"To forget how to tend the soil is to forget ourselves." Mahatma Gandhi
Some gardening-related links:
www.ahs.org [American Horticultural Society]
http://amerfernsoc.org/ [American Fern Society]
http://www.americangardenmuseum.com/index1.html
http://www.americanhostasociety.org/ [The American Hosta Society]
www.cag.uconn.edu/ces/ces/index.html [CT Cooperative Extension System]
http://www.calflora.net/botanicalnames/botanicalterms.html [definitions of botanical terms]
http://www.ctbutterfly.org/ [CT Butterfly Assoc.; offers plant list to attract butterflies]
http://ctcommunitygardening.org
http://www.connecticutdahlia.com [CT Dahlia Society]
http://www.ctdaylily.com/CDS.html
www.ct.gov/caes [CT Agricultural Experiment Station]
www.ctgardentrail.com [listing of CT nurseries, garden centers, greenhouses, landscapers, public gardens]
http://cthardyplantsociety.org/
http://www.ctherb.org [Conn. Herb Assoc.]
www.cthort.org [Conn. Horticultural Society]
http://www.ctnofa.org/ [Northeast Organic Farming Assoc. of Conn; conferences of gardening, farming]
http://www.daffodilusa.org/ [American Daffodil Society]
www.dahlia.org [American Dahlia Soc.]
http://www.daylilies.org/ [American Hemerocallis Society]
http://dir.gardenweb.com/directory/
http://www.gladworld.org [North American Gladiolus Council]
http://e-answers.adec.edu/ [info provided by Extension Services & Agricultural Experiment Stations throughout the US]
http://www.entomology.cornell.edu/public/IthacaCampus/ExtOutreach/DiagnosticLab/Factsheets.html
[These Cornell fact sheets help identify whether an insect is harmful or beneficial to you garden.]
http://www.fritzhaeg.com/edible-estates-book.html [promotes replacement of environmentally-unfriendly lawns with gardens]
www.garden.org/plantfinder/ [National Garden Assoc.]
www.gardenconservancy.org [preservation of America's exceptional gardens]
http://www.guerrillagardening.org[advocates covert gardening on neglected public spaces]
http://www.herbsociety.org/ [The Herb Society of America]
www.hort.uconn.edu/ipm [integrated pest management]
http://www.hort.uconn.edu/Plants/ [plant database]
http://www.irises.org/ [American Iris Society]
www.ladybug.uconn.edu/index.html [UCONN's Home & Garden Center]
www.LessLawn.com [promotes alternatives to the 1950s suburban lawn ideal]
http://lilies.org [North American Lily Soc.]
http://nbii-nin.ciesin.columbia.edu/ipane/ [invasive plant atlas of New England, i.e. list of plants that you should NOT put in your garden]
http://ncstate-plants.net/ [Urban Horticulture site of N. Carolina Cooperative Extension Service]
http://www.ngb.org/ [National Garden Bureau, Inc., promotes growing from seed]
http://newfs.org/ [New England Wild Flower Society]
www.newhavenlandtrust.org [manages nature preserves & community vegetable gardens]
http://www.perennialplant.org/ [Perennial Plant Assoc.]
http://www.plantesygdomme.dk/plantesygdomme.htm [common plant diseases & symptoms]
http://www.plantoftheweek.org [univ. of Oklahoma plant database]
http://plants.usda.gov/ [plants database]
http://www.rhododendron.org [American Rohodendron Soc.]
http://search.extension.org/ [search resources of over 1050 cooperative extension services]
http://soiltest.uconn.edu/ [have your soil tested before adding fertilizers, etc.]
http://sustainability.uconn.edu [sustainable landscaping]
http://www.thecgs.org.uk/ [The Cottage Garden Society]
http://timberpress.com/ [publisher of books on gardening]
http://www.tristatehosta.org [Tri-state Hosta Soc.: CT, NY, NJ]
www.urbanext.illinois.edu/roses [everything you need to know about roses]
http://vegetablemdonline.ppath.cornell.edu/ [organic insect & disease management]
www.watergardenersinternational.org
http://www.yale.edu/uri/ [Yale's Urban Resources Initiative, provides free plants & landscape ideas to 3 or more neighbors to landscape tree strips, front yards, public spaces]
http://74.125.93.104/search?q=cache:8XO29VNDRxsJ:www.ct.gov/dep/lib/dep/wildlife/pdf_files/habitat/ntvtree.pdf+ct+dep+native+tree+and+shrub&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us [CT Native Tree & Shrub List]