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American Community Gardening Association
This site covers group gardening's joys and challenges.

Ask our Experts at the Plant & Pest Diagnostic Laboratory
Experts at Purdue University post answers to questions on animal pests, insects and mites, and plant diseases.

ExtoxNet FAQs
This site contains a FAQ section on gardening, pesticides, and health concerns.

The Gardening Launch Pad
One of the largest collections of gardening Web links. It updates regularly and its topical organization reflects the way gardeners seek information.

National Gardening
This nonprofit organization uses gardeners from all over the country to contribute web content. There are regional reports, how-to projects, Q&A Library, and feature articles.

The Ohio State University Extension - Clermont County
Cooperative extension services dispense trustworthy gardening advice. They offer phone consultation, weekly newsletter, on-site visits, sample diagnostics, educational programs, and Master Gardener Volunteer Program.

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Plant Databases

Plants Database
An authoritative database divided into topics, images, links to related sites, and tools.

WebGarden: Horticulture & Crop Science
From Ohio State University, this site's Plantfacts database has over 20,000 plant factsheets from 46 universities and government institutions in the U.S. and Canada. Factsheets usually include recommended cultivars, cultivation instructions, and lists of common pests and diseases.

Trees

International Society of Arboriculture
A worldwide professional organization dedicated to fostering a greater appreciation for trees.

TreeLink
Created by the National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council of the USDA Forest Services, this site is for the urban forestry community, researchers, arborists, volunteers, and K-12 environmental education teachers.

Poisonous Plants

Poisonous Plants - Cornell University
A growing reference site that includes plant images, pictures of affected animals, and presentations concerning the botany, chemistry, toxicology, diagnosis and prevention of poisoning of animals by plants and other natural flora.

Canadian Poisonous Plants Information System
Information on poisonous plants listed by Botanical name and Common name and links to important WWW Poisonous Plants sites.

Endangered Plants

Threatened and Endangered Animals and Plants
Information from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.

History

History of Landscape Architecture
The University of California, Berkeley Environmental Design Library's detailed and sensibly arranged guide to the literature of this field.

Garden History Links
Well-organized list arranged geographically and by subject.

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