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Phillip Oliver: Vancouver, Washington; Retired librarian, relocated 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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My websites

A Southern Garden
Mad About Maida
Jennifer Jones
Tallulah Bankhead

Favorite Blogs

Tangly Cottage Gardening Journal

6-7 August: at home
Each Little World

Waiting for rain
Garden Rant

In Defense of The Lawn
Piece of Eden

Dahlias August 2020
A Gardener's Notebook

The Surprising Backstory of Victory Gardens via JSTOR Daily
Late to the Garden Party

Almost there
the blackberry garden

The Mini Meadow
danger garden

Wednesday Vignette; if Derek Jarman lived on the Southern California coast
LOOSE AND LEAFY IN HALIFAX

TREE FOLLOWING - AUGUST 2020
Flutter & Hum

Wednesday Vignette – bright spots
Outside Clyde

Home Improvement
May Dreams Gardens

My Next Quest
The Nature of Things

Crooked Hallelujah by Kelli Jo Ford: A review
Garden in a City

Blue Lobelia Happily Overwinters in Pots
Whatsitgarden

A new lawn
Red Dirt Ramblings®

My third year beekeeping
Digging

Potted succulents don’t ask for much (and that’s the way I like it)
Site & Insight

The Yin Yang is Remade
She Quilts It

Lime green 3-D quilt, Final
Flora Wonder Blog

Geography
Gardening With Grace

Plant of the Week: Sanguisorba 'Lilac Squirrel'
Garden Myths

Best Time to Water – Morning, Noon or Evening?
Urban Landscape, Native Landscape

Hetch Hetchy Valley
The Garden Professors™

What’s wrong with my tree? You won’t find the answer in a book.
ROCK ROSE

AUGUST IN THE GARDEN
Chickadee Gardens

Pretty Things in August
Yard N Garden Land

Garden Activities for August
Life In Robin's Nest

It's July, Right?
Garden travel, ideas, and inspiration.

Garden and art connections
MulchMaid

A visit to Tangly Cottage Gardens
clay and limestone

Wildflower Wednesday: Summer Blooming Phlox
clay and limestone

Wildflower Wednesday: Summer Blooming Phlox
Plant Lust

Plants on the Rise
A Leafy Indulgence

July Bloom Day
MySecretGarden

In My June Garden
Hayefield

Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – July 2020
GardenBook

Garden Bloggers Bloomday July 2020
The Queen of Seaford

Planting Trees, Root Wash and Grandkids
Close to Home

The Fifth of July
The Rainy Day Garden

Touring M & M's Garden in West Linn
Future Plants by Randy Stewart

Polka Dot Plant
Greenbow

New Blogger, Old Blogger
The Mindful Gardener

Sustainable Change
Jeffrey Bale's World of Gardens

The Sacro Bosco of Bomarzo
Urban Rose Garden

Adding Old Garden Roses to My Garden
Garden of Aaron

Evenings with a Blue Bird
Real Gardens Grow Natives

Just the Thicket … For Wildlife Habitat
Hardy Plant Society of Oregon

Nursery Interview: Brothers Herbs & Peonies
Photobotanic

Public Gardens in the Pandemic
Deb's Garden

2020 Spring Garden Review
The Practical Plant Geek

Doing the Garden Shuffle
The Lents Farmer

State of the Garden - April Addition
Native Plants PNW

Maidenhair Spleenwort
Rindy Mae

Life Lately: 2/2020
The World's Best Gardening Blog

10 Fun Annuals to Grow from Seed This Year
Bonney Lassie

It's Gonna Be a Helluva Year
Dig, Grow, Compost, Blog

New Year, New Garden, New Challenges
Rhone Street Gardens

Wideshot Wednesday - 10/16/2019
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
Just a girl with a hammer

Diary of a wimpy gardener
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
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
PNW Plants (Washington State University)
WSU Gardening Guide

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