Favorite Resources

Nurseries and Gardening Supplies

California Cactus Center www.cactuscenter.com

Topiary Art Works www.topiaryartworks.com/sphagmoshanb.html A great source for sphagnum moss hanging baskets

Toadshade Wildflower Farm http://www.toadshade.com

Endless Summer Flower Farm www.endlesssummerflowerfarm.com Dahlias

Real Lancaster County https://reallancastercounty.com/markets-2/flowers-gardens/ Nurseries and greenhouses in Lancaster County, PA

For a list of local native plant nurseries: Native Plant Nurseries

Gardens

Philadelphia Gardens www.americasgardencapital.org 30+ gardens within 30 miles of Philadelphia

Chanticleer www.chanticleergarden.org

Gardening Blogs

A Way to Garden by Margaret Roach http://awaytogarden.com

Salvia Guru salvia.guru

Hayefield: A Pennsylvania Plant Geek's Garden by Nancy J. Ondra http://hayefield.com

Dirt Simple: the observations of a landscape designer by Deborah Silver http://www.deborahsilver.com/blog

Randi's Blog from Toadshade Wildflower Farm http://www.toadshade.com/RandiBlog.htm

Journal - Blog for Urban Rewilding A journal from Pistils Nursery in Portland, Oregon

http://pistilsnursery.com/journal/

My Chicago Botanic Garden: A blog from the Chicago Botanic Garden http://my.chicagobotanic.org

Conservation

Land and Water Conservation:

Wissahickon Watershed Valley Association www.wvwa.org

Stroud Water Research Center www.stroudcenter.org

CRC Watersheds Association (Chester Ridley Crum) www.crcwatersheds.org

Chesapeake Bay Foundation www.cbf.org

Delaware River Keeper www.delawareriverkeeper.org

Willistown Conservation Trust www.wctrust.org

Brandywine Conservancy www.brandywine.org/conservancy

Natural Lands Trust (merged with Montgomery County Land Trust) www.natlands.org

Radnor Conservancy www.radnorconservancy.org

Lower Merion Conservancy www.lmconservancy.org

Friends of the Wissahickon www.fow.org

Friends of Schuykill River Park www.fsrp.org

Conservation Pennsylvania www.conservepennsylvania.org

Audubon Pennsylvania pa.audubon.org

PA Dept of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) www.dcnr.state.pa.us

Harriton House www.harritonhouse.org

Conservation International www.conservation.org

National Park Conservation Association www.npca.org

National Environmental Education Foundation NEEF www.neefusa.org

National Resources Conservation Service www.nrcs.usda.gov

TreeVitalize www.treevitalize.net

Ocean Conservancy www.oceanconservancy.org

Native Plants and Pollinators:

The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation www.xerces.org

Center for Pollinator Research Penn State Extension ento.psu.edu

Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve www.bhwp.org

Mt. Cuba Center www.mtcubacenter.org

Recycling:

Pennsylvania Resource Council www.prc.org

Help Consumers recycle and reduce their daily waste Earth911.com

Climate Change:

Citizens Climate Lobby www.citizensclimatelobby.org

C-Change Conversations www.c-changeconversations.com

Fresh Energy www.fresh-energy.org

Chester County Citizens for Climate Protection www.chescocooler.org

Other Conservation Resources:

Pennsylvania Horticultural Society www.phsonline.org

League of Conservation Voters scorecard.lcv.org

Environmental Working Group www.ewg.org

Philadelphia Parks Alliance www.philaparks.org

PennFuture pennfuture.org

Conservation Voters of PA www.conservationpa.org

Never Too Late To Learn

All About Earthworms http://www.improvenet.com/a/beginners-guide-to-earthworms