Gather and Grow filled Smith Mill works in Asheville with plants, local makers and the creative spirit of the valley.

Events are free unless noted. Please email calendar submissions at least three weeks in advance to events@oregonian.com. ONGOING Gresham Japanese Garden Plant Sale: 9:30 a.m.-noon Saturdays in May.

If you visit Astera later this year, chef Aaron Adams might kick dinner off with a little spiel. “Please enjoy our horticultural cuisine of Cascadia,” Adams likes to begin, “which is our pretentious ...

Fragrant plants offer aromatic benefits and come in various colors, fragrances, and blooming seasons. Native fragrant plants like Sweet Acacia, Fringetree, and Fiddlewood support local ecosystems. Non ...