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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.
HORTICULTURAL THERAPY
AND HEALING GARDENS
THERAPEUTIC LANDSCAPES NETWORK
http://www.healinglandscapes.org
The Therapeutic Landscapes Network is a knowledge base and gathering
space about healing gardens, restorative landscapes, and other green
spaces that facilitate health and well-being.
HYDROPONICS
GROW ROOM
http://al.com/growroom/index.html
Collections of hydroponics and plant tissue material with hot links to other horticultural
sites.
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.
KINDERGARDEN
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/kindergarden/kinder.htm
School Gardening Site
THE MAD SCIENTIST NETWORK
http://www.madsci.org
Receive answers to your questions from botanists and ecologists!
URBAN AGRICULTURAL NOTES
http://www.cityfarmer.org
Community gardens, worm composting, school gardens, and more.
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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