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to help you with your horticultural education and gardening
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Calendar
of Gardening Activities.
Gardening
Information
Master
Gardener Association San Diego County this
site is a wealth of FREE information provided by over one-hundred
Master Gardeners on San Diego county home gardening and pest
control
Master Gardener Hotline: 858-694-2860, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday-Friday
Be Water Wise the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and The Family of Southern California Water Agencies. Check out their tips, landscapes programs and other useful information.
Best Gardening Resources from OnlineTips.org provides useful gardening resouces such as botanical dictionaries, fact sheets, helpful tips and gardening news.
Children Gardening use gardening as a vehicle to encourage children to make good food choices, augmenting classroom studies and experiental learning, building a love of nature, stimulation social interaction and more.
Compost
Guide a complete guide to composting
The
Garden Guy a calendar to organic gardening
The
Garden Helper a free internet guide
to gardening including a USDA Plant Hardiness Zone map
GardenWeb
The internet's garden community
The
Helpful Gardener provides information & money saving tips
The Mulch Plant. Grow. Share - This site's goal is to connect gardeners of all abilities to the information they are interested in. It brings Experts and everyday Gardeners together in a new way, and it's FREE!
National
Gardening Association includes kids gardening and several
gardening calculators
San
Diego County Plant Atlas Project San
Diego Natural History Museum, exciting new research project
focused on scientifically documenting the floristic diversity
of San Diego County. This website also includes a Plant Name
Finder, TopoZone to Atlas Square, SD Wildflower Identification
Guide
USDA Hardiness Zone Finder allows you to find your USDA Hardiness Zone. Enter you zip code or use the map.
Water Conservation Garden Cuyamaca College promoting water conservation in the southern California landscape through excellent exhibits and programs that educate and inspire the public.
SEEDS
Renee's
Garden Seeds purchase seeds of heirloom and cottage garden
flowers, aromatic herbs, and gourmet vegetables from around
the world.
Tomato
Growers Supply Company has a free catalog of tomato, pepper
and eggplant seeds
Bamboo
Bonsai
Camellia
Dahlia
Epiphyllum
Fern
Fruits
Geranium
Iris
Native Plants
Rose
Succulents
Garden
Clubs/Associations/Societies
Bernardo
Gardeners Club meets at 1:30 p.m. on the 3rd
Thursday of each month at the Rancho Beranrdo Library.
Bonita
Valley Garden Club meets 9:30 a.m. on the 1st
Wednesday of each month at Bonita Sunnyside Library.
California
Garden Clubs, Inc. chartered in
1931, is a statewide organization of garden clubs and plant
societies with over 21,000 California gardeners.
Carlsbad
Garden Club meets 1 p.m. on the 1st Friday of
each month at Heritage Hall at Magee Park.
Dos
Valles Garden Club meets noon on the 2nd Tuesday
of each month at St. Stephen Catholic Church
Fallbrook
Garden Club meets at 7 p.m.
on the 3rd Wednesay of each month at Fallbrook Community
Center
National
Garden Club is composed of 50 State
Garden Clubs and the National Capital Area, 7,183 member
garden clubs and 221,943 members. In addition, NGC proudly
recognizes 447 International Affiliates from Canada to Mexico
and South America, from Bermuda to South Africa, Australia
and Japan, as well as 49 National Affiliates within the
United States.
Point
Loma Garden Club meets 10
a.m. on the 2nd Wednesday of every month at Portuguese Hall.
Palomar
District of CGCI is one of 26 districts
in the California Garden Club family and with 17 clubs and
over 2000 members, the largest district in the state.
Ramona
Garden Club meets at noon on the 2nd Wednesday
of each month at the Ramona Womens Club
San
Diego Floral Association Is the
oldest garden club in Southern California and is sponsored
by the San Diego Park and Recreation Department.
San
Diego Horticultural Society promotes the enjoyment,
art, knowledge and public awareness of horticulture in the
San Diego area, while providing the opportunity for education
and research.
Village
Garden Club of La Jolla meets 9 a.m. on the 4th
Thursday of each month at Torrey Pines Christian Church
Vista
Garden Club meets at noon the 1st Friday of every month (except May - November) in the Floria McClellan Senior Center
Gardens
Alta
Vista Gardens, Vista
Balboa
Park Gardens, San Diego
Huntington
Botanical Gardens, San Marino
Los
Angeles County Arboretum & Botanical Garden, Aracadia
San Diego Botanic Garden, Encinitas
South Bay Botanic Garden, Chula Vista
Rancho
Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont
Sherman
Library & Gardens
Water
Conservation Garden, Cuyamaca College, El Cajon
Garden
Retailers & Landscapers
Anderson's La Costa Nursery , La Costa, A garden center with a casual yet beautiful atmosphere and knowledgeable staff, - one of Southern California's most diverse nurseries
Armstrong
Garden Center , Rancho Penasquitos, their brand
new garden center promising superior quality products and
customer service from helpful garden experts.
Buffalo Grass, UC Verde, Buffalo Grass was developed by the University of California. It produces a dense bright green turf that is the grass of choice for Coastal California and the intense heat of the lower valley of Arizona.
California's Own Native Landscape Design Inc., Greg Rubin. Thank you Greg for presenting an excellent program in October 2007.
Buena Creek Gardens , San Marcos, a 4 acre retail
nursery and display garden that grows new and uncommon flowering
plants. Make sure you see their butterfly garden.
Evergreen
Nursery , Escondido, San Diego's largest wholesale
nursery open to the public
The Gardener's Cottage, Carmel Mountain Ranch, a magical place where nature meets inspiration and the soul is fed through the senses.
Grangetto's,
Escondido, Retail and Commerial locations to serve you since
1952. Get the most current gardening information, gardening
tips, special discounts & coupons, gardening reminders,
new product arrivals, garden club events and meeting times
sent directly to your e-mail each month.
Kartuz
Greenhouses, Vista, offering distinctive varieties
of rare and exotic plants for over 44 years. Begonias, Gesneriads,
Hoyas and Passionflowers remain their key specialties. Among
the many listings in these plant families are promising
new introductions and excellent miniature varieties.
Las
Pilitas Nursery, Escondido,
a nursery with the atmosphere of an old style farm with
some demonstration plantings available. The nursery setting
is on 21 acres with native plants and wildlife present
Moringa & Healing Herbs, The Moringa Tree from India. It is one of the most nutritious trees in the world and is being grown here in San Diego. It would grow well in the Poway area. You can learn about it here.
Roger's
Gardens, Corona del Mar
Solana
Succulents, Solona Beach, offers a bountiful
cornucopia or rare and beautiful succulents from collectors
bonsai to landscape specimens.
Summer
Past Farms ,15602 Olde Hwy 80 Flinn Springs,
walk through fragrant herbal display gardens, and along
herb-lined pathways under grape covered arbors
Sunshine
Gardens , Encinitas
Walter
Andersen Nursery , Poway,
San Diego's state of the art in retail nursery
Walter
Andersen Saturday Garden Classes
Weidners',
Encinitas, email customers don't forget to print your coupons
for extra savings on plants. Evelyn Weidner will be speaking
to Poway Valley Garden Club March 12, 2008, please see our
programs
for more information.
Wildlife
& Pest Information
All About Birds The Cornell Lab of Ornithology presents All About Birds. This site has a Bird Guide, includes birding basics, history, audio & video information.
Audubon: view their website, become a member or check our their magazine.
Audubon Workshop The Wild Bird Specialists, birding products that can only be purchased here.
Bluebirds
of San Diego County the Western Bluebird is a
year-round resident of San Diego County learn more about
them.
Butterfly Site.com Butterfly info on the internet + butterfly coloring pages
CHIRP
The Center to Help Install Respect & Preservation for
Garden Wildlife.
Hummingbird.net
a source for information on attracting, watching, feeding,
and studying North American hummingbirds
National
Wildlife Federation Backyard Wildlife Habitat you can create a garden that attracts beautiful wildlife & helps restore habitat in your area.
Termites UC IPM presents information on Termites
University
of Calfornia Statewide Pest Management Information managed
and identify pests
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