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	<title>Rogerson Clematis Collection</title>
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	<description>To promote and advance the joy of growing the genus clematis through education and the preservation of the Rogerson Clematis Collection.</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:26:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Goodness, Gracious, Great Bags of Potting Soil!!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:26:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LindaB</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Cost is $8.00 per bag, or 2 for $15.00.
Friends of the Rogerson Clematis Collection are happy to announce that thanks to Pro-Gro Mixes and Bob Gutmann (for transport), we now have our custom blended clematis container soil available in 1 cubic foot bags. We were going to sell larger bags, but with the sand we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Totally Tremendous Terrace</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 22:56:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LindaB</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Nothing like planning a party to motivate us to get big projects done! Friday evening August 20 is our annual volunteer appreciation picnic, and we have the International Clematis Society coming on September 11. So today, thanks to Bob Gutmann, Rick Meigs, Bob Candello, Nancy Stanton-Chek, and Larry Beutler, a new surface that will remain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FRCC Sinks to New High!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LindaB</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It may not seem like a big thing to most of our sister botanic gardens and arboreta, but for the Friends of the Rogerson Clematis Collection, with our limited operating budget, the addition of plumbing to our greenhouse is a very grand thing. Several years ago, Debbie Fischer of Silver Star Vinery in Yacolt, WA, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrating Lake Oswego&#8217;s Centennial</title>
		<link>http://rogersonclematiscollection.org/?p=140</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:35:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LindaB</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a party!!!!! Join FRCC as we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the City of Lake Oswego&#8217;s incorporation. There is a HUGE celebration planned at Luscher Farm tomorrow, July 17, from 10 am to 10 pm. There will be kid&#8217;s events (come see the new greenhouse in the Children&#8217;s Garden!), a history center set up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meet Our 2010 Summer Interns</title>
		<link>http://rogersonclematiscollection.org/?p=138</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:19:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LindaB</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This year FRCC has two interns from the Horticulture Department at Clackamas Community College (where our curator is an instructor). They are part of the CWE (Career Work Experience) program, which enables them to get college credit for their hours at FRCC. On the left (in the hat) is Susan Gordon, whose focus is garden [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lake Oswego&#8217;s 100th Anniversary</title>
		<link>http://rogersonclematiscollection.org/?p=139</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>clematis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Wanted: Some of your time to make the Clematis botanical garden at Luscher Farm look fabuous!  Lake Oswego is celebrating its 100th anniversary on Saturday, July 17th, at Luscher Farm and they are expecting literally thousands of people during the course of the day.  It&#8217;s a great opportunity for us to show off [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drop-in Hours and Sale Policy</title>
		<link>http://rogersonclematiscollection.org/?p=137</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:46:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LindaB</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[10 am to noon, every Friday, April through October
In order to to offer consistent access to otherwise locked areas of the Rogerson Clematis Collection, FRCC has instituted &#8220;drop-in&#8221; hours, when you can visit inside the greenhouse or have your clematis questions answered by our curator or knowledgeable volunteers, without having to call first. If you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Upcoming 2010 Events</title>
		<link>http://rogersonclematiscollection.org/?p=136</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 18:34:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>clematis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[JULY
July 10, 9:00 – Noon  Lake Oswego general public Plant (Clematis) Propagation Workshop at Luscher Farm
Contact Linda Beutler: clematis@ipns.com
July 17th   Celebration at Luscher Farm. Garden tours, Plants for sale and volunteers available for Q &#038; A. Details to follow.
Contact Susan Toler: sst0916@hotmail.com
July 25, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Members of FRCC Plant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bloom Update: April 8, 2010</title>
		<link>http://rogersonclematiscollection.org/?p=135</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 18:01:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LindaB</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the time of year when the Atragene Group of the genus Clematis are in their full glory. This bundle of species (Clematis alpina, chiisanensis, fauriei, koreana, macropetala, siberica + more) used to have their own genus, Atragene, and us &#8220;clemateers&#8221; still think of them as a distinct horticultural unit. In western Oregon they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meet Clematis &#8216;Julita&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://rogersonclematiscollection.org/?p=133</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 01:39:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>clematis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[We continue to marvel at the vigor of the clematis shipment we received from Poland in late November. Now we are also amazed by their beauty. 

This is &#8216;Julita&#8217; (pronounced &#8220;you-lita&#8221;), a semi-double large-flowered hybrid that was created by the late Brother Stefan Franczak. This cultivar has not been registered yet, but we assume that [...]]]></description>
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