Containers...Classes on Containers...and MORE!

Want to plant a container for fall, food, or fun? How about creating and decorating your own pots? Look for container gardening classes and demonstrations at Bauman Farms, Larsen Farms, Tsugawa Nursery, Madrona Hills ACE Hardware, Garden World, Garland Nursery, Drake’s 7 Dees, French Prairie Gardens, Nichols Garden Nursery, River Rock Nursery, Al’s Garden Center, Shorty’s, Smith Berry Barn, and Ferguson’s Fragrant Nursery.

Get going

Who will be on this year’s tour? There are almost 50 locations, from Woodland, Washington all the way down to Eugene, along with several display gardens, wholesale nurseries and other special interest stops like OSU’s green roof research site and student-run organic farm. For convenience, garden centers are grouped into three general areas, Portland/Vancouver area, Mid-Willamette, and South Willamette. Here is a preview of the Mid-Willamette group.

Coupon special

If you are in the neighborhood, Madrona Hills ACE Hardware in Salem has a coupon for you! Click here to print this off and enjoy!

Stay tuned for more:

• Activities
• Contests
• Tour suggestions, with restaurants and local highlights
• Tips
• Coupons
• Destination display gardens

Find out more about Le Tour des Plants, including a list of participating garden centers, at www.letourdesplants.com.

Garden centers have lots of activities going on NOW! Classes, workshops and specials are listed on our Web sites .

Final Tip! To have color year round in your garden, visit your favorite garden centers regularly and see which plants are looking their best, then take a few home to mingle with your other plants and decorations. Easy!