Garden Mastery Tips
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April 2008 |
Preview — Camas Mother's Day Plant Fair — May 10th
One of the gifts of our mild somewhat rainy climate is the abundance of plants and specialty growers in our area. Whatever you fancy, there is bound to be a nursery or hobbyist who has that particular specimen plant you've been hunting for. An opportunity to discover these treasures in one place is at the Camas Mother's Day Plant and Garden Fair coming up on May 10th. To tease your spring fever, here is a sampling of some of the specialty growers who will be at the Fair. If you want to visit them at their place of business, please call first to check their availability and hours of operation.
Arai Nursery
Website: http://www.arainursery.com/
28910 NE 33rd St.
Camas, WA 98607
(360) 834-4540
Arai's display attracts customers with eye-popping hanging baskets, bedding plants and a variety of geraniums including Martha Washington, ivy, and zonal. This year may bring special offerings of dwarf citrus trees.
Enchanted Gardens
23611 NE 28th St.
Camas, WA 98607
(360) 833-0643
Email: enchantedgardenscamas@comcast.net
Enchanted Gardens specializes in old-fashioned perennials as well as a wide selection of flowering shrubs. The plants are bred locally to be especially adaptable to our growing conditions.
Halfmoon Farm
Brush Prairie, WA
(360) 514-9223
Email: halfmoonfarm@hotmail.com
Halfmoon has a cut flower farm in Brush Prairie and specializes in garden design and garden art. Raw honey from their bees will be available in September 2008.
Iwanna's
Website: http://www.nancyiwannashop.com/Home.htm
12212 NE 241st Court
Brush Prairie, WA 98606
(360) 896-5261
Email: nancybett@msn.com
Nancy offers floral and, garden accessories, blooms, twigs, baskets, and wreaths.
Lacamas Lavender Farm
31105 NE 37th St
Camas, WA 98607
(360) 817-2719
Email: Lacamaslavenderfarm@hotmail.com
They offer over 20 varieties of lavender plants, many herbs, and container plantings created with an artistic flair.
Linda's Dahlias & More
1525 SE Washougal River Road
Washougal, WA 98671
(360) 835-7895
Email: babenbob@aol.com
In late summer Linda's Dahlias put on their show on Washougal River Road. Stop in and order your tubers for next year. In spring, Linda's offers all sorts of vegetable starts, flowering annuals, cut flowers, and dahlia tubers.
Monniers Country Gardens
Website: http://www.monnierscountrygardens.com/index.html
17049 Mountain View Lane NE
Woodburn, OR 97071
(503) 951-1194
Email: debbiem@web-ster.com
Monniers are experts in fuchsias and hardy fuchsias with more than 2/3 acre of greenhouse growing area and over 2 acres of garden area. They have collected about 1200, (give or take) different varieties and continue to collect more every year. Monniers will not be at this year's Camas sale, but invite you to visit their website and garden.
Nothing but Northwest Natives Nursery (open by appointment)
Website: http://www.nothingbutnwnatives.com/
306 Wyman Rd.
Woodland, WA 98674
(360) 225-6440
Email: nwplants@teleport.com
The proprietor, Kali Robson, is a Ph.D. Botanist, who, in collaboration with others has just completed the Encyclopedia of Northwest Native Plants for Gardens and Landscapes available from Timber Press. For anyone interested in growing native plants, a visit with Kali is a must.
Out in the Garden Nursery
Website: http://outinthegardennursery.com/
32483 S. Mathias Rd.
Molalla, OR 97038
(503) 829-4141
Email: carol@outinthegardennursery.com
Out in the Garden Nursery offers more than one hundred varieties of perennials including ferns, hostas, ligularia, heuchera, tiarella, dicentra, carex, brunnera and cimicifuga. Their emphasis is on shade plants. Shade provides wonderful opportunities to bring color and visual interest to the garden using foliage and texture.
Plous Pack Water Gardens
Washougal, WA 98671
(360) 835-1929
Email: plouspackwatergardens@yahoo.com
Plous features aquatic plants and pond supplies. They are specialists in the construction of new waterfalls and ponds as well as maintenance and repair of existing water features.
Scented Acres Lavender Farm
Website: http://www.scentedacreslavender.com/
13804 NE 117th Ave.
Vancouver, WA 98662
(360) 921-9737
Email: scentedacreslav@aol.com
Touch and smell many varieties of lavender and other herbs. The rustic gift shop offers lavender products such as lotions, crèmes, oils, soaps, sachets, pillows as well as culinary items such as lavender sugar, tea and much more.
Secret Garden Growers
Website: http://www.secretgardengrowers.com/
29100 S. Needy Rd.
Canby, OR
(503) 651-2006
Email: secretgrwr@aol.com
Patricia Thompson and her husband share almost 40 years experience in horticultural pursuits. Their focus is on rare and unusual plants, along with heirloom varieties. They offer landscape specialists that can assist with a wide variety of landscape problems.
Silver Star Vinery
Website: http://www.silverstarvinery.com/
31805 NE Clearwater Dr.
Yacolt, WA 98675
(360) 686-8390
Email: info@clematisdebbie.com
This is by far the premier local resource for a huge variety of clematis.
Sweet Nectar Nursery
Website: http://www.sweetnectarnursery.com/
18121 NE 128th Ave.
Battleground, WA 98604
(360) 624-4901
Email: susan@sweetnectarnursery.com
Sweet Nectar Nursery is a specialty nursery near Vancouver, Washington that grows nectar rich plants to attract butterflies, hummingbirds and beneficial insects to your garden. They also have many varieties of host plants to meet the needs of the larval stage of butterflies.
Tide Creek Nursery
31455 Tide Creek Rd.
Ranier, OR 97048
(503) 556-0107
Email: tidecreeknursery@hotmail.com
Along with the usual and some unusual shrubs, perennials, trees, and vines, this grower specializes in succulents, orchid cactus, passion vines, bird of paradise and palms.
In addition to specialty growers look for unique garden art, supplies and information.
Master Composter/Recycler Program
Website: http://www.clark.wa.gov/recycle/yard/mastercomposter.html
(360) 882-4567
E-mail: mastercomposter@clark.wa.gov
Learn about home composting, worm composting and recycling resources. They offer workshops in home composting and worm composting, along with a 10 week master composter/recycler training focused on organic waste diversion methods, waste reduction and recycling.
Loretta's Designs
5043 SE Woodstock Blvd.
Portland, OR
(503) 235-6793
Whimsical bird baths are Loretta's specialty
Crack Pots
2990 NE 25th Way
Washougal, WA 98671
(360) 835-2473
Email: debbyeemr@juno.com
Debby and Ron make hand crafted copper hummingbird feeders.