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Ann Amato @annlovesplants.bsky.social · 12d

It’s perfect.

Ann Amato @annlovesplants.bsky.social · 12d

Go Julie!!!!

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · Sep 8

On September 8, 1974, President Gerald Ford pardoned President Richard Nixon:

Ford Pardons Nixon | Talk & Draw with Liza Donnelly and Heather Cox Richardson

YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson

www.youtube.com

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Ann Amato @annlovesplants.bsky.social · Aug 30

When you garden more 🪏 for your cats than yourself. 😁

I do love plants and cats.

#gardening
#pnwgarden
#gardencat
#asparagusfern
#portlandor

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Nobody Nursery @nobodynursery.bsky.social · Aug 30

Today through Labor Day: 20% off

Special hours: Sat-Sun 10am-6pm

Automatically applied when shopping in the online store

NobodyNursery.com

Photo of monkey-flowers with text: "Labor Day Sale: 20% / online and in-person / Special hours: Sat-Sun 10am-6pm / Des Moines, WA

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Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery @naturerecovery.bsky.social · Aug 27

Fabulous news! Congratulations to our Centre Director, @ymalhi.bsky.social who has been recognised for his outstanding contribution to the field of Ecology. 🎉

@ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @socsci.ox.ac.uk @orieloxford.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org

Yadvinder Malhi awarded prestigious Ramon Margalef Prize in Ecology

Yadvinder Malhi recognised for outstanding contribution to the field of ecology

naturerecovery.ox.ac.uk

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Ann Amato @annlovesplants.bsky.social · Aug 26

Thank you. It’s truly life changing.

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Jeff Dukes @dukesjeff.bsky.social · Aug 25

New paper from the (long-finished) Boston Area Climate Experiment shows how water stress during plant growth affects the chemistry of leaves, with later consequences for decomposition rates. Led by Vidya Suseela's lab at Clemson. 🧪 #drought
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Climatic stress‐induced changes in plant chemistry alter the compound‐specific degradation of litter during decomposition

Plant litter decomposition sustains ecosystem productivity and modulates soil carbon cycling. Drought directly impacts decomposition by decreasing soil moisture and indirectly by altering plant tiss.....

nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Ann Amato @annlovesplants.bsky.social · Aug 24

For the love of the tuberous begonia.

#bloomscrolling
#summer
#pnwgardening

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Ann Amato @annlovesplants.bsky.social · Aug 12

Alfie helping me to water the garden a week or so ago.

#cats #gardencat #gardening #junipergate #pnwgarden #portlandor

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Ann Amato @annlovesplants.bsky.social · Aug 12

Which ones? I grow most either at work or for fun. #allplantsallofthetime

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CC🇨🇦🍁 @collycee.bsky.social · Aug 7

I’m watching a live stream

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · Jul 24

when they close it all up, I do believe this will go down as the funniest video on the internet

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Ann Amato @annlovesplants.bsky.social · Jul 22

This. Glad to be part of the problem.
#sarcasm

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · Jul 22

The amount of student debt Oregonians owe is also higher than the nationwide average.

‘These are big bills’: Oregon’s student loan watchdog logs record high complaints

The amount of student debt Oregonians owe is also higher than the nationwide average.

www.oregonlive.com

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Ann Amato @annlovesplants.bsky.social · Jul 17

Life’s a journey through a series of garden rooms for many of us in horticulture. It’s time for me to leave one room, and enter into another, into a bit of the unknown.
#horticulture
#gardenblog
#gardenwriting
#pnwgardening
#annlovesplants
#gardenmemoir

amateurbotannist.com/2025/07/17/a...

Ann Loves Plants: the garden memoir continues…

The post introduces a rebranding journey from “Amateur Bot-ann-ist” to “Ann Loves Plants,” reflecting personal growth and a renewed focus on gardening. The author shares exp…

amateurbotannist.com

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Ann Amato @annlovesplants.bsky.social · Jul 15

www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...

Poet Andrea Gibson, candid explorer of life, death and identity, dies at 49

Gibson and their wife, Megan Falley, are the main subjects of the documentary "Come See Me in the Good Light," a Sundance award-winner that's scheduled to air this fall on Apple TV+.

www.nbcnews.com

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Ann Amato @annlovesplants.bsky.social · Jul 15

🙏😭

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CB Jones @writersjones.bsky.social · Jul 15

RIP to poet Andrea Gibson. This is one of my favorites of theirs that I have revisited over the years (but one of many)

youtu.be/f77CqY-MMtg?...

Andrea Gibson - The Year of No Grudges (Official Video)

YouTube video by Andrea Gibson

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Ann Amato @annlovesplants.bsky.social · Jul 15

Was educational watching the insects all day as I cleaned plants under the umbrella beside them. Fantastic combo.

Ann Amato @annlovesplants.bsky.social · Jul 15

Sometimes the benches full of plants in the sales area at the nursery are just so beautiful.
#secretgardengrowers
#bloomscrolling
#cuphea #coreopsis
#perennials
#horticulture
#garden
#gardening
#pnwgardening

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · Jul 12

Hope you enjoy your family time, @jd-vance-1.bsky.social. The families you’re tearing apart certainly won’t.

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Ann Amato @annlovesplants.bsky.social · Jul 12

I cracked up when I read it. Was reading about her life in Ireland last night. Go Rosie! 🇮🇪

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Ann Amato @annlovesplants.bsky.social · Jul 12

10 years ago I hosted my first #undergrounddinner in my garden. I did these before and after the pandemic. Friends, family, and strangers donated to attend. I paid off debt from a spinal laminectomy by cooking 5-course Italian meals from scratch—hard work!

#garden
#italianfood
#cantbelieveIdidthis

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Ann Amato @annlovesplants.bsky.social · Jul 10

Am excited to be included again as a speaker through the Northwest Horticultural Society. #begonias #nhs

northwesthort.org/event/hardy-...

Hardy Begonias: Secrets to Success with Ann Amato - Northwest Horticultural Society

Years ago, while working at Cistus Nursery, Ann discovered its begonia collection in the back corner of a stock greenhouse…and she’s been working with them professionally ever since. She points... Rea...

northwesthort.org

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Ann Amato @annlovesplants.bsky.social · Jul 6

Been rebranding from #AmateurBotAnnist to #AnnLovesPlants

My blog Amateur Bot-Ann-ist started 18 years ago and my life has changed since then. To say that I’ve grown up is an understatement.

Health and happiness is easier to communicate and I do love plants. 💚

#felixthegreatcat
#cat
#gardencat

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