100 Great sites for those who love to Garden

Wikipedia defines Gardening as “Gardening is the practice of growing plants. Ornamental plants are normally grown for their flowers, foliage, overall appearance, or for their dyes. Useful plants are grown for consumption (vegetables, fruits, herbs, and leaf vegetables) or for medicinal use. A gardener is someone who practices gardening.”

Gardening however is much more than that. From the novice to the advanced, there are many things you will find in common. Some love the time alone, others spend their time in the garden with family. Some use it to express their artistic style, while others use their garden to relax and get away from the daily grind. People think that beautiful plants such as roses grow that way on their own, if they do its very rare. These beautiful gardens you see online and driving around are developed from years of loving hands and loving hearts. When you are in the garden, you don’t have to check your email, answer your phone, attend a meeting, etc. The garden is a place of tranquil peace, fun, challenging, and happiness.

These sites listed in this first section are general garden sites. With everything from novice to advanced gardeners showing you tips, tricks, and photos of their beautiful work. If you have started a garden or looking to start one, these sites will give you hope, help, and insight on how to take that picture you see in your head and lay it out on the ground, then be able to watch it grow. These are people who have a deep appreciation, a love for gardening plus many years of experience between them, take a look and I’m sure you will find the answers you are looking for.

Urban Gardeners are those that find themselves in a limited or tight spot, usually in a city. Sometimes these gardens are personally owned, sometimes they are community gardens. They cover the unique aspects of designing and maintain a garden in an urban environment, from how to make a small space look beautiful to working with others in a community garden. These sites are full of the tips, tricks, news and how tow’s to make your garden work.

Country Gardeners usually find themselves living out more in the country, usually with larger lots or even acres of land to layout and design their gardens on. Country gardens come with a whole new range of issues, from the size to keeping wildlife out (if you choose to). They will sometimes use different equipment and tools to be able to move around the larger gardens; as well they may have more options of putting things like decks to water ponds in the middle. Whether you are getting started or have a big garden already, these sites give you everything you need to know to grow your garden into your dream.

Organic Gardeners work hard to work with Mother Nature rather than using chemicals. Chemicals from fertilizers to pest controls only came onto the scene around the mid 1800’s, prior to that everything was organic. Today organic farmers are not only trying to grow better food that is poison free, they also use their sites to try and help others understand the dangers of using poisons on their gardens. When you put poison on your garden, it gets into the soil and eventually pulled up into the fruit or food that you are growing, and then finally into those who eat that fruit or food. Although an organic garden may take more understanding and time that other gardens, in the end living a healthy and long life is worth it. These sites have everything from news and reviews to tips and tricks on getting started and continuing your beautiful healthy organic garden.

Vegetable Gardens are grown more for consumption than beauty. Although they can be very beautiful at times, these gardens are usually done to put some fresh vegetables on the table. Some are small and feed the immediate family, while others can be larger and used to make a profit from selling some of their gatherings. There is a wide range of vegetables that will cover everything anyone in your family likes. These sites are here to help you figure out what to plant, when to plant, how to care of them, and when to harvest.

Landscape and Garden Design is a major part of starting or expanding a garden. Whether you want your garden to look beautiful or just produce results, you need to take time to lay it out. You have to be able to move around, get to everything, pull weeds, water, etc. You need to think about drainage, sunlight, and pest. From walkways through your garden to sitting areas in the middle, if you want it to look beautiful a little planning ahead will go a long way. These sites will help you think of things you didn’t even know about, they will give you ideas on how to layout your garden, what plants to plant where in your garden all the way down to rocks and gnomes to put in your garden.

Musings are a great way to just express yourself and talk about what is going on in your life. These sites are from people who not only love to garden, but like to share what is going on around them, from what they are thinking while sitting in their garden, to their joy of holding a newborn child. Through these sites and stories, you will find the peace and love that comes from a garden.

Doug Green has been in the nursery industry most of his life and has won many awards. I decided to group these sites together, since he has built out several sites focusing on different subjects. Doug has filled his sites with a wealth of information from years of experience and he uses these sites to help others grow from a novice gardener to a horticulturalist. Having written several books, Doug decided to take his knowledge online, with several sites from beginner gardening to what tools to use, he has the information you are looking for.

Resources are something that we all find we need at times. From books to tools, these sites have a ton of information and products to buy. If you are looking for tips and tricks or you want to look at the latest gadgets for gardening, this is where you will find them.

Writers and Speakers are often bombarded with questions, so these have decided to put some of their knowledge online for you. These are professionals that deal with the world of gardening everyday, from writing for people such at Martha Stewart to speaking engagements. These sites are open to questions, some through forums, as well some offer the ability to buy their books or arrange a speaking engagement right from their site.

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