A cluster of home gardeners walked into a wild meadow on Mount Ashland in early July, following in the footsteps of native plant expert Suzie Savoie. Their goal: Low-maintenance landscape inspiration.

Events are free unless noted. Please email calendar submissions at least three weeks in advance to events@oregonian.com. ONGOING Yard Tree Giveaway: 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays through Nov. 2. Portland ...

As home gardeners become more educated about the benefits of native plants (supporting native insects, birds and wildlife, and the environment as a whole), the focus has mainly been on trees, shrubs ...

WEST LINN, Ore. — Nestled within the lush landscape of West Linn, Bosky Dell Natives stands as a testament to the passion and dedication of its founder, Lory Duralia. Starting the nursery 30 years ago ...

Gwen Bartonek is endlessly fascinated by hummingbirds. She loves observing their territorial behavior. “They wait and they look at their territory all day and as soon as somebody else comes, they dive ...

Nestled in front of the Northern Oregon Coast Range sits Camp Tillamook, a 25-acre space that houses incarcerated youth and one of a few native plant nurseries along the Oregon Coast. Several youth ...

If you ask Mike Bones, the president of the Siuslaw Chapter of the American Rhododendron Society, how he got the nickname of “Rhododendron King,” he’ll say he has no idea. But the lifelong Florence ...

Attention, anyone who thinks native blooms are brilliant in the wild — or our yards — but don’t work in bouquets. Boy, are we wrong. This isn’t an invitation to trample wildflower fields to pick ...