Resources Local Organizations: MassHort - Massachusetts Horticultural Society * = offers a discount to club members Houseplants and Cut Flowers: Looking After Your Houseplants - The basics of caring for your plants Bouquets and Arrangements Care Guide - How to keep your blooms looking their best Garden Storage: Landscaping: 3 Essential Steps to Hiring a Landscaper - key points to consider when looking for a landscaper. Also provides nice list of links to landscaping organizations. Informative Videos: Forums: Helpful Gardener: Browse numerous topics or ask questions on all things gardening. Requires an account to post. | Seed and Planting Materials: Fedco Seeds - Organic heirlooms and hybrids that do their best in the Northeast. High Mowing Organic Seeds - Over 600 varieties, some grown locally on their Vermont farm. Pinetree Garden Seeds - Vegetables, flowers, tubers and plants including organics. Seeds are sold in smaller quantities more attractive to the home gardener. Select Seeds - Specializes in old-fashion and unique heirloom flowers, including organics. Thyme Garden Herb Company - Herb seeds and plants for culinary and medicinal uses. General Gardening: A Home Gardening Guide for the Family - a great selection of sites covering numerous topics - flowers, vegetables, landscaping, family projects and more. Gardening Basics
- everything you need to know to start gardening! Good information for
the novice, and a great resource for educators looking to implement a gardening program. Growing Wisdom - covers a wide variety of topics including organic gardening, lawn care, tools, and garden design. Horticulture Magazine - gardening tutorials, plant information and more. Homeowner's Guide to Landscaping and Gardening - provides many useful resources for projects, inspiration, and conservation. Kid's Gardening - a resource by the
National Gardening Association that provides help with school gardening, family
gardening, grants and fundraising, etc. Plant Something! - consumer website by the Massachusetts Nursery and Landscape Association and Massachusetts Flower Growers’ Association. Flower and vegetable tips and resources just for the Massachusetts gardener. Bird Friendly Gardening: Grow Native Massachusetts - Great resource for information on native plants and their instrumental role in supporting birds, butterflies and other wildlife. National Audubon Society - Offers a database where you can enter your zip code to find a list of bird friendly native plants for your area. Pollinator Gardens: Vegetable Gardens: Gardening Tips and Resources - instructive site for vegetables, herbs, flowers and more. Nice resource to help schools and children learn how to garden. In My Kitchen Garden - A fun site with tips and yummy recipes for your garden bounty. New England Vegetable Management - a site for commercial vegetables growers from the University of Massachusetts. Great information on soil practices, pest management and much more. Small Space Vegetable Gardening - Nice site for the gardener working in small spaces. Discusses ways to plant to economize on space, soil requirements and vegetable choices. Veggie Gardener - a "how to" site with tips and tricks for growing your veggies.
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