Click on a topic below to jump to a category:
- Vegetable Gardening Information and Resources
- Fruit Gardening Information and Resources
- Pest Identification and Management
- Pollinators
- Nutrition, Food Preservation and Food Safety
- Community Gardening
- Youth Gardening
- Food Gardening Projects and Organizations
- General Gardening
Vegetable Gardening Information and Resources
| Grow it Eat it - The University of Maryland's campaign to increase home and community food production |
| National Extension website for home gardening |
| Rutgers Extension home garden website |
| Kitchen Gardeners International- excellent site and e-newsletter |
| World Crops for the Northeast U.S. |
| Gardener’s Supply Kitchen Garden Planning Tool |
| Edible Landscaping with Charlie Nardozzi |
| Maryland Ethnic Vegetables - Univ. of MD Extension web site with great information and research findings on ethnic vegetable production applicable to home gardens. |
| Seed Savers Exchange- the #1 seed saving outfit in the U.S. |
| Worm Digest - Excellent vermicomposting site |
| EarthBox- unique commercial container garden; good educational resources |
| National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service - Top-notch, in-depth, gardening farming resources |
| City Farmer, Urban Agriculture Notes (Vancouver, B.C.) |
| Cornell University - site that rates vegetable varieties for gardeners |
Fruit Gardening Information and Resources
| Penn State Univ. - small fruit information |
| Backyard Fruit Growers - Organization of backyard fruit growers centered in Southeast PA |
| The Mid-Atlantic Regional Fruit Loop - Excellent commercial fruit growing information for our region |
| Ohio State University’s fruit disease site (includes organic management and controls) |
| North American Fruit Explorers (backyard and amateur growers) |
| American Pomological Society |
Pest Identification and Management
| HGIC’s Plant Diagnostic State – Univ. of MD |
| Maryland Vegetables - Focus is commercial vegetables but very useful for home gardeners; from UMD |
| IPM Maryland - Portal for all of Univ. of MD’s IPM information and programs |
| IPM Net - University of Maryland's timely information on ornamental and landscape pests around Maryland |
| Virginia Tech - Insect Identification Lab |
| Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic - Cornell University’s Plant Disease website |
| Internet Center for Wildlife Damage Management- University of Nebraska |
| Exotic pest threats of concern in Maryland |
Pollinators
| Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Research & Extension Consortium |
| Maryland State Beekeepers Association |
Nutrition, Food Preservation and Food Safety
| National Center for Home Food Preservation- U. of GA |
| USDA's Food & Nutrition Information Center |
| Fruits and Vegetables Matter - promotion & education resources |
| Organic production/organic food; resources from the National Ag Library |
| Oldways - information on food/eating & cultures |
| University of New Hampshire - Food Safety & Preservation |
Community Gardening
| American Community Gardening Association |
Youth Gardening
| Texas A & M Youth Garden Site |
| The Edible Schoolyard Project, CA |
| Appalachian Sustainable Ag Project - good resources |
| American Horticultural Society - Youth Gardening; excellent site with lots of resources |
| Garden-based learning - U of CA |
| Youth Gardening Around the World with Earthbox |
| The Food Studies Institute - youth gardening and food education |
| Kids Gardening - Great site for youth gardening resources |
| Community Food Security Coalition |
| The Food Project - Boston Area |
| Mid-Atlantic Gleaning Network |
| RUAF Foundation - Resource Center on Urban Ag & Food Safety |
| Parks & People Foundation (Baltimore) - click on Community Greening Resource Network |
| Growing Power - Wisconsin based |
| The Rodale Institute website; a leader in organic gardening and farming |
| A Chesapeake Alliance for Sustainable Ag |
Gardening
| Extension factsheets - collection of thousands |
| The Cyber-Plantsman |
| The Gardening Launch Pad - Gardening links for home gardeners |
| Gardening Resources - Department of Horticulture, Cornell University |
| GreenShare Program - University of Rhode Island Cooperative Extension, information on management of suburban and urban landscapes |
| Home Gardening - Part of Explore Cornell Website, features different areas of home gardening. |
| Home & Garden Education Center - University of Connecticut Cooperative Extension System |
| Home and Garden Information Center - Clemson Extension |
| HorticultureOnline - Information and resources from Horticulture magazine |
| National Council of State Garden Clubs |
| Ohio Webgarden and Fact Sheets - Ohio State University |
| PlantAmerica - Multimedia Tools for Horticulture and Design, Plant-Link Search Engine |
| PLANTfacts - The Ohio State University Factsheet Database and University Search Engine |
| USDA Hardiness Zone Finder - National Gardening Association |
| Veggie Trader - Trade, buy or sell local homegrown produce |
| The WWW Virtual Library - Gardening links from GardenWeb |
For more information, contact Lynn Jacobson
Last updated: 10/27/2009