Links: great places to find important, fun or interesting information about the garden.
hardiness zone map provides the North American map and other useful information
United States Department of Agriculture provides information about home garden resources, pests, yard waste management and organic gardening, to name a few.
National Weather Service forecast site for our area of West Virginia
HGTV Gardening page has lots of information from the televison network and every subject you can think of about the garden
Ken Druse is nationally known as a garden expert. He has contributed both articles and photographs to nearly every gardening and decorating magazine and is a frequent contributor to The New York Times. He is currently the Senior Advisor to Garden Design magazine and a contributing editor to HOME magazine.
West Virginia Herb Association provides information about growing and cooking with herbs, membership and medicinal herbs
Kanawha Garden Club web site provides comprehensive information about this membership organization and its goals
Garden Conservancy, sponsors of the Open Days garden tours
West Virginia University Extension Service Horticulture and Gardening page
The name says it all, Kids gardening.com!
A remarkable plantsmen and a gifted writer: www.danielhinkley.com
An excellent blog, from a former Martha honcho: awaytogarden.com
For birders and those interested in conservation:
A great place to shop, get some laughs, and for those of us looking at pushing the hardiness zone and who enjoy all that is weird: www.plantdelights.com
A great place to get what you can not buy: www.seedsavers.org
A favorite mail order catalog, that makes for great horticultural reading: forestfarm.com
Looking to the east, for many plants Asian: www.asiaticanursery.com
Just about our favorite garden: www.chanticleergarden.org
Two great, witty writers and gardeners and a very fine site:
Talk about whimsy - tree saplings as construction material. You'll love this amazing artist. Make sure to visit his installations page: www.stickwork.net
Special thanks to Steve Payne for the beautiful flower photos
used on this site: www.stevepayne.com
Links Salt of the earth Malden and Milton, West Virginia
Garden Centers
