KIDSLINK

AMERICAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
http://www.ahs.org
Info on AHS educational programs, including the Annual Youth Gardening Symposium. Membership information, Gardener's Information Service, and lots more.

BUTTERFLY GARDEN WEBSITE
http://mgfx.com/butterfly/
Discussions, "how-to," school project profiles.

DISCOVERING THE FOOD SYSTEM
An Experiential Learning Program for Young and Inquiring Minds http://www.hort.cornell.edu/foodsys. On-line curriculum for kids to employ participatory exploration in their communities to discover and learn about their food system. Designed for teachers and leaders of middle- and high-schooled aged youth, this website has downloadable lesson plans, activities, and more.

DISCOVERY GARDENS
http://www.mindspring.com/~discoverygardens/dgihome.html
A wealth of information on designing and sustaining outdoor gardens, schoolyard habitats, and other landscapes for children.

THE ETHNOBOTANY CAFE
http://countrylife.net/ethnobotany/
Ethnobotany projects, links, databases, discussion groups

GARDENING EDUCATION FOR YOUTH
http://www.pierce.wsu.edu/text/proggwp.htm
Early elementary curriculum, Growing With Plants, for linking gardening and nutrition.

GREEN AND GROWING
http://www.gatewest.net/~green/
Agricultural education lesson plans

GREEN TEACHER: ESUCATION FOR THE PLANET EARTH
http://www.web.ca/~greentea/
Online journal of environmental and global education for educators.

KINDERGARDEN
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/kinder/index.html
School Gardening Site

LET'S GET GROWING
http://www.letsgetgrowing.com
Great resource for gardening education products.

THE MAD SCIENTIST NETWORK
http://www.madsci.org
Receive answers to your questions from botanists and ecologists!

MUSHROOM COUNCIL, THE
http://www.mushroomcouncil.com/
An educators' corner for elementary school teachers, & information for retailers.

NATIONAL CHRISTMAS TREE ASSOCIATION
http://www.christree.org
Provides information on Christmas tree types, their selection & care; a guide to Christmas tree farms organized by state; and fun kids activities.

NATIONAL GARDENING ASSOCIATION
http://www2.garden.org/nga/home.html
Excellent resource for children's garden-based learning including links, and grants.

ROT WEB TEACHER
http://net.indra.com/~topsoil/Teacher_Resources.html
A great collection of resources and information on school composting and worm composting projects.

URBAN AGRICULTURAL NOTES
http://www.cityfarmer.org
Community gardens, worm composting, school gardens, and more.

WISCONSIN FAST PLANTS HOME PAGE
http://fastplants.cals.wisc.edu/
Discussions, news, ideas for teaching with fast growing plants (a highly successful program).

CONSERVATION AND BIODIVERSITY

CONSBIO
Not a website but an excellent electronic newsletter.
Subscribe to: listproc@u.washington.edu
Email newsletter highlights wide variety of conservation issues & topics in Biology.

ENVIROLINK NETWORK
http://www.envirolink.org
Possibly the most complete environmental service on the web.

TREE OF LIFE
http://ag.arizona.edu/tree/phylogeny.html
A collaborative Internet project coming from several universities; contains information about phylogeny & biodiversity for plants & animals.

DESIGN

DESIGN A GARDEN
http://www.garden.com/cgi-bin/homearts/gedesign
/AGENT-HOMEARTS
Kind of fun: you enter data (based on their criteria) & you may get plant choices for specific places in your garden.

GREEN PLAN CENTER
http://www.well.com/community/Tyler/rri.html
Provides information on green plans.

FLORICULTURE

OHIO FLORISTS ASSOCIATION
http://www.ofa.org
Primarily information of interest to floriculturists.

HYDROPONICS

GROW ROOM
http://al.com/growroom/index.html
Collections of hydroponics and plant tissue material with hot links to other horticultural sites.

LAWN CARE

YARD CARE
http://www.yardcare.com
Sponsored by Toro, provides professional guidance & tips on lawn care & general gardening; can ask questions on grasses, weeds, leaves, & pests.

PESTS AND DISEASES

VIRTUAL PLANT & PEST DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY
http://www.ppdl.purdue.edu/ppdl/default.html
Provides the latest pest & disease information, FAQs, newsletters, reference links & other information. All from the Purdue Plant & Pest Diagnostic Laboratory.

PRUNING

INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF ARBOCULTURE
http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/
A collaboration of the ISA and the Univ. of Illinois Extension Service.  Info on arboriculture and plant care along with illustrated instructions on tree pruning and tree care by Dr. Alex Shigo.

PUBLISHING (GARDENING)

BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS
http://www.bhglive.com
Frequently updated basic garden information by the publishers of 
Better Homes and Gardens.

ECOLA DIRECTORIES
http://www.ecola.com/news/magazine/home/garden
Lists and links many of the gardening/landscaping magazines online. Most have part, but not all, of what's in their paper copies, including back issues, online.

GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE
http://www.diac.com/~jwest
The online version of the print publication featuring information for hobby greenhouse enthusiasts.

VIRTUAL GARDEN, THE
http://www.vg.com
Virtual Garden is the oldest and most trusted gardening site on the web, with exclusive on-line access to Barbara Barton's Gardening by Mail, the Time Life Plant Encyclopedia and the Dig the Net search engine for cyber gardeners. Come dig around in the virtual garden community, share your  gardening tales with others in the forums and take a guided tour of foreign flower shows, without leaving the comfort of your own garden!

THEME GARDENS

HALF-BARRELL POND PAGE
http://www.jeffcook.com/hbpond.html
Everything you need to know about building a pond in a half-barrell plus links to related topics and suppliers of plants, fish, etc.

MARY'S GARDENS
http://mgardens.org
The organization was founded to research flowers named in medieval times as symbols of the life & mysteries of the Virgin Mary, & to help in planning & planting modern "Mary Gardens" with "Flowers of Our Lady." Site contains full information from gardens to plant lists cross-referenced with seed suppliers.

WEEDS

WEED IMAGES AND DESCRIPTIONS
http://www.rce.rutgers.edu/weeds.
From Rutgers Cooperative Extension, pictures & descriptions of a large number of weeds. A really great place to identify what may be a pesky problem in your yard or garden.

WILDLIFE AND GARDENING

BUTTERFLY WEB SITE
http://mgfx.com/butterfly
All about butterflies including butterfly gardening, butterfly house plans, information on other insects, school projects, & links.

BUTTERFLY ZONE, THE
http://www.butterflies.com/
How to attract butterflies to your garden plus gardening related products.

DEER CONTROL
http://www.borg.com:80/~dennis/deer.html
Ideas on what to do about problem deer.

NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION'S eNATURE ONLINE FIELD GUIDES
Search the online field guides, find detailed species descriptions, then save your own notes in the eNature Wildlife Lists.
http://www.eNature.com

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