The Pollard Memorial Library

Gardening

Spring is here, and if you haven't already thought about your garden, here are some sites to inspire you to dig your hands into the soil.

General Gardening Sites

• American Horticultural Society
• The Backyard Gardener - Includes information on all types of gardens, gardening plans, and plant lists.
• Botanique : Tour Gardens of the United States and Canada - Check here to find public gardens to visit and enjoy. This site lists contact information for public gardens by state or province.
• Fine Gardening Online - Articles, tips and more from the popular magazine.
• The Garden Gate - Your entry to a carefully selected and well organized collection of links to horticultural sites around the world.
• Gardener's Path - Tips for gardens on a budget.
• GardenGuides - Information for all types of gardens, with articles, planting guides, and forums.
• Gardening at About.Com - Tips, techniques, chat and more about gardening at this virtual community.
• The Gardening Launch Pad - A collection of gardening websites organized by topic.
• GardenWeb - "The Internet's Garden Community."
• Massachusetts Horticultural Society
• National Gardening Association - Official website with articles, hints, planting zone reports, shopping and more.
• Weekend Gardener - Horticulture tips for busy people.

Types of Gardens

• Children's Gardens
  • KidsGardening! - Gardening resources for families and teachers from the National Gardening Association.
  • KinderGARDEN - Projects, garden programs, gardening with children, and curriculum ideas.
• Container Gardens
  • UrbanGarden - Container gardening for limited spaces.
• Flower Gardens
  • EveryRose.com - A searchable database for roses.
  • Floridata - "Floridata is a photographic encyclopedia of landscape plants." This site is graphics intensive.
  • Flower Garden Design - A variety of flower gardening articles.
  • PLANTS National Database - A source for standardized plant information from the USDA.
• Herb Gardens
  • The Chamomile Times and Herbal News - A library of herb information including health and healing, cultivation, uses, crafts, history, folklore, and more.
  • Culinary Herb FAQ - Newsgroup postings regarding herb gardens--growing, harvesting, and using.
  • Directory of Herbs - Directory of over 60 commonly grown herbs from Penn State. Excellent cultural facts sheets include information on harvesting and uses.
  • Herb Gardening from Suite101.Com - Articles, links and discussion about herb gardening.
  • Herbal Gardens - Herb Information and Education - This site is dedicated to the education, resources and uses of your herb garden.
• Hydroponic Gardens
  • Hydro U - Part of a consumer education program about hydroponics. Includes system plans and mini classes.
• Organic Gardens
  • Alternative Seed Suppliers - Lists U.S. and Canadian suppliers of organic, non-genetically engineered, and heirloom vegetable, flower and other seeds.
  • Organic Gardening Online - Learn to garden "in harmony with nature" at the site for the online version of this magazine.
• Rock Gardens
  • North American Rock Garden Society - A site that encourages the study and cultivation of wildflowers that grow well among rocks.
• Vegetable Gardens
  • Vegetable Gardening Club - Learn and discuss gardening tips and tricks.
• Water Gardens
  • The Water Garden - Instructions for building a water garden, with calculators and tips.
  • Water Gardening Magazine

Selected Books at the Library

• Clevely, A.M. The water garden : month-by-month - 635.9674 CLE
• The complete garden flower book - 635.9 COM
• Cresson, Charles O. Rock gardening - 635.9672 CRE
• Christopher, Thomas. The 20-minute vegetable gardener - 635 CHR
• Fischer, Kerwin. Green places in small spaces - 635.9 FIS
• Gardening with wildflowers & native plants - 635.967 GAR
• Garrett, Howard. The dirt doctor's guide to organic gardening - 635.048 GAR
• Griffith, Anna N. A guide to rock garden plants - 635.952 G85
• Hart, Rhonda M. Bugs, slugs & other thugs : controlling garden pests organically - 632.96 HAR
• Joyce, David. Windowbox gardening - 635.965 JOY
• Miller, Crow. Organic gardening - 635.0484 MIL
• Nash, Helen. Water gardening basics - 635.9674 NAS
• Regel, Pat. The houseplant survival guide - 635.965 REG
• Riotte, Louise. Successful small food gardens - 635 RIO
• Roth, Sally. The successful herb gardener - 635.7 ROT
• Smith, Edward C. The vegetable gardener's bible - 635 SMI
• Squire, David. Houseplant basics - 635.965 SQU
• Swenson, Allan A. Fruit trees for the home gardener - 634 SWE
• Turcotte, Patricia. New England herb gardener - 635.9 TUR
• Wildflower gardens - 635.9 WIL
• Wilson, James W. Jim Wilson's container gardening - 635.986 WIL