North Carolina Botanical Garden
ncbg.unc.edu - North Carolina Botanical Garden site, with a page of useful links to other gardens and resources around the world.
North Carolina Master Gardeners
ncmastergardeners.org - Master Gardeners are university-trained volunteers who serve as educators in their community. They receive extensive horticultural training and help provide the public with information by teaching horticultural classes, writing articles about gardening, and answering questions during clinics.
NC State Cooperative Extension
ces.ncsu.edu - Horticulture Information Leaflets, including information on commercial nursery production; landscape design, installation, and maintenance; weed information; home gardening; 4-H and Youth.
chatham.ces.state.nc.us/staff/acooke/home.html - Al Cooke, Agricultural Extension Agent, Chatham County Center, has a website with useful information about gardening in our area, including a special leaflet called "On New Ground" with tips for gardeners new to this region.
P. Allen Smith
pallensmith.com/ - P. Allen Smith's website includes extensive articles on garden design, plant care, food and recipes, floral design, and a weekly newsletter.
Helen Yoest
http://www.gardeningwithconfidence.com/ - Helen Yoest is a local expert who designs gardens, edits, styles and writes about gardens for major garden magazines and many local publications.
National Gardening Association
garden.org/home - Website sponsored by the nonprofit National Gardening Association, established in 1983 "to renew and sustain the essential connection between people, plants, and the environment through gardening."
Gardening with Kids
kidsgardening.com - National Gardening Association-sponsored site full of ideas for parents and educators to support and enhance interest in gardening for kids.
Garden Web
gardenweb.com - GardenWeb hosts forums, garden exchanges, articles, contests, a plant database, a garden-related glossary, online catalogs, Calendar of Garden Events, The Rosarian, and Wild-Flowers.
Gardenscape
gardenscape.com - Information resources for the home gardener and for professionals in the gardening, landscape, and nursery industries. Links for nomenclature, encyclopedias, links to plants of specific interest (herb, African violet, orchid, etc.), organizations, and gard
en design.
Quotes about Gardening
Whether for inspiration or amusement, these sites provide some great quotes about the hopes, dreams, and sometimes frustrations in the life of the gardener.