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Environmental Concerns

Native Plant Trust’s Seed Ark Initiative

| by Arabella Dane, Chairman Photography & Linda Jean Smith, Consultants' Councils Gardening Schools

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Monarch Caterpillar
Pollinators and Insects

Native Plants Attract Native Pollinators

| by Pat Neasbitt

The key to having butterflies, birds and pollinators is to have native plants. Native pollinators must have native plants in order to survive.
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tomato
Gardening

Nightshades

| by Bud Qualk, Horticulture Committee Coordinator, Edible Gardens Chairman and Master Gardener

With a name like nightshades you might be hesitant to grow these types of plants. What are nightshades?
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tomato
Gardening

Nothing Beats Home-Grown Tomatoes

| by Pat Neasbitt

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monarch
Environmental Concerns

Now is Not the Time to Quit

| by Peggy Riccio, NGC Blog Administrator

The article below is an excerpt from Sandra H. Robinson’s installation acceptance speech as printed in the summer 2015 issue of The National Gardener.
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Luscious Lettuce
Plant America

One By One

| by Marilyn McDonald, Director Azalea District, GCG, Inc.

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rosemary
Gardening

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme

| by Pat Neasbitt

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chia
Gardening

Pass Along Plants - Tarahumara Chia

| by Trish Bender

Ask any garden club friend where they got a plant and chances are they will tell you another friend introduced them.
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Pixabay
Environmental Concerns

Peaceful Escape Right Inside The City

| by Diane Harbin, Member NGC Membership CommitteePhotography by Diane Harbin

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Pineapple Sage
Gardening

Pineapple Sage Plants Bloom in the Fall

| by Peggy Riccio

Currently, my pineapple sage plants (Salvia elegans) are blooming in my garden, their bright scarlet flowers are attracting butterflies and hummingbirds.
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Bridge
Youth

Plant Oregon With Nature Playgrounds

| by Tanja Swanson, President Oregon State Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc.

                                                
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ornamental lettuce
Gardening

Playing Outside in the Spring

| by Bud Qualk

In early spring the sunshine and warmer temperatures can tempt you to go outside and plant, plant, plant.  But be cautious – we may still have a l
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