Working for a Greener District of Columbia

ON-LINE SOURCES OF GARDENING AND ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION

GENERAL GARDENING/ENVIRONMENT

• Brooklyn Botanic Gardens  
  

• Dave's Garden - Amazing plant database, Forums galore, consumer feedback on Mail Order sources, and more.
  

• Green Springs Gardens 
  

• Hort Net  
  

• Maryland Home and Garden - nice and local, with scores of fact sheets on just about everything  
  

• National Gardening Association  
  

• Sustainable-Gardening.com is written by DC Urban Gardener webmaster Susan Harris. 
  

• Cornell's Gardening Info  
  

• N.C. Extension Service  
  

• Ohio Extension Service  
  

• USDA Plant Database  
  

• Virginia Extension Service 
  

• Greens Grow Farms in Philadelphia promotes brownfields restoration.
  

EDIBLES ONLY

• Cornell's Recommended Vegetable Varieties
  

• City Farmer  
  

• Ecological Urban Agriculture    
  

• The Southern Exposure Seed Exchange comes highly recommended by Green Springs' veggie-growing expert.  These old hippies  in Central Virginia specialize in varieties best suited to our area.
  

CHILDREN'S GARDENS

• DC Schoolyard Greening  
  

• Cornell's Garden-Based Learning 
  

• Kids Gardening 
  

• Edible Schoolyard    
  

COMMUNITY GARDENS  

• American Community Gardening Association    
  

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