These are our go-to resources for information, inspiration and garden supplies. Know of something else that should be on our list? Email us!

 

Gardening Websites & Blogs
A Way to Garden (http://awaytogarden.com/)
Big Blog of Gardening (http://www.bigblogofgardening.com/)
Cold Climate Gardening (http://www.coldclimategardening.com/)
Digging (http://www.penick.net/digging/)
Garden Delights (https://juliesgardendelights.com/)
Gardening Gone Wild (http://gardeninggonewild.com/)
Growing With Plants (http://www.growingwithplants.com/)
Harmony in the Garden (https://harmonyinthegarden.com/)
Red Dirt Ramblings (https://reddirtramblings.com/)
Root Simple (http://www.rootsimple.com/)
Skippy's Vegetable Garden (https://skippysgarden.com/)
The Creative Vegetable Gardener (http://www.creativevegetablegardener.com/blog/)
Seasonal Wisdom (http://www.seasonalwisdom.com/)
The Empress of Dirt (https://empressofdirt.net/)
The Enduring Gardener (https://blog.theenduringgardener.com/)
The Impatient Gardener (http://www.theimpatientgardener.com/)
The Patient Gardener (https://patientgardener.wordpress.com/)
The Small Town Gardener (http://smalltowngardener.com/)
Tiny Farm Blog (http://tinyfarmblog.com/)
Toadstools and Fairy Rings (https://toadstoolsfairyrings.wordpress.com/)
Urban Gardens (http://www.urbangardensweb.com/)
Veggie Garden Tips (http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/)
You Grow Girl (http://yougrowgirl.com/)

Gardening YouTube Channels
California Gardening (https://www.youtube.com/user/CaliforniaGardening)
Empress of Dirt, Melissa J. Will (https://www.youtube.com/user/empressofdirt)
GrowVeg (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9r61qohBg1qgGty4_WzojA)
Jeb Gardener (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5zdi4KM3ewwfYMNo_KnU0A)
MI Gardener (https://www.youtube.com/user/MIgardener)
New England Gardening (https://www.youtube.com/user/NewEnglandgardening)
One Yard Revolution (https://www.youtube.com/user/OneYardRevolution/featured)
Patti Moreno, The Garden Girl (https://www.youtube.com/user/GardenGirltv)
Praxxus55712 (https://www.youtube.com/user/Praxxus55712)
Sensible Gardening (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCH9Do5mM_wRdesdqvDBC-kA)
The Rusted Garden with Gary Pilarchik (https://www.youtube.com/user/pilarchik)

Gardening & Plant Clubs, Societies & Associations
American Community Garden Association (https://communitygarden.org/)
American Gourd Society (http://www.americangourdsociety.org/)
American Herb Association (http://ahaherb.com/)
Botanical Society of American (http://www.botany.org/)
Cornell University's Home Gardening Website (http://www.gardening.cornell.edu/homegardening/)
Green Education Foundation (http://www.greeneducationfoundation.org/index.php)
Hobby Greenhouse Association (https://www.hobbygreenhouse.org/)
National Garden Bureau (http://ngb.org/)
National Garden Clubs, Inc. (http://www.gardenclub.org/)
Plant Amnesty (https://www.plantamnesty.org/)
Seed Your Future (http://www.seedyourfuture.org/)
The American Horticultural Society (http://ahsgardening.org/)
The Garden Club of American (https://www.gcamerica.org/)
The Herb Society of American (http://www.herbsociety.org/)
The International Herb Association (http://www.iherb.org/)
The National Gardening Association (https://garden.org/)
The National Gardening Association (https://garden.org/)
The Perennial Plant Association (http://www.perennialplant.org/)
American Daffodil Society (https://daffodilusa.org/)
American Fern Society (https://www.amerfernsoc.org/)
American Daylily Society (https://daylilies.org/)
American Hosta Society (http://www.americanhostasociety.org/)
American Irtis Society (https://www.irises.org/)
American Peony Society (https://americanpeonysociety.org/)
The Hardy Plant Society (https://www.hardyplant.org/)
Historic Iris Preservation Society (https://www.historiciris.org/)
North American Lily Society (http://www.lilies.org/)
North American Gladiolus Council (http://www.gladworld.org/)
American Dahlia Society (https://www.dahlia.org/)

Gardening Supplies
A.M. Leonard (http://www.amleo.com/)
Charley's Greenhouse & Garden (http://www.charleysgreenhouse.com/)
Fiskars (http://www2.fiskars.com/Products/Gardening-and-Yard-Care)
Garden Tool Company (https://www.gardentoolcompany.com/)
Gardeners Supply Co. (http://www.gardeners.com/)
Garrett Wade (http://www.garrettwade.com/)
Gempler's (http://www.gemplers.com/)
Green Valley Supply (https://greenvalleysupply.com/)
Growers Supply (http://www.growerssupply.com/farm/supplies/home)
Hummert (https://www.hummert.com/)
Kinsman Company (https://www.kinsmangarden.com/)
Lee Valley Tools (https://www.leevalley.com/)
Lehman's (https://www.lehmans.com/)
Planet Natural (https://www.planetnatural.com/)
The Felco Store (https://www.felco.com/)

Gardening Magazines
Better Homes and Gardens (http://www.bhg.com/)
Birds & Blooms (http://www.birdsandblooms.com/)
Fine Gardening Magazine (http://www.finegardening.com/)
Garden & Gun (http://gardenandgun.com/)
Garden Design Magazine (https://www.gardendesign.com/)
Garden Gate Magazine (http://www.gardengatemagazine.com/)
Horticulture Magazine (http://www.hortmag.com/)
Mother Earth News (http://www.motherearthnews.com/)
Sunset Magazine (http://www.sunset.com/)
The American Gardener (http://ahsgardening.org/gardening-resources/gardening-publications/the-american-gardener)
Gardens Illustrated – UK (https://www.gardensillustrated.com/)
The English Garden – UK (https://www.theenglishgarden.co.uk/)
GreenPrints (https://greenprints.com/)
Herb Quarterly (http://www.herbquarterly.com/)
Triangle Gardener Magazine (https://www.trianglegardener.com/)
Texas Gardener (https://www.texasgardener.com/)
Hortus – UK (https://www.hortus.co.uk/)
Acres USA (https://www.acresusa.com/magazine/)

Informational Gardening Websites
Kids Gardening (https://www.kidsgardening.org/)
Learn 2 Grow (http://learn2grow.com/)
Vegetable Gardener (http://www.vegetablegardener.com/)
Weekend Gardener (http://www.weekendgardener.net/)

Online Plant Information
First & Last Frost Dates by Zip Code (https://garden.org/apps/frost-dates/)
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map (http://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/PHZMWeb/)
Cornell University Woody Plants Database (http://woodyplants.cals.cornell.edu/home)
Dave's Garden Plant Files (http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/)
Missouri Botanical Garden's Plant Finder database (http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/plantfinder/plantfindersearch.aspx)
Plants for a Future Plant Database (http://www.pfaf.org/user/plantsearch.aspx)
The Audubon Society Native Plants Database (https://www.audubon.org/native-plants)
The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center's plant database (https://www.wildflower.org/plants/)
The National Gardening Association Plants Database (https://garden.org/plants/)
The Plants List, a working list of all plant species (http://www.theplantlist.org/)
University of Connecticut's Plant Database (http://hort.uconn.edu/)
University of Minnesota's Plant Information Online (https://plantinfo.umn.edu/)
USDA PLANTS Database (https://plants.usda.gov/)

Public Gardens

Alabama:
Aldridge Botanical Gardens (https://aldridgegardens.com/)
Bellingrath Gardens and Home (https://bellingrath.org/)
Huntsville Botanical Garden (https://hsvbg.org/)
Mobile Botanical Gardens (https://mobilebotanicalgardens.org/)

Alaska:
Alaska Botanical Garden (https://www.alaskabg.org/)
Georgeson Botanical Garden (https://georgesonbotanicalgarden.org/)
Jensen-Olson Arboretum (http://www.friendsjoarboretum.org/)

Arizona:
The Arboretum at Arizona State University (https://cfo.asu.edu/arboretum)
The Arboretum at Flagstaff (https://thearb.org/)
Boyce Thompson Arboretum (https://btarboretum.org/)
Desert Botanical Garden (https://dbg.org/)
Tohono Chul Park (https://tohonochul.org/)
Tucson Botanical Gardens (https://tucsonbotanical.org/)

Arkansas:
Botanical Garden of the Ozarks (https://www.bgozarks.org/)
Garvan Woodland Gardens (https://www.garvangardens.org/)
South Arkansas Arboretum (https://www.arkansasstateparks.com/parks/south-arkansas-arboretum)

California:
San Francisco Botanical Garden (https://www.sfbg.org/)

Colorado:
Denver Botanic Gardens (https://www.botanicgardens.org/)

Connecticut:
Barlett Arboretum and Gardens (http://www.bartlettarboretum.org/)

DC:
Untited States Botanic Garden (https://www.usbg.gov/)
Dumbarton Oaks (https://www.doaks.org/)
Hillwood Museum & Gardens (https://www.hillwoodmuseum.org/)
Smithsonian Gardens (https://gardens.si.edu/)
United States National Arboretum (https://www.usna.usda.gov/)

Delaware:
Winterthur Museum and Grounds (https://www.winterthur.org/)

Florida:
Bok Tower Gardens (https://boktowergardens.org/)
Edison & Ford Winter Estates (https://www.edisonfordwinterestates.org/)
Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden (https://fairchildgarden.org/)
Flamingo Gardens (https://www.flamingogardens.org/)
Florida Botanical Gardens (https://www.pinellascounty.org/flbg/)
Four Arts Botanical Gardens (https://fourarts.org/gardens/)
Heathcote Botanical Gardens (https://www.heathcotebotanicalgardens.org/)
Harry P. Leu Gardens (https://www.leugardens.org/)
McKee Botanical Garden (https://mckeegarden.org/)
Naples Botanical Garden (https://www.naplesgarden.org/)

Georgia:
Atlanta Botanical Garden (https://atlantabg.org/)
Callaway Gardens (https://www.callawaygardens.com/)
Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens (https://coastalbg.uga.edu/)
The State Botanical Garden of Georgia (https://botgarden.uga.edu/)

Iowa:
Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden (https://www.dmbotanicalgarden.com/)
Iowa Arboretum & Gardens (https://iowaarboretum.org/)
Reiman Gardens (https://www.reimangardens.com/)

Hawaii:
Allerton Garden (https://ntbg.org/gardens/allerton/)
Foster Botanical Garden (https://www.honolulu.gov/parks/hbg/honolulu-botanical-gardens/182-site-dpr-cat/568-foster-botanical-garden.html)
Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden (https://htbg.com/)
Kula Botanical Garden (http://www.kulabotanicalgarden.com/)
Lyon Arboretum (https://manoa.hawaii.edu/lyon/)
McBryde Garden (https://ntbg.org/gardens/mcbryde/)

Idaho:
Idaho Botanical Garden (https://idahobotanicalgarden.org/)
Idaho State Arboretum (https://www.uidaho.edu/infrastructure/facilities/arboretum)
Sawtooth Botanical Garden (https://sbgarden.org/)
University of Idaho Arboretum & Botanical Garden (https://www.uidaho.edu/infrastructure/facilities/arboretum)

Illinois:
Chicago Botanic Garden (https://www.chicagobotanic.org/)
Garfield Park Conservatory (https://garfieldconservatory.org/)
Klehm Arboretum & Botanic Garden (http://klehm.org/)
Lincoln Park Conservatory & Gardens (https://lincolnparkconservancy.org/)
Morton Arboretum (https://www.mortonarb.org/)

Indiana:
Garfield Park Conservatory & Sunken Garden (https://www.garfieldgardensconservatory.org/)
Hayes Arboretum (https://www.hayesarboretum.org/)

Iowa:
Buxton Park Arboretum (https://www.indianolaiowa.gov/facilities/facility/details/Buxton-Park-14)
Cedar Valley Arboretum & Botanic Gardens (https://www.cedarvalleyarboretum.org/)
Dubuque Arboretum and Botanical Gardens (https://dubuquearboretum.net/)
Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden (https://www.dmbotanicalgarden.com/)
Reiman Gardens (https://www.reimangardens.com/)
Vander Veer Botanical Park (https://www.davenportiowa.com/government/departments/parks_recreation/locations/vander_veer_botanical_park)

Kansas:
Bartlett Arboretum (https://www.bartlettarboretum.com/)
Dyck Arboretum of the Plains (https://dyckarboretum.org/)
Overland Park Arboretum and Botanical Gardens (https://www.opkansas.org/recreation-fun/arboretum-botanical-gardens/)
Parsons Arboretum (https://www.parsonsks.com/parsons-arboretum)

Kentucky:
Waterfront Botanical Gardens (https://waterfrontgardens.org/)
Western Kentucky Botanical Garden (https://www.wkbg.org/)
Yew Dell Botanical Gardens (https://www.yewdellgardens.org/)

Louisiana:
Biedenharn Museum and Gardens (https://www.bmuseum.org/)
Jungle Gardens (https://www.junglegardens.org/)
Longue Vue House and Gardens (https://longuevue.com/)
New Orleans Botanical Garden (https://neworleanscitypark.com/botanical-garden)

Maine:
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens (https://www.mainegardens.org/)

Maryland:
Brookside Gardens (https://www.montgomeryparks.org/parks-and-trails/brookside-gardens/)
Cylburn Arboretum (http://cylburn.org/)
Ladew Topiary Gardens (https://ladewgardens.com/)

Massachusetts:
Berkshire Botanical Garden (https://www.berkshirebotanical.org/)
Arnold Arboretum (https://arboretum.harvard.edu/)
Boston Public Garden (https://www.boston.gov/parks/public-garden)
Botanic Garden of Smith College (https://garden.smith.edu/)
Elm Bank Horticulture Center (https://masshort.org/)
Garden in the Woods (https://www.nativeplanttrust.org/visit/garden-woods/)
Tower Hill Botanic Garden (https://www.towerhillbg.org/)

Michigan:
W.J. Beal Botanical Garden (http://www.cpa.msu.edu/beal/)
Fernwood Botanical Garden (https://www.fernwoodbotanical.org/)
Matthaei Botanical Gardens (https://mbgna.umich.edu/)
Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park (https://www.meijergardens.org/)

Minnesota:
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum (https://arb.umn.edu/)

Mississippi:
Crosby Arboretum (http://crosbyarboretum.msstate.edu/)
Simmons Arboretum (http://www.madisonthecity.com/simmons-arboretum)

Missouri:
Missouri Botanical Garden (https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/)

Montana:
Gatiss Gardens (https://gatissgardens.com/)
Montana Arboretum and Gardens (https://www.umt.edu/arboretum/)
Tizer Botanic Gardens & Arboretum (https://www.tizergardens.com/)
Botanical Gardens of ZooMontana (https://www.zoomontana.org/)

Nebraska:
Lauritzen Gardens (https://www.lauritzengardens.org/)

Nevada:
Ethel M. Botanical Cactus Garden (https://www.ethelm.com/pages/botanical-cactus-garden)
The Gardens at Las Vegas Springs Preserve (https://www.springspreserve.org/explore/botanical-garden.html)
Wilbur D. May Arboretum and Botanical Garden (https://www.washoecounty.gov/parks/maycenterhome/arboretum/)

New Hampshire:
Bedrock Gardens (https://www.bedrockgardens.org/)
Fuller Gardens (https://fullergardens.org/)

New Jersey:
Leonard J. Buck Garden (http://www.somersetcountyparks.org/parksfacilities/buck/ljbuck.html)
Colonial Park Gardens (https://www.somersetcountyparks.org/parksfacilities/colonial/Arboretum.html)
Rutgers Gardens (https://rutgersgardens.rutgers.edu/)

New Mexico:
Albuquerque BioPark Botanic Garden (https://www.cabq.gov/artsculture/biopark/garden)
Santa Fe Botanical Garden (https://santafebotanicalgarden.org/)

New York:
New York Botanical Garden (https://www.nybg.org/)
Brooklyn Botanic Garden (https://www.bbg.org/)
Central Park Conservatory Garden (https://www.centralparknyc.org/locations/conservatory-garden)
Bailey Arboretum (https://www.baileyarboretum.org/)
Cornell Botanical Gardens (https://cornellbotanicgardens.org/)
Innisfree Garden (https://www.innisfreegarden.org/)
Planting Fields Arboretum (https://plantingfields.org/)
Queens Botanical Garden (https://queensbotanical.org/)
Wave Hill (https://www.wavehill.org/)

North Carolina:
Sarah P. Duke Gardens (https://gardens.duke.edu/)
North Carolina Arboretum (https://www.ncarboretum.org/)
North Carolina Botanical Garden (https://ncbg.unc.edu/)
JC Raulston Arboretum (https://jcra.ncsu.edu//)

North Dakota:
International Peace Garden (https://peacegarden.com/)

Ohio:
Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens (https://www.fpconservatory.org/)
Chadwick Arboretum (https://chadwickarboretum.osu.edu/)
Cleveland Botanical Garden (https://www.cbgarden.org/)
Dawes Arboretum (https://dawesarb.org/)
Holden Arboretum (https://holdenarb.org/)
Toledo Botanical Garden (https://metroparkstoledo.com/explore-your-parks/toledo-botanical-garden-metropark/)

Oregon:
Lan Su Chinese Garden (https://lansugarden.org/)
Portland Japanese Garden (https://japanesegarden.org/)

Oklahoma:
Cann Memorial Botanical Gardens (http://www.poncacityok.gov/209/LA-Cann-Estate)
Hambrick Botanical Gardens (https://nationalcowboymuseum.org/)
Lendonwood Gardens (https://lendonwood.com/)
Myriad Botanical Gardens (https://myriadgardens.org/)
The Botanic Garden at Oklahoma State University (https://botanicgarden.okstate.edu/)
Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden (https://www.okczoo.org/gardens)
Tulsa Botanic Garden (https://tulsabotanic.org/)
Will Rogers Gardens (https://www.okc.gov/departments/parks-recreation/will-rogers-gardens)
Woodward Park (https://www.tulsagardencenter.org/park-overview)

Pennsylvania:
Chanticleer Garden(https://www.chanticleergarden.org/)
Longwood Gardens (https://longwoodgardens.org/)
Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens (https://www.phipps.conservatory.org/)
Scott Arboretum (https://www.scottarboretum.org/)

Rhode Island:
Blithewold Mansion, Gardens & Arboretum (https://www.blithewold.org/)

South Carolina:
Brookgreen Gardens (https://www.brookgreen.org/)
Riverbanks Zoo & Garden (https://www.riverbanks.org/)
South Carolina Botanical Garden (https://www.clemson.edu/public/scbg/)

South Dakota:
Kuhnert Arboretum (https://www.aberdeen.sd.us/250/Kuhnert-Arboretum)
McCrory Gardens and South Dakota Arboretum (https://www.sdstate.edu/mccrory-gardens)
Reptile Gardens (https://www.reptilegardens.com/)
Mary Jo Wegner Arboretum (https://www.maryjowegnerarboretum.com/)

Tennessee:
Cheekwood Botanical Garden (https://cheekwood.org/)
Dixon Gallery & Gardens (https://www.dixon.org/)
Knoxville Botanical Garden & Arboretum (http://knoxgarden.org/)
Memphis Botanic Garden (https://www.memphisbotanicgarden.com/)

Texas:
Beaumont Botanical Gardens (https://www.beaumontbotanicalgardens.org/)
Chandor Gardens (https://weatherfordtx.gov/170/Chandor-Gardens)
Clark Gardens (https://www.clarkgardens.org/)
Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden (https://www.dallasarboretum.org/)
East Texas Arboretum and Botanical Society (https://www.easttexasarboretum.org/)
Forth Worth Botanic Garden (https://fwbg.org/)
Grapevine Botanical Gardens (https://gograpevine.com/listing/botanicalgardens/)
Hermann Park Japanese Garden (https://www.hermannpark.org/poi/24/)
Houston Botanic Garden (https://hbg.org/)
Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center (https://www.wildflower.org/)
McGovern Centennial Gardens (https://www.hermannpark.org/visit/mcgovern-centennial-gardens/)
Mercer Botanic Gardens (https://www.hcp4.net/parks/mercer/)
San Antonio Botanical Garden (https://www.sabot.org/)
Shangri La Botanical Gardens (https://shangrilagardens.org/)
South Texas Botanical Gardens (https://www.stxbot.org/)
Texas Discovery Gardens (https://txdg.org/)
The Gardens at Texas A&M University (https://gardens.tamu.edu/)
The John Fairey Garden Conservation Foundation (https://jfgarden.org/)
Tyler Rose Garden (https://www.cityoftyler.org/government/departments/parks-rec/facilities/rose-garden-center/tyler-rose-garden)
Zilker Botanical Garden (https://zilkergarden.org/)

Utah:
Conservation Garden Park (https://conservationgardenpark.org/)
International Peace Gardens (https://internationalpeacegardens.org/)
Red Butte Garden and Arboretum (https://redbuttegarden.org/)
Red Hills Desert Garden (https://redhillsdesertgarden.com/)
Utah Botanical Center (https://utahbotanicalcenter.org/)

Vermont:
One World Conservation Center (http://oneworldconservationcenter.org/)
Cady's Falls Botanical Gardens (https://www.cadysfallsgarden.com/)

Virginia:
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden (https://www.lewisginter.org/)
Green Spring Gardens (https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/green-spring)
Maymont (https://maymont.org/)
Hahn Horticulture Garden (https://hahngarden.vt.edu/)
Norfolk Botanical Garden (https://norfolkbotanicalgarden.org/)

Washington:
Bellevue Botanical Garden (https://bellevuebotanical.org/)
Bloedel Reserve (https://bloedelreserve.org/)

West Virginia:
Earl L. Core Arboretum (https://arboretum.wvu.edu/)
Sunshine Farm and Gardens (https://sunfarm.com/)
West Virginia Botanic Garden (https://www.wvbg.org/)

Wisconsin:
Boerner Botanical Gardens (https://boernerbotanicalgardens.org/)
Green Bay Botanical Garden (https://gbbg.org/)
Olbrich Botanical Gardens (http://www.olbrich.org/)

Wyoming:
Cheyenne Botanic Gardens (https://www.botanic.org/)

For more public gardens, visit these websites:
American Public Gardens Association (https://www.publicgardens.org/about-public-gardens/gardens)
The Garden Conservancy (https://www.gardenconservancy.org/open-days/open-days-schedule)
Gardenvisit.com (https://www.gardenvisit.com/)

Back to Top