Gardening Resources

Prepared by Kathy Austin

Seed, Plant and Garden Supply companies

White Flower Farm

http://www.whiteflowerfarm.com

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A very respected mail order nursery. Great source for bulbs and flowers. Has good ideas on plant groupings, i.e., butterfly or humming bird plants, there sun requirements, hardiness zones and growth heights. Burpee www.burpee.com Remarks: A venerable US seed company. Great for vegetables. Website also has a zone finder, where you enter your zip code and you find out what your hardiness zone is. Has tips on proper watering, fertilizing, mulching techniques for the plant type chosen. along with other related articles.

Johnny Seed

http://www.johnnyseeds.com/default.aspx

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Another old and respected US seed company. Both website and catalogue have lots of useful information. Huge selection of vegetable seeds.

Blue Stone Perennials

http://www.bluestoneperenials.com/

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A good reliable company that sells inexpensive plants.

Park Seeds

http://www.parkseed.com

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Large variety of seeds and other plants.

Gardener’s Supply Company

http://www.gardeners.com/

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Great products and advice. Most products are chemical free and safe to use under all circumstances.

Seeds of Change

http://www.seedsofchange.com/default.asp

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A company that specializes in breeding and selling seeds of heirloom varieties of flowers and vegetables. Many varieties are not hybrids and produce fertile seeds the gardener can collect and use the next year.

Reference Resources

National Gardening Association

http://www.garden.org/dictionary/

Remarks: A terrific resource with a comprehensive gardening dictionary, projects, how-to articles, etc.

Organic Gardening

http://www.organicgardening.com/

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A comprehensive resource site for all gardening topics with an emphasis on organic methods and techniques.

Garden Web

http://www.gardenweb.com

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Another good website for resources.

Ohio State University – Pocket Gardener

http://hcs.osu.edu/pocketgardener/

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A site to download gardening information in clean html files that should (I haven’t tried them yet) be compatible with JAWS, and possibly down load to a Book port.

Web Garden from Ohio State University

http://webgarden.osu.edu/

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A great resource, very user friendly, with an image database of plants and diseases and pests, how-to videos, frequently asks questions, etc.

University of Illinois Extension

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/hort/

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Great resource for fact sheets, gardening in urban areas, containers and many other types of plants, insects and how to’s about gardening.