General Information	Magazines, Newsletters, and Newsgroups
Plant Identification and Products	Expert Advice
Gardening Societies and Associations	Museums and Botanical Gardens

 

General Information

USDA Plant Hardiness Gardening Zone Map [http://www.usna.usda.gov/Hardzone/ushzmap.html]
  The official guide to hardiness zones.

Gardening Tips from Moore and Moore [http://www.mooreandmoore.com/garden_calendar.htm]
  This Nashville-area nursery offers tips on what to do each month in your garden.

Old Farmers Almanac [http://www.almanac.com/]
Traditional source for gardening advice and folk wisdom

Weather.Com [http://www.weather.com/weather/local/USTN0357]
What's the local forecast? How much has it rained this month?

Magazines, Newsletters, and Newsgroups

Fine Gardening Magazine [http://www.taunton.com/finegardening/index.asp]
   The magazine's website has a selection of free online articles from the current and previous print issues. In addition, see Garden Plans & Projects and Gardening Basics, and their Guide to Pronouncing Botanical Latin.

Organic Gardening [http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/organic/] (message board/forum)

Organic Gardening [http://www.organicgardening.com/]
  An online selection based on the print magazine. Many free articles, recipes and growing guides.

 

Plant Identification and Products

*White Flower Farm [ http://www.whiteflowerfarm.com]
  A well-established company that is famous for its excellent photographs of specimens and its creative combination plantings. See the link to Gardening Help for their newsletter, downloadable garden plans, and growing guides.

Burpee [http://www.burpee.com/]
  Selling seeds since 1876, now they sell bulbs, plants, and garden gear as well. Free e-mail newsletter. Free catalog. See About Burpee to browse catalog covers from long ago.

Gardener's Supply Company [http://gardeners.com/]
  Gardening tools, pots, furniture and more. Creative solutions for your backyard problems.

gardens alive! [http://www.gardensalive.com/]
  Purveyors of environmentally-friendly products. Free e-mail newsletter.

Bates Nusery (Nashville) [http://www.batesnursery.com/]
  An establised local nursery. Use the Search feature to see the nursery's current inventory. Type in the name of the plant you are looking for, or browse by category (ex. deciduous shrubs, seasonal color, etc.).

 

Expert Advice

*University of Tennessee Extension: Home Garden, Lawn and Landscape [http://www.utextension.utk.edu/topics/YardGarden/default.asp]
Great advice for gardening in Tennessee. See the Soil Test Laboratory for information about how to get your soil tested.

University of Illinois Extension: Horticulture & Home Garden [http://web.extension.uiuc.edu/extension/hort.asp]
  A gateway to a variety of guides and websites from the extension service. Some are specific to conditions to Illinois, but many are general in scope (ex. Hort Corner).

*Gardens for Every Body (University of Missouri, Columbia Extension Service) [http://agrability.missouri.edu/gardenweb/]
  "Guide to design elements for a garden accessible to people with disabilities and physical limitations. Discusses container gardening, raised beds, pathways, trellises, health and safety, and adaptive, enabling, and ergonomic garden tools. " (description from Librarians Index to the Internet)

P. Allen Smith [http://www.pallensmith.com/]
  Television host, writer, and professional garden designer, P. Allen Smith provides practical tips and guides to better gardening.

 

Gardening Societies and Associations

American Iris Society [http://www.irises.org/]

Middle Tennessee Iris Society [http://www.tnstateirisgarden.com/mtis.htm]
  Our local chapter, dedicated to propogating and promoting our state flower.

Middle Tennessee Orchid Society [http://www.tnorchids.org]

Nashville Rose Society [http://www.nashvillerosesociety.com/]

Herb Society of Nashville [http://www.herbsocietynashville.org/]

The American Hermerocallis (Daylily) Society [http://www.daylilies.org/daylilies.html]

Middle Tennessee Daylily Society [http://daylily.net/gardens/mtds/]

National Gardening Association [http://www.garden.org/home]
  The Home Gardening section contains a wealth of information, including gardening articles a Weed Library,"a Pest Control Library, calculators for mulch and fertilizer, a Plant Finder and more. NGA's Kid's Gardening site has great ideas for getting kids involved in gardening both in and outside of the classroom.

American Horticultural Society [http://www.ahs.org]
  One of the oldest national gardening organizations, providing horticultural education to America's gardeners. Some content on the website is for members-only.

 

Museums and Botanical Gardens

Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art (Nashville, TN) [http://www.cheekwood.org/]
  Follow the link to the Gardens to see what's going on in the gardens at Cheekwood this season.

American Garden Museum [http://www.americangardenmuseum.com/]
  "A working archive that celebrates American gardens and their gardeners."

Brooklyn Botanic Garden [http://www.bbg.org/]
  Follow the Gardening link for helpful tips.

The Smithsonian Horticulture Division [http://www.gardens.si.edu/]
Responsible for creating and maintaining indoor and outdoor horticultural displays at the Smithsonian museums. One project of note: Victory Garden at the National Museum of American History
Using a design from a 1943 pamphlet, the Horticulture Services Division of the Smithsonian Institution is re-creating a World War II victory garden.

Created for the Retirement Learning Program at Vanderbilt University
Last updated: July 2, 2006
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