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Meet the ProGrass expert: Steve Varga

Steve has been a horticulturist with ProGrass since 1984. He brings together a team of ProGrass experts for a lively dialogue of all things horticultural including eco roofs, gardening with kids, community gardening and interior plantscaping.

Have a question for Steve? Send him an email at  Ask Steve and he'll post a blog to answer your inquiry.

 

 


How Much To Water? Here's Help!

A few weeks ago, I signed up to receive my 'weekly watering number' via email from the Regional Water Providers Consortium website. Every Thursday, I receive my email, and every Thursday, I look at the recommendation critically and decide whether some computer software can do as good a job as I can to figure out how much I should water.


Can A Non-Irrigated Eco Roof Survive?

Yes, it can-and even thrive! In May 2010, ProGrass chief horticulturist Steve Varga travelled to Hungary and Austria to investigate the tried and true European methods of eco roof design and installation.

Budapest Eco Roof Sedums


Dog Friendly Landscaping Tips

Steve Varga talks with Garden Time T.V. host Judy Alleruzzo about creating a dog-friendly yard. This Garden Time segment includes tips from Steve on plant selection, plant placement, and that ever-present problem for dog owners: urine burns in the grass.

Dog friendly landscaping oregon garden


Care of Newly Planted Trees & Shrubs

Spring and Summer are the most common times to plant new trees and shrubs. A few new additions to your yard can be a welcome change. However, failure can turn those smiles upside down!

Shrubs


Lawn & Garden Watering Guide

Summer appears to have finally arrived, and in a big way. Your trees, plants and lawn have been experiencing cool, moist weather all Spring. They won't get the luxury of an adjustment period this year which would allow them to 'harden off' and become less susceptible to the 90 degree days we have coming up. Likely, they are going to suffer some ill effects. There are a few things you can do to give your garden a little relief.


Dogs, Gardening & Wine!

Get your best friend ready for the 2nd annual WINE & WAGS event at GardenWorld Nursery in Hubbard this weekend! Saturday and Sunday, June 26-27, brings good wine, good dogs and good gardening to the Portland area.


Rare Plant Sale - Replenish Your Garden

The words 'rare plants' will increase the heart rate of any true gardener. It is something of a quest to seek out unique plants, and we place these jewels carefully into our gardens with the feelings of pride and wonder a parent experiences.

Another word that everyone, not just gardeners, will appreciate is 'sale'. When these words come together, it is cause for celebration!


Gardening In The Rain

The recent rainy, cool weather is not making our vegetable gardens and flowers happy.


Green Roof Plantings In Budapest

This week, my friends at Diedem allowed me to see some pretty special rooftops with established plantings. The first was was a ten-acre roof atop a new water treatment plant - the roof was planted one year ago. The second was an upscale residential roof top garden in a suburb of Budapest.


ProGrass Sprinkler Technician To The Rescue

The recent balmy weather got me outside the other day to finally move some euonymus and plant the Korean Lilac I've had for months. This made my husband very happy since he was pretty sure he'd end up doing this job for me, based on prior history.