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All-America Rose Selections (AARS)
A non-profit association of rose growers and introducers dedicated to the introduction and promotion of exceptional roses. They operate a nationwide network of test gardens to evaluate roses on desirable characteristics in a garden rose and features a list of AARS-award winning roses, with selected photos, dating from 1940. The site provides a searchable database of AARS-approved public rose gardens, information about rose use and landscape design, gardening tips, and temperature zone maps. - All-America Rose Selections (AARS)
http://www.rose.org/
A working archive celebrating American gardens and their gardeners. Highlights gardens big and small, urban and rural, gentle and outrageous, wildly expensive and affordable. Features images of gardens from throughout the United States, design details, and flowers. Includes changing exhibits relating to garden design and information about showcase gardens. - American Garden Museum
http://www.americangardenmuseum.com
Extreme trees planted and shaped by Arbor-sculptor Richard Reames. This is the place where houses are planted, chairs are watered, tables are pruned and fences grow taller and stronger as the years sail past. Includes an extensive image gallery of living sculpture and installations. - Arborsmith Studios
http://www.arborsmith.com/
Chelsea Physic Garden was founded by the Society of Apothecaries in 1673 to promote the study of botany in relation to medicine, then known as the 'physic' or healing arts. Includes a brief history of this London garden as well as a description of its herb, medicinal, and other plant collections, and photographs. - Chelsea Physic Garden
http://www.chelseaphysicgarden.co.uk/
A community of gardeners, sharing information on gardens, seeds and plants. - Gardens
http://davesgarden.com
Hobby Lawn Care is a community resource site that provides articles about building and maintaining your lawn. Inspired by Wikipedia, we chose to allow everyone to add content to the site at any time. Trusted users may also edit all articles across the website. - Hobby Lawn Care
http://www.hobbylawncare.com/
Provides ecologically sound, science-based practices for gardening and lawn care. Features illustrated growing guides for specific flowers and vegetables, a tutorial on designing flower gardens, lawn care tips and techniques, and fact sheets on gardening, avoiding pests and diseases, and lawns. From Cornell University. - Home Gardening
http://www.gardening.cornell.edu/homegardening/
Horticulture and gardening resources from the University of Illinois Extension. Features a knowledge base for gardeners, latest trends in gardening, a homeowners' column that discusses hot topics in home landscaping each week, and a fun section for kids. Includes sections on lawn care, fruits and vegetables, flowers and ornamentals, trees and shrubs, pests and diseases as well as seasonal features. - Hort Corner
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/hort/
A regularly updated collection of garden reference materials, including a plant gallery with full-color photographs, plant profiles, and links covering perennials, annuals, woody plants, and all types of plant material and related topics. Also provides archives of mailing lists, gardening news, and links. - Hort.net
http://www.hort.net/
Information about this public garden owned by the City of Seattle and maintained by the Department of Parks & Recreation and founded in 1927 by Fujitaro Kubota, a gardener, who wanted to display the beauty of the Northwest in a Japanese manner and was soon designing and installing gardens throughout the Seattle area. The site includes a brief garden history, a garden map, and photos of the garden. - Kubota Garden
http://www.kubota.org
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
The center exists to educate people about the environmental necessity, economic value, and natural beauty of native plants. Provides information about the center as well as native plant events by region or state, including internships and conferences throughout the nation, and links to native plant organizations, gardens with displays with regionally native plants. There is also a searchable native plant database. - Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
http://www.wildflower.org/
Offers hydroponic, organic gardening and container gardening equipment and how to information about hydroponic and organic gardening. - Simply Hydroponics
http://www.simplyhydro.com/
Online gardening site that offers help for beginners, shrubs, perennials, indoor plants, rock gardens, dahlias, gardening calendar, tips for gardeners and much more. - Susan's Garden Patch
http://www.susansgardenpatch.com/
Provides practical garden resources, including raised bed garden ideas, vegetable companion planting designs, permaculture, and more. - Sustainable Gardening Tips
http://www.sustainable-gardening-tips.com/
The Huntington Botanical Gardens: The Rose Garden
Features articles on rose gardening in Southern California and roses in general. Covers selection, planting and care, pruning, propagation, and pests and diseases. Also provides archived issues of the rose garden newsletter dating back to 1997, a photo gallery, bed maps and inventory of rose gardens. From the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California. - The Huntington Botanical Gardens: The Rose Garden
http://www.huntingtonbotanical.org/Rose/about.htm
Features interactive tours of gardens in or near Kyoto, Japan, most located at Zen Buddhist monasteries. Provides the visitor with an opportunity to visit each garden and experience it through high-quality color images and learn of its history. Provides general information about Japanese gardens, a bibliography, and related links. - The Japanese Garden
http://learn.bowdoin.edu/japanesegardens/
A repository of information on the historical and contemporary gardens of Japan as well as gardens outside of Japan that have been inspired by the culture. Includes articles, information on plants, lists of suppliers, a glossary and timeline. - The Japanese Garden Database
http://www.jgarden.org/
Describes the elements of a medieval garden. Includes illustrated information about garden sections such as the kitchen garden, pleasure ground, and contemplation garden. Also provides descriptions of typical medieval flowers, trees, vegetable and field crops, as well as garden structures. From the Center for Medieval Studies, Penn State University. - The Medieval Garden
http://www.psu.edu/dept/medieval/garden/garden.html
Features 50 gardens and plant collections spread across 250 acres, a landmark conservatory, and 50 acres of the original forest that once covered New York City. Seasonal flower shows, a world-renowned scientific research program, innovative children's gardens, gardening and horticultural classes. - The New York Botanical Garden
http://www.nybg.org/
Features articles about bees and urban gardens, including background on bees, designing a bee-friendly garden, where bees nest in the city, and observation of bees. Includes an extensive list of plants that attract bees, a FAQ about California bees, and background about research at the Urban Bee Project at the University of California, Berkeley. - Urban Bee Gardens
http://nature.berkeley.edu/urbanbeegardens/