To understand how a garden’s characteristics influence the soil microbial community, we sampled bacterial microbes from 40 Oregon gardens. Half of the gardens were located in Central Oregon, and the other half were located in the Willamette Valley. Within each region, half of the gardeners reported that they only used...
Over three years (2017-2019), we surveyed 24 gardens in urban and peri-urban regions across Portland. The gardens varied in size, the types of plants grown, and in the landscapes that surrounded them. All gardens were privately owned, except for one demonstration garden managed by Master Gardeners. We collected bees three...
To improve our understanding of the abundance and diversity of bacterial microbes in garden soils, we collected soil samples from 40 gardens across Central Oregon and the Willamette Valley. We included gardens with different management practices and, within a garden, we sampled soil from beds with different crops. We found...
This guide is designed as a public tool, and an accompaniment to the online iNaturalist guide Summer Garden Bees of Portland. You can use this link to access it: https://beav.es/Tdj.
The 67 bee species included in this guide were found in a three-year study of garden bee communities active during...
The magazine of the OSU College of Forestry. FOCUS is published by Oregon State University College of Forestry to keep alumni, friends, faculty, staff and students informed about the college and its many events, activities and programs.
The magazine of the OSU College of Forestry. FOCUS is published by Oregon State University College of Forestry to keep alumni, friends, faculty, staff and students informed about the college and its many events, activities and programs.
The magazine of the OSU College of Forestry. FOCUS is published by Oregon State University College of Forestry to keep alumni, friends, faculty, staff and students informed about the college and its many events, activities and programs.
The magazine of the OSU College of Forestry. FOCUS is published by Oregon State University College of Forestry to keep alumni, friends, faculty, staff and students informed about the college and its many events, activities and programs.
The magazine of the OSU College of Forestry. FOCUS is published by Oregon State University College of Forestry to keep alumni, friends, faculty, staff and students informed about the college and its many events, activities and programs.
The magazine of the OSU College of Forestry. FOCUS is published by Oregon State University College of Forestry to keep alumni, friends, faculty, staff and students informed about the college and its many events, activities and programs.