Links to Resources

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Plant Finders

• Connecticut Botanical Society (New Haven)
• The Plant List
• UConn Plant Database
• USDA PLANTS Database

Local Sources for Native Plants

• Ballek's Garden Center (East Haddam)
• Broken Arrow Nursery (Hamden)
• Earth Tones Native Plant Nursery & Landscapes (Woodbury)
• Hollandia Nurseries (Bethel)
• New England Wildflower Society (Framingham, Mass.)

Compost, Mulch, Recycling, Seeds & Supplies

• Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds (Wethersfield)
• Comstock Garden Seeds (Wethersfield)
• Cooper's Landscape Supplies (Danbury)
• EnviroCyle (Bloomfield & West Hartford)
• GreenCycle (Ellington, Fairfield & Farmington)
• Grillo Services (Milford)
• The Chas. C. Hart Seed Co. (Wethersfield)
• New England Seed Company (Hartford)
• John Scheepers Kitchen Garden Seeds (Bantam)
• Select Seeds (Union)

Connecticut Made

• Bobbex (Monroe)
• Florian Tools (Southington)

Contributor Blogs

• Joene's Garden (Joene Hendry)
• Blue Heron Landscapes (Scott Hokunson)
• The Organic Italian (Nicholas Mancini)
• A Garden of Possibilities (Deborah Roberts)
• Clatter Valley (Steve Silk)

Garden Clubs

• The Federated Garden Clubs of CT (Branford)
• The Garden Club of America (New York, NY)

Connecticut Resources

• Association of Professional Landscape Designers (CT Chapter)
• Bartlett Arboretum & Gardens (Stamford)
• Bonsai Society of Greater Hartford
• Bonsai Society of Greater New Haven
• Call Before You Dig
• The Center for Sustainable Living (Bethlehem)
• Chelsea Gardens (Norwich)
• Conn. Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES)
• Connecticut Butterfly Association
• Conn. Cactus & Succulent Society
• Connecticut College Arboretum (New London)
• Conn. Community Gardening Association (New Haven)
• Connecticut Conservation Districts
• Conn. Daylily Society
• Conn. Dept. of Agriculture (Hartford)
• Connecticut Farm Bureau (Windsor)
• Conn. Flower & Garden Show (Hartford)
• Conn. Forest & Park Association (Rockfall)
• Connecticut Garden & Landscape Trail (Botsford)
• Connecticut GardenStars
• Connecticut Grown: The Local Flavor
• Conn. Herb Association (Newington)
• Conn. Horticultural Society (Rocky Hill)
• Conn. Invasive Plant Working Group (UConn)
• Conn. Iris Society
• Conn. Land Conservation Council (Rockfall)
• Conn. Master Gardener Association (Hartford)
• Conn. Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (New Haven)
• Conn. Nursery & Landscape Association (Monroe)
• Conn. Orchid Society (Farmington)
• CT Outdoors with Suzanne Thompson (radio show)
• Conn. Rose Society (Hartford)
• Connecticut Tree Protective Association
• Conn. Urban Forest Council
• Cooperative Extension Centers (UConn)
• Elizabeth Park (Hartford)
• Garden Education Center of Greenwich
• Garden Expo (Fairfield)
• Hardy Plant Society of New England (CT Chapter)
• Highstead (Redding)
• Integrated Pest Management Program (UConn)
• Invasive Plants Council
• Knox Parks Foundation (Greater Hartford)
• Marsh Botanic Gardens at Yale University
• Master Gardener Program
• National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
• New Canaan Nature Center
• North American Rock Garden Society, CT Chapter
• Northeast Organic Farming Association of CT (Stevenson)
• Plant Disease Information Office (New Haven)
• Rhododendron Society of CT (Windsor)
• Sessions Woods WMA & Conservation Education Center (Burlington)
• UConn Cooperative Extension System
• UConn Home & Garden Education Center
• UConn Soil Nutrient Analysis Laboratory (Storrs)
• White Memorial Conservation Center (Litchfield)
• Wickham Park (Manchester)
• Wild Ones -- Mountain Laurel Chapter (New London)

Regional Resources

• Connecticut-Westchester Mycological Society
• Agriculture & Landscape Program (UMass)
• The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University (Boston, Mass.)
• Berkshire Botanical Garden (Stockbridge, Mass.)
• EPA -- Region 1 (New England)
• Invasive Plant Atlas of New England (IPANE)
• Mad Gardeners
• The Native Plant Center at Westchester Community College
• New England Grows! Boston, Mass.
• New England Invasive Plant Center
• New England Wild Flower Society
• The New York Botanical Garden (Bronx, NY)
• Northeast Heather Society
• Northeast Mycological Federation
• Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA)
• Northeast Plant Diagnostic Network (NEPDN)
• Organic Land Care (NOFA)
• Pest Resources Online New England
• The Rockfall Foundation
• Tower Hill Botanic Garden (Boylston, Mass.)
• Tri-State Hosta Society (CT, NJ & NY)
• USDA Forest Service -- Northeastern Area
• UMass Extension -- Landscape, Nursery & Urban Forestry
• Vegetable MD Online (Cornell University)
• Wildlands & Woodlands

National Resources

• American Conifer Society
• American Horticultural Society
• Audubon at Home
• BeetleBusters.info
• Beyond Pesticides
• Center for Invasive Species & Ecosystem Health
• Don't Move Firewood
• Ecological Landscaping Association (Natick, Mass.)
• eXtension (research-based information from universities)
• Find A Hunter
• The Garden Conservancy
• The Gesneriad Society
• Invasive Plant Atlas of the U.S.
• Lawn Reform Coalition
• National Garden Bureau (Downers Grove, Ill.)
• National Garden Clubs
• National Invasive Species Information Center (NISIC)
• National Plant Diagnostic Network (NPDN)
• National Weather Service alerts for Connecticut
• North American Gladiolus Council
• North American Rock Garden Society (Devens, Mass.)
• Organic Materials Review Institute (OMRI) (Eugene. Ore.)
• Perennial Plant Association
• Pollinator Partnership (San Francisco, Calif.)
• Project Native
• Seed Savers Exchange
• USAblight A National Project on Late Blight of Tomatoes & Potato in the U.S.
• Weeds Gone Wild -- Alien Plant Invaders of Natural Areas