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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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A Southern Garden
Mad About Maida
Jennifer Jones
Tallulah Bankhead

Favorite Blogs

May Dreams Gardens

Put Your Magical Gardening Powers on Display With Autumn Crocuses
A Gardener's Notebook

Historical Seed Catalogs – 82in a series – Peonies, iris & herbaceous plants by Sarcoxie Nurseries (1913)
danger garden

Salmon River Trail fungi (and a few lichen)...
Late to the Garden Party

Fall Stop at South Coast Botanic Garden
Tangly Cottage Gardening Journal

A three day read
Each Little World

The definitive deck
Garden Rant

River Farm, AHS’s Headquarters, to be Sold
Hardy Plant Society of Oregon

Nursery Interview: Dancing Oaks Nursery
Close to Home

A Sweater Day
Digger magazine

Fall Creek transitions leadership positions
Red Dirt Ramblings®

Four basils worth growing
Outside Clyde

An Autumn Stroll
the blackberry garden

Irritating Plant of the Month - Dahlia Wizard of Oz
The Nature of Things

Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi: A review
MySecretGarden

From September Garden
Piece of Eden

Silver Today
Flutter & Hum

Wednesday Vignette – the speed of time
ROCK ROSE

TEXAS SNAKES. A review
Garden Myths

Does Clematis Wilt Really Exist?
She Quilts It

Sewing Pickle Dish units together
Nitty Gritty Dirt Man

Bloomin’ Update 64: Harvest Days, SoFlo Style
The Garden Professors™

Smashing Pumpkin Myths: Bleaching to extend shelf (and porch) life
Photobotanic

Autumn in California
Digging

Michael McDowell’s front-yard prairie garden
Flora Wonder Blog

The Gossler Catalog
Urban Landscape, Native Landscape

Midtown Sacramento
Chickadee Gardens

Hardy Fuchsias at Chickadee Gardens
Hayefield

Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – October 2020
Site & Insight

Autumn Leaves
CanadianGardenJoy

The Time of the Toad
Phyllis Loves Classic Movies

Six Year Anniversary!
Garden in a City

‘Honorine Jobert’, Queen of the October Flowers
Jim's Camellias

October reflection
Yard N Garden Land

Blueberries
The Practical Plant Geek

Bamboo Identity Crisis
Life In Robin's Nest

September Sunshine
Whatsitgarden

Late Summer in the garden
clay and limestone

Wildflower Wednesday: Partidge Pea, a Fabulous Fabaceae Goes To Seed
clay and limestone

Wildflower Wednesday: Partidge Pea, a Fabulous Fabaceae Goes To Seed
Garden Inspiration Blog - Alyse Lansing Garden Design

What the red bark of Manzanita does in summer
Jeffrey Bale's World of Gardens

Garden Paths, A journey
MulchMaid

Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - September 2020
LOOSE AND LEAFY IN HALIFAX

A LADYBIRD SUMMER
Garden travel, ideas, and inspiration.

Diamonds are this gardener’s best friend
Plant Lust

Editing Season in the Garden
GardenBook

Brought to You in Living Color
Gardening With Grace

Plant of the Week: Saponaria x lempergii 'Max Frei'
The Lents Farmer

Summertime Evening - August Edition
Casa Mariposa

The Final Post
A Leafy Indulgence

July Bloom Day
The Queen of Seaford

Planting Trees, Root Wash and Grandkids
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
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
Deb's Garden

2020 Spring Garden Review
Native Plants PNW

Maidenhair Spleenwort
Fairegarden

Worth The Wait
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
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