Gardening on the Internet: Bookmarks to Keep

Jun 20, 2002 - © Barbara M. Martin

http://www.digmagazine.com/outside.cfm Dig Magazine ("outside" section) articles

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/hom... H&G section, Garden 101 interactive

http://gardening.about.com/mbody.htm tie in with Horticulture Magazine, articles, links

http://www.gardengatemagazine.com/ Garden Gate Magazine web site, some articles

QUICK GARDENING HELP REFERENCE: BUGS & WEEDS

http://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/Entomolog... UKY Entomology - searchable

http://www.rce.rutgers.edu/weeds/default... Rutgers Weed Gallery

SEED STARTING

http://users.anet.com/~manytimes/index.h... Tom Clothier's seed starting database

http://www.backyardgardener.com/tm.html The old Thompson & Morgan seed guide

SEARCHING EXTENSION PUBS.

http://plantfacts.ohio-state.edu/ PLANTFACTS search MANY state systems at once - the motherlode

http://www.ext.vt.edu/cgi-bin/WebObjects... Virginia Coop. Ext. home gardening many story ideas and topics

PLANTS -- DESCRIPTIVE REFERENCE

http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plant... Missouri Bot. Garden -- this new PLANTFINDER sets the standard of excellence in free access on-line refence material.

http://bestplants.chicago-botanic.org/ Chicago Botanic Garden cold hardy plant reference

see also catalogs and corporate sites eg

http://www.provenwinners.com/ Proven Winners -- new annuals

http://www.monrovia.com/ Monrovia -- trees and shrubs

CATALOGS

http://www.qnet.com/~johnsonj/ Catalog of catalogs -- tel., snail and url contacts

ZONE MAPS/WEATHER

http://www.ahs.org/garden/gdnheatmap.htm the elusive AHS heat zone map

http://www.usna.usda.gov/Hardzone/ushzma... USDA winter hardiness zone map

http://www.kiva.net/~dorsettm/zones.html more zones & weather data - frost, drought

PLANT/HORT SOCIETIES -- find contacts, trends, shows/meetings, and growing info.

http://www.ars.org/ American Rose Society

http://www.irises.org/ American Iris Society

http://www.daylilies.org/daylilies.html American Hemerocallis Society

http://www.hosta.org/ American Hosta Society

http://www.ahs.org/index.htm American Horticulture Society

http://www.pennsylvaniahorticulturalsoci... PA Horticultural Society

GARDENS & ARBORETA

http://www.aabga.org/ American Association of Botanical Gardens & Arboreta

http://www.longwoodgardens.org/ sample with excellent intro, visitor info, calendar

TRAVEL

http://www.gardenvisit.com/index.htm Garden Visit & Travel Guide, garden history too

http://www.expedia.com/daily/home/ Expedia find/arrange cheap(er) travel

http://www.mapquest.com Mapquest -- get driving directions .... Road Trip!

PUBLISHER, BOOKSELLER and BIBLIOGRAPHY

http://www.timber-press.com/ sample publisher home page Timber Press

http://www.amazon.com check out the competition, access ISBN info., etc.

DICTIONARY

http://www.m-w.com/home.htm Merriam Webster Online

GWAA

http://www.gwaa.org/ GWAA web site -- ask me about joining!

EXPLORE ON YOUR OWN

http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/mar01/... By Janet Evans (Library Manager, Pennsylvania Horticulture Society) Intro to gardening on the internet, with links; she also publishes a great email newsletter, WIREDGARDENER, see below.

E-MAIL NEWSLETTERS & LISTS Some are push only (you can't answer back, it just comes to your email box on schedule as a newsletter) and some are interactive (ie list members or "subscribers" exchange mail back and forth and each email is sent to the entire group as a sort of public correspondence and free for all; members join in the conversation at will or simply read or "lurk") but all require a "subscription" or signing up. Read and save the initial confirmation you receive back, this will tell you how to UNsubscribe when you've had enough. Some lists generate dozens of mails a day, some only a few each week.

http://www.kiva.net/~dorsettm/polite.html Netiquette guidelines

http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinf... Gardenwriters (not affiliated with GWAA)

http://www.thealpinegarden.com/alpine-l.... ALPINES-L

http://www.ahs.org/community/cmlistserv.... AHS ListServ

http://www.kiva.net/~dorsettm/notes.html GARDENS-L; venerable and busy! This is the general

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