Botanical Gardens, Gardening Information, Plants & Landscape Design

• American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta - the mission of the AABGA is "to support North American botanical gardens and arboreta in fulfilling their missions to study, display, and conserve living plant collections for public benefit."

• American Hemerocallis Society - Daylilies (hemerocallis) have been around for a long time, but they have recently become very popular landscape plants. The AHS is a non-profit organization that is "organized exclusively for educational and scientific purposes, and especially to promote, encourage, and foster the development and improvement of the genus Hemerocallis and public interest therein." They represent daylily growers, hybridizers and gardening enthusiasts.

• American Horticultural Society - founded in 1922, AHS is an "educational, non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization that recognizes and promotes excellence in American horticulture."

• Royal Botanical Gardens - is located in Burlington, Ontario, Canada and covers 2,700 acres of ground. The RBG Web site contains information about the gardens, the Canadian Botanical Conservation Network, links to habitat restoration, and a list of Canadian Public and Botanical Gardens and Arboreta.

• U.S. Department of Agriculture - founded in 1862, by President Abraham Lincoln, to help farmers find good seed and information to grow their crops, the USDA has grown to include more than 20 separate agencies. Of interest to gardeners is the Agricultural Research Service, which publishes a wide range of plant information, including Agricultural Research Magazine. It is available in HTML or PDF format for online viewing and contains information on a wide range of current plant research and related topics. Other areas of interest include the ARS Image Gallery

  Garden Retreats: A Build-It-Yourself Guide American Horticultural Society Plant Propagation:The Fully Illustrated Plant-by-Plant Manual of Practical Techniques.

• Fine Gardening - Published by Taunton Press, the online version of this popular magazine offers advice in all areas of gardening, landscaping, and landscape design.
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• Fiskars, Inc. - manufacturers of specialty scissors, pruning shears, loppers, trowels, cultivators, kneepads, folding saws, and many other gardening tools, tool organizers, and tool bags.

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• Gardener's Supply Company - a great source of specialty landscaping supplies, gardening tools and information. Their large selection of products includes, greenhouse kits, gardening tools, seed starting supplies, flower pots, planters, hats, gloves, garden clogs, bistro tables & chairs, porch swings, rockers, gliders, and other outdoor furniture.

• GardenWeb - forums, tips, seed and plant exchanges, plant dictionary, botanical glossary, a large list of garden related links, and a calendar of garden events.

• Pest Alerts - Pictures of various pests and characteristics of the plant damage they cause in and around the Northeastern United States.

• How To Prune Trees - a publication by the USDA Forest Service, which explains why, how, and when to prune your trees.

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  • Pruning Tools
  • Chain Saws
  • Pruning Books

• Longwood Gardens - this botanical garden, located in Kennett Square, PA, is simply amazing. Besides acres and acres of plants, water gardens and greenhouses, they feature an incredible lighted fountain display, which includes fireworks set to music during a few dates in the summer months. If you ever have the opportunity to visit, do so!

• Oakes Daylilies - has been in the daylily hybridizing field for many years. Their online store is a convenient way to purchase their plants and an excellent source of information about hundreds of different daylily varieties, including pictures of each variety.

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• Organic Gardening - or "OG as it is now called, is a magazine published by Rodale, Inc., which provides gardeners with information about gardening without pesticides or chemical fertilizers. Their Web site contains plenty of information about environmentally friendly methods of gardening. You can even subscribe to a monthly garden report that contains information for gardening in your specific hardiness zone.
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• Park Seed - another well known source of flower and vegetable seeds and seed starting supplies.

• Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew - is located on the banks of the River Thames in south west London. There are several specialty conservatories, including the huge Victorian Palm House at Kew Gardens, built between 1844 and 1848, which is one of the most famous glasshouses in the world.

• PLANTS Database - a catalog of native and naturalized plants found in the Unitied States. The database, which is being assembled by the US Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, includes "names, checklists, automated tools, identification information, species abstracts, distributional data, crop information, plant symbols, plant growth data, plant materials information, plant links, references, and other plant information."

• Plant Dictionary - developed at the Ohio State University, this is "an indexed system of teaching resources for the discipline of Horticulture and Crop Science."

• TurfFiles - a production of the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service and the North Carolina State University Turf Work Group, which provides "research-based information for professional turf managers, lawn and grounds care industries, academic users, and homeowners." There are publications about selecting lawn grasses for shade or sun, diseases and pathogens, insect management, weed control, soils and fertilizers.

• Turfgrass Producers International - besides promoting "the advancement of the turfgrass sod professional" this organization offers consumer publications describing various grass types and characteristics, soil preparation tips, and a sod installation guide.

• Vixen Hill - manufacturers of gazebos, garden houses, pavilions, porch systems and shutters. Their high quality modular garden structures are prefabricated from Western Red Cedar and they can be assembled by most "handy" homeowners. They also sell an interesting modular porch system, which includes posts and removable screen, glass, louvered or paneled wall sections.

• Weed Science Society of America - information about weeds, herbicides, pictures of weeds, and a large list of links to educational institutions, cooperative extension services and related sites.

• The American Hosta Society

• The American Ivy Society - information about the genus Hedera.

• American Nursery & Landscape Association

• American Rose Society

• Canadian Rose Society

• National Gardening Association

• Southern Nursery Association

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