The pleasures of gardening in Seattle can be enjoyed the year round. Each season has it's own beauty and it's own challenges. Make sure you are prepared. We have some links to some of the best gardening sites on the web to keep you up-to-date with hints, tips, tricks and tonics to keep your lawn and garden, window box or potted plants, thriving, no matter the season!
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BBC - Gardening tips from England. Gardening basics. Online course.
Better Homes & Gardens - BHGs lawn & garden guides.
Beyond Pesticides - Identifies the risks of conventional pest management practices and promotes non-chemical and least-hazardous management alternatives.
Canadian Gardening - Gardening tips from our friends up North.
Carnivorous Plants Online - Information, growing guides and resources for beginning to experienced carnivorous plant enthusiasts.
Center for Invasive Plant Management - Promotes the ecological management of invasive plants in the West. Articles & links. Also see Invasive Species Info.
Cold Climate Gardening - Providing the gardening information you need to succeed in USDA Hardiness Zones 4 & colder.
Companion Planting - Guide to plants with natural substances in their roots, flowers, leaves, etc. that can repel or attract insects, depending on your needs, or even enhance the growth rate or flavor of other plant varieties, when grown nearby.
Container Gardening - Forums on Container Gardening at Garden Web. Good information for those who live in apartments but still would like to grow their own flowers, plants, vegetables or herbs.
Dr. Bobs - Dr. Bob's gardening tips.
ENATURE - Create your own backyard wildlife habitat. Field guides to over 5000 wildlife species. Local wildlife guides.
GARDEN.ORG - From The National Gardening Association. Extensive collection of articles on maintaining your lawn and gardens. Flowers & bulbs, fruits & vegetables, lawns & landscaping, garden care & pests.
Garden Guides - Hundreds of articles on the care and maintenance of your flower and vegetable gardens.
Garden Web - An amazing amount of gardening info, including gardening forums and a plant database.
Gardening In Western Washington - Native Plants: Identifying, propagating & landscaping. Plant identification database.
Gardening Launchpad - 4600+ links to various gardening sites.
Guide To Poisonous Plants - Plants which may affect people or animals when eaten.
Hydroponic Gardening - Learn the basics of "soil-free" gardening. Getting started, building your system.
I Can Garden - Gardening articles and resources.
Internet Directory for Botany - Index of over 4,000 botanical websites.
Jerry Baker "America's Master Gardener" - Heard locally on the radio at 100.7 FM, KQBZ "The Buzz" on Saturday mornings from 8 to 10 AM. His web site has archived past radio shows which you can listen to over the Internet on your computer. With decades of gardening experience, he takes live phone calls during his show and answers your gardening questions on the air. Many of his tips and tonics can be found on his web site. He also has gardening tools and other necessities, several books and a newsletter available for sale at his online store.
Kids Gardening - Gardening for kids. From the National Gardening Association.
Landscape Plants - Images, Identification, and Information. OSU.
Natural Landscapes Project - Provides information about ways to protect human health, our environment's health, and water quality by reducing the use of toxins at home and in the garden.
Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides - Articles and publications on healthy solutions to pest problems.
Old Farmer's Almanac - The classic, gardener's staple.
Organic Gardening - Tips for the Organic Gardener.
Organic 2 - From Australia. Herbal & friendly bug sprays, composting, fertilizing, etc.
Plant Native - A detailed how-to on creating a native plant landscape. Regional US plant lists.
Plants National Database - Provides standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories, and includes names, plant symbols, checklists, distributional data, species abstracts, characteristics, images, plant links, references, crop information, and automated tools.
Rainy Side Gardeners - Focused on gardening in the maritime sections of the Pacific Northwest.
Seattle Tilth - Organic gardening, urban ecology, composting, & recycling. Seattle Tilth inspires and educates people to garden organically, conserve natural resources, and support local food systems in order to cultivate a healthy urban environment and community. Events, activities & workshops.
Tree Book - Learning to Identify Trees of British Columbia. PDF e-book.
Tree Identification & Guides - Identify trees by their leaves and other factors. Find tree properties and environmental requirements.
Leaf Identification Guide
- Leaf forms.
National Arbor Day Foundation - Tree guide.
Virginia Tech - Basics of tree identification. Leaf Key. ID it.
What Tree Is It? - Identify a tree by Leaf, Fruit or Name.
Water Gardening - For those with water gardens or ponds.
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