Beginner’s Guides to Gardening
- A Practical Beginner’s Guide to Gardening A comprehensive site that includes pointers on soil, tools and more
Environment
- A Tribute to the Monarch Butterfly: How to turn your back yard into a butterfly friendly habitat
- Beyond Pesticides: Beyond Pesticides works with allies in protecting public health and the environment to lead the transition to a world free of toxic pesticides.
- Connecticut Invasive Plant Working Group: Plant list & helpful links from the University of CT.
- Get Started Worm Farming: Important tips and links to more about creating a welcoming habitat in your own yard for those beneficial worms.
- Norwalk River Watershed Association: Protecting the watershed through education and action.
- Outdoor Safety for Families: How to keep your kids safe from poisonous plants and pesticides.
Gardening for Kids
- Earth Easy Gardening with Children:
- KidsGardening Parent and Kid Activities: Easy parent and kid activities and links to all levels of gardening education.
- PBS Gardening with Kids: How gardening affects your child’s brain, body and soul.
- The Definitive Guide to Gardening for Kids: A wonderful illustrated list of many engaging things to do with kids of all ages
Gardens to Visit
- Bartlett Arboretum & Gardens: Classes, tours, research and collections in Stamford, CT.
- Connecticut’s Historic Gardens: Information about 15 distinctive historic sites and gardens Connecticut.
- Cricket Hill Garden: Peonies galore in Thomaston, CT.
- Garden Conservancy Open Days: See the schedule of days that remarkable private gardens are open to the public.
- NY Botanical Garden: Classes, certification, lectures and exhibits.
Horticulture
- A Way to Garden: Garden writer Margaret Roach's site includes organic inspiration and monthly chores.
- DIY Gardening Projects for Families: Basic but comprehensive section on gardening that includes DIY guides, projects, terms and tools
- Greenwich Botanical Center: The Greenwich Botanical Center is dedicated to promoting horticulture, conservation and the arts through educational programs, outreach activities and special events.
- Invasive Plant Atlas: A comprehensive database of invasive & potentially invasive plants in New England that is continually updated by a network of professionals and trained volunteers.
- PlantsWise by Tovah Martin: A blog by Tovah Martin, NOFA Organic Land Care professional.
- UConn Home & Garden Education Center: The UConn "ladybug site" features home & garden fact sheets and a new article every week.
- USDA PLANTS database: The PLANTS Database provides standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories.
Local Links
- Historic Rowayton: The mission of Historic Rowayton is to provide opportunities to discover and appreciate the history of Rowayton and its relationship with neighboring communities.
- Norwalk Land Trust: The Norwalk Land Trust seeks to balance nature and development by acquiring land and preserving it in its natural state for the benefit of Norwalk residents and future generations.
- Rowayton Arts Center: For more than 60 years, the Rowayton Arts Center (RAC) has been a community cultural hub providing an accessible environment for the exchange of arts-related ideas.
- Rowayton Civic Association: The mission of the Rowayton Civic Association is to enrich the lives of Rowayton residents and neighbors through providing cultural programs, educational events and supporting local community initiatives.
- Rowayton Library: Public library located at 33 Highland Avenue
- Rowayton Parents Exchange: The Rowayton Parents Exchange is an association of parents with new babies and pre-school age children that was formed to welcome new parents into our community.
- Shakespeare on the Sound: Shakespeare on the Sound is committed to producing affordable, professional open-air productions of the plays of William Shakespeare and related authors at Pinkney Park and other venues in Fairfield County.
Organizations
- American Horticultural Society: Through its educational programs, awards, and publications, the AHS connects people to gardening to help raise awareness of earth-friendly gardening practices, introduces children to plants, brings together leaders to address important national issues, an
- Connecticut Botanical Society: Most useful are the complete listings of CT native plants that are searchable by color as well as type..
- Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut: Gardening resources and links to Connecticut garden clubs.
- Greenwich Botanical Center: The Greenwich Botanical Center is dedicated to promoting horticulture, conservation and the arts through educational programs, outreach activities and special events.
- National Garden Clubs: Overall, NGC promotes the love of gardening, floral design, and civic and environmental responsibility and helps coordinate the interests and activities of state and local garden clubs in the U.S. and abroad.
- Norwalk River Watershed Association: Protecting the watershed through education and action.
Pollinators in Danger
- A Tribute to the Monarch Butterfly: How to turn your back yard into a butterfly friendly habitat
- Beyond Pesticides: Beyond Pesticides works with allies in protecting public health and the environment to lead the transition to a world free of toxic pesticides.
- Bumble Bees of the Eastern US: From the Forestry Service of the USDA - a helpful guide
- Pollinator Pathway: Establishing pollinator-friendly habitats and food sources for bees, butterflies, hummingbirds and other pollinating insects and wildlife.
- The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation: Full of authoritative information of all sorts on bees, butterflies and other invertebrates with tips on how you can help save them.
Seasonal Chores
- Don’t Be So Quick to Remove Fall Leaves: Interesting advice from a Yale University Grounds Professional.
- Easy Earth’s Garden Projects for Early Spring: The urge to garden in early spring is primal. Re-connecting with the earth is affirming, renewing, promising. Waking up the garden to a new growing season is about more than soil and seedlings...this rite of spring is a tonic to the gardener as well.
- How to Plant Flower Bulbs in New England: Garden Guides advice for our area
- How to Prepare Your Garden for Winter: From Better Homes and Gardens, an illustrated guide.
- How to Prepare Your Garden for Winter: Tips from Garden Design to protect your winter yard and garden
- Lawn Care Simplified: Organic lawn care - a safe and natural approach.
- NYBG Spring Gardening Tips, Chores, & FAQs: New York Botanical Garden's spring gardening Information.
- Preparing Your Garden for Winter: The Old Farmer's Almanac gives tips about vegetable, herb and perennial gardens.
- Spring Gardening Checklist: From Better Homes & Gardens, an illustrated guide to early, mid and late spring tasks.
- Top Tips for Great Fall Gardens: From Mother Earth News
Sources
- Annie’s Heirloom Seeds: "Only Heirloom Varieties - No Hybrids - No GMOs - Family Owned and Operated"
- Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds: Baker Creek carries one of the largest selections of seeds from the 19th century, including many Asian and European varieties. The company has become a tool to promote and preserve our agricultural and culinary heritage.
- Beginners Guide to Gardening Tools: A terrific list of links to gardening resources along with general notes about tools.
- Broken Arrow Nursery: Growers of rare and unusual plants in Hamden, CT.
- High Mowing Organic Seed: Committed to developing and selling non-GMO seeds, High Meadow supports "agricultural progress that leads to healthier soils, genetically diverse agricultural ecosystems and ultimately healthy people and communities."
- Hudson Valley Seed Company: A source for heirloom and open-pollinated garden seeds and beautiful garden-themed contemporary art. On our site, you'll find photos and artwork that stoke your horticultural imagination--along with tips to make your garden dreams a reality.
- Johnny’s Selected Seeds: 100% employee-owned company in Maine that is a source of high-quality seeds of all sorts.
- Nielsen’s Florist and Garden Shop: One-stop shopping destination for plant and floral needs, home décor and gifts
- Oliver Nurseries and Design: Gorgeous gardens make this Fairfield nursery a must visit for plants, shrubs and trees
- Reynolds Farms Nursery and Garden Center: Local nursery with a good selection of perennials, annuals, trees and shrubs. Herbs and vegetables in season.
- Sam Bridge Garden Center: Family nursery and greenhouses in Greenwich CT
- Scheepers Kitchen Garden: International and heirloom vegetable and culinary herb seeds for the kitchen gardener.
- Seed Savers Exchange: Seed Savers Exchange is a non-profit organization dedicated to saving and sharing heirloom seeds. Since 1975, its members have been passing on our garden heritage by collecting and distributing thousands of samples of rare garden seeds to other gardeners.
- Seeds of Change: Organic vegetables, herbs, flowers, tools & supplies plus a learning center.
- Select Seeds: A fabulous selection of unique, high-quality flower seeds and plants, specializing in old-fashioned fragrant varieties, flowering vines, and rare cottage garden annuals.
- Terrain: Situated in a luxurious indoor-outdoor environment, the on-site nursery in Westport, CT is flanked by a cafe and garden terrace, providing all sorts of garden and plant supplies and inspirations.
- The Gardener’s Center and Florist: Darien garden center offering plant material, a florist, a full line of organic lawn products, gifts & bird feeding supplies.
- W. Atlee Burpee & Company: Burpee takes great pride and care in supplying safe seeds to itscustomers. All seeds sold under the Burpee name are never chemically treated, making them well-suited for sustainable gardens. None of Burpee’s seed varieties are GMO.
- White Flower Farm: A family-owned mail-order nursery located in Litchfield, CT.