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Links to Other Gardening Topics

Alternative Agriculture
Children & Gardening
Gardening for Wildlife
Gardening Databases & References
Horticultural Search Engines
Plants & People
Southern Gardening


Alternative Agriculture

NewCROP Center for New Crops & Plant Products - Purdue University. NewCROP provides windows to new and specialty crop profiles.
Earth-Kind Gardening Index - Provides articles from the Texas Agricultural Extension Service.
Introduction to Permaculture
Alternative Farming Systems Information Center


Children & Gardening

KinderGARDEN
Agriculture in the Classroom
Celebrating Wildflowers Coloring Book Page
Teaching KATE - Teaching Kids About The Environment
Kids Gardening


Gardening for Wildlife

National Audubon Society
South Carolina Wildlife Federation Backyard Wildlife Habitat Program
National Wildlife Federation Backyard Wildlife Habitat program


Gardening Databases & References

Gardening Glossary
Ohio State University Interactive Plant List
Plants For A Future Database Search
Gardener's Guide to Finding Answers on the Internet
PLANTS National Database - USDA NRCS
National Agricultural Library
PlantFacts - Extensive database of plant information. - Fact sheet search engine, image database, how-to gardening videos, FAQs and an illustrated horticultural glossary.
EDIS - Database of over 4,000 University of Florida publications related to agriculture, natural resources, the environment, and human and rural development.
AGRICOLA - is a database created by the National Agricultural Library that covers all aspects of agriculture. AGRICOLA does not contain the materials, but it can help you identify and find them.
Digital Librarian - Gardening
Scott's Botanical Links
Science.gov - A gateway to selected authoritative science information provided by U.S. Government agencies. Contains extensive links to government sites, including agriculture, horticulture, entomology, food safety and many others.


Horticultural Search Engines

Factsheet Database Search Engine - Search engine dealing strictly with plants. It indexes over 260,000 pages of information from every land-grant university in the U.S.
Academic Department Search Engine


Plants & People

Human Issues in Horticulture - Virginia Tech's horticulture department provides guides to horticultural therapy, children's gardening, people-plant interactions, and community gardening.
American Horticultural Therapy Association
American Community Gardening Association Information on how to start a community garden in your area.


Southern Gardening

Making it Grow! Online
Southern Gardening - Weekly newspaper articles from a Mississippi Extension specialist.


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