Garden Guides – Dragonfly Farm & Nursery

Halloween Party with Live Music on October 30th at our Port Orford location! Tickets & Info Here

Our Port Orford location is open most Wednesdays & Saturdays, 10am-3pm

Hosta plants in a shade garden at Dragonfly Farm

Garden Guides

Care guides, planting tips, and stories from the farm

How to grow well on the Southern Oregon Coast — practical care guides, plant profiles, and seasonal advice from the team at Dragonfly Farm.

Doe and fawn black-tailed deer browsing in a coastal Oregon garden near foxgloves

How to Deter Deer from Your Garden: Tested Methods for the Oregon Coast

Tomatoes ripening on the vine in stages from green to orange to red

Determinate vs Indeterminate Tomatoes: Which Is Right for Your Garden?

Ripe red raspberries on a cane in a Pacific Northwest berry patch

Floricane vs Primocane: A PNW Grower's Guide to Cane Berry Pruning

Orange and yellow nasturtium flowers blooming in a coastal Pacific Northwest garden

Edible Flowers to Grow: A Complete Guide for Coastal PNW Gardens

Grove of mature manzanita shrubs with characteristic smooth red bark and gray-green foliage

Best Manzanitas for Pacific Northwest Gardens

Wooden raised garden bed with eggplant and basil seedlings showing proper plant spacing

Plant Spacing 101: How to Lay Out a Garden Bed

Evergreen shrubs providing year-round structure in a Pacific Northwest garden

List of Evergreen Shrubs for Pacific Northwest Gardens

Mediterranean garden with lavender and drought-tolerant plants in the Pacific Northwest

How to Plan a Mediterranean & Drought-Tolerant Garden in the Pacific Northwest

Brown spotted leaves of a garden plant showing fungal leaf spot disease

Leaf Spot Disease and Plant Fungus: A PNW Gardener's Field Guide

Orange rust pustules on the underside of a hollyhock leaf

Rust on Plants: How to Identify and Treat Rust Disease

Tiny springtails on damp garden soil, beneficial decomposers

Springtails: Should You Worry About Them in Your Garden?

Tiny fungus gnats around the soil surface of a potted houseplant

Fungus Gnats: How to Get Rid of Them in Houseplants and Seedlings

Row of potted bareroot conifer trees at Dragonfly Farm

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