We will have a booth at the Fall Free Herbalism Project event at Mt. Pisgah Arboretum outside Eugene.  This is an event hosted by the Free Herbalism Project of Mountain Rose Herbs.  We will have plants for sale and we will donate all profits to the United Plant Savers.

For more information on the event, see:

http://freeherbalismproject.com

Come on either Saturday or Sunday to visit the nursery and gardens this weekend. 

This is biggest sale yet! Many plants will be on sale and we will have a big gooseberry and currant sale. Because we are moving, this spring is the last chance for you to get plants from us for an an unknown period of time. Stop by and poke around to see what surprises you may find. Enjoy spring wildflowers and our demo plantings. Don't miss it!

With the fall rains finally here, it's time for planting perennials!  Come tour our gardens and nursery to see what you can plant for perennial food, medicine, and habitat.

Join us at Bohemia Park near 10th and Washington for a festival celebrating local farmers. Farmers like us will have products and plants for sale.There will be lots of free fun family activities.  You can even stay for dinner and dancing, which starts at 5 PM. Celebrate our thriving community with us and peruse our great selection of healthy plants to find just what you need for your garden this fall. In fact, fall is the best time to plant perennials, shrubs and trees. More information here.

Join Brian Basor, herbalist and co-owner of Fern Hill Nursery and Botanical Sanctuary, in a workshop  focused on herbal remedies to prevent and treat hay fever (and other allergies for that matter).  After over a decade of choosing between flu-like misery and over-the-counter drugs for his hay fever, not to mention herbal remedies that didn't work, Brian now teaches about herbs and nutrition that work to prevent symptoms before they start.  Participants will make and taste herbal infusions from fresh and dry plants and take home recipes they can immediately put to use.

The cost for the workshop is $40 per person, $75 per couple.

Pre-registration is required, with a $25 deposit.  Please contact Devon at 541-942-3118 or devon@fernhillnursery.com

Please bring appropriate outdoor clothing, a water bottle, and a lunch.

Nestled in the Howard Buford Recration Area, the Mt. Pisgah Arboretum is a lovely setting for the annual Wildflower Festival.  Bring the whole family!  The Native Plant Society of Oregon and Lane Community College create a massive educational display of fresh wildflowers, there is lots of local food, artisans, and even a stage with music and dancing!  There is so much to do - don't forget to stop by our booth.

Spring will be in full swing by mid April, so come visit to see our selection and tour the gardens and greenhouse!

Just as the days get longer and fresh green shoots begin poking up above the ground, come tour our gardens and check out our selection!

In addition to the Fern Hill booth stocked with plenty of perennials to put in the ground this fall, you'll find the largest display of identified and labeled mushrooms and other fungi anywhere around!  Feast on mushroom flavored dishes from local chefs, dance to local bands, and learn about our fungal friends from local mycologists who will lead you on fungal hikes into Buford Park.  Don't miss it!

For more information, see http://www.mountpisgaharboretum.com/festivals-events/mushroom-festival/

With the fall rains finally here, it's time for planting perennials!  Come tour our gardens and nursery to see what you can plant for perennial food, medicine, and habitat.

Native plants can provide so much more than habitat for native wildlife!  Learn about the many benefits of including native plants in your garden in this fun and informative workshop.  Co-taught by Devon Bonady and Brian Basor, this workshop will explore some of the special native plants in our region that we use for food and medicine.  We will introduce the plants in our garden, practice identification, and discuss cultivation, harvest, and processing.  We may also get a chance to harvest, process and eat some of the plants. 

The cost for the workshop is $40 per person, $75 per couple.

Pre-registration is required, with a $25 deposit.  Please contact Devon at 541-942-3118 or devon@fernhillnursery.com

Please bring appropriate outdoor clothing, a water bottle, and a lunch.

We will be participating in the Northwest Permaculture Convergence (NWPCC) Expo Saturday August 29th in Eugene.

Friday August 28, we will host a tour of our nursery from 1-2:30 PM. Read more.

Saturday, August 29th we will have a booth with plants for sale and free advice at the NWPCC Expo from 10 AM-5:30 PM.  The expo is free and open to the public.

In the workshop, Brian Basor, co-owner and manager of Fern Hill Nursery, will share his knowledge and expertise in softwood plant propagation without synthetic rooting hormones nor fungicides.  Brian has personally managed the production of hundreds of thousands of softwood cuttings over many seasons working at other nurseries, and over ten thousand softwood cuttings here at Fern Hill Nursery.  He has continued to refine his techniques as the head of propagation for our nursery.

Chemical rooting hormones and fungicides are completely unnecessary when you know how to support the plants!  Students will learn plant anatomy and physiology relevant to adventitious rooting, how to set up professional equipment for managing environmental conditions in the rooting greenhouse, how to choose media for different rooting situations, how to solve common problems, and species that are easy vs. difficult to root.  Students will also gain hands-on experience taking cuttings, sticking plug trays, and observing cuttings at various stages of growth.  Everyone will receive a self-contained basic rooting kit for home use and cuttings to root at home.

The cost for the workshop is $90 per person.

Pre-registration is required, with a $25 deposit.  Please contact Brian at 541-335-1268 or education@fernhillnursery.com

Please bring appropriate outdoor clothing, a water bottle, and a lunch.

During this workshop at Aprovecho Sustainability Education Center, Brian Basor, co-owner and manager of Fern Hill Nursery and Botanical Sanctuary, will share his experience with ten plants that he believes are essential for a local medicinal garden.  Brian will discuss identification, cultivation, and harvest of these particular species and introduce you to examples growing in the Aprovecho gardens and fields.  He will explain how each plant is processed for medicinal use, and the herbal actions involved in healing via poultices, tea, infusions, salves, tinctures, and more.

With an abundance of information about medicinal herbs, it's easy to get distracted by plants that are hard to grow or that you won't ever actually use.  In this workshop, you will focus directly on the essential medicinal herbs to grow in your garden.  We will use all of our senses to explore how these herbs taste and smell, how to help them thrive in the garden, and how to prepare these plants to support the health of you and your family.  When you learn how to care for these plants, they will help take care of you!

Aprovecho Sustainability Education Center is located at 80574 Hazelton Rd., Cottage Grove, 97424.  Pre-registration is required.  To register, go to: http://www.aprovecho.net/event/ten-essential-medicinal-plants-for-the-northwest-garden/