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Associations and Organizations
And Worldwide Friends
Begonia
Garden Center - Landscaping and Maintenance in Paphos and Limassol, Cyprus
Begonia Gardens is the best place to order flowers online! Buy and send
flowers to your loved ones.
PlantingScience
is a free online
resource to teachers and schools.
The program provides volunteer
scientists, resources, and activities to support innovation in
teaching, learning, and mentoring.
Open education resources are
shared for student-centered plant investigations that integrate
scientific practices and big ideas in biology that meet the
guidelines in the Next Generation Science Standards and other 21st
century education standards.
Quite awesome
(my words).
The National Agricultural Library (NAL) is one of five national libraries of the United States. It houses one of the world's largest collections devoted to agriculture and its related sciences.
Committed
to providing high-value information and technical assistance to
farmers, ranchers, Extension agents, educators, and others involved
in sustainable agriculture in the United States. You can download tip
sheets and publications free.
Improving
horticulture in America as both a science and an art form
To promote botany, the field of basic science dealing with the study and inquiry into the form, function, development, diversity, reproduction, evolution, and uses of plants and their interactions within the biosphere.
Promoting new garden varieties with superior garden performance, judged in impartial trials in North America
Members
gather informally throughout the year to visit gardens and nurseries
in the Delaware Valley and beyond. Sponsoring seminars and lectures
about plants - both hardy and tender - as well as ecology, design,
propagation, and conservation.
At National Garden Clubs, we do more than just green your thumb. We connect you with people, plants, and programs that provide inspiration, information, and valuable resources.
Bees, Butterflies and Other Pollinators
and Beekeeping
Pollinator information from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
U.S.
Forest Service – Comprehensive information on Pollinators
Bumble Bee Watch
http://www.bumblebeewatch.org/
-Conservation and research about Monarchs, including Monarch Waystation and tagging programs, and regional supplies of milkweed
North
American Butterfly Association - working to increase public enjoyment
and conservation of butterflies through education, monitoring, and
networking.
Start
a Butterfly Garden
Xerces
Bumblebee Conservation
Wildflowers,
Native Plants, Invasive Plants, Edible and Landscape Plants
The
Wildflower Center was founded by former First Lady, Lady Bird
Johnson and the actress,
Helen Hayes as the National Wildflower
Research Center in 1982.
It is a signature piece of the First
Lady's environmental legacy.
Audubon
Native Plants Database
Cornell
Plant Pathology Vegetable Diseases - Developed to provide access to
the many Vegetable Disease Fact Sheets produced over the years by
Media Services at Cornell. The addition of color photographs enhances
the use of these sheets for plant disease diagnosis.
Dave's Garden PlantFiles - Tens of thousands of encyclopedic files on plants, bugs, and birds, as well as helpful articles by our gardening experts. You'll find everything you need help your garden grow
The
Plants Database provides standardized information about the vascular
plants, mosses, land lichens of the U.S. and its territories. Info on
invasive plants has saved me from landscaping misadventures. TONS of
info on this site.You can download hundreds of plant guides and fact
sheets.
Department
of Agriculture - USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Maps .
Invaluable when choosing plants and crops appropriate for your region
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
NRCS helps America’s farmers, ranchers and forest landowners conserve the nation’s soil, water, air and other natural resources. All programs are voluntary and offer science-based solutions that benefit both the landowner and the environment, and
can receive financial assistance from NRCS to make improvements to their land.
Keeping It Simple and Sustainable
No-Dig Gardening – Comprehensive information on raised beds, plantings, composting, pest control and other great gardening tips designed to make gardening more joyful.
Urban Farming
Find what you need to know about backyard chickens, beehives, rooftop gardens, and everything else for producing food at home
Tree Hugger is the only modern sustainability site that offers advice, clarity, and inspiration for both the eco-savvy and the green living novice
Topics such as How to Grow Your Own Food, How to Make a Living Wall, and more, with helpful step-by-step instructions with photos and videos.
The Black Urban Gardeners and Farmers of Pittsburgh Co-Op (BUGs) is a gathering point for black urban agriculturalists. We work with local black communities to grow food and to share black cultural traditions.