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Phillip Oliver: Retired librarian, escaped from Alabama to fulfill a lifelong dream of living in the Pacific Northwest. Currently working in a plant nursery during the summer and retail during the winter to satisfy my gardening obsession.

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A Southern Garden
Mad About Maida
Jennifer Jones
Tallulah Bankhead

Favorite Blogs

Flora Wonder Blog

Fall Color at Buchholz Nursery 2011
May Dreams Gardens

Every Gardener Eventually...
Greenbow

Book Review - Emily Dickinson's Gardening Life
The Garden Professors™

DIY Hydroponics: Going soil-less at home and abroad
Late to the Garden Party

Overwhelmed
Close to Home

I Love Chrysanthemums
The Nature of Things

Night Boat to Tangier by Kevin Barry: A review
danger garden

Darcy Daniels' Portland Garden, an HPSO Study Weekend visit
Two Men and a Little Farm

SOUP AND CRACKERS FOOD DEBATE
Digging

Austin Open Days garden tour coming up November 2
Tangly Cottage Gardening Journal

12 October: planting and company
Garden in a City

Round and Round Over Roundup
Garden Myths

Seedling Heat Mats – Are They Needed?
Chickadee Gardens

Finding Land: Five Years Later
Garden Rant

Garden regionally. Get inspired globally.
Rhone Street Gardens

Wideshot Wednesday - 10/16/2019
Each Little World

Foliage Follow-up: 10.16.2019
Flutter & Hum

Wednesday Vignette – on cuts and care
Piece of Eden

Bloom Day October 2019
Bonney Lassie

Garden Bloggers Bloom Day -- October 2019
Whatsitgarden

More October in the garden
Deb's Garden

The Golden Glow of Early Fall
Red Dirt Ramblings®

Take time for butterfly watching (and plant for them too.)
Yard N Garden Land

sept test
Hardy Plant Society of Oregon

Library Sundays: Sam Hatch, the Maple Lady
clay and limestone

Salvia elegans is delightful in a pollinator garden
A Leafy Indulgence

Winterthur
Gardening With Grace

Nursery Jaunt, Times Three!
GardenBook

Terra Nova Drive-By
Plant Lust

Plants to Tuck In, Well…
Urban Landscape, Native Landscape

Courtland Place Seattle
Future Plants by Randy Stewart

Deciduous Hollies
Life In Robin's Nest

Controlled Chaos in my September Garden
The World's Best Gardening Blog

Mason, Kid Gardener, Ch. 3: Breaking Ground
Real Gardens Grow Natives

Pacific Northwest Native Plant Profile: Oregon grape (Mahonia species)
MulchMaid

A late Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - September 2019
The Mindful Gardener

Autumn Inspiration
Garden Inspiration Blog - Alyse Lansing Garden Design

Heather’s Garden
Suburban Garden Life

Adventures in Hosting an Open Garden
A Plant Geeks Garden

Photo Friday: Catalpa Flowers
sprig to twig

Growing Indoor Plants – Tips on Maintenance and Hydroponics
Garden of Aaron

Bees and Partridge Peas
MySecretGarden

My Visit To the Enchanted Garden of Patricia and Scott Bergford in Olympia, WA
Just a girl with a hammer

Diary of a wimpy gardener
Dig, Grow, Compost, Blog

Goodbye to My Garden
Native Plants PNW

Wildflower Seed List
The Lents Farmer

Today's Favorite Plant - 20th Century Pear
Secrets of a Seed Scatterer

Spartacus
Bear and Briar

Patio Project with Sweetstone Pt. 3
The Outlaw Gardener

What Next?
Cultiverity

Visiting the Gardens of Portugal & Galicia: Part 1
One Vancouver Garden

Seeds!
A Tidewater Gardener

The Last Sunset of 2018
The Practical Plant Geek

Indoor Gardening: DIY Humidity/Drip Trays
sweetbay

Late winter/early spring
The Rainy Day Gardener

Garden Bloggers Bloom Day - February 2018
xeraplants

2/3rd of winter down. What winter?
gravy lessons

My Ten Favorite Photos From 2017
Organic Garden Dreams

Christmas Time at Our House and Garden
Journeys and Jonquils
Love Letters to My Garden

Baptisia: My Favorite Spring Perennial

Helpful Websites

Great Plant Picks
Hansen's Northwest Native Plant Database
Hardy Plant Society of Oregon
Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder
Native Plants PNW
OSU Extension Service
OSU Landscape Plants
Paghat's Garden
Plant Lust
WSU Gardening Guide

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