Garden
SATURDAY CLASSES AT SHOOTING STAR NURSERY
Jacksonville Review - March 2024 Landscaping with Dwarf Conifers, Saturday, March 2, 11am—We have a beautiful new selection of regionally appropriate (heat-tolerant) dwarf and compact conifers and are excited to show you how to put [...]
Southern Oregon Lavender Trail: 2023 Lavender Festival Weekends
Summer’s Spectacular Lavender Blooms—Every June and July, visitors are drawn to the stunning, multi-sensory experience that our Jacksonville area lavender farms provide. The soft fragrance, the fields of fierce violet, along with the many colorful [...]
Garden Club Spring Sale is May 13
After a long, chilly winter, who isn’t yearning for spring? With flowering trees and wildflowers in the woods, we are all welcoming the warmer weather and beauty of this season in the Rogue Valley. Our [...]
Jackson County Master Gardener Spring Garden Fair is May 6
The Jackson County Master Gardener™ Association is proud to announce the 2023 Spring Garden Fair on Saturday, May 6, 2023, from 9am-3pm, at the OSU Extension, 569 Hanley Road, Central Point. The largest gardening event [...]
Jacksonville Garden Club Holiday Greens Sale
This year the Jacksonville Garden Club’s Holiday Greens Sale is on Friday, December 2, from 10am to 3pm, in Jacksonville at the alcove near the Post Office. This sale kicks off the holiday season with [...]
Garden Club Holiday Greens Sale is December 2 – Pre-Order Now!
The Jacksonville Garden Club is preparing to bring some holiday cheer to our homes and businesses! Members use their skills and creativity to make beautiful wreaths, table arrangements, entry baskets, and swags, featuring fresh natural [...]
Flowers are Prettier than Plastic – by Paul Murdoch
On Hemp - August 2022 Years ago, we reviewed the environmental impact of hemp farms. We all found it wanting. They were ugly. Plastic littered the fields and greenhouses. Many were unkempt and an obvious [...]
On Hemp – by Paul Murdoch
Ten years ago, I slid off the Gary West Meats roof during a December storm. Each surgery confirmed it was not my best decision. That fall still impacts our family’s path. At the time, opioids [...]
Lavender: A Year in the Life – by Derek Owen
It’s springtime in the Applegate and there is a blush of new growth on the lavender. It starts slowly as the green shoots tentatively reach through the grey and brittle sticks of the seemingly lifeless [...]
Take Time to Stop and Smell the Lavender
It’s that time of year to take in the scenes and scents of lovely lavender farms right here in Jacksonville’s backyard. Treat yourself by visiting any or all six local lavender farms on the Southern [...]