At dawn the gardens at 837 Glendower St. lie in serene splendor, the curved pathways empty. But soon daybreak will bring the first ray of sunshine illuminating a water droplet suspended on a spider web, a petal unfurling in the warmth, a butterfly weaving between the flowers, a bumblebee tumbling in the pollen, a tabby strutting down the path. A virtual metropolis of activity.
Tucked between Clinton Street and Briscoe Place in the Riverwalk neighborhood lies the residence of Richard and Laura Simonds, selected as the Ashland Garden Club’s Garden of the Month for June.
Garden of the Month: Miriam Weissberg’s advice to other gardeners is to try different things and see what works best given the many factors in your garden. Also, to encourage maximum blooming, keep your plants well pruned.
Garden of the Month: After worldwide travels, Tim MacCurdy settled in Japan where, once again, his interest in plants and gardens was piqued. He has plants now that are descended through generations from seeds he collected in Japan.Â
Garden of the Month: Mary Kyman’s garden was on the AAUW Garden Tour in 2014 and it was gorgeous then, but she has made many changes and improvements since then.Â
Garden of the Month: There is an extraordinary garden at 891 Beswick Way, home of Scott Allison. Scott is a naturalist, forester, orchardist and apiarist. This is the Ashland Garden Club’s Garden of the Month for June 2024.
Garden of the Month: John Schroeder and Debbie Beck have been gardening at the Laurel Street home since they purchased the property in the spring of 1983.
Garden of the Month: The use of yuccas along Mountain Avenue, part of the original design by Laurie Sager, provide a unifying theme and present a stunning sight when in full bloom each summer.
Garden of the Month: Elysian Graham and Lou Martinez bought the handsome house at 623 Prim St. in 2020 and promptly set about reimagining the front landscape. This is the Ashland Garden Club’s Garden of the Month for September.
Ruth Sloan: Alicia and Jeffrey Welder had their welcoming house at 98 Westwood St. built in 2015. The lovely garden that surrounds it was initiated in stages on the bare earth after that, and is now the Ashland Garden Club’s Garden of the Month for August.
Five years since the Phoenix-Talent School District was devastated by the 2020 Almeda Fire, district officials say they jumped at the chance to offer a much-needed home base for nearly 200 firefighters grappling with dozens of fires impacting the region over the past week.
Indigenous youth from around the globe signed a pact Sunday at the mouth of the Klamath River calling for the removal of dams around the world. It also came on the heels of the first source-to-sea descent of the Klamath River, which saw youth from various tribes kayak the river for the first time since four hydroelectric dams were removed in 2024.
Climate change, outdated building codes and highly combustible fuels are among factors that make Ashland more likely than 97% of all U.S. cities to have a catastrophic wildfire, according to a wildfire plan commissioned by Ashland officials.
A broader variety of items are now accepted both at the Ashland Recycling Center and in recycling bins for those using Recology’s curbside service. New items include molded fiber (including egg cartons and paper berry baskets), aseptic or Tetra Pak containers (such as those used for milk, broth and juice), and select nursery plant containers.
Thirty participating farms and locations in both Jackson and Josephine counties will open their doors to visitors on Sunday, July 20, for the seventh annual Rogue Valley Farm Tour, offering people the chance to experience and taste the produce and products of Southern Oregon.
Crews continue to make progress on the more than 70 fires in Jackson and Josephine counties.
(It’s free)
