GARDENING LINKS

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INFORMATION SOURCES

Some of these sites are commercial, but the info is plentiful and free

Organizations | Universities | Societies | Misc Sources

MISCELLANEOUS


Garden Info

CNN WeatherWeather anywhere in the world!
This link should take you to the USA weather report. Get a report on the weather in your area regardless of where you are in the country. Indispensible for those of us out in the boonies.
Rain or Shine  Weather info, satellite and radar views, and air quality reports.
The Weather Channel Weather info for the US. Search tool for specific locations. One of the most popular sites on the web.
Virtual LibraryThe Virtual Library is a large archive of articles on gardening from various information sources. There's a lot of information to be found here. You could be at this site for a while.

AgriSurf! is the worlds largest searchable agricultural web index. It's sister site is home to the weekly publication 'The AgriSurfer'.

Plant-Link The most comprehensive URL search engine for plant related web sites available. Plant-Link utilizes Metacrawler with advanced search capabilities to cross reference 6 major search engines.

Garden Bazaar An easy-to-use directory of more than one hundred garden-related businesses. Search by keywords.

Better Home and Gardens Gardening Zone map, tons of information, expert advice, and discussion groups. Don't miss their comprehensive Home Improvement Encyclopedia

Old Farmer's Almanac: Online version of the original Farmer's Almanac. I like to visit here regularly.

How to Prune Trees A must for anyone responsible for trees of any type or size.

Gardeners Tip Page This web page is part of the SBE™ giant web mall featuring Exotic Plant Seeds, Herbs, Books, Horticultural Products and web pages for quality products from around the world.

Wildflowers: Forums, info, Gardening web links, calendar of events, and a glossary of botanical terms.

Garden Calender: Search their database by location, date and/or keyword. You can put in your own events also.

Housenet has a selection of yard, garden and home improvements articles along with some unique stuff like a personal reminder that e-mails the reminders to you. Commercial.

AgriBiz A free global agricultural information resource.

GetSet! To Garden Lots of links and info.

The Garden Guy This site has some of the most current information available on plants, gardening and techniques that will help you achieve your garden goals. Large advertisement section for magazines and products on other sites.

Garden Gate: Practical advice on a wide range of topics.

Seeds Unique If you need info on beginning plants from seed, this site will help. Also, lots of info on the seeds that they sell.

Vickie's Little Hemp World Well organized explanation of hemp: its history and uses. Also offers hemp products.

Minter Gardens Gardening tips and tours. Calendar of events.

Botanique Lists more than 1600 botanical and display gardens and arboreta, calendar of events. US and Canada.

The Enabling Garden: Garden column dedicated to helping the physically disabled or the elderly continue to garden. Back articles are archived. Part of Gardening Suite 101.

Easy GardeningTips, ideas and education for the beginner and the advanced. Should give anyone a green thumb.

Water Conservation: Yard and garden water conservation tips.

WHOW Recycling Tours: Great trips-great music.

A Gardener's Journal Seasonal garden observations, what worked, what didn't, what might!

Delphi Gardening Forum Lots of info on a wide variety of topics, bulletin board, library, and chat. Well set up so that even with over a thousand pages it's easy to get around in.

Tasmanian Garden JournalPhotos and articles.

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network (EREN) Energy info from the U.S. Department of Energy.

Adventures in Gardening Another site full of info, tips reviews and they will answer questions you may have.

GW-Substrate: Growing mediums info.

Roots of Botanical names - word origins by Prairienet for the truly obsessive.

McKenzie's Lawn and Garden How-to information on gardening, pruning, composting, and lawn care.

Cyber Plantsman: Articles on underused plants, book reviews, events, etc.

Weekend Gardener: Practical Horticulture tips and helps about gardening.

The Green Gardener: A good site for beginners. Get help with your yard and garden.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Commercial site providing rapid access to large amounts of federal and state data at a very reasonable cost.

The Environmental Protection Agency This is the real magilla. Your government at work. This link is to their easy to use (and surprisingly attractive) global warming pages. The main page can be found at or around www.epa.gov.

Global Warming and Climate Change Plenty of information on the subject from Carnegie Mellon.

Supak.Com: Some good people out of Hawaii. You'll find gardening info galore and a lot more. Ever wondered what the difference between hemp and marijuana is and why it's so important? Check out the hemp page.

Gardening By the Phases of the Moon StarIQ's companion article to Gardening by the Signs of the Moon. Part of a unique astrology site that offers free personalized forecasts by email and original daily content .

ORGANIZATIONS


Agricultural Organizations: Nerd World's list of ag sites.

Envirolink Promoting community involvment in the environment.

Earth Save You are what you eat.

Earth Share Collaboration of environmental and conservation charities.

EnviroWorld: Florida's daily environmental news.

EnviroWeb: EnviroLink is a non-profit organization, grassroots online community uniting hundreds of organizations and volunteers around the world.

American Society of Agronomy Mainly for professionals- meetings, publications, news and links.

Conservation International Global Ecosystem: non-profit organization that protects this planet's biologically richest areas.

Earth Times: Daily news and views on the environment. Current affairs from Africa, the Americas, Asia and Europe.

The Environmental Careers Organization Enhancing the environment through the development of professionals, the promotion of careers, and the inspiration of individual action.

National Wildlife Federat Landstewardship news covering farm bills, forests, mining, grazing reform, action groups.

National Resources Defense Council: Preserve the environment, protect the public health, and ensure the conservation of wilderness and natural resources.

Helios Environmental Resource Directory: Based in Eugene, OR, a regional clearinghouse for environmentally sound products and services.

center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology (CREST) Promoting renewable and efficient energy.

Children's Environmental Health Network Dedicated to pediatric environmental health.

The Amazing Environmental Organization Web Directory: A complete and thorough site-a one-stop resource for environmentalists.

E-Answers:  Information on agriculture, gardening, consumer issues and forestry.

Metropolitan Austin Interactive Network Links and gardening chat groups

CIESIN: Study of environmental changes.

Soil and Water Conservation Society. Publications, employment, conferences, message board and links.

Soil Quality Institute:The institute will focus on soil quality resource concerns that have national and multi-state applicability.

The Sierra Club: Non-profit member-supported organization that promotes conservation of the natural environment by influencing public policy.

United States Department of Agriculture Wide range of information on assistance, programs, jobs, legislation, publications, educational resources, nutrition and access to dozens of other agencies. For a govt. page it has some cool tools.


SOCIETIES


National Home Gardening Club Beautiful gardening photos and helpful information on flowers, vegetables, landscaping, etc.

Dahlia Society of Nova Scotia Events, newsletter items, and information from the society.

Puget Sound Dahlia Society Growing Dahlias Society information page page.

The Washington State Dahlia Society Information on their society and events in the area.

American Horticultural Society: Horticulture in America, of course.

Canberra Organic Grower's Society of Australia

The World Wide Dahlia Society Information on dahlia shows around the world, supplier lists and links to worldwide societies.

The colorado and Denver Dahlia Societies Joint home page. There are pictures of members gardens. Includes events and culture sections as well as a great dahlia gallery. Links.

American Dahlia Society. Learn about dahlias and the society at the same time.


UNIVERSITIES


Gardening News
From the Oregon State University Extension and Experiment Station Communications gardening pages offering Info, News and Progress Magazine

Glossary of Gardening Terms- by the Illinois Cooperative Extension Service.

University of Tennessee @ Knoxville Ornamental horticulture and landscape design.

The Tree Doctor: Repair, planting, growing, pruning, etc.

Arborculture Online: For info on trees and members of the International Society for Arborculture.

Aggie Horticulture: The Texas aggies offer advice that can be used by everyone.

Vegetable Gardening Handbook: Florida Agricultural Information Retrieval System

Garden Tours: Delaware Botanical Gardens. Info on different species.

Plant Answers: I think that the name says it all. Texas Aggies.

Gopher to Master Gardener: Again I think the name.....

Growing Dahlias Page Overview of growing dahlias.

Virginia Cooperative Extension: Information and horticultural resources.

Horticultural Research: The cutting edge of horticulture and in Hawaii, too.

Horticulture and Crop Science: Horticulture resources.

Horticulture Articles: Nebraska's Dept. of Horticulture's Home and Garden Helper.

Arkansas Horticulture Department of Horticulture, The University of Arkansas' page.



COMMERCIAL SITES


Magazines | Nursery/ Garden center | Seeds | Worms | Misc

MAGAZINES


Dig Magazine Their site covers a lot more than just gardening. There's info on herbs, cooking, lawns, books and more.

Fine Gardening Online - the web version of this excellent magazine.

Agriculture Online Online magazine designed as a forum where farmers and ranchers can exchange ideas.

Water Gardening Magazine: Articles and subscription information.

Wellspring Newsletter: Learn how to say "Nuts to Headaches" and much more.

Garden Gate Magazine: Articles with tips and techniques from back issues.

The Garden Net Magazine" It's called an online magazine. Cool! It's really good.

Home Port: Bimonthly magazine specializing in world news summaries on environmental issues.

The American Cottage Gardener: Trying to sell subscriptions, of course, but there's a lot of good info here.


SEEDS


Shepherds Seeds and Veggie Recipes: One of the biggest and oldest companies around, they offer a lot more than seeds. You really should visit this one at least once.

Seeds Unique A very attractive and easy to navigate site offering seeds for a wide variety of trees, flowers, cacti, vegetables and decorative plants. This site also offers a lot of info, not only on the seeds they sell, but in general. If you need info on beginning with seeds, this site will help.

SBE: Exotic Plants and Seed Catalog.

The Angel Grove Tree Seed Company A genuine seed house (not a franchise) on-line since 1993 offering seeds for flowering, shade, bonsai and Japanese trees as well as shrub roses. Site is clever, attractive and well organized.

Hot Pepper Joe's 100% organic hot pepper seeds. From the Serano to the Thai Sun, you should be able to find seeds for any pepper you want to grow. Free seeds, gardening info and recipes.

The Seeds Of Change Web Page Seeds Of Change was founded in 1987 to foster plant life and bio-diversity by offering certified organic, open-pollinated seeds to the public

B and T Seeds Seeds, information and links.

Jonny's Selected Seeds Mail order vegetable, medicinal, culinary herb, and flower seeds

World Seed Thousands of varieties of vegetable, flower and herb seeds.

The Gardening Launch Pad - lots of links broken down by category.

Virtual Seeds Co. Wide variety of seeds available. they are also sold in related groups to create specific garden types

Greenweb: Seed retailer. Some articles.

Santa Barbara Heirloom Seedling Nursery: Organically Certified Heirloom Seedling Nursery.

The World Wide Seed Co. Seeds from around the world.

A Gift of Wildflowers Wildflower seed and unusual and exotic houseplant seed.

The Virtual Gardener Online gardening magazine with organic roots.

A Gift of Wildflowers Wildflowers, medicinal seeds, house plant seeds.

Stokes Seeds Ltd Quality seeds. Plenty of links.

Cobbers Seeds Cobbers Seeds is a small family owned company providing superior herb, vegetable and flower seeds for the Australian gardening community.


NURSERIES / GARDEN CENTERS


Pearsall's Garden center Gardening tools: pruners, trowels, gloves, hoes, windchimes and other horticultural gifts.

Garden Escape Commercial catalog shopping site.

C and B Garden Products: Garden markers and other misc products.

Pense Nursery: These folks specialize in small fruit and berry plants.

Gardenscape Ltd. Canadian garden tool mail order company. All prices in Canadian dollars.

Pearsall's Garden center and Nursery Garden center and nursery supply. Includes topiaries, statuary and ceramics.

Santa Barbara Heirloom Seedling Nursery: Organically Certified Heirloom Seedling Nursery.

Art Knapp Plantland Nursery / garden center chain.

Herbs and Perennials from Mountain Valley Growers Certified organic plants. They ship throughout the United States.

Gothic Gardener Very amusing, interesting, educational and different type of gardening site. Visually appealing as well as entertaining, these folks actually sell items on this site, but they don't push tem in your face. In fact, they make you look for them. Nice place.

Rittenhouse For more than 85 years, Rittenhouse has provided growers and landscapers with quality innovative tools, equipment and accessories. Secure online shopping for more than 700 products and 7000 component parts.


WORMS


Topline Whsle Dist Co - Worms, vermicomposting, worm equipment, worm supplies, worm books and lots of worm informantion.

Worm World Pennsylvania's finest red worm for better earth. while your there join the world wide worm tour- sort of a wormaloosa.

The Worm Farm: Aristotle once said, "Worms are the Intestines of the Earth". Using worms to convert decomposing food waste into nutrient-rich fertilizer is simple, inexpensive, energy efficient.

The Worm PageThe plow is one of the most ancient and most valuable of man's inventions; but long before he existed, the land was in fact regularly plowed and still continues to be thus plowed by earthworms.


MISCELLANEOUS


Plantmarkers by K&S The biggest complaint gardeners have about plant markers is they fade. These plant markers do not fade. Identify all of your hostas, daylilies and perennials with these attractive, fadeproof, durable and affordable plant markers that last and look like new for years.

Petals and Scents Gifts from the garden. Hand blended potpourri in floral, spiced fruit, holiday and woodsy fragrances.

Arborsmith Studios: Sculptures live tree trunks into, art, furniture, and houses.

Gifted Gardner Offers sprinklers that fertilize as they water and topiary. Site offers gardening tips, links, and a newsletter.

MicroFlo Moisture control system: sub-surface irrigation for foundation repair, agriculture, landscaping and gardening

Floral Home Company Floral wholesale website with over 700 products. Books, herbs. potpourri, oils, silk flowers, bottles, bath salts, wedding favors, and more.

Floral Images Gardening images silkscreened onto aprons, t-shirts, sweatshirts and tote bags.

Books That Work - a plant search, a gardening encyclopedia, and more.

Conversion Products, Inc. Adirondack Chairs, Camp Tables, English Style Classic Garden Benches, Home Style Planters, Heavy Duty Planters, Flower Boxes, Garden Trellises as well as Heavy Use Products (Park Equipment)Flat Benches, Park Benches, Picnic Tables, Trash Receptacles, Traffic Control made from 100% recycled plastic lumber.

Garden Gate: If you're really into gardening visit this site. You'll see what I mean.

Green Thumb Corner This is a big one. Lots of gardening info and more.

ACF's Little Greenhouse Quality hobby greenhouse kits and accessories.

Homearts Mainly geared to women (links to Cosmo, Redbook, Good Housekeeping and about a dozen others), but this is a very well balanced and informative site with sections on food, family, gardening, money, horoscopes, forums, chat, postcards, calorie counters, health and a whole lot more. Tons of featured articles. This is an attractive, professionally made site that is easy to navigate. The drop down menu of shortcuts takes you to some very elaborate advertising. The gardening library includes a plant encyclopedia, book reviews and a zone map. There are tours of gardens and plenty of gardening info.

The Gazebo: Heirloom or Old Fashioned Flowers Descriptions and Cultivation info.

Real Goods A renewable energy powered, sustainable future through knowledge-since 1978

Karen's Flowers Exotic Hawaiian flowers shipped directly to you. pictures and description.

Floral Home Company Crafts, aromatherapy, herbs, florists supplies, floral arrangements, books, wholesale, bargain basement, calendar, message board, and more.

3D Garden Composer Garden design and encyclopedia of plants software. You can view the garden in different months. Learn how to prevent and treat pests and disease. Extended search to find the best plants for your yard. Design and build multi-level houses, edifices, bridges, patios, arbors and fences.

Vita-Master Award winning software database that gives you easy access to alternative, wellness and nutritional information from hundreds of sources.


SPECIALTY SITES


Orchids | Roses | Organics | Urban | Peppers | Rhododendrons | Herbs | Perennials | Dianthus | Bamboo | Water Gardening | Composting | Design | Hostas | Shade | Vegetables | Dahlias | Hibiscus | Iris | Daylilies | Hydroponics | Fuschias | Hydrangeas | Bonsai | Delphenium | Cactus | Watermelon | Hemp | Tulips | Strawberries | Mushrooms | Tropicals

ORCHIDS


Orchid Maniacs: A orchid page dedicated to raising money for AIDS organizations around the world.

Graham's Paradise Garden

The Orchid Lady

The Orchid House: Orchids, orchids and more orchids. This is pretty much the only place to start if you're interested in the subject of orchids.


RHODODENDRONS


Rhododendrons Complete overview of the genus, some games and info on the Tyler Arboretum

TULIPS


A Place For Tulips Once you work past all the links and annoying music there are some nice pictures and articles, but everything has big copy write symbols scrawled on them so be sure not to steal anything. Even the graphics that are free can't be changed without permission. I thought we had gotten rid of the image of the anal retentive gardener. We didn't find a whole lot here compared to other sites, but you might.

PERENNIALS


Abundant Daylilies and Perennials Pictures with growing tips.

Perry's Perennial Pages Dr. Leonard Perry's Web pages for on-line perennial and other horticultural information, serving the Green Mountain State of Vermont and the world.


URBAN GARDENING


Urban Gardener: Gardening in an urban setting.

GARDEN DESIGN


Garden Design How to design your garden properly.

Eagle Point Software LandscapeDesign allows you to design in 2-D and 3-D simultaneously. View your site in multiple windows while you design. Changes made in any window are automatically reflected in all windows. A plant growth simulator and a database for plant selection are provided. The plant database contains information on approximately 1,100 plants, covering every climactic zone around the world.


ORGANICS


Don't Panic, Eat Organic Organic gardening and natural insect control info.

Canadian Organic Growers For gardeners, farmers and consumers

Organic Gardening A good starting place for info on organics.

ATTRALots of organic information and the National Sustainable Farming Information center located at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.

CNN Organic Food News Hard to believe, but yes, they've devoted a site to organics.

Organic Trading and Information center Information source for all types of natural products and organic foods.

Organic Farming: Wow, is this a busy site. It just has so much about organics,as well as issues, info, and a audio lecture.

Organic Vegetable Gardening Info on organic disease, mildew and pest control.

The Cook's Garden: More organics. Commercial site.

Rodales Organic Gardening Very solid info on organic basics.

Organic Cybergarden Info and links and more info.

The Organic Vegetable Gardening Guru The Best Hands-On Organic Vegetable Gardening Site on the Web! Updated Weekly.

Rodale's Organic Gardening Online Still one of the best.

Welcome to Organic Gardening Tips Down to earth basic organic garden help.

Mertus' Gardening Web Page Kind of a weird thrown up page with a few articles and links. Main attraction is Cindi's Catalogue of Catalogues.

Grow OrganicAdam Penenberg's how-to guide.

Clupper's Organic Gardens Their mission statement: promote the growing of healthful food throughout the world while conserving natural resources and protecting the environment by encouraging attitudes and activities necessary to understand, appreciate and change the interrelationships among humans, their culture and the environment.

Orbweaver Orbweaver's page is about her organic garden; a haven for wildlife.

Organic Gardener's Web Links to many of the personal pages of organic gardeners.


PEPPERS


Hot Pepper Joe's 100% organic hot pepper seeds. Lots to do with peppers- original recipes, descriptions, advice, how to make your own sauces and pepper greeting cards. He also offers a few exotic tomatoes as well.


HOSTAS


Hostas Online Online mail order: discount hostas

HostaWorld Quality midwest grown Hostas for landscapers and Gardeners.

Frida's Landscape Design and Gardens More than 200 hosta's for sale at all times. Free shipping.

Sexy Bloomers We have yet to figure out the romance part, but they have a very nice selection of hostas. Site is cute but confusing, poorly designed and difficult to obtain even the most basic info from.

Silk Purse Perennials Though they sell perennials and are Canadian, this site fits best here. Wonderful selection of hostas and the site is a dream. You look through a list of hostas, all the prices are listed, and you click on the name to see a picture. There are some drawbacks: refunds under $10 are returned only as credits!! This is a Canadian oriented site so prices and shipping cost aren't available for the USA...yet.


SHADE GARDENING


Gardening In Shade Sixth in the series on Ornamental Grasses for Shade.


VEGETABLES


Garden Notebook Step by step vegetable gardening.

The Rhubarb Compendium These web pages are dedicated to fostering an understanding and appreciation of this fine vegetable. who would have thought there was this much to say about the rhubarb?

The Organic Vegetable Gardening Guru The Best Hands-On Organic Vegetable Gardening Site on the Web! Updated Weekly.

Santa Barbara Heirloom Seedling Nursery: Organically Certified Heirloom Seedling Nursery.

The Vegetable Patch Organic vegetable gardening in Queensland.


DAHLIAS


Dahlia.comWorld wide dahlia society with member information, links and resources dedicated their favorite flower.

Dan's Dahlias Small distributor with organized and attractive site

Chesterfield Dahlia Farm Grower located in New Jersey.

Swan Island Dahlia Swan Island Dahlias has been producing the best dahlia tubers in the world for over 38 years. Located in Canby, in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, Swan Island continues its long tradition of providing the best quality dahlia.

Dahlia Organizations in Central Oregon. Locations of gardens, growers as well as local retailers price lists.

Van Zanten Specialties Offers "Karma Dahlias" and is also one of only two authorized distributors in the United States of "Gallery Dahlias."

The Gathering Garden. Dahlias for a set fee -as many as 38 varieties at $2 a tuber.

Old House Gardens Offers nine dahlias that were orginated more than 50 years ago.

The World Wide Dahlia Society Information on dahlia shows around the world, supplier lists and links to worldwide societies.

American Dahlia Society. Learn about dahlias and the society at the same time.

Frenky's Dahlia World Netherlands site. Frenky trades and sells and also breeds dahlias. Offers other perennials and Asaparagus. Plenty of pics of the dahlias in his collection.

Growing Dahlias Page Overview of growing dahlias.

The colorado and Denver Dahlia Societies Joint home page. There are pictures of members gardens. Includes events and culture sections as well as a great dahlia gallery. Links.

1000+ PICTURES Exquisite part of dahlia.com.

Wayne Holland Info on culture, harvesting, and viruses. Great pictures.

The Online Guide To Growing Dahlias Plenty of info from the "Guide to Growing and Caring for Dahlias" as well as a full description of the classification system and "sight and sound tour" of over sixty dahlias.

Dahlia: What A Flower Oriented to the Oregon area it includes links to the state's Dahlia societies, and info on Bridgeview Dahlia Gardens.

NebGuide on Growing Dahlias Propagation, culture and diseases of the dahlia.

Puget Sound Dahlia Society Growing Dahlias Society information page page.

Horticulture Online, Includes articles and features and links to a garden "store" with over 12000 products.


HYDRANGEAS


All About Hydrangeas Tons of info on the subject.

FUSCHIAS


We need some good fuschia links!

HIBISCUS


The Tropical Hibiscus All about the tropical hibiscus, its culture and history.

STRAWBERRIES


Strawberry Facts Page This is a page dedicated to all things strawberry.

VIOLETS


African Violets by Florals of Fredericks Everything for the African Violet Enthusiast. Recent hybrids and old favorites, pots, soil, fertilizer, and more!

HERBS


Algy's Herb Page: We love herb's and we love this site.

The Whole Herb Written by herbalist, author, and lecturer Bertha Reppert. A passionate gardener, she calls herbs "plants with a purpose."

Possom Creek Herb Farm a family owned and operated mail order herb farm specializing in the growing of herbs and scented geraniums.

The Fat Hen Herb Farm Over 350 culinary, medicinal, ornamental, and scented herbs with classes available to learn how to use them.

Herbs and Spices Lots of info on the use of herbs.

Herbnet Lots of links on the subject.

The Herbal Touch Articles, shopping, photos, links and a calendar.

Henriettes Herbal PageLots of info, including medicinal, culinary and lore, photos from around the world and links.

Herbal Gram Informative articles and herb uses

Herbs and Perennials from Mountain Valley Growers Certified organic plants. They ship throughout the United States.

Jardin Silvestre's Wild and Cultivated Herbs Herbs for culinary, magical, and medicinal uses.

Botanic Health Natural health products such as echinacea and goldseal, health tips and news, spices, essential oils and vitamins. Has a product search as well as products categorized by health concern, category and by name(a-z).

Herbal Creations Find Live Herbs in unique combinations or design your own collection. Choose from over 50 herbs.

Tea Herb Farm Over 4000 seeds and 750 dried herbs available through our secure order form.

Natural Pest Control Herbs for pest control.

Red's Garden and Herbal Crafts A garden in Perth, Australia, growing herbs, using herbs and vegetables in a variety of traditional and modern ways. Recipes, medicinal uses, craft ideas etc

Herbs, Tea and Aromatherapy Herbal supplements and aromatherapy products, teas, organic herbs and spices for cooking.

Clear Meridian Dream Mail order catalog for herbal healthcare products, books and supplies, herb seeds, spiritual and metaphysical tools and books, jewelry, the Nutritional InfoNet, a Symptoms Guide, and Native American information, books and products.

The Herbal Cupboardalternative therapies, herbal formulations and links to information on alternate therapies.

Dragon's Hearth Organic herbs, drought tolerant/native perennials and hard to find plants. Herb lore, herb art.

Herbal Hall A reference source for an interesting array of herbs and their properties.

Richter's Online catalogue of plants and gardening supplies. Commercial. Canadian.


ROSES


A Tour Of My Rose Garden Eastern Ontario rose garden including hybrid teas, climbers, and English roses.

Rose Glossary Bill Chandler's complete source of info on...well, roses.

Ken's Rose Garden Photos of roses grown from the cuttings.

Roses by Jack E. Christensen More roses: pictures, photos, and care information.

Rose Encyclopedia More info on roses by Ortho.

Timeless Roses: Lots of pictures and info dealing with roses.


DIANTHUS


The American Dianthus Society: Learn about the dianthus and the society at the same time.

BONSAI


The Bonsai Site... A truly detailed guide to bonsai as an art, hobby and horticultural practice.

Bonsai Carl's Japanese Garden Oriental Garden with symbolic stone, gravel and flora.

Bonsai Clubs International Bonsai Clubs International (BCI) is the foremost non-profit global organization of individuals and clubs that educates people in the ancient and living art of tree miniaturization.

Bonsai: Recreating Nature In Miniature This is the personal page of David Amhof dedicated to the art, history, and philosophy of the bonsai. Very nice photo gallery using thumbnails.


THE IRIS


American Iris Society: Learn about the iris and the society at the same time! Canadian Iris Society Same kinda thing.

BAMBOO


Lewis Bamboo GrovesSmall Bamboo Nursery with over 50 varieties of hardy bamboo.
American Bamboo SocietyAmerican Bamboo SocietyThe American Bamboo Society: Besides an exhaustive list of species, there's a plethora of information ranging from how to grow it to how to get rid of it. Lists of resources and books; a long list of articles on bamboo, climate zone map, workshops, and, of course, links to other bamboo sites.

TROPICALS


Stokes Tropicals The home of over 600 tropical plants and lots of information.

WATER GARDENING


The Water Garden Step-by-step instructions on how to build a water garden and everything needed to build it except the water.

Reeds 'n Weeds Water Gardening Superstore Water garden supplies in an easy to use catalog system with expert advice and service.


DAYLILIES


Tom's Daylily Page The best (as far as I know) daylily resource on the web. There are pictures, games, links, forum, and more.

Abundant Daylilies and Perennials Pictures with growing tips.


MUSHROOMS


SG`s Mushroom Page It always helps to be able to identify what you`ve collected, articles.

HYDROPONICS

S and S Aqua Farms: Info on aquaculture and hydroponic growing techniques.

The Grow Room: Hydroponics is the issue at this site, also.

Hygro Technologies Line of hydroponic gardening videos.

Hydroponic GardeningHydroponic gardening supplies on-line with secured ordering!

Hydroponic Society: Learn about hydroponics and... well you know.

How To HydroponicsAn aeroponic and hydroponic gardening tutorial that you can download. Complete with plans to build your own aeroponic and hydroponic gardens.

Practical Hydroponics and Greenhouses Magazine: Selected articles from past issues.


DELPHINIUMS


Dowdeswell's Delphiniums Comprehensive and colorful site with plenty of information about delphiniums (source of hybrid seed).

CACTUS


Rivenrock Gardens edible California Cactus Organic certified California plant nursery specializing in edible cactus.

BKSeeds Cactus care and info.


WATERMELON


Watermelon, The Official Page Talk about specialization! This is a guide to growing watermelon.

COMPOSTING


Master Composter Home composting / uses and application / programs / message board / troubleshooting / discussions/.

RotWeb (composting): The heart of gardening.


HEMP


Vickie's Little Hemp World Well organized explanation of hemp: its history and uses. Also offers hemp products.

WILD FLOWERS


A Gift of Wildflowers: Wildflower seed and unusual and exotic houseplant seed.

Wildflowers: Forums, info, Gardening web links, calendar of events, and a glossary of botanical terms.


REGIONAL SITES


Ireland | Canada | Regional USA | Australia | Newfoundland | South Africa | Scotland

IRELAND


A Small Irish Garden: It's pretty and from a different aspect.

Plant Clinic: Plant info, weekly updates, postings, tips etc. from Ireland


Scotland


The Scottish Dahlia Scene Also takes you to the on-line Year Book of theScottish National Crysanthemum and Dahlia Society.

CANADA


Gardening B.C.: There's a lot of great gardening going on in British Columbia, Canada.

ICanGarden.comOver 1300 pages of information for Canadian gardeners. Canada's largest Internet gardening resouce site

Coastal Grower Excellent articles by local experts of the northwest US and BC.

Silk Purse Perennials Wonderful selection of hostas and the site is a dream to navigate. You look through a list of hostas, all the prices are listed, and you click on the name to see a picture. Plus, there is an easy to use site directory on every page. Other commercial sites could learn a lot from this very simple (almost bland) site. There are some drawbacks: refunds under $10 are returned only as credits!! And they are a dead-end site (no links).



Buds Fine Perennials:

Very pretty Canadian site with tutorials, articles, FAQs, weather, search, and even funnies. It has such nice graphics that we decided to include this one.


CBC's Canadian Gardening with David Tarant

Hedgerows Canada Shopping, calendars, events and info. Links to Van Dusen Gardens and the English Hedgerows.

The Evergreen Foundation Dedicated to reconnecting people with nature through the enhancement of healthy natural areas on school ground and in communities across Canada.

City Farmer Non-profit society promoting urban food production and environmental conservation from a small office in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia and from a demonstration food garden in nearby Kitsilano, a residential neighbourhood.

Gardenscape Ltd. Canadian garden tool mail order company.

Hedge Rows Canada British Columbia's beautiful gardening page with info, forums, events calendars and club news.

The Garden Centre: This is the place to go for info and tips on various ongoing issues. Canadian.

Hatley Park Public Gardens - Royal Roads University/mature planting, lots of inspiration and ideas after a visit here!

Finnerty Gardens University of Victoria/ Beautiful and peaceful anytime of year!

Butchart Gardens A quarry transformed into a beautiful garden.


AUSTRALIA


Romaine's Garden: Personal views on gardening from Australia.

Lisa Hafey's Home Page Gardening in Sydney Australia! Links, photos, information.

Canberra Organic Grower's Society of Australia

The Australian Correspondence Schools Horticulture Site: Correspondence courses, but also offers visitors information on various topics.

Red's Garden and Herbal Crafts A garden in Perth, Australia, growing herbs, using herbs and vegetables in a variety of traditional and modern ways. Recipes, medicinal uses, craft ideas etc

Cobbers Seeds Cobbers Seeds is a small family owned company providing superior herb, vegetable and flower seeds for the Australian gardening community.

Bevan and Margaret's Gardening Page Plants that will grown in Launceston. Tasmania. Australia.

Tasmanian Garden JournalPhotos and articles.


USA REGIONAL GARDENING SITES


Atlanta Garden Connection: Here's one especially for gardeners in the Southeastern part of the US .

Southern Gardener Southern oriented commercial site. Books, gardening supplies, calendar of events and more.

A Southern Garden An Alabama garden of roses, perennials, shrubs and trees.

Ambrose Gardens Online nursery for northern gardeners.

Tom Clothier's Garden Walk and Talk Site out of Chicago devoted to beginning gardening.

Northern Gardening: Articles and info for gardeners in the north who deal with real cold.

Florida Federation of Garden clubs Garden Design of the Month, Events, Locations of Florida's Clubs.

The Duke and Duchess of Wilton Manors Backyard Wildlife Habitat and gardens in Key West and Stuart.

Two Rainy Side Gardeners Gardening in the maritime climate of the Pacific Northwest!

The Nature of Our Garden About our backyard, organic garden in California

Slugs and Salal: Pacific Northwest gardening Oriented to Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia. this site offers plants, tips, events, chat groups, task lists, feature gardens and more.

Dahlia Organizations in Central Oregon. Locations of gardens, growers as well as local retailers price lists.

Vegetable Gardening Handbook Vast information source on plants, soild and pesticides for the State of Florida.


SOUTH AFRICA


Gardening in South Africa: If your planning to garden in south africa anytime soon...

NEWFOUNDLAND


Gardening in NewfoundlandGardening in Newfoundland.

Gazebo Hill Studio An artist's garden in Newfoundland: field notes, photos and garden-inspired art.


PERSONAL WEB PAGES


Sites For Kids | Gardens | Misc

GARDENS


Monet's Garden If, like the rest of us, you cannot visit this fabulous place, these images of Monet's house and the gardens will at least give you a sense of what it's like there.

Visual Garden A web garden with beautiful photos of phlox, dahlis, iris, clematis,daylilies, roses, and plenty of other flowers.


MISCELLANEOUS


Organic Gardener's Web Links to many of the personal pages of organic gardeners.

Earthship: A new approach to sustainable living- building with discarded tires and aluminum cans like Dennid Weaver did.

Flower Gardening for the Passionate You One of the few sites on the web devoted to the simple passion of gardening. Attractive and informative site. Plenty of beautiful photos.

Olympic Views: The Miller Garden Page Features their garden. Their gardening info includes some about water gardening.

Mrs. Lees Garden Acres of daffodils. Beautiful place.

Orbweaver Orbweaver's page is about her organic garden; a haven for wildlife.

The Backyard Forest Ecological and native plant info.

A Southern Garden An Alabama garden of roses, perennials, shrubs and trees.

J and M's Webgarden: This one will keep you busy. Lots to do ans well as more links.

Turquoiser's Home Page Pages about gardening, water gardening, cross stitch, and a miscellaneous page.

My Garden Backyard wildlife habitat for butterflies and birds.

Garden Gallery Beautiful photos of plants and flowers with descriptions of their care.

Gardening Hints Gardening hints and information on attracting birds and butterflies to your garden.

All In The Family Virtual stroll through a southern country garden.

The Garden SpotGardening tips / Links / Discussion board.

Pixbo Garden chock full of gardening photos and info. International.

Mary's Gardens

John's Rainbow Garden This one may not be around long, which is a shame. It has a great links page.

Jan's Hideaway


Children Oriented Gardening Sites


Gardening for Kids Gardening for kids of all ages.

Kids Valley Garden: targeted at kids and their parents, as well as beginner gardeners.

Terrie's Potting Shed General Gardening for children.

Garden Fun A great site for kids. Links to other kids activities as well.

Bats, Bats, Everywhere Great place to educate kids on a gardeners best (or least one of them) friend.

Rainforest Action Network This pretty site isn't just for kids, but it does have a really cute and informative kids area.







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