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Gardening -- Oregon -- Portland

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Oral history interview with Margaret M. Cabell

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9390
Abstract

Oral history interview with Margaret M. Cabell conducted by Marian W. Kolisch on March 4, 1976. Cabell discusses her involvement with the Portland Garden Club, the Pittock Mansion, and the Portland Japanese Garden.

Dates: 1976 March 4

William Robinson papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll791
Abstract

Papers of Portland, Oregon gardener William ("Robbie") Robinson, including materials relating to the Neal family, the Japanese Garden of Portland, the Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden, and nursery catalogs.

Dates: 1913-2005; Majority of material found within 1945-2005

Nanny Wood collection

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 223
Abstract

Handwritten notebooks of Nanny Wood of Portland, Oregon, including details on her gardening activities and flora of interest to her. Also included is an illustrated manuscript on Wood's life and garden, as well as a typescript history of the Skidmore Fountain by Wood's husband, the artist and lawyer Charles Erskine Scott Wood. Nanny Wood's garden is now a portion of the grounds of the Portland Garden Club.

Dates: 1894-2011; Majority of material found within circa 1925-1933