BATS
- Batcom.org – Information about bat houses and more
BEEKEEPING
- Memphis Area Beekeepers — classes, speakers, advice
- The Bartlett Bee Whisperer — bee removal, speaker
- Memphis Backyard Farmer blog — covers many areas, including beekeeping
- Bee Basics–A handbook of our Native Bees
- Best Plants for Bees
BIRDING
- Memphis Chapter TN Ornithological Society
- Seasonal Occurrences of Shelby County Birds
- Strawberry Plains Audubon Center — Holly Springs, Mississippi (annual Hummingbird Migration & Nature Celebration in September)
- BirdWatching Buzz – everything you want to know about birds.
BLOGS–LOCAL + NATIONAL There are so many Garden Blogs out there…..my garden feed numbers close to 100, but these are some of my favorites.
- Memphis Area Master Gardeners Association –
- Memphis Backyard Farmer
- Flora Memphis — Stephanie & Chris Cosby
- Memphis Organic Gardening — Greg Travo
- Mid-South Gardening-Gardening in USDA Zones 6,7,& 8–Jim Crowder
- NATIONAL — expand your garden reading for inspirational ideas
- Art of Gardening- This is what started our own Garden Walk. Jim Charlier focuses on the Buffalo Garden Walk and all the great gardens he travels to.
- Between Garden and Garden – Italian home/garden blog-translate
- Bloomtown- Darcy Daniels creates amazing plant combinations and then gives you the recipe so you can recreate them yourself.
- Clay and Limestone- TN garden blogger, Gail Eichelberger
- Danger Garden- Inspiring, edgy gardens
- Diana’s Designs — Austin, TX
- Digging- Beautiful gardens In Austin and beyond
- Dirt Simple- I learned so much studying Deborah Silver’s photos while reading all the posts under Garden Design
- Down2Earth Landscape Designs – Love reading Joanne Shaw’s thought process for designing thoughtful, small urban gardens, helpful plans + photos.
- enclos*ure — vintage garden photographs
- Fine Foliage- Beautiful container + plant combinations that beg to be replicated
- Form and Foliage- Design focused with gorgeous pictures
- Fred Gonsowski Garden Home — garden designer
- Garden Bloggers’ Fling — garden blogger meetups
- Garden Design Exposed — DIY garden design
- Garden Design for Living – fabulous blog on explaining garden design
- Garden Design Online – this blog covers it all and more
- Garden Designers Roundtable — multiple garden designers talk specific topics
- Garden Designs Magazine – Fabulous articles, videos, and garden eye candy to inspire!
- Gardenista — gardening inspiration
- The Gateway Gardener – Extensive, informative blog out of St. Louis.
- Harmony in the Garden — Northern CA
- Hayefield — Pennsylvania
- Homeworkshop.com–designers share tips on decorating, see garden ideas
- Julie Moir Messervy – Her books, “Outside the Not S Big House” and “Home Outside” really break down garden design principles for the novice quite nicely.
- Kiss My Aster – Amanda Thomsen, very funny and practical ideas
- Lasting Landscapes by Carol
- Lush Gardens– A garden design blog in story form, very enjoyable to read!
- Northcoast Gardening – check out the design pages
- Not Another Gardening Blog- This blog covers it all: detailed explanations and pictures of design for the novice
- Paper Garden Workshop- Lisa Orgler, a Landscape Designer, who makes garden design accessible to everyone. Love the graphics.
- Pith + Vigor — gardening inspiration
- Plants Plus People-Memphis Blog, Chris Cosby, horticulturist and Native Plant Expert
- Serenity in the Garden — New York
- Site + Insight — Quebec
- Sunset Garden — Western USA
- Susan Cohan Gardens — New Jersey
- Tara Dillard- Sweet and succinct
- Thinking Outside the Boxwood — Ohio
- Thomas Rainer-Grounded Design -How to marry Native Plants with Great Design
BOTANICAL GARDENS
- Wiki list + links to all US Arboretum + Botanical Gardens
- Birmingham Botanical Gardens
- Cheekwood Botanical Gardens
- Huntsville Botanical Gardens
- Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
- Missouri Botanical Gardens
BUILDING PLANS + CRAFT IDEAS
- Garden directions –build all things garden related
- Birds & Blooms DIY Garden Projects
- Alabama Cooperative Extension Office facts on Raised Beds
- The Food Project–Great ideas for raised beds
- Galvanized Containers
- Growing Food in 5 Gallon Buckets
- Cement Trough Raised Bed
- The Home Depot cement mixing tubs are stated to be made from PVC. This is a toxic plastic and should not come in contact with food items.
- The Lowe’s cement mixing tubs are made from HDPE. This is a safe plastic that is not known to transmit any chemicals into food or drinks and will not leach any toxic chemicals into soil or water.
- Raised Garden Bed #1-Directions Handout
- Raised Garden with Seat Surround – Directions Handout
- Raised Garden with Overlapped Corners – Directions Handout
- Raised Garden with Roofing Tin – Directions Handout
BUTTERFLIES
- Butterflies of TN
- Butterflies + Moths of North America – TN Sightings
- Butterflies of TN by Rita Venable — a comprehensive resource book, with colorful pictures
- Butterfly Identification Chart
- Parks for Monarch Butterflies — extensive ideas for different areas of USA
- Best Plants for Butterflies Chart
- Create a Monarch Waystation in your Backyard– Certification Program
CALCULATORS AND CALENDARS
- Calculator to estimate materials needed
- Garden Calculator
- Memphis Area Master Gardeners Assoc (MAMGA) –planting calendar for vegetables
- Another Planting Guide for Memphis
- National Gardening Association Planting Guide
- Plant Hardiness Zone Map
- Big Green Planting Calandar for vegetables
CANNING + PRESERVING RESOURCES
- Ball Canning – Ball jars are a universal standard for canning
- Food In Jars – Beyond the basics, more like the canning chef
- Food Preservation – Univ. of Georgia
- Simply Canning – Sharon Peterson’s canning site
- Food shelf life
CATALOGS AND SEEDS
- Tons of links to organized catalogs
- Garden Company Reviews–Dave’s Garden–free directory of over 7,000 garden companies worldwide
CHICKENS + COOPS
- East Memphis Cluckers — (FB) group raising backyard chickens
- Midsouth Chickens and Gardening! — (FB)
CHILDREN + GARDENING
- Gardening with Children
- Kids Gardening.org
- Building a Beebox
- Landscaping for Wildlife
- Recycled Plastic Feeders
- Pollinator Booklet
- How to make hummingbird nectar
- Make Your own suet
- Bingo Habitat Game
- Edible Garden Games + Projects
- Our Daily Bread CACFP
COMMUNITY + LEARNING GARDENS
Guide to Community Gardens in Memphis
Youth Community + Therapeutic Gardening Handbook
- Angelus Community Garden, 52 Angelus St., Memphis, TN 38104
- Beltline Garden, Midland Ave & Boston St., Memphis, TN 38111
- Cunningham Community Garden, 3773 Old Allen Rd., Memphis, TN 38128
- Lyndale Community Garden, 1470 Lyndale Ave, Memphis, TN 38107
- Memphis Center for Independent Living, 1633 Madison Ave., Memphis, TN 38104
- Memphis Urban Ministries – Vance Avenue Garden, 576 Vance Ave., Memphis, TN 38126
- Merton Garden – Binghampton, N. Merton St & McAdoo Ave., Memphis, TN 38112
- Midtown North Garden, 2558 Heard Ave., Memphis, TN 38108
- Orange Mound Garden, Douglass Ave & Hamilton St., Memphis, TN 38114
- Rhodes College Community Garden, 2000 N. Parkway, Memphis, TN 38112
- Savory Patches Garden, Kansas St & Silverage Ave., Memphis, TN 38109
- St. Augustine Garden, 1169 Kerr Ave., Memphis, TN 38106
- Uptown-BRIDGES Community Gardens, N. 4th St. & Sycamore Ave., Memphis, TN 38105
- The Kitchen Community — non-profit builds learning gardens in Memphis schools
COMPOSTING
- How to compost most anything
- The Compost Fairy — (FB) Cooper Young
EDIBLES-food, fruit, nuts
GROWING EDIBLES:
- Knotts Handbook for Vegetable Growers – 630 pages
- Organic Gardening for Dummies Book – 388 pages
- Edibles from the Wild – Survivalist Manual
- Easy Step-By-Step Guide to Growing Vegetables – Sorted For You
- USDA – Phytonutrient Studies
PICK YOUR OWN:
- Agricenter — Memphis, TN, pick your own strawberries
- Anderson Orchard — Burlison, TN, pick your own apples, raspberries, plums, pumpkins, chestnuts
- Cedar Hill Farm — Hernando, MS, pick your own blackberries. Pumpkin/gourd patches in fall.
- Harris Farms — Millington, pick your own blueberries. They also grow peas, squash.
- Jones Orchard — Millington, pick your own strawberries, plums, blackberries, peaches, nectarines, pears, and apples or buy pre-picked,
- Nesbit Blueberry Farm — Nesbit, MS
- Priddy Farms — Germantown, Christmas trees, hay rides, train rides, pumpkin patch
- Windmere Farms + Apiaries, certified organic grown vegetables, strawberries, fruit, herbs, + bittersweet, Windmere Farms + Apiaries (FB)
**EDUCATIONAL TALKS–free or nominal Fee
- AIA Memphis — community lectures, bike rides,
- Bartlett Gardening Classes — great speakers, come early to get a seat
- Brooks Museum — lectures on landscaping, home decor
- Dixon Gallery + Gardens — Wkly lunch + learn, speakers, symposiums, workshops, tours
- Germantown Farm Park — classes, tours, workshops
Germantown Library Calendar — often has garden talks - Memphis Area Master Gardener’s Hotline–901-752-1207, 7777 Walnut Grove Rd., Agricenter, Wing B
- Memphis Botanic Garden Calendar -lunch + learn, workshops,
- Memphis Public Library Main Branch — events calendar, often has garden class
- Memphis Tilth— check for upcoming events
Millington Farmer’s Market– garden seminars May-Oct. - TN Naturalist Program — 40 hrs instruction,
- Shelby County Extension Office — classes, hotline, seminars, lunch + learn
- Shelby Farms Greenline Park — garden workshops, family healthy events
- Urban Earth Garden Center — twice-monthly classes garden talks, 9:30 + 1 pm
- West TN Urban Forestry Council – offers tree ID classes in Fall
ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS
- MidSouth Greenprint — connecting communities in the Mid-South
- Project Green Fork
- Sierra Club-Memphis — (FB)
- Tennessee Scenic Rivers Association — protecting clean water + free flowing rivers
- Livable Memphis
- Wolf River Conservancy
- Memphis Metropolitan Planning Office — promotes affordable regional transportation system
- Outdoors, Inc.
- Big River Crossing
- Bluff City Canoe Club
- Greater Memphis Greenline
- Memphis Green Drinks — (FB)
- Tennessee Scenic Rivers Association
- Nonconnah Creek Conservancy —
FARMERS’ MARKETS
- Agricenter Farmer’s Market
- Arlington Farmer’s Market
- Bartlett Station Farmer’s Market
- Cooper Young Farmer’s Market
- Memphis Farmer’s Market – Downtown
- Millington Farmer’s Market
- South Memphis Farmer’s Market
- Tsunami Farmer’s Market – Cooper Young
FIREFLIES
GARDEN APPS: iPhone/iPad/Android
- Armitage’s Greatest Garden Plants — extensive information on annuals and perennials
- iScape — digital landscaping
- Garden Compass — Plant + Disease Identifier
- GrowIt — gardening community
- Gardening Companion — basic gardening information
- BeeSmart Pollinator Gardener — select bee-friendly plants
GARDEN ART, STATUARY, FOUNTAINS, ETC.
- Midsouth Ornamental Concrete –(FB), 6488 Highway 72
Michigan City, Mississippi 38647-8839
FLOWER ARRANGING
- Flower Show School Design Styles — National Garden Club
- Shamrock Wholesale Florist — 3616 Cherry Road, Memphis
FLOWER + GARDEN SHOWS
- Antiques + Garden Show — Nashville, TN (Feb)
- Arkansas Flower + Garden Show — Little Rock, AR (Mar)
- Nashville Lawn + Garden Show — Nashville, TN (Mar)
FOOD BOOKS
- The American Way of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, Applebee’s, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table– Tracie McMillan
- Behind the Kitchen Door– Saru Jayaraman and Eric Schlosser
- Bet the Farm: How Food Stopped Being Food– Frederick Kaufman
- Closing the Food Gap– Mark Winne
- Cornered– Barry C. Lynne
- The Corporate Reapers- Al Krebs
- The Courage to Hope: How I Stood Up to The Politics of Fear– Shirley Sherrod
- Crisis and Opportunity: Sustainability in American Agriculture– John E. Ikerd
- Farm Together Now: A Portrait of People, Places, and Ideas for a New Food Movement– Amy Franceschini and Daniel Tucker
- Farmer Jane: Women Changing the Way We Eat– Temra Costa
- Farming, Food, and Politics in the Heartland– Margot McMillen
- Food Is Different: Why We Must Get the WTO out of Agriculture– Peter Rosset
- Food Movements Unite!– edited by Eric Holt-Giménez
- Food Sovereignty: Reconnecting Food, Nature, and Community– edited by Annette Desmarais, Nettie Wiebe, and Hannah Wittman
- Foodopoly: The Battle Over the Future of Food and Farming in America– Wenonah Hauter
- Food Sleuth Radio – Melinda Hemmelgarn (weekly podcasts)
- The Land of Milk and Uncle Honey– Alan Guebert with Mary Grace Foxwell
- The Omnivore’s Dilemma– Michael Pollan
- Our Food, Our Right: Recipes for Food Justice– Community Alliance for Global Justice
- Pig Tales: An Omnivore’s Quest for Sustainable Meat– Barry Estabrook
- Renewing the Countryside: Iowa– edited by Shellie Orngard and Jan Joannides
- A Sand County Almanac– Aldo Leopold
- There’s Nothing in the Middle of the Road but Yellow Stripes and Dead Armadillos– Jim Hightower
- Tomatoland– Barry Estabrook
- The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture– Wendell Berry
- Young Farmers’ Almanac– The Greenhorns
GARDEN CLUBS
Some clubs are open to new members, others are full due to size constraints. Click here for each club’s contact information.
- Arawata Garden Club
- Arlington Garden Club — (FB)
- Arts and Garden Club
- Bartlett Garden Club
- Batesville Garden Club — (FB)
- Bells Garden Club
- Blossomway Garden Club
- Budding Green Thumb Plant Club
- Byhalia Garden Club
- Central Gardener’s Club
- Circle of Flowers Garden Club
- City View Garden Club
- Collierville Garden Club
- Cooper Young Garden Club (website), Cooper Young Garden Club (FB)
- Cordova Garden Club
- Covington Garden Club — (FB)
- Designing Women Study Group
- Desoto Civic Garden Club — (FB)
- Dyersburg Garden Club
- Elizabeth Ston Garden Club –Milan, TN
- Evergreen Garden Club
- Faxon 4000 Garden Club
- Garden Club of Rosemark
- Grandview Garden Club
- Germantown Garden Club
- Greenlawn Garden Club
- Greentrees Garden Club
- Hedgemore Garden Club
- Hernando Civic Garden Club — (FB)
- Hurt Hobbyist Garden Club — (FB)
- Ikebana International-Memphis Bamboo Chapter
- Interpreters Study Group
- Jackson Evergreen Garden Club
- Judges Council, District 1
- Junior League Garden Club
- Kennedy View Garden Club
- Kimbrough Woods Home & Garden Club
- Lake Drive Garden Club
- Lakewood Hills Home & Garden Club
- Laurel Garden Club
- Laurelwood Garden Club
- Le Bonheur Garden Club
- Les Bons Amis Garden Club
- Little Garden Club of Memphis (website), Little Garden Club of Memphis (FB)
- Lucy Garden Club
- Memphis African Violet Society —(FB)
- Memphis Area Hemerocallis Society –(FB)
- Memphis Area Iris Society — (FB)
- Memphis Area Master Gardeners
- Memphis Garden Club
- River Oaks Garden Club — (FB)
- Memphis & Shelby County Council of Garden Clubs
- Mustard Seed Garden Club
- Morning Glory Garden Club
- New Neighbors Garden Group
- Oak & Elm Garden Club
- Oak Grove Home & Garden Club
- Our Home and Garden Club
- Paris Garden Club
- Parkdale Garden Club
- Pearl Hooper Garden Club
- Pleasant Acres Garden Club
- Poplar Estates Garden Club
- Red Acres Garden Club
- River Oaks Garden Club
- Scenic Hills Garden Club — (FB)
- Senatobia Home and Garden Club
- Shelby East Garden Club — (FB)
- Southwind Garden Club
- Suburban Garden Club of Germantown — (FB)
- TN Federation of Garden Clubs — offers garden schools, workshops, flower shows, “Volunteer Gardener Magazine” to local garden clubs that join
- Town and Country Garden Club
- Trenton Garden Club
- Twentieth Century Home & Garden Club
- Weeders and Seeders Garden Club
- Whitehaven Iris Garden Club
- Wildflower Society of Memphis
- Wood Grove Park Garden Club
- Wooddale Estates Garden Club
- 901 Garden Club
GARDEN FACEBOOK GROUPS IN MIDSOUTH
- AgLaunch
- Agriculture-Gardening in the Classroom-TN
- “All About the Blooming Garden” — exchange + swap group, ask to join
- Arkansas Master Gardener Program
- Big Green Memphis —(FB)
- Copiah County Master Gardeners
- Crittenden County Master Gardeners — Marion, AR
- DeSoto County Master Gardeners-Mississippi State University Extension Service
- Dirt Buddies — ask to join
- Edible Memphis
- Gardeners of the Midsouth
- Gardening in Memphis — ask to join
- Girls, Inc. Youth Farm
- Grow Memphis
- Grow Memphis Garden Network
- Indigo Ag Indigo Ag-(FB)
- Madison County TN Master Gardeners
- Memphis Area Landscapers
- Memphis Area Master Gardeners
- Memphis Garden Tool Collectors
- Memphis Gardeners Group
- Memphis Greens
- Memphis Orchid Society
- Memphis Plant Swap + Gardening Enthusiasts – ask to join
- Memphis Tilth
- Midsouth Hosta Society
- Mississippi Master Gardener’s Program
- Oleo Acres Greenhouse + Produce
- Tennessee Native Plant Society (website), TN Native Plant Society (FB)
- TN Naturalists
- TN Plant Conservation Alliance
- Tennessee Scenic Rivers Association
- Tennessee Smart Yards
- Tipton County Master Gardeners
- Tipton County TN Garden Group
- UT Gardens Jackson
- West TN Plant Swappers Group – ask to join
GARDEN FIELD TRIPS AROUND MIDSOUTH
- P. Allen Smith Home/Garden Tours — Little Rock, AR
- Strawberry Plains Audubon Center — Holly Springs, MS
- Swan Conservation Trust — Summertown, TN, hiking, speakers
- UT Gardens Jackson — Jackson, TN, West TN Research & Education Center
GARDEN FORUMS
GREEN GARDENING PRACTICES
- Tons of resources on gardening without pesticides
- Ultimate Guide to Tackling Garden Pests Naturally— lots of great recipes for creating healthy pesticides.
- 100+ Ways to Conserve Water
GARDEN GRANTS – Have garden ideas for a school or neighborhood? Check out these grants.
- American Community Gardening Association
- GardenABCs
- Fruit Tree Planting Foundation Grant
- Fiskars Project Orange Thumb Community Garden Grant Program
GARDEN PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS
- Gardening Gone Wild: Composition 101, Fill the Frame
- Lynn Keddie: Composing Photos using Negative Space
- The Luminous Landscape: Positive Use of Negative Space
- Clickin Moms BLog- 7 Ways to Use Leading Lines in Your Photography
GARDEN PODCASTS
- A Way to Garden — Margaret Roach
- Cultivate Simple — Suzy + Brian Chiots
- Gardens Illustrated
- Gestalt Gardener — Felder Rushing
- Joe Gardener — Joe Lamp’l
- Melinda Myers
- Mike Nowak Show-Chicago show
- Plantrama — Ellen Zachos + C.L. Fornari
- Radio Garden
- Real Dirt — Ken Druse
- Real World Gardener
- SodShow — John Bevan
- Still Growing — Jennifer Ebeling
- We Dig Plants
- You Bet Your Garden — Mike McGrath
GARDEN TOOLS
GARDEN SPEAKERS
- Memphis Area Master Gardeners Speakers’ Bureau – list of topics, contact Memphis Area Master Gardeners
GARDEN TOURS /WALKS: Visit Memphis Gardens, get inspired!
- Cooper Young Garden Walk — (3rd weekend in May) one of largest, most eclectic in the South
- Through our Garden Gates — (June) Memphis Area Master Gardeners
- Mid-South Hydrangea Society — (June)
GARDEN TOURISM + GARDEN SHOWS
- Garden Tourism Conference – meets every 2 yrs in Canada
- Garden Heritage Marketing Ideas
- Garden Tourism Recipes for Success
- Houzz–Ideas for Improving Garden Walk
- Northwest Flower + Garden Show (Last part Feb)-Seattle
GARDEN TRENDS
GARDEN VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES: share your talents, learn gardening skills
- Chelsea Greenline — spruce up the line
- Dixon Gallery & Gardens — weeding, potting, docent, garden tour guide
- Lichterman Nature Center – potting, greenhouse, plant sales, privet pull
- Memphis Botanic Garden – weeding, propagating plants, plant sales
GOATS
GRANT OPPORTUNITIES
HERBS
- Botanical.com–A Modern Herbal
- Herb Talk – extensive resource list
- Plants for a Future -edible and medicinal plant database
HOMESTEADING
- Farm Dreams – A social network focused on homesteading and sustainable farming
- Grit – Rural American Know-how. For more than 125 years, Grit has helped its readers live more prosperously and happily while emphasizing the importance of community and a rural lifestyle tradition.
- Henderson’s Chicken Chart – The standard reference chart for different chicken breeds
- Homestead Revival #– Journey Back to The Farm
- Reformation Acres
- Stacy Lynn Harris #
- The Deliberate Agrarian, The Deliberate Agrarian2
- The Midland Agrarian – A journal of Agrarian thought and life from Western Pennsylvania.
- Water Well Helpline – A do-it-yourself approach to putting in a simple shallow well.
- Weed’em and Reap
HORTICULTURE + LANDSCAPE ORGANIZATIONS
- American Horticultural Society
- American Horticultural Therapy Association
- American Public Gardens Association
- Association of Professional Landscape Designers
- Association of Specialty Cut Flowers
- Garden Club of America
- Garden Communicators Association
- Garden Organic-UK #
- Georgia Perennial Plant Association #
- Greenhouse Product News
- Master list of Master Gardener Programs in the USA
- National Garden Bureau #
- National Garden Clubs, Inc.
- National Junior Horticultural Society
- Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
- Royal Horticultural Society
- Society of American Florists
- The Gardeners of America–Men’s Garden Clubs of America
HYDROPONICS:
- Mid TN Hydroponics & Gardening — MurfreesboroM
IDENTIFYING PLANTS
- Identify Plants by Seedlings — great pictures
- Identify Weeds by Seedlings — great pictures
- Weed Seedling Identification Guide for Montana — great picture of weeds also common to Memphis
The Seed Site–over 800 plants shown in numerous stages of growth
Wildflower + Weed Identification –Thomas Elpel— this is an excellent resource!!
USDA Native Plant Seedling Identification
INVASIVE PLANTS
GARDEN MAGAZINES + NEWSLETTERS — expand your garden knowledge
- LOCAL — more great reading online
- Dan West online newsletters — extensive list of garden articles through 2015
- Edible Memphis quarterly magazine, Edible Memphis (FB)
- Garden articles written by Dr. Chris Cooper — Master Gardener Program UT Extension Agent
- Memphis Botanic Garden “Vine Line” — monthly newsletter
- STATE, NATIONAL + INTERNATIONAL — great for quick ideas
- List of World Gardening magazine content available free
- Amateur Garden Magazine — (FB), British
- BBC Gardeners World Magazine — (FB), British
- Birds and Blooms Magazine —(FB)
- Country Gardens Magazine — (FB)
- The English Garden Magazine — (FB), British
- Fine Gardening Magazine — (FB)
- Garden Culture Magazine — (FB)
- Garden Design Magazine — (FB)
- Garden Gate Magazine — (FB)
- Garden Inspiration – online
- Gardening Australia Magazine — (FB)
- Gardens Illustrated Magazine — (FB)
- The Herb Quarterly Magazine — (FB)
- Hobby Farms Magazine — (FB)
- Horticulture Magazine — (FB)
- LandScape Magazine — (FB)
- Mein Schoner Garten Magazine — (FB), German
- Mother Earth News — (FB)
- Nashville House and Garden Magazine — (FB)
- Rodale’s Organic Life Magazine — (FB)
- SA Garden + Home Magazine — (FB)
- Sunset Magazine — (FB)
- TN Federation of Garden Clubs -Volunteer Gardener
- Tennessee Gardener Magazine — (FB)
- TN Home and Farm Magazine
- Vegetable Gardener — (FB)
- ABC Organic Gardener
Amateur Gardening
American Gardener
BBC Gardeners World
Better Homes and Gardening
Birds and Blooms
Canadian Living
Farmers Almanac
Fine Gardening Magazine
Flower Magazine
Garden and Gun
Garden Culture
Garden Design
Garden Gate
Gardens Illustrated
Herb Quarterly
House and Garden (UK)
Ideal Home and Gardens
Lawn + Gardener Retailer Magazine
Midwest Living
Southern Living
Sunset Magazine
MOVIES (GARDENING, FOOD)
- American Meat
- At Any Price
- Bitter Seeds
- Betting the Farm
- Down to Earth-Small Farm Issues in a Big Farm World
- The Dust Bowl
- Food, Inc.
- Food Chains
- FRESH
- The Garden
- Gasland
- Greenhorns
- The Harvest
- Harvest of Shame
- King Corn
- The Moo Man
- My Village, My Lobster
- A River of Waste: The Hazardous Truth About Factory Farms
- Sushi: The Global Catch
- Symphony of the Soil
MUSHROOMS
NATIVE PLANT RESOURCES-“When you kill a beneficial, you take on its job”…..Dr. Doug Tallamy
- Native Plant Finder –type in your zip code, plants ranked by the number of species it helps.
- TN Invasives + what to plant instead — an extensive list
- TN Recommended Native Plants
- Pollinator Brochure
- Native Plants for dry shade
- Annie White’s Research –Are Native Cultivars as Valuable to Pollinators as Native Species?
- Missouri Botanical plant list ABC with links
- TVA Native Plant Selector
- Tennessee Smart Yards
- Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council
- TN Native Plant Society
http://www.audobon.org/native-plants - Extensive resources on Native Plants –Plantnative.org
- Invasive Plant Atlas of the MidSouth (IPAMS)
- Cactus Moth Detection and Monitoring Network
- MS Cooperative Weed Management Area (MSCWMA)
- Native Plant Finder –type in your zip code, plants ranked by the number of species it helps.
- TN invasives + what to plant instead — an extensive list
- TN Endangered Plant List
- United Plant Savers
- Native Plant Certificate
- Native American Ethnobotany
- Native Plants for West Tennessee Brochure
- Wolf River Native Plants guide
- A Sampler of Native Plants for the Mid-South by Site Conditions by Chris Cosby
- http://www.tnipc.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/tn- TN invasive plant council
- Must we Mow?
- Pledge to be a Messy Gardener
- Habitat Network* – extensive resources
- Extensive Native Plant links
- Overhill Gardens- Native Plants and Landscapes – Vonore, TN
- Melodia Hill Plant Farm – Jackson, TN
NATURE HIKES
PERMICULTURE + SUSTAINABILITY
- Midsouth Permaculture Group — (FB)
- Introduction to Permaculture— online college lecture series
PESTICIDES/POISONS
- Beyond Pesticides – extensive resource site
- Tackling Garden Pests Naturally – lots of solutions for different type of pests
PLACEMAkING RESOURCES
- America in Bloom
- Beautification of Your Community
- BLDG Memphis (Build.Live.Develop.Grow)
- 101 Small Ways You Can Improve Your City
- Shelby County Land Bank Opportunities
- Tactical Urbanism Materials
- Walk Your City
PLANT ASSOCIATIONS + SOCIETIES
- AFRICAN VIOLETS–African Violet Society of America
- ALPINES–Alpine Garden Society
- AROIDS–International Aroid Society
- AZALEAS–Azaleas Society of America
- BEGONIAS–American Begonia Society
- BONSAI–American Bonsai Society
- BOXWOODS–American Boxwood Society
- BROMELIAD–Bromeliad Society International
- CACTUS/SUCCULENTS–Cactus + Succulent Society of America
- CARNIVOROUS PLANTS –International Carnivorous Plant Society
- CHRYSANTHEMUMS–International Chrysanthemum Society
- CLEMATIS–International Clematis Society
- CONIFERS–American Conifer Society
- CYCADS–The Cycad Society
- CYCLAMENS–International Cyclamen Society
- CYMBIDIUMS–Cymbidium Society of America
- DAFFODILS–American Daffodil Society
- DAHLIAS–American Dahlia Society
- FERNS–American Fern Society
- FRUITS–California Rare Fruit Growers
- FUNGUS–North American Mycological Association
- FUCHSIAS–American Fuchsia Society
- GERANIACEAE–International Geraniaceae Group
- GERANIUMS–International Geranium Society of Los Angeles
- GESNERIAD–Gesneriad Reference Web
- GLADIOLUS–North American Gladiolus Council
- GOURDS–American Gourd Society
- HARDY PLANTS–Hardy Plant Society/Mid-Atlantic Group
- HEATHERS–Heather Society
- HEMEROCALLIS–American Daylily Society
- HERBS–American Herb Society of America,
- HIBISCUS–American Hibiscus Society
- HOLLIES–Holly Society of America
- HOSTAS–American Hosta Society
- HYDRANGEAS–American Hydrangea Society
- IRISES–American Iris Society
- IVy–American Ivy Society
- LILIES–North American Lily Society
- MAGNOLIAS–Magnolia Society
- National Nut Growing Association
- ORCHID CACTUS–Epiphyllum Society of America
- ORCHIDS–American Orchid Society
- PALMS–International Palm Society
- PENSTEMONS–American Penstemon Society
- PEONIES–American Peony Society
- PERENNIAL PLANTS–Perennial Plant Society
- PLUMERIAS–The Plumeria Society of America
- PRIMROSES–American Primrose Society
- RHODODENDRONS–American Rhododendron Society
- ROCK GARDENS–American Rock Garden Society
- ROSES–American Rose Society
- SAXIFRAGA–Saxifraga Society
- SEDUMS–Sedum Society
- WATER GARDENING–International Water Gardening Society
PLANT RESOURCES
- USA Flora–North American Atlas
- Pick Plants for Specific Situations
- 10 Great ground covers to rely on
- Botany Primer
- Plant Images, Identification, and Information.
- The Plant List – A working list of all plant species
- Gardenvisit.com – a little bit of everything
- Types of Roses – A Visual Compendium (FTD)
PLANT SALES
- Bartlett City Plant Sale — April
- Dixon Gardens Plant Sale: (April)
- Bobby Lanier Farm Park Fruit Tree Sale--Germantown, (March)
- Fayette Cares Plant Sale: (April), Oakland
- Grow Memphis Edible Plant Sale (April)
- Lichterman Nature Center Plant Sale – (April)
- Mid-South Hosta Plant Sale — (May)
- Memphis Botanic Gardens Plant Sale (April)
- Tipton County Master Gardeners Plant Sale (March)
- Zonta Club of Memphis— annual plant sale (April)
PLANT SHOWS
- Annual Daffodil Show — Dixon Gallery & Gardens (Apr)
PLANT SOCIETIES: groups devoted to specific plants
- Ikebana Int’l Memphis Bamboo Chapter, (Japanese Art of Flower Arranging)
- Memphis + Dixie Rose Society — (FB)
- Memphis African Violet Society — (FB)
- Memphis Area Daylily Society — (FB)
- Memphis Area Iris Society — (FB)
- Memphis Bonsai Society — (FB)
- Memphis Cactus + Succulent Society — (FB)
- Memphis Fern Society
- Memphis Herb Society — (FB)
- Memphis Horticultural Society — (FB)
- Memphis Orchid Society — (FB), Memphis Orchid Society (website), 4th Sunday month, 2-4pm, MBG
- Mid-South Daffodil Society
- Mid-South Hosta Society (FB), Midsouth Hosta Society calendar
- Mid-South Hydrangea Society (website),Mid-South Hydrangea Society — (FB)
- Volunteer State African Violet Society
- West Tennessee Iris Society — (FB)
PLANT TAGS + SIGNS
PLANT TAXONOMY: plant names, pronunciation, plant families
- Plant Latin Dictionary
- Illustrated Guide to Botanical Terms
- Botanical Latin Pronunciation Guide
- Fine Gardening-Pronunciation Guide with audio
- Virginia Tech-Meanings of Latin Names — click on name for picture + more information
- Plant Families
- Botany Word of the Day – An illustrated guide to botany terms.
- Overplanted.org – Botanical Latin Pronunciation Guide
PLANT SWAPS
- West TN Gardeners Swap Group — (FB)
- Lichterman Nature Center annual seed swap + sale — (January)
- 2nd Annual “That Hippie Seed Swap” in Memphis — (February)
PUBLIC PARKS + PRIVATE GARDENS + RELAXING SPACES
- List of Parks in Shelby County
- Collierville Parks
- Big River Crossing — Downtown
- Bobby Lanier Farm Park – Germantown
- Butler Park — Downtown on the Bluff
- Dixon Gallery & Gardens — East Memphis
- Elmwood Cemetery — Downtown
- Lichterman Nature Center — East Memphis
- Memphis Botanic Gardens — East Memphis
- Brooks Museum of Art — Midtown Memphis
- Memphis Zoo —Midtown Memphis
- Mississippi Greenbelt Park — Downtown along River
- Mud Island River Park — Downtown Mud Island
- Ornamental Metal Museum — Downtown
- Oaklawn Garden — Germantown
- Overton Park-Old Forest State Natural Area — (FB) Midtown Memphis
- Shelby Farms Park — East Memphis
- Tom Lee Park — Downtown
- Wolf River Greenway — East Memphis
RABBITS
- Memphis Backyard Farmer blog — raising rabbits
RADIO PROGRAMS ON GARDENING
- In the Garden — Sat. 6-8am, WREC 600AM, Kenneth Mabry and Vader Vance answer questions and offer gardening tips
- At the Garden — Sat. 10-11am, KWAM 990AM, Mike Allen and Lauren Squires Ready discuss the programs and activities at the Memphis Botanic Garden
RECYCLING + BEAUTIFICATION
- Lichterman Nature Center recycles plastic garden pots.
- Shelby County Recycling – recycling center
- Where to recycle everthing in Shelby County
- Clean Memphis — sustain a cleaner Memphis
- Memphis-Shelby County Recycling Locations and Resources
- Memphis City Beautiful — loans out gardening tools.
- Memphis-Shelby Office of Sustainability — Christmas Tree & Greenery Recycling
- City of Germantown Solid Waste and Recycling Guide
- Get Green Recycleworks –
- GreenBox Memphis – reusable, rentable plastic moving boxes
- Shelby County Sheriff’s Station – takes unwanted prescriptions, 901-222-5400
- Gaia Movement of Memphis- collects used clothes
- Memphis Landbank – 584 Adams
SAFETY SHEETS (CHEMICALS, METALS,ETC.)
SEEDS
- Home Garden Seed Association — promotes gardening from seed
- Memphis Public Library Seed Library — Main Branch, 3rd floor, free
- Seeds + Seedpods –
TREES
- TN Urban Forestry Council
- Urban Forestry Center of Excellence-Memphis
- “Under the Oaks” monthly newsletter on Trees
- Useful website on all things Trees-Memphis
- Tree Identification Program
TV GARDEN SHOWS + VIDEOS + WEBINARS
- Family Plot TV Show –Dr. Chris Cooper, WKNO Ch. 10, Sat-3pm, Sun 12: 30 pm, WKNO2=Thurs 11 am, Sat. 2 pm
- Nature of Conservation Show, Judith Rutschman–schedule
- Cooking with Stories – interviews/videos
- Volunteer Gardener TV Show –past episodes available online
- In the Garden with Bryce Lane
- Designing Women: The Work of Ellen Shipman and Beatrix Farrand
- Good Gardening Videos –extensive collection
- Growing a Greener World
- Central Texas Gardener –many great videos applicable to Memphis
- Garden Answer- succulents, containers, and much more
- The Victory Garden Series
- Library of American Landscape History –films, + more
- Lisa Orgler – How to Create a Theme Garden, Pt. 1 (video)
- Lisa Orgler _ How to Create a Theme Garden, Pt. 2 (video)
- Lisa Orgler – The Pop-Up Garden (video)
- My Garden School
- Gardening Australia
- theleanfarmschool.com –check out webinars and pdf’s
- Zingtrain – webinars, articles
- Around the Farmer’s Table -Wisconsin show-gardening, farming, cooking
- youtube has an extensive list of garden videos-check out these people/shows:
WORM RAISING (VERMICULTURE)
YOUTH GARDEN CLUBS + ORGANIZATIONS:
MISC INTERESTING STUFF