Tomatoes come in all sorts of variations so it's no surprise you may feel a bit intimidated when making your decision on what type to grow in your garden. Luckily, we are here to guide you and keep it simple! When searching for your tomato, consider days to maturity...
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Your Bees in June
Beekeeping season is here! The honey flow in the Willamette Valley is on! Right now, you should be seeing fresh white wax and a lot of nectar coming into your colonies. At this point in the season, it is better to have a few strong colonies rather than a larger number...
Best Picks for Cut Flower Gardens
Tips for Cut Flower Gardening Add organic matter to your soil, like compost, to enrich your soil, promote drainage, and increase waterholding capacity. Tall flowering plants like delphinium, dahlias, and gladiolas may need staking. Use sharp, clean garden snips to cut...
Creating a Sensory Garden
Make growing plants fun and interactive by creating a sensory garden. Isn't it cool to know that an unsuspecting plant has edible leaves? And if there are edible berries growing, happy memories are sure to be made! Sensory gardens can cater to all five senses: sight,...
Easily Find a Gift for Mom – We Deliver!
Make Her Feel Special this Mother's Day Mother's Day is fast approaching! Have you decided what you're going to do for Mom yet? Well, here's your soft nudge to surprise her with a gift that you know she'll enjoy. Flowers. Or, plants. Or, a gift card for freedom. We're...
Vote for Your Favorite! Shonnard’s Sweet Honeybee Photo Contest
How to Vote? Time to vote! Click on the button below to view the entries, and place your vote by 4pm, Friday, May 8th. VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE What’s in it for the winner? A $25 giftcard to Shonnard’s Nursery. Get their photo shared on our Shonnard’s Nursery Facebook...
Soil Sale – Planting Mix & Harvest Supreme
G&B Organics Planting Mix & Harvest Supreme Buy 3 Get the 4th FREE Soil sale is valid through Sunday, May 17th, 2026. Mix & Match. Applies to in-store purchases only. Not to be combined with other offers or coupons. Limited to stock on hand. Harvest...
Your Bees in May
May is here, and our goal is to help the bees reach maximum colony strength at blackberry blossom in June. The bee brood developing right now is going to bring in the food that provisions the colony through fall and winter, and your personal honey harvest as well. To...
Codling Moth – Life Stages & Control on Fruit Trees
Fruit trees have a number of pests, but few are as widespread and damaging as codling moth. Best known as an apple pest - their preferred diet - codling moths can also damage pears and quince, larger stone fruits such as plums and peaches, and...
Try Something New & Grow Unusual Berry Plants
Even casual gardeners are familiar with the traditional small fruits for western Oregon - the summer sweetness of strawberries, the pleasant tartness of raspberries, the late summer-fall abundance of grapes, and the classic Pacific Northwest delights of blueberries...
Easy Vegetable Plants to Grow for Beginners
Don't want to completely fail the first time you start growing vegetable plants? To help you figure out which plant(s) you want to grow first, and to help you get a little more prepared and feel confident that you can succeed, here are a few plant suggestions and tips...
Growing Clematis & Our 2026 Varieties
If you're interested in giving your garden a vertical accent, and enjoy growing flowers that hummingbirds love too, then the clematis is for you! Clematis is a vining plant that offers a unique variety of flower colors and forms. The variety also extends to time of...
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