Web Links

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The Internet has many websites with gardening information and tips. We have listed some of the better websites below.

As always, when you look for gardening advice and tips, make sure you look for information that is appropriate for your climate and growing zone.

Gardening Social Networking Site

• Dig the Dirt

Buying Locally

• Toledo Choose Local

Community Gardens and Community Supported Agriculture

• American Community Garden Association
• Toledo Grows
• National Gardening Association—Resources for Community Gardeners
• What is Community Supported Agriculture
• Community Supported Agriculture in the Midwest (PDF document)
• Community Supported Agriculture, Buying Clubs, etc.
• Bluebird Hills--Springfield, OH
  
• Growing in Place Community Farm—Mason, MI
• Needle Lanes Farms—Tipton,MI
• Breychak’s Blue Egg Farm—Columbia Station, OH

Container Gardening

• Container Gardening Made Easy
• Container Gardening Tips
• Eight Rules for Creative Container Gardens
• Martha Stewart Container Gardening

Floral Resources

• The Fantastic Flower Guide

General Gardening Information and Tips

• This Garden Is Illegal
• The Helpful Gardener
• Organic Gardening Tips
• A Home Gardening Guide
• OSU Gardening Tips
• Garden Tips
• Shade Garden Tips
• Purdue Extension Garden Tips
• Flower Gardening Made Easy
• National Gardening Association
• National Resource Conservation Service
• iVillage Garden Web
• Garden Guides
• P Allen Smith—Home
• The Garden Helper
• Backyard Gardener
• You Grow Girl Gardening Tips
• Tipztime
• My Garden patch
• DIY Network—Gardening
• Veggie Gardening Tips
• Audubon Society—Birds and Wildlife in the Yard
• Garden Guide--Montrealplus

Grower Associations in Neighboring Regions

• Cleveland Flower Growers Association (GCFGA)
• Cincinnati Flower Grower's Association
• Detroit Flower Growers Association

Landscape Design

• The Landscape Design Site
• Basic Principles of Landscape Design
• iVillage Landscape Design Forum
• Suite 101 Garden Design

Native Plants

• Native Plants, Home Landscapes, Regional Habitat Gardens from American Beauties

Ohio Organizations

• Ohio Florists Association (OFA)
• Ohio Nursery and Landscape Association (ONLA)

Pest Management

• Colorado Cooperative Extension
• Integrated Pest Management Vermont Cooperative Extension
• iVillage Garden Web Pest Management
• Home and Garden Pest Management

Plant Research

• OARDC Floriculture Molecular Biology (Dr. Michelle Jones, OSU))
• UT Plant Science Research Center

Sites with links to other gardening information sites

• Organic Garden Tips Links
• Garden Guides Supplies