’re rarin’ to go.
And the good news is that expert horticultural advice and information is right at hand. The March 12-15 Lane County Home & Garden Show is showcasing an impressive group of Northwest nursery owners, growers, garden writers and other plant professionals who will address many aspects of ornamental gardening during their live presentations. The hour-long talks and slide shows are free and questions from the audience are encouraged.
The topics under discussion by these experts cover a broad spectrum from the basic to the whimsical. Attendees can learn about soil amendment, how to prune shrubs correctly, which plants to grow for an abundance of flowers for cutting, how to arrange dazzling container plantings and much, much more.
The clinics offer attendees a chance to absorb the speakers’ expertise and pick up their tips on soil preparation, growing bulbs, perennials, herbs and ornamental grasses, native plant varieties and new introductions.
‘Wow’-worthy blooms
Yolanda Wilson started her company, Vanveen Bulbs of Kalama, Wash., (near Portland) more than 20 years ago. Her grandparents, the Vanveens, grew flowers in their native Holland; her parents grew cut flowers for the Portland Flower Market for more than 30 years.
“I didn’t want to have anything to do with flowers,” Wilson admits. “I went to college, got a degree and went to work in an office. And then one day I wondered what I was doing in a little cubicle. I guess I was genetically programmed to be a grower.”
At the Home & Garden Show, Wilson will discuss proper planting techniques and share her enthusiasm for some lesser-known, more exotic bulbs.
“I think canna ‘Cleopatra’ is a great tropical-looking accent plant,” Vanveen says. “It’s a lush, 5-foot-tall, dramatic stunner with bold foliage and bright flowers. The large leaves are green with a purple stripe and the flowers are a brilliant yellow and orange. It’s a ‘wow’ — in the ground or in a container.”
Spider lily or Peruvian daffodil (Ismene or Hymenocallis) is another bulb that Wilson thinks should be more widely planted. This summer bloomer has large white flowers that thrive in full sun.
“They’re gorgeous,” says Wilson, “and they smell like heaven; just like lemon meringue pie!”
Several other Northwest experts also will share with show-goers their plant picks and pointers for successfully growing stunning blooms, including Sharon Frey of Frey’s Dahlias (Turner, Ore.), Jan Detwiler of The Lily Pad Bulb Farm (Olympia, Wash.), and Linda Beutler, author of “Gardening with Clematis” and “Garden to Vase: Growing and Using Your Own Cut Flowers.”
Ellen Schlesinger is a writer who lives and gardens in Eugene, and the author of “A Gaga Gardener’s Guide to Nearby Nurseries.” She may be contacted by e-mail at sp.feedback@registerguard.com.
At the Home & Garden Show
Experts on ornamental gardening — with specialties that range from sustainable landscaping to planting flower cutting gardens and stylish containers — will share their knowledge during free presentations at the March 12-15 Lane County Home & Garden Show. These seminars, suitable for gardeners of all levels, will take place at the Green Thumb Garden Theater (see map, Page 5):
Thursday, March 12
• 6 p.m.: “Growing Flower Bulbs and Lilies for Summer Cutting Gardens for Weddings, Celebrations & Scented Bliss” by Jan Detwiler, The Lily Pad Bulb Farm
• 7 p.m.: “Sensuous Gardens: Planning for Scent, Texture and Sensual Pleasure” by Jackie Chama, Bloomer’s Nursery
Friday, March 13
• 7 p.m.: “Dazzling Dahlias: Blazing, Ravishing & Easy to Grow” by Sharon Frey, Frey’s Dahlias
Saturday, March 14
3:30 p.m.: “Fast Facts for a Phat Garden: Selecting the Best Plants for Your Shady or Sunny Garden” by Anne Jaeger, www.GardenGal.TV host
5 p.m.: “Exotic Flower Bulbs for Northwest Gardens: Selections to Care” by Yolanda Vanveen, Vanveen Bulbs
6:30 p.m.: “Designing High-Style Planters & Landscapes with Ornamental Grasses” by Jackie Chama
Sunday, March 15
• 1 p.m.: “Fearless Flowers, Fearless Bouquets: Using Unconventional Flowers, Foliage and Fruit to Create Fearless Bouquets” by Linda Beutler, author of “Gardening With Clematis”
• 2:30 p.m.: “Sustainable Landscaping: All About Selecting the Right Plant for the Right Place” by Nancy Sorensen and Sue Sierralupe, Lane County Master GardenersRelated stories do not exist
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