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Gardening Resource Page
1.1 General Gardening 1.2 Herb Gardening 1.3 Flower Gardening 1.4 Vegetable Gardening 1.5 Region-Specific Resources 1.6 Water Gardening 1.7 Organic Gardening 1.8 Gardening for Kids |
Gardening Resource Page
General Gardening
Keep in mind that many of these pages have subpages on a wide variety of topics.
- GardenWeb -- from iVillage, a general resource page for gardeners.
- HGTV -- Home and Garden TV -- lots of ideas about how to plan your garden/landscape.
- New York Botanical Garden -- requires a free subscription to access FAQs, tips and other info about gardening.
- Better Homes & Gardens -- you can look at smaller versions of a large number of garden plans; to see them full size you need a subscription.
- UMD Agriculture Advice -- features include disease diagnostics and information about invasive species.
- UVA Agricultural Advice -- articles about a wide variety of topics -- informative, but not pretty -- no pictures! Quality of articles inconsistent.
- USDA -- very boring page of useful info, such as plant hardiness zones. "USDA Vegetable Laboratory" sounds vaguely ominous.
- CarryOn Gardening -- British website about an easier approach to gardening.
- Garden.org -- webpage of the National Gardening Association. Activities, tips, and monthly calendars.
- GardenGuides -- commercial website with some informational resources as well.
- Garden Gate -- check out their "Teaching Garden" for even more resources.
- Backyard Gardener -- can help you plan your garden based on the kind of garden you want (herbs, annuals, etc.).
Herb Gardening
- Gourmet Gardener -- once you navigate to their herb section, you'll find lots of interesting information about growing, harvesting, and using many of the most popular herbs.
- Backyard Gardener -- information on growing herbs from seed.
- Herbal Gardens -- site devoted entirely to growing herbs.
- Growing Herbs in the Home Garden - West Virginia University's resource on use and preparation of herbs.
- Medicinal Herbs - University of Washington's herbal medicine page -- includes indices of medicinal herbs by common and botanical names.
- Garden Guides -- articles about some of the more popular herbs.
Flower Gardening
- Flower Gardening Made Easy -- what more could you ask?
- Do It Yourself -- flower specific advice plus some general tips and tricks. Out of date.
- Helpful Gardener -- the flower section of an all-around website.
- Essortment - text-only pages with advice about specific flowers.
Vegetable Gardening
- Vegetable Gardening in Spring -- information on lots of veggies, Achoccha to Zucchinni.
- Gardening Web Forum -- iVillage's forum on veggie gardening.
- Hydroponic Vegetable Gardening -- do-it-yourself hydroponice veggie gardens!
Region-Specific Resources
- Tropical Gardening -- links to tropical resources.
- Northern Gardening -- gardening for the northern US.
- Avant-Gardening -- creative organic gardening in the Southwest.