Garden LinksWhat you can find here: Colorado GardeningGarden Blogs Gardening Information and Resources Garden Plants and Accessories Personal Garden Pages and Tours |
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Colorado State University Cooperative Extension Service has a large number of gardening publications online. Q & A's on garden subjects, links to local garden clubs, articles, and more. Meeting times and places, photo gallery, and a java-based "Pool of Information" on water gardens. Information and pictures, including "What's Blooming" and plant research at the Gardens. Also information on the Chatfield reserve. Fact Sheets and articles from the Master Gardener program of the CSU Extension Service. A project of the Colorado Dahlia Society. Articles on dahlia care and culture, pictures from local dahlia growers. Home site for the Colorado Garden & Home Show, held in Denver in the early spring. Includes links to landscpe design and maintenance information for Front Range gardeners. Home site of this non-profit community gardening organization, with information on their plots and programs. My own guide to the Denver area growing season. A visual guide to planting and harvest times. |
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I began this section and realized that in my last browser crash I lost all my favorite blog bookmarks. I'll update when I get a chance. For now, this is a placeholder. Organic micro-farming with two acres and some tools. |
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Gardening Information and Resources Articles, pictures, and hundreds of links in the subject library covering everything from butterfly gardens, to garden design, to individual plant species. Everything about gardening for butterflies and other wildlife. These links are gathered from many sources. Comprehensive list of nurseries and gardening supplies available by mail order. Garden Design with Joy. The author of this site has written a book on garden design. Easy to follow information here, with all the basics on garden design. A program of the National Wildlife Federation. Tells you how and why to turn your garden into a wildlife conservation zone. Remarkable assortment of articles and guides on many aspects of gardening. You can spend quite a while browsing this site. By iVillage. Comprehensive gardening resource, with links to plant information, shopping, photo galleries, and an extensive set of gardening forums. This innovative worksheet by Alan Turner shows bloom color and bloom times of many species, using an Excel spreadsheet. Official site of the National Gardening Association, includes articles and tips, regional reports, along with a message board and seed swap section. I knew this site originally as a personal gardening page on Geocities, but the owner has moved here. Contains her garden pictures as well as articles and resources for cold-climate gardeners. Online edition of Organic Gardening magazine, with everything you need to know to keep your garden chemical-free. Compilation of gardening resources, including a reading room, teaching garden, shopping, garden tours, and much more. Originally compiled as a FAQ by folks from the Usenet group rec.gardens, and now a part of the Dave's Garden site, this is a database of mail-order plant sources, with frank and extensive comments by customers. Also has useful information on things to watch out for when ordering plants by mail. This is also now part of the Dave's Garden site. Billed as a "unique and comprehensive" database of plants in cultivation, this searchable database provides growing information for more than 54,000 plants. Index page for monthly yard and garden articles. Includes articles on backyard conservation, organic gardening, hardiness zones, and other subjects as well as information on this government agency. New 2012 edition, superceding all previous versions. Includes information on special climate conditions and how to interpret hardiness zones. |
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Garden Seeds, Plants, and Accessories Seeds and starts of all manner of heirloom varieties. Their plants are mostly young and small, but they're also healthy and well-grown. Great prices, too. Some of the most beautiful roses on the planet, and tons of growing information as well. Specializing in onions and leeks, famous for their wide variety of high-quality seeds and sets. Garden tools and accessories, ranging from purely decorative to completely functional. Drought-tolerant and xeriscape plants, including grasses, perennials, and shrubs. Another great seed source, also sells accessories, and web site includes growing information. A great variety of perennials, including hostas, grasses, and vines in addition to peonies, roses, and daylilies. Useful site for the cottage gardener. Wonderful assortment of high quality garden tools and supplies at remarkably low prices. Extensive daylily collection with growing information and pictures, from a knowledgeable Tennessee grower. Wonderful source for heirloom bulbs, including daffodils, tulips, lilies, and various unusual types. One of the oldest seed companies, and still one of the best. Another resource for organic growers. Extensive collection of seeds, including flowers, vegetables, and herbs, with many varieties that are hard to find elsewhere. Wonderful prices, too. Earth-friendly supplies for garden, home, and lawn. Among other things, a lovely selection of sedums. More than 300 irises, listed by type, with good pictures and growing information. Heirloom seeds, plants, and bulbs for indoors and out. Large assortment of sedums. Organic garden plants: tomatoes and other vegetables, herbs. Wide variety of hard-to-find tropical fruits and flowers. A great source for Dutch bulbs - every one I've gotten from them has been large and healthy. They sell other perennials as well. Wonderful selection of old roses available by mail order, but does not give full information as does Rosaraie. |
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Personal Garden Pages and Tours A garden in Iowa, with many lovely photos. Well-documented evolution of this Southern Ontario garden. Includes links and tips. Overview map with clickable cameras showing pictures of Debbie's garden in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Wonderful link list of personal garden pages. Josh lives and gardens on a small dairy farm in eastern Iowa. The pictures include many of his hosta and water gardens, two of his main passions. Pictures and text describing several years in the life of a garden on the outskirts of London, England. This extensive site lets you wander in and learn about Moosey's New Zealand paradise. An organic gardener from British Columbia shares her garden full of vegetables, flowers, and herbs. A Puget Sound garden. Tour this garden in suburban Melbourne, complete with dozens of pictures. I especially enjoy the little section on "Garden Follies". Links to other Australian Gardening Pages. Charming account of how one woman (and her dog) made a rose garden out of the heavy clay soil in Cleveland, Ohio. |
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