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Tom Oder

I am a garden writer and garden influencer who shares observations from my home garden and insights gained through connections made in leadership experiences in horticultural societies. I built and maintain Tomoder.com based on skills developed as a senior editor at a major metropolitan newspaper and as an economic development journalist.

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With appreciation for help with insect IDs in the gallery to Becky Griffin, University of Georgia Community and School Garden Coordinator, Pollinator Health Associate and National Coordinator of the Great Southeast Pollinator Census at the UGA-Mountain Research & Education Center in Blairsville, Georgia.