If you enjoy gardening, the Internet is the perfect spot to begin your
gardening research. You'll discover what can be grown at specific
times of year, what plants do well in the shade, what plants are hardy
in very dry areas, and much more.
An excellent place to start a gardening excursion is Dig Magazine:
Home and Garden Diversions. Would you enjoy participating in online
forums in topics such as Techniques, Maintenance, or Design? Maybe you
would be interested in learning what you can do for pest control, or
what to plant in your garden at this time of year.
http://www.digmagazine.com/
Next, let's visit a no nonsense site that packs a mean punch of
information, the WWW Virtual Library for Gardening. Are you interested
in regional gardening information, or forums where you can ask
questions of gardening experts? Or, would you like to participate in
forums for specific topics, such as Daylilies or Irises? You'll find a
link to the USDA's plant database, or you can enter a plant name and
search for information on the plants of your choice.
http://www.gardenweb.com/vl/
Ohio State University provides an impressive source of information on
plants at their Factsheet Database. Over 20,000 pages of information
are available from over 46 different universities and institutions in
the U.S. and Canada, so that you receive the most concentrated source
of plant-related information on the Web.
http://www.hcs.ohio-state.edu/Factsheet.html
Be sure to visit the Plant Dictionary, also at Ohio State University.
http://www.hcs.ohio-state.edu/hcs/TMI/TR2/pmTOC.html
Horticulture Magazine provides an outstanding website for gardeners,
garden.com. You can view a slide show of the great gardens of the
world, or visit the Plant Finder to learn what plants are perfect for
your garden. Select the various options that are pertinent to your
garden or that are important to you, such as soil composition,
flowering plants, season of bloom, planting time, and so forth, and
then let the Plant Finder tell you what would work best for your
garden.
http://www2.garden.com/index.html
Flower growers will want to stop by the Flowerbase, where they can
search the database of over 10,000 flowers, plants, and garden plants
to preview pictures or learn more about the various plants.
http://www.flowerbase.com/main_frame.asp
A gardening article wouldn't be complete without a trip to Better
Homes and Gardens Online Garden Home Page. Learn what to plant in hard-
to-grow places, or how to build window boxes. Look over their problem-
solving garden plans, or read gardening articles by expert gardeners.
http://www.bhglive.com/gardening/index.html
