EDUCATIONAL WEBSITES
- Master Gardener Association of San Diego County growing guides
- The Mulch
- Vegetable MD Online
- Resources on Invasive Species
- Cornell University Poisonous Plants Informational Database
- The Plants Database at Dave’s Garden.com
- Fine Gardening Magazine’s Guide to Pronouncing Botanical Latin
- Garden Savvy-A catalog of catalogs
- UC Avocado Info – Agriculture & Natural Resources
- UC Vegetable Research & Information Center
PEST MANAGEMENT
- Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
- Extoxnet—Pesticide Information Profiles
- Insect Identification Laboratory, Dept. of Entomology, VA Tech
LOCAL GARDENS TO VISIT
- San Diego Botanic Garden
- Botanical Building
- Inez Grant Parker Memorial Rose Garden
- La Cresta Abbey Botanical Garden
- Harper’s Topiary Garden
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GARDENS TO VISIT
- Seaside Gardens (nursery, Carpenteria)
- Alice Keck Park Memorial Garden (Santa Barbara)
- Lifescape Garden/Chumash Point Ethnobotanic Preserve (Santa Barbara)
- Firescape Garden (Santa Barbara)
- Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden (Claremont)
- Sam Maloof House and Gardens (Rancho Cucamonga)
- Chino Basin Water Conservation District (Montclair)
- Descanso Gardens (La Canada)
- Fullerton Arboretum (Fullerton)
- Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden (Los Angeles)
- Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens (San Marino)
- LA Arboretum (Arcadia)
- Moorten Botanical Garden (Palm Springs)
- Faye Sarkowsky Sculpture Garden (Palm Desert)
- Theodore Payne Foundation (Sun Valley)
- Isamu Noguchi Sculpture Garden (Costa Mesa)
- Hortense Miller Garden (Laguna Beach)
- Sherman Library and Gardens (Corona del Mar)
- Roger’s Gardens (nursery, Corona del Mar)
- Water Conservation Garden (El Cajon)
- Rancho Los Alamitos (Long Beach)
CLUBS
- The American Horticultural Society (AHS)
- San Diego Horticultural Society
- San Diego County Orchid Society
- San Diego Floral Association
- California Rare Fruit Growers, Inc.
- San Diego North County African Violet Society
- San Diego Bonsai Club
- San Diego Cactus and Succulent Society
- San Diego Bromeliad Society
- Southern California Camellia Society
- San Diego Epiphyllum Society
- San Diego Fern Society
- San Diego Mycological Society Fungus
- San Diego Iris Society
- California Native Plant Society
- Palomar Orchid Society
- Southern California Plumeria Society
- San Diego Rose Society
BOOKS OF INTEREST
- Reimagining the California Lawn: Water-conserving Plants, Practices, and Designs by Carol Bornstein, David Fross, Bart O’Brien and John Evarts (2011)
- Ecology Warriors Workbook
- NGC Pollinator Power Book
- Sunset books:
- The New Western Garden Book (2012)
- Western Garden Book of Edibles: The Complete A-Z Guide to Growing Your Own Vegetables, Herbs, and Fruits (2010)
- Western Landscaping Book (2006)
- Lots of “how to” books on masonry, patios, stone, etc
- Landscape Plants for California Gardens by Robert Perry (2010)
- Designing California Native Gardens: the Plant Community Approach to Artful, Ecological Gardens by Glenn Keator and Alrie Middlebrook (2007)
- California Native Plants for the Garden by Carol Bornstein, David Fross, and Bart O’Brien (2005)
- Designing with Succulents by Debra Lee Baldwin (2007)
- Southern California Gardening: A Month-by-Month Guide by Pat Welsh (2000)
- California Bees and Blooms: A Guide for Gardeners and Naturalists by Gorden Frankie, Robbin Thorp, Rollin Coville, and Barbara Ertter (2014)
