Oregon Association of Nurseries Floral August 30, 2022
Portland, Oregon — As part of the Retailers’ Choice Awards™, a jury of volunteer garden retailers roamed the floor and highlighted 12 different products that particularly piqued their interest at the 2022 Farwest Show in Portland, Oregon.
The awards as chosen by the judges were presented Thursday afternoon (August 25) at the show, in a presentation emceed by Danny Summers, managing director of The Garden Center Group. Both live goods and hard goods were eligible. “[The retailers] nominate plants and products that they would like to carry,” Summers said.
The awards winners were as follows:
https://shop.baileynurseries.com/Product/Detail/13811.
https://www.mossify.ca/products/bendable-moss-pole.
#19045) — This glossy Pieris shrub has glossy evergreen foliage that emerges in strikingly brilliant,
glowing scarlet hues. Info: https://www.sidhunursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/GLOWINGHEARTS-FLYER.pdf.
Woodburn Nursery and Azaleas Inc. (Booth #814043) — A compact selection of T. ‘Green Giant’, Zone 4–5, holds excellent green color through the winter. It was discovered by Frank Kogut, Kogut Nursery, in Connecticut, and matures at 10–12 feet. Info:
https://www.oan.org/resource/resmgr/gr22/ThujaLeprechaunTecSheet.pdf.
For details, contact Danny Summers at 678-909-7770 or danny@thegardencentergroup.com.
The Farwest Show serves professionals engaged in the nursery industry and related trades, including retail nurseries, wholesale growers, landscapers, landscape designers, and others involved in the green industry. For more information about the 2022 Farwest Show, visit www.farwestshow.com.
The Oregon Association of Nurseries (OAN), based in Wilsonville, represents nearly 700 wholesale growers, retailers, landscapers and suppliers. Oregon’s ornamental horticulture industry is one of the state’s largest agricultural commodities, with annual sales of $1.1 billion. Oregon’s nursery industry is a traded sector; nearly 80 percent of the nursery plants grown in Oregon are shipped out of state. For information, visit www.oan.org or call 503-682-5089.
The Farwest Show, the biggest green industry trade show in the West, is produced by the OAN, a nonprofit organization that represents and serves the interests of Oregon’s nursery, retail and greenhouse industry. Any revenue realized by the OAN is reinvested into the industry through education, research, marketing support and government relations. For more information about the 2022 Farwest Show, visit www.FarwestShow.com or call 503-682-5089.
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