Gardening

The Japanese Garden Journal is a bi-monthly English-language print publication dedicated to the special world of Japanese gardens and Japanese architecture.

Japanese gardens built in 1918 in Saratoga, California. Includes koi pond, Zen and tea gardens, and a bamboo park. Photo gallery, visitor information.

Located in Fresno, California's Woodward Park, lists hours, admission and maps, with separate sections for each season of the year.

This Bowdoin College (in Brunswick, Maine, U.S.A.) web site is dedicated to the gardens of Japan, and primarily to the historic gardens of Kyoto and its environs, including Nara.

Virtual garden tour of Pat Swink's home flower gardens in North Carolina, along with articles on various gardening topics.

Our garden of Eden pages, complete with ponds, hummingbird and bird nests, detailed pictures, maps and plant information.

Garden in a wooded area of the Netherlands featuring many woodland and shade plants, as well as numerous varieties of acers, magnolia, rhododendron, camellia, bamboo, ferns and hosta. Visits by appointment.

Botanical garden near Brussels. Overview of history, mission, and educational opportunities, visitor information, and calendar of events.

The famous fully-restored 1908 Gertrude Jekyll garden in Upton Grey, Hampshire, England

British society aiming to promote the study of the history of horticulture and promote the conservation of historic gardens. Information about events, activities, publications, and membership.

Lists non-plant items available or wanted for trade.

Explains why irrigation filtration is important.

Professional tips and advice to help improve lawns.

Xeriscape garden with listing of plants used.

Website is based on the book of the same name by Robert G. Haehle and M.E. DePalma. Site features monthly gardening tips for south Florida gardeners and links to great gardens in south Florida.

Monthly tabloid newspaper for New Jersey gardeners. Archive of front pages, information about subscriptions, advertisements, and press releases, and writers guidelines.

Radio gardening program host provides information and tips on a wide variety of topics.

Garden designer and television host in the Los Angeles area presents television show schedules, a blog, garden makeover before and after, and live appearances.

Includes pages on a variety of topics, including sexual and asexual plant propagation, information about various herbs, as well as honeybees and birds.

Mark Griffiths in England presents information and photos of various alpine and small bulbs, pleiones, cyclamen, and tropical orchids, as well as photos of his own garden and other gardens in England and Brazil.

Texas gardener's weblog with photos, observations, and other tidbits.

Midwestern meanderings from a Zone 6 Garden in Peoria, Illinois.

Gardener in USDA zone 5 writes about triumphs and nemeses, garden chores, interspersed with notes about readings and quotations.

Four gardeners from different corners of the USA weblog about their dirt gardening philosophy, with plenty of social commentary.

Four American garden writers/photographers blog about whatever gardening topics come along, illustrated with striking photographs.

Vancouver Island greenhouse worker blogs about his journey into all things gardening from tropical plants to vegetable gardens.

Comprehensive list of articles on pest control for the garden.

Reviews and comparisons of various mosquito traps.

Learn about common household bugs and garden bugs. Searchable database of insects, with photos of the insects and typical damage.

Alpine enthusiast Harry Jans in the Netherlands shares albums of photos taken during his travels to European and Asian ranges, as well as photos from his garden.

Photo gallery for plants in several Japanese mountain areas.

Information about plants, including annuals. Contains flower pictures, information about pests and diseases, pruning, and planting.

Information about plants called, Lithops, living stones, also provides a study group and joining details.

Information about the society's activities, ferns, and fern allies.

Eleven tips for growing fruit trees including pollination, pruning and harvesting from an Oregon nurseryman.

Information for gardeners from the University of Illinois.

Links to various apple related items, and lists of apple related facts, compiled by the University of Illinois extension.

Enthusiast site featuring a database of names and photos of gentiana species, along with articles about the genus.

Bamboo grower in US Pacific Northwest shares descriptions, uses, growing information and pictures of varieties growing in his garden in this blog.

Common and uncommon names of herbs are cross-referenced with their botanic counterpart. Offers links to further information.

Article about propagation, cultivation, and uses of this subtropical plant used as an alternative sweetener, as well as comments on the controversy over its health effects.

Certified organic herb nursery and gardens. Offers wholesale and retail herbs and a gift shop of herbal products.

Information on growing and using Sweet Woodruff

Includes photographs and descriptions of the author's hoya collection. [English, Swedish]

Houseplant care guides and related tips.

American-based group provides information on cultivation of almond, chestnut, hazelnut (filbert), pecan, pistachio, and Persian (English, Carpathian) walnut trees as well as of American native fruits the persimmonn and pawpaw.

Webring featuring amateur grower organizations and specialist nut nurseries.

Collection of orchid photos from AOS judging and private collections.

Gives information on orchid species, how to grow, where they are found, what they are called and when they bloom.

Software containing the data from the International Orchid Registry, allowing queries and reports to identify crosses, determine progeny of listed hybrids, and display information about natural species and intergenerics. Updated twice-yearly.