This year ’s Farwest Show will showcase growing excellence like never before with three daylong , multi - cease tours of Oregon Nursery Country . The tours admit a Wholesale Grower Tour , a Garden Center Retail Tour , and — new this class — an Automation Tour . Each will be hold on Tuesday , August 19 — the day before the show open .
" Our grower and retail tours have been selling out apace the last several eld , so it made all the sense in the world to add together a third one , " say Jamie Moore , events and Department of Education coordinator for the Oregon Association of Nurseries , which bring forth the show . " The result is our all - new Automation Tour , which will provide an inner look at machine - drive nursery invention , and three growers making bang-up use of the technology . "
The Farwest Show itself will take place Wednesday – Friday , August 20–22 , 2025 , at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland , Oregon . The tour on Tuesday , August 19 will quit from the Convention Center , which is within walk distance from the host hotels , at 8 ante meridiem , and will return tardily in the afternoon .
" These tours offer a fortune to get Oregon ’s sweetheart and see out first - hand why Oregon is Nursery Country , while engaging with other nursery professional for a full Clarence Shepard Day Jr. , and letting someone else do the driving , " Moore said . " meeter can make meaningful connections and acquire relevant cognition to enhance their careers and their business . There will be time for query and answer , so curiosity is encouraged ! "
All Farwest tours let in luxury motor omnibus transport , lunch , drinkable and snacks .
Wholesale Grower Tour — The tour will provide a abstruse honkytonk into some of Oregon ’s best tree and shrub growers in the Cascade Range foothills , under the backcloth of purple Mt. Hood . They admit J. Frank Schmidt & Son Co. , John Holmlund Nursery LLC , Hans Nelson & Sons Nursery Inc. , and Don Marjama Nursery Co. It ’s a prospect to learn about propagation , grafting and desolate - root vs. potted flora yield .
Retail Garden Center Tour — The tour will take you from the philia of Oregon Wine Country to some of the most innovative retailer in the Portland region . The daytime will begin at Durant at Red Ridge Farms , which is Oregon ’s premiere Olea europaea tree nursery and olive mill , which offers olive oil colour tasting and a great selection of herb , edible landscape painting trees and shrub . The farm is also home to a vineyard and winery . Next up is The Garden Corner , home of the Garden Rebels , which features the world ’s largest hang hoop . The last stop ? Portland Nursery , a turning point fuck for broad choice and amazing houseplant .
Automation Tour — This one ’s all about equipment as well as applications programme . participant will see cutting - edge nursery automation equipment being built at a state - of - the - art manufacturing adeptness , GK Machine Inc. , and tour a prototype for a fully automatize sassy greenhouse . Stops to abide by will include three innovative nurseries that are redefining the future of the nursery industry through mechanization — Bountiful Farms Nursery Inc. , Woodburn Nursery & Azaleas Inc. , and Brentano ’s Tree Farm LLC .
hitch and expo registration is now undefended at the linkhere . The price for each hitch is $ 124 per soul if purchased by July 31 , or $ 139 if buy later . Participants are further to register early , as tour infinite is modified ! Official Farwest hotel are also useable for booking , and make for a overnice headquarters for the weeklong trade show experience .
" Farwest really lets you do it all , " Moore say . " Interesting tours , dynamic networking events , lively social events , informative seminar , and great exhibitors all come together to ply a nonstop experience for greenhouse professionals , from the first loving cup of coffee to last call . "
Oregon is a nursery manufacture epicentre , with $ 1.2 billion Charles Frederick Worth of industrial plant sales in 2022 , the most recent yr tallied . Oregon ’s glasshouse offering are incredibly diverse , include trees , shrubs , annuals , perennials , vegetable starts , herb , mounter , tropicals , houseplants and much more .
For more information : Farwest Showwww.farwestshow.com
Oregon Association of Nurserieswww.oan.org
