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Children's Gardening...
Gardening for Health Texas A&M research, nutrition, school gardens, gardening activity ideas for kids,
parents, and teachers with curriculum guides.
Michigan 4-H Children's Garden at MSU Nice site with many interactive activities for children to learn about gardening and
plants.
Nature: Alien Empire This PBS Online site shows a terrific diagram of a worker bee that allows you to click on various body
parts, both inside and out, to learn about their functions.
University of Illinois Hort Corner for Kids Many fun activities for kids on plants, trees, insects, and more.
Gardening Reference Guides...
University of Illinois Extension Hort Corner This is an excellent site with a wealth of information on annuals, perennials, lawn
care, insects, disease, herbs, and more.
OSU WebGarden Ohio State University's WebGarden offers a wide range of multimedia resources, including
an illustrated plant dictionary, a downloadable plant database for your handheld, and a collection of 200 short gardening
how-to videos.
Virtual Plant Tags Look up detailed information about thousands of plants using our searchable database.
You will find descriptions of the plants and tips about growing them from plant experts such as Dr. Michael Dirr, Dr. Allan
Armitage, American Rose Society, and more.
Family of Nature Websites--These
five sites contain useful information on attracting animals to the garden. Butterflies, Dragonflies, Hummingbirds, Frogs and Toads, Birds.
Gardening for Health Article from WebMDHealth Website on nature's healing power.
PATrees.org This site was created by tree experts in Pennsylvania to help answer many of your
questions about how trees grow, how they should be cared for, and dispel many old myths about tree care. From helping you
identify your trees or insects feeding on it, to learning how to properly prune or plant a tree, you can find answers to your
questions as well as link to other great resources.
Yard Enthusiasts of America An online community sponsored by Project EverGreen as a way to connect people like yourself to others who love their yards.
Cornell University - Home Gardening Flower growing guides, vegetable growing guides, designing flower gardens, lawncare tips.
The National Wildlife Federation This site will help you create a wildlife habitat in your backyard through their Backyard Wildlife Habitat Program.
The University of California Integrated Pest Management Program This online pest identification and management guide is superb if used properly. It's helpful for identifying
diseases and pests through descriptions and pictures, and in many cases recommends organically acceptable methods of management.
RecycleWorks Composting how-to information.
Plant Associations and Societies...
Perennial Plant Association A professional trade association dedicated to improving the perennial plant industry by providing
education to enhance the production, promotion and utilization of perennial plants.
American Clematis Society America's official resource for the world's most exquisite flowering vine.
The American Hemerocallis Society An International Daylily Society.
All-America Selections The AAS promotes new garden seed varieties with superior garden performance judged in impartial
trials in North America.
Link Exchanges...
Ponds, Plants, and More sells a wide variety of beautiful pond plants, fountains, pumps, fish food, watergardening books and
other related pond supplies.
For wedding flowers and bridal bouquets visit The Flowersmith-now accepting local and worldwide deliveries with no wire service fee.
Piccolina's, Northern Italian Restaurant. 1580 McLaughlin Road, Upper St. Clair. 412-257-1880.
(Mel and Russ' favorite)
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