Joy Blooms in the Garden

Useful Gardening Links
Abundant Daylilies and Perennials  - operated by Mark Sattelmeier in Star City, Arkansas, maintains a large collection of Hemerocallis Daylilies which he offers at both retail and wholesale. Beautiful pictures as well as valuable information on planting and culture of these beautiful plants.  Formerly Heritage Seed Co.
American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta  - A national organization committed to the study, display, and conservation of plants, the AABGA site here offers a list of member gardens and arboreta and links to them, and an index of publications and information on a proposed national Consortium.
AmeriMall American Gardening by The Unknown Gardener  - As the name implies, AmeriMall is a huge electronic mall containing many features. This individual link is their gardening endeavor.
Anphog's Wild World of Photography  - beautiful butterfly photos
Aqua Landscapes of Houston  - is located in Houston, Texas and contains some great photos of types of water gardens.
Are You Looking For Butterfly Activities?  - Lesson plans, handouts, etc.
Arizona's East Valley Garden Club  - located in Mesa includes some useful links in their colorful home page.
Art Knapp Plantland  - s a chain of 18 family owned and operated nursery /garden centers located throughout beautiful British Columbia Canada who have been serving British Columbia for over 50 years.
Associated Landscape Contractors of Colorado  - contains articles on landscape design, tips to help homeowners select a landscape professional and photographs of award-winning projects.  A database that enables visitors to locate ALCC professionals in their geographic area is especially helpful.  
At Mitchell Park Domes  - in Milwaukee, Wisconsin you can experience a tropical jungle, an African desert and a themed floral garden, all in one afternoon ...
Atlanta Garden Connection  - Although primarily designed for gardeners in the Atlanta, Ga. area, contains information useful to all gardening enthusiasts.
Aurora Municipal Center Xeriscape Garden  - Information about the Kuiper Garden and the six acre Aurora Municipal Center Xeriscape Garden is provided on this site.  Additionally visitors to the site can find out what's currently blooming in the gardens.  You will also find information on classes and tours.
Australian National Botanic Gardens  - is located on the slopes of Black Mountain in Canberra, ACT and is one of a number of agencies working on the botanical bio diversity of Australia. 
Being Safe While Growing Up  - science lesson on moths that spin cocoons emphasizing self-protection, self worth, & emotional health from the University of Arizona
Betty Ford Alpine Gardens  - Highlights of this site include a description of the four distinct gardens at Betty Ford Alpine Gardens in Vail and a calendar of events taking place at the gardens.
Botanical Museum, Finnish Museum of Natural History  - is a separate institute of the University of Helsinki, Finland. In the Botanical Museum there are three divisions,viz. Cryptograms, Phanerogams and Mycology.
Boulder Valley Rose Society  - primarily provides information about the activities of the group.
Boyce Thompson Southwestern Arboretum  - American Southwest's oldest and most spectacularly situated botanical garden, founded in the roaring 1920's near Superior, Arizona, just outside the metropolitan Phoenix area. Take a cyber walk through this lovely arboretum.
Bruce Schundler  - runs The Schundler Company, one of the oldest and largest producers of perlite and vermiculite on the East Coast. Together with the Perlite Institue, they have developed an extensive file of brief, but useful Plant Guides.
Burns Water Gardens  - consists of many photos of ponds and plants and also furnishes a great deal of information for those thinking of installing a pond. Located in Ontario, Canada.
Butterflies and Bugs  - includes life cycle of monarch butterfly, print and play activities, crafts, information and online activities
Butterfly Cam  - includes information on life cycle, photos and printable activities
Butterfly Life Cycle Diagram  - diagram of life cycle
Butterfly Pavilion and Insect Center  - provides information about the facility and its programs.  Of special interest are the Science Center pages that explain how to create a butterfly garden and show photos of butterflies with detailed information about each.
Butterfly Pictures  - click on the name to see a picture of the butterfly
Butterfly Slide Show  - photos
Cactus and Succulent Pages.  - Ralph Martin is Professor of Computing at Cardiff University in Cardiff, Wales and grows a number of cacti and other succulent plants and displays some of his favorites.
Calla's Place  - Calla has created a group of pages that contain a vast amount of gardening (and other) information including pages on Bulbs, Peony, Iris and many others including her "Plant Talk", a very unique horticultural newsletter.
Canadian Orchid Congress Home page  - A series of pages dealing with the Canadian Orchid Congress, the association for orchid societies from across Canada. Information on orchid growing. Contact information, growing information and links to other sites.
Care and Raising of Monarch Butterflies  - everything you need to know to get started.
Carnivorous Plant DataBase.  - The main feature of Rick Waller's serious science page is the searchable database of carnivorous plant data. But casual searchers are offered a friendly "Show me the pictures!" button, which leads to a taxonomic list of images.
Chinle Cactus and Succulent Club  - information about the meetings and activities of the club as well as gorgeous color photos of cacti and succulents.
Clinton Community Garden  - is located on West 48th St. in New York's Hell's Kitchen. Read of its success story and partake of its unique links.
Colin's Garden  - One thing gardeners love is to sneak a peek at some other gardener's backyard, either to steal good ideas or to make fun of bad ones. Colin provides a short tour of his garden (which is bereft of bad ideas, near as we could tell).
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences  - North Carolina State University, Horticultural Science Page
Colorado Cactus and Succulent Society  - provides information about the club's activities and has links to related websites.
Colorado Carnivorous Plant Society  - has a nice photo gallery of carnivorous plants with information about each.  You will find sources for obtaining plants and other helpful information.  
Colorado Dahlia Society  - You'll find everything you need to know about "doing dahlias" on this comprehensive site.
Colorado Federation of Garden Clubs  - Visitors to this site can find a list of garden clubs with contact information, a calendar of CFGC sponsored events and education, information on the organization's community service projects, and other topics.
Colorado Garden Shows, Inc  - In addition to giving information about two home and garden shows this organization sponsors, the site has several informative articles in the sections "This Month in Landscaping" and "The Plant Place."  You will also find links to several Colorado Green Industries' sites.
Colorado Master Gardener's Mountain Gardening  - Gardeners who garden at high altitudes will find helpful articles on mountain gardening topics and a list of resources.
Colorado Mycological Society  - Information about the society and its activities, striking photos, and mushroom recipes are some of the highlights of this site.
Colorado Native Plant Society  - provides information primarily about the plant society.  the page, "Native Plants for Horticultural Use on the Front Range of Colorado" especially informative.
Colorado Nursery Association (CNA)  - While intended primarily for members of the green industry, this site provides information that gardeners will find valuable.  You will find articles on Colorado water issues concerning water-wise landscaping and what you can do.  Another resource on the site is "Best Management Practices," a collection of articles on how to care for landscapes to conserve and protect water resources.
Colorado Proud  - has lots of handy information pertaining to Colorado agriculture.  You will see a menu that contains topics such as Recipes, Find a Farmer's Market and Colorado Crop Calendar. Click on "Find a Farmer's Market" and you will find another menu that includes topics such as Agricultural Festivals, Corn Mazes and County Fairs.
Colorado State Forest Service  - People who live in wooded areas will find helpful information on fire prevention/management and control of beetles. Scroll down to "How Can We Help You?" to see a list of topics.
Colorado State University Cooperative Extension  - fact sheets on selected topics as well as several articles on gardening in the Rockies. 
Colorado Tree Coalition  - This organization's website has information on the benefits of trees, an explanation of the Champion Tree program, a description of  hazard trees, and other topics.  The group is committed to the preservation, renewal and enhancement of urban and community forests throughout Colorado.
Colorado Water Garden Society  - articles on topics pertaining to water gardens accessed through a clever graphic of a pond.
Cool Science  - Where do butterflies come from?
Denver Botanic Gardens  - information about the gardens and the many programs, events and services it provides to the gardening community.
Denver County Cooperative Extension  - has a water gardening site with a wealth of information.
Denver Orchid Society  - information about the society and its meetings, including a list of upcoming speakers.
Denver Urban Gardens  - describes projects and educational and volunteer opportunities provided by Denver Urban Gardens, a non-profit organization that operates and assists with over sixty community gardens in the metro area.
Denver Water  - Gardeners will find information on ways to save water, the drought and Xeriscape.
Desert Vista Garden Club  - description of the purpose and projects of the club as well as meeting information.
Eco Enterprises  - researches, manufactures and sells products to support endeavors in both the fields of agriculture and aquaculture. contains a lot of Hydroponics know-how information.
Ecocam: Worldwide Images  - is Marco Bleeker's site in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. is focused on plant biodiversity and photos which are databased and neatly broweable with the viewer provided (in html). Each photo is annotated and linked to at least one page and other photos. Photos are outstanding.
El jardín de Julio Julio's garden  - is a small private Mediterranean garden located on the coast 50 km north of Barcelona, Spain with a predilection for fuchsias. Its been many years since we visited Spain - the climate along the Mediterranean makes for lovely gardens - we must revisit this area before much longer.
Eukeka Gardening Collection  - Covers all manner of gardening topics. Well described and illustrated.
Evergreen Garden Club  - features garden articles for mountain gardeners, an events calendar and the club's newsletter.
Fairchild Tropical Garden  - is one of the world's preeminent botanic gardens, with extensive collections of rare tropical plants including palms, cycads, flowering trees and vines.
Farmer Brown's Garden Path  - Square foot gardening and other topics.
Ferry-Morse Seed Company  - has been around for a long time. They say: "From 1856 onward, Ferry-Morse has been supplying the freshest and best garden seed we could find for American gardeners and gardens."
Floriculture and Ornamental Horticulture  - College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Cornell University - includes horticultural tutorials, tour of the college and university, as well as other web site links.
Florida Federation of Garden Clubs  - was organized on April 24, 1924 - just 20 days after I was born - so we've both been around for a long time. Although devoted primarily to Florida activities there are some interesting links to explore.
Flowering Plants Botany 3700  - Nice photos from California State University - Stanislaus
Food to Grow On  - butterfly science lesson emphasizing nutrition from the University of Arizona
freeplants.com  - is all about propagating landscape plants from scratch, landscaping, water gardening and lots of other really cool gardening stuff.
Fungi Perfecti Online  - Fungi Perfecti is a cutting-edge, environmentally friendly company specializing in the distribution of cultures, tools and technologies for the cultivation of gourmet and medicinal mushrooms.
Garden Centers of Colorado  - offers two lists of member garden centers in Colorado. The first is sorted alphabetically and the second is sorted by geographic region.  You will also find a "Tip of the Week." 
Garden Guides  - is a growing resource for gardeners and covers a broad spectrum of garden topics.
Garden Net  - is an excellent source of links to gardens, catalogs, books and magazines, associations, events and other garden related sites.
Garden of Weeden  - is a virtual potpourri of gardening topics beautifully done.
Garden Web  - helps turn even the brownest thumb a shade greener.
Gardening in the East Texas Piney Woods  - This is the website of the Smith County Extension horticulture program of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service, and is maintained by Keith Hansen, Smith County Extension Horticulturist.
Gardens of the City of Vancouver and Vancouver Island  - A photo tour of gardens, both private and public, in the Vancouver area.
Gardens on Spring Creek  - provides a map, video, and information regarding the design, history and mission of the Gardens on Spring Creek in Fort Collins.  Hours, location, information and a registration form for classes offered, and contact information are also provided.  
Gardenscape's List of Consumer Gardening Catalogs.  - More than 11.5 million Americans purchase gardening tools, equipment, trees, plants and seeds by phone or mail, according to the Direct Marketing Association.
General Hydroponics  - is a major manufacturer of hydroponics equipment and supplies, selling through dealers worldwide.
George W. Park Seed Company  - Park’s first catalog in l868 was of just 8 pages and used 2 illustrations – wood cuts of an aster and a pansy. Needless to say, its somewhat larger today.
Grand Valley Rose Society  - informative articles on rose care and information on the society's activities are highlights of this site.
Green Web Gardening  - a meeting place on the web for the sharing of ideas and knowledge on gardening from around the world. has been developed for gardeners of all ages from three to ninety three to be interactive and create a community of interest where green thumbs from around the world can share their gardening achievements.
Growing Roses in Colorado  - contains hints for growing roses in high altitude
Happy D Ranch Worm Farm!  - Take your time viewing all of the pages on this site to learn more about worm composting.
Homegrown Hydroponics  - Loads of information about hydroponics gardening.
Horticulture & Crop Science in Virtual Perspective.  - When the weeds start over-running your garden, visit the Horticulture in Virtual Perspective site for solutions. This online resource for gardeners and growers, from beginners to professionals, is maintained by the Department of Horticulture and Crop Science at Ohio State University. Features include databases and archives of fact sheets, Ohio gardening news, etc.
How-to Hydroponics gardening & hydroponics garden plans.  -