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All Things Garden - Offers gardening tips resources and projects as well as a forum.

Allexperts : Gardening - Veteran gardeners answer one-on-one questions about a range of gardening problems.

American Horticultural Society Heat Zone Map - The heat zone map divides the United States into regions of varying severity of summer heat.

Backyard Gardener - Offers a collection of articles on general gardening perennials lawn care pests and diseases.

BBC Online : Gardening - Nice resource for specific plant information gardening projects illustrated plant features expert advice tips and communing with other gardeners.

Better Homes and Gardens - Companion site to the magazine publication. Offers general gardening informationadvice and projects.

Brian's Garden - Horticulturist presents a collection of articles on houseplants outdoor plants lawns flowers propagation and pests as well as a Q&A section.

Cornell University: Gardening Resources - Portal to numerous articles tips and growing guides for vegetables fruit flowers lawn trees shrubs and houseplants and information on weather soil composting and pests.

Cousin Ricky's Gardening Notes - Notes and tips about many garden topics including fertilizing pest control square foot gardening tropicals and watering as well as notes on particular flowers herbs and vegetables.

Dave's Gardening Page - Pictures information and plant quizzes all from a garden in Suffolk England.

Debby's Garden Links - Hints and tips listings of plants for specific locations and guides to garden centers.

Doctor Greenfingers - UK-based help and advice clinic for sick plants and amateur gardeners. Jobs to do diary video tips how to pages and a light sprinkling of humor.

Emily Compost - Resources links and tips.

English Gardening - English style gardening for North America. Plant and design information advice articles photos news.

Erin's Garden Tips - Advice and gardening secrets.

Exotic Edibles - Growers of pet-safe plants offer a mix of gardening advice with articles on garden wildlife tropicals and toxic plants and a plant of the month feature.

Fall Care and Clean-up of the Garden and Landscape - Checklist for completing chorse in the fall garden provided by the North Dakota State University Extension.

Family Haven: Gardening Section - Collection of articles on gardening topics with an emphasis on environment and enjoyment.

First and Last Frost Dates - Helps estimate the average date on which to expect the last frost in spring and the first frost in fall to occur in the U.S.

Five Senses Gardening - Information on how a garden can stimulate sight smell sound taste and touch.

Flower Gardening For the Passionate You - This site emphasizes the creative aspect of private gardens helping one to connect to their passionate side bringing about a sense of peace and wellbeing.

Flower Gardening Made Easy - Garden author Yvonne Cunnington offers articles on many aspects of backyard gardening including design tips roses and perennial gardening water and container features and seedstarting.

Flying Flowers - Tips on how to attract butterflies to gardens.

Forcing Branches Indoors - Advice for bringing branches of flowering deciduous shrubs and trees indoors and forcing them to bloom or leaf out early.

Garden Green - Features a number of short articles about various basic aspects of gardens and gardening.

Garden Hobbies - Offers basic information on growin and caring for vegetables flowers and herbs.

Garden Mosaic - Gardening and pondkeeping information with emphasis placed on creating a backyard habitat for wildlife.

Garden Pride - Seasonal articles about flower and vegetable gardening and links to other resources.

Garden Resources - Provides a few articles on lawn care garden construction and hedge maintenance as well as PDF manuals for various garden machinery.

Garden-guide.net - Horticultural consultant offers a wide variety of garden tips tricks and information. Includes articles on organic gardening lawncare gardening with kids garden calendar and buying advice.

GardenAdvice - Advice from horticultural specialists in plants and gardens. Feature articles calendar and tips on gardening and garden design.

Gardener's Paradise - Resources and information for both new and experienced gardeners.

Gardener's Path - Resource for garden enthusiasts featuring photos garden planner plant computer and other tools.

Gardeners Corner - Information helps topic Q&As and web links for all gardeners.

GardenGuides - Gardening information and resources including articles by top garden writers seasonal tips and advice and guide sheets on hundreds of plants.

Gardening - About.com - Gardening sites with categorized areas of specialty for the home gardener ranging from starting seeds to site design and implementation.

Gardening by the Moon - Information on planting by the best phase and sign of the moon. Regional planting calendar lists specific vegetables flowers and garden chores.

Gardening For All Seasons - Collection of short articles on gardening planning herbs water gardens garden art and tips.

Gardening Information and Tips - Articles columns FAQs plant lists for perennials herbs and water plants.

Gardening123 - Offers information on a variety of gardening topics including an extensive plant database with photo pronunciation and summary information for each.

Gardens Ablaze - A comprehensive look at all aspects of home gardening including flowers vegetables herbs water gardens garden decor and everything in-between.

Gardens for Beginners - How to select and grow plants with tips pictures descriptions with links to more detailed sites.

Gardenseeker.com - Descriptive articles pruning guide competitions garden doctor events employment featured pages of places to go in UK.

Gemma's World: The Winter Garden - Gardener shares tips about maintaining the garden before and during winter and plants and vegetables that add utility or ornament to the winter garden.

Getting Yard and Garden Set for Winter - Details jobs to do in preparing the garden for winter.

Green Patio - Guide for the care and maintenance of indoor plants garden lawn shrubs hedges and ground covers.

Green Web Garden - A meeting place on the web for the sharing of ideas and knowledge on gardening. Australian based.

Greenhouses.com - Garden and greenhouse information including monthly greenhouse articles and tips buyers guides active forums and garden directory.

HGTV - The companion site to the popular cable network includes articles programming guides step by step instructions and educational garden and plant resources.

Home and Garden Information Center - Includes garden tips home horticulture resources and fact sheets. Produced by the University of Maryland Cooperative Extension Program.

Home and Garden Information Center - Factsheets from Clemson University on a range of gardening subjects including landscape garden and indoor plants insects and plant diseases.

Home and Garden Information Center - Part of the University of Maryland Cooperative Extension features include: online publications master gardener program gardening questions timely tips Chesapeake Bay issues and invasive species alerts. The plant diagnostics section helps diagnose plant a

Hort Chat - Collection of short articles and fact sheets on home gardening horticulture and pests. Includes Q&A.

Hort Corner - Knowledge base for gardeners from the University of Illinois Extension. Includes fun page for kids.

Horticultural Myths - A set of PDF-format articles covering gardening practices that many people think are helpful but actually are not.

Ilona's Reflecting Pool - General information including articles on annuals bulbs and gardening tools.

Inagarden - Offers tips and articles on gardening and garden design and a plant photo gallery.

Jasmine's Home Garden Secrets - Articles on the design plant selections and plant care for various garden styles.

Land Steward - Topical articles and an archive of newspaper columns on various gardening topics. Also a collection of annotated links.

Las Pilitas: Garden Design - Native plant nursery in California presents a collection of articles and tips on gardening with natives with an emphasis on the Western US.

Lewis Gardens - Beginner's guide to perennial gardening with tips information and advice on home gardening seed-starting and plant care. Includes a glossary and plant library.

Magic Snail Gardening - A garden diary featuring photos and explanations of a beginner's gardening efforts involving roses perennials and composting.

Marilynn's Master Gardening - Offers articles on various plants and gardening topics with tips geared towards reducing the amount of gardening work.

Missouri Horticulture Publications - Lists of articles covering a range of topics including fruits plants landscaping and lawns.

My Garden Patch - Basic tips and lists about garden tools herbs lawns plants trees shrubs and vegetables.

My Watergarden - Guide for beginning fountaineers.

National Garden Association - Nonprofit provider of plant-based education aims to promote home school and community gardening. Articles for adult and kid gardeners with seasonal information highlighted on the home page.

Northeast Gardener - Home gardener offers basic information about gardening in the US Northeast (zones 4-6). Lists of plants and trees.

Northern Gardening - Minnesota gardener offers garden tips and articles photos and other resources for gardeners in cold climates.

Ol' Buffalo Tiller Maintenance - Step-by-step routine maintenance for rotary tillers. Most tips also applicable to lawn mowers etc.

Pauls Garden World - Paul Owen's compendium of practical instructions for growing fruit vegetables and herbs and garden construction projects with information on pests and diseases and a weekly diary of gardening jobs.

Purdue University Consumer Horticulture - Offers news articles publications information about youth and master gardening programs and resources for Indiana gardeners.

Redwood Barn Nursery: Articles - Collection of articles and resoureces on plant selection and care from a California nursery. Includes archives of a monthly column in the Davis Enterprise newspaper.

Satori Gardens - Collection of brief illustrated articles on houseplants perennials shrubs and climbers and trees.

The Families of Flowering Plants - Offers descriptions illustrations and identification retrieval.

The Garden Helper - Information ranging from plant cultivation tips pest information creating different styles of gardens and a monthly gardening calendar.

The Garden Link - Resources for gardeners including articles hardiness zone map frost table clip art and links to related gardening sites.

The Garden Path - Pages on companion planting attracting butterflies starting seeds indoors gardening tips and tricks.

The Garden Zone - Gardening portal with articles on garden topics searchable plant database and forums. Based in New Zealand.

The Gardener's Handbook - Articles on gardening planning herbs composting lawn care and organic tips.

The Gardener's Network - Articles on many gardening topics from growing guides and lawn care to organic gardening and seedstarting. Some jokes games and clipart as well.

The Gardening Guru - A horticultural archive of gardening information to help plan maintain and improve home gardens.

The Gardens - Includes articles tips plant pathology garden quizzes and the opportunity to ask questions of staff botanical researchers via e-mail.

The Green Line - Large collection of short articles on a variety of gardening health and nutrition topics provided by the University of Illinois Extension.

The Helpful Gardener - A collection of tips of short articles on a variety of gardening topics ranging from rose vegetable and container gardening to composting and Japanese garden design. Also offers several forums.

The Man's Garden - Learn how to create and maintain the ultimate garden.

The Old Farmer's Almanac Gardener's Companion - A collection of short gardening articles on growing herbs fruit vegetables bulbs lawns and houseplants dealing with pests and weather. Also a seed swap board and forum.

The West Side Gardener - Advice guides FAQs and how-to's written to help gardeners in the Maritime Pacific Northwestern US better grow vegetables and other edibles.

UK Gardening - Design guidance and tips advice and suggestions for gardeners in the UK and elsewhere.

Weekend Gardener - Weekly electronic gardening guide. Know which vegetables to plant based on frost dates. Also provides guides for starting commonly grown vegetables and flowers from seed.

WildlifeGardens.net - Articles about various aspects of gardening only some of which have a wildlife focus.

Yglecias's Gardening Tips - Useful gardening techniques for hydroponic gardens as well as organic gardens. Helpful tips in making compost keeping pests away and best areas of the garden to plant.

Yourgarden - Gardening articles information forums and humor.