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• - Details jobs to do in preparing the garden for winter.
  
• - Collection of short articles on gardening, planning, herbs, water gardens, garden art and tips.
  
• - Beginner's guide to perennial gardening, with tips, information and advice on home gardening, seed-starting and plant care. Includes a glossary and plant library.
  
• - Garden author Yvonne Cunnington offers articles on many aspects of backyard gardening, including design tips, roses and perennial gardening, water and container features, and seedstarting.
  
• - Nonprofit provider of plant-based education aims to promote home, school, and community gardening. Articles for adult and kid gardeners, with seasonal information highlighted on the home page.
  
• - Resources, links, and tips.
  
• - Gardening information and resources including articles by top garden writers, seasonal tips and advice and guide sheets on hundreds of plants.
  
• - Features a number of short articles about various basic aspects of gardens and gardening.
  
• - Lists of articles covering a range of topics including fruits, plants, landscaping, and lawns.
  
• - Factsheets from Clemson University on a range of gardening subjects including landscape, garden and indoor plants, insects, and plant diseases.
  
• - Checklist for completing chorse in the fall garden, provided by the North Dakota State University Extension.
  
• - Offers news articles, publications, information about youth and master gardening programs, and resources for Indiana gardeners.
  
• - Advice and gardening secrets.
  
• - Resources and information for both new and experienced gardeners.
  
• - Resource for garden enthusiasts featuring photos, garden planner, plant computer, and other tools.
  
• - Includes articles, tips, plant pathology, garden quizzes, and the opportunity to ask questions of staff botanical researchers via e-mail.
  
• - A meeting place on the web for the sharing of ideas and knowledge on gardening. Australian based.
  
• - Information, helps topic, Q&As, and web links for all gardeners.
  
• - Paul Owen's compendium of practical instructions for growing fruit, vegetables and herbs and garden construction projects, with information on pests and diseases and a weekly diary of gardening jobs.
  
• - Learn how to create and maintain the ultimate garden.
  
• - The companion site to the popular cable network includes articles, programming guides, step by step instructions, and educational garden and plant resources.
  
• - Topical articles and an archive of newspaper columns, on various gardening topics. Also a collection of annotated links.
  
• - Guide for the care and maintenance of indoor plants, garden, lawn, shrubs, hedges, and ground covers.
  
• - Articles on gardening, planning, herbs, composting, lawn care and organic tips.
  
• - Seasonal articles about flower and vegetable gardening, and links to other resources.
  
• - Gardening portal with articles on garden topics, searchable plant database, and forums. Based in New Zealand.
  
• - Horticulturist presents a collection of articles on houseplants, outdoor plants, lawns, flowers, propagation, and pests, as well as a Q&A section.
  
• - Horticultural consultant offers a wide variety of garden tips, tricks, and information. Includes articles on organic gardening, lawncare, gardening with kids, garden calendar, and buying advice.
  
• - This site emphasizes the creative aspect of private gardens, helping one to connect to their passionate side, bringing about a sense of peace and wellbeing.
  
• - Offers tips and articles on gardening and garden design and a plant photo gallery.
  
• - English style gardening for North America. Plant and design information advice, articles, photos, news.
  
• - Resources for gardeners including articles, hardiness zone map, frost table, clip art and links to related gardening sites.
  
• - Offers basic information on growin and caring for vegetables, flowers and herbs.
  
• - A comprehensive look at all aspects of home gardening, including flowers, vegetables, herbs, water gardens, garden decor, and everything in-between.
  
• - Gardening articles, information, forums, and humor.
  
• - How to select and grow plants with tips, pictures, descriptions with links to more detailed sites.
  
• - Descriptive articles, pruning guide, competitions, garden doctor, events, employment, featured pages of places to go in UK.
  
• - Articles on many gardening topics, from growing guides and lawn care to organic gardening and seedstarting. Some jokes, games, and clipart as well.
  
• - Articles on the design, plant selections, and plant care for various garden styles.
  
• - Portal to numerous articles, tips, and growing guides for vegetables, fruit, flowers, lawn, trees, shrubs and houseplants, and information on weather, soil, composting, and pests.
  
• - Provides a few articles on lawn care, garden construction and hedge maintenance, as well as PDF manuals for various garden machinery.
  
• - Notes and tips about many garden topics, including fertilizing, pest control, square foot gardening, tropicals, and watering, as well as notes on particular flowers, herbs, and vegetables.
  
• - Advice, guides, FAQs, and how-to's written to help gardeners in the Maritime Pacific Northwestern US better grow vegetables and other edibles.
  
• - Information ranging from plant cultivation tips, pest information, creating different styles of gardens, and a monthly gardening calendar.
  
• - Hints and tips, listings of plants for specific locations, and guides to garden centers.
  
• - Veteran gardeners answer one-on-one questions about a range of gardening problems.
  
• - Offers articles on various plants and gardening topics with tips geared towards reducing the amount of gardening work.
  
• - Gardening and pondkeeping information with emphasis placed on creating a backyard habitat for wildlife.
  
• - Advice for bringing branches of flowering deciduous shrubs and trees indoors, and forcing them to bloom or leaf out early.
  
• - Nice resource for specific plant information, gardening projects, illustrated plant features, expert advice, tips and communing with other gardeners.
  
• - Offers descriptions, illustrations, and identification retrieval.
  
• - A horticultural archive of gardening information to help plan, maintain, and improve home gardens.
  
• - Pictures, information and plant quizzes all from a garden in Suffolk, England.
  
• - Offers information on a variety of gardening topics, including an extensive plant database with photo, pronunciation, and summary information for each.
  
• - Tips on how to attract butterflies to gardens.
  
• - Articles about various aspects of gardening, only some of which have a wildlife focus.
  
• - The heat zone map divides the United States into regions of varying severity of summer heat.
  
• - Information on planting by the best phase and sign of the moon. Regional planting calendar lists specific vegetables, flowers, and garden chores.
  
• - Helps estimate the average date on which to expect the last frost in spring and the first frost in fall to occur in the U.S.
  
• - Gardening sites with categorized areas of specialty for the home gardener ranging from starting seeds to site design and implementation.
  
• - Minnesota gardener offers garden tips and articles, photos, and other resources for gardeners in cold climates.
  
• - Growers of pet-safe plants offer a mix of gardening advice, with articles on garden wildlife, tropicals and toxic plants, and a plant of the month feature.
  
• - Knowledge base for gardeners, from the University of Illinois Extension. Includes fun page for kids.
  
• - Home gardener offers basic information about gardening in the US Northeast (zones 4-6). Lists of plants and trees.
  
• - Step-by-step routine maintenance for rotary tillers. Most tips also applicable to lawn mowers, etc.
  
• - Native plant nursery in California presents a collection of articles and tips on gardening with natives, with an emphasis on the Western US.
  
• - A collection of short gardening articles on growing herbs, fruit, vegetables, bulbs, lawns, and houseplants, dealing with pests, and weather. Also a seed swap board and forum.
  
• - Companion site to the magazine publication. Offers general gardening information,advice and projects.
  
• - A garden diary featuring photos and explanations of a beginner's gardening efforts involving roses, perennials and composting.
  
• - Offers a collection of articles on general gardening, perennials, lawn care, pests, and diseases.
  
• - Monthly garden calendar with helpful hints on planting.
  
• - Garden and greenhouse information including monthly greenhouse articles and tips, buyers guides, active forums and garden directory.
  
• - Weekly electronic gardening guide. Know which vegetables to plant, based on frost dates. Also provides guides for starting commonly grown vegetables and flowers from seed.
  
• - Information on how a garden can stimulate sight, smell, sound, taste, and touch.
  
• - Collection of articles on gardening topics with an emphasis on environment and enjoyment.
  
• - General information, including articles on annuals, bulbs, and gardening tools.
  
• - Gardener shares tips about maintaining the garden before and during winter, and plants and vegetables that add utility or ornament to the winter garden.
  
• - Guide for beginning fountaineers.
  
• - Articles, columns, FAQs, plant lists for perennials, herbs and water plants.
  
• - UK-based help and advice clinic for sick plants and amateur gardeners. Jobs to do diary, video tips, how to pages, and a light sprinkling of humor.
  
• - Pages on companion planting, attracting butterflies, starting seeds indoors, gardening tips and tricks.
  
• - Advice from horticultural specialists in plants and gardens. Feature articles, calendar and tips on gardening and garden design.
  
• - Large collection of short articles on a variety of gardening, health, and nutrition topics, provided by the University of Illinois Extension.