Author: dfbanks

Title: Eco-Gardening URL: http://gardening.cals.cornell.edu/ Detail: What a place to visit!! This place has an e-mail service for timely tips. It has Gardening Guides, Fact Sheets on Eco-Gardening, MG links and a link for year round plant activities for people with special needs. A clear, concise, easy to use and has great pictures. Just start at… Continue reading Eco-Gardening

Title: Encyclopedia of Plants URL: https://www.gardenguides.com/ Detail: An easy to use directory of plants makes this site “friendly”. It also has very good drawings and pictures of plants including a directory of leaf shapes. Would be very useful if you needed simple but accurate illustrations for teaching purposes.

Title: Exotic Gardening URL: https://www.exoticgardening.com/ Detail: This website professes to be “The ultimate website for the truly obsessed plant-a-holic”. Includes The Plant Man, Glick Pick of the Week, new product updates and a Garden Encyclopedia.

Title: Extension Publications URL: https://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/ Detail: Educational Programs and Resources. This will link you to printer-friendly copies of publications from Virginia Tech. You can also link to the Pest Management Guide from here.

Title: Flora of Virginia Project URL: http://floraofvirginia.org/ Detail: The first flora since Flora Virginica, published in the mid-1700s. Published in 2012, it is a 1,400-page, state-of-the-art manual describing and aiding in the identification of 3,500 taxa of plants native to Virginia or naturalized here. Since publication, more plants have been added. Recently a Flora App… Continue reading Flora of Virginia Project

Title: Garden Forever URL: http://www.gardenforever.com/ Detail: Another great site for Horticultural therapy, senior and children’s gardening. “Gardening for people of all ages, abilities and lifestyles.”

Title: Garden Guides URL: https://www.gardenguides.com/ Detail: Advertises itself as “a growing resource”. It is full of timely and easy to read information. Good newsletter also.

Title: Gardens Alive URL: https://www.gardensalive.com/ Detail: The sub title for this site is “Environmentally Responsible Products That Work”. At first I thought this was a comprehensive site to sell organic gardening aids. Once I went deeper into the site, I was impressed. The Comprehensive Pest and Disease Library has very clear pictures and offers totally… Continue reading Gardens Alive

Title: Gardening by the Moon URL: https://www.gardeningbythemoon.com/ Detail: This site is all about growing by the phases of the moon. It discusses the lunar phases and astrological signs that influence gardening.

Title: The Gardening Launch Pad URL: http://gardeninglaunchpad.blogspot.com/ Detail: This site name really reflects what you can do here. It launches you in many directions. Although it is based in Austin, Texas, this site has links to gardens all over the world. Here you can find TV/Radio times, Clipart and a Humor section and many short,… Continue reading The Gardening Launch Pad