Gardening Resource Guide Handout- Workshops 2010

Gardening Resource Guide

Seed Catalogues

 

Baker Creek Seeds (417) 924-8917

Heirlooms and such (very rare varieties)

2278 Baker Creek Road Mansfield, MO 65704

www.rareseeds.com

 

The Cooks’Garden (800) 457-9703

Salad greens

PO Box 535 Londonderry, VT 05148

www.cooksgarden.com

 

High Country Gardens (800)925-9387

Waterwise garden plants

2902 Rufina Street Santa Fe, NM 87507-2929

www.highcountrygardens.com

 

Johnny’s Seeds (207) 437-4301

Early varieties and salad greens

184 Foss Hill Road Albion, ME 04910-9731

www.johnnyseeds.com

 

Peaceful Valley Farm Supply (888) 784-1722

Cover crop, bulk seeds, and amendments

PO Box 2209 Grass Valley, CA 95945

www.groworganic.com

 

Seed Savers Exchange (563) 382-5990

Heirlooms

3076 North Winn Road Decorah, Iowa 52101

www.seedsavers.org

 

Seeds of Change (888)-762-7333

Certified organic seeds

PO Box 15700 Santa Fe, NM 87592-1500

www.seedsofchange.com

 

Tomato Growers Supply Company (888) 478-7333

Tomatoes and peppers

PO 2237 Fort Meyers, FL 33902

www.tomatogrowers.com

 

Territorial Seed (800) 626-0866

Excellent Varieties Large Packets

PO Box 158 Cottage Grove, OR 97424

www.territorialseed.com

 

Nichols (800) 422-3985

Herbs

1190 Old Salem Rd NE, Albany, OR 97321

www.nicholsgardennursery.com

 

Pinetree (207) 926-3400

Small packets best prices

PO Box 300
New Gloucester, ME 04260

www.superseeds.com

 

Tomatofest

Heirloom and hard to find tomato varieties

www.tomatofest.com

 

Garden Alive (513) 354-1482

Environmentally responsible products

5100 Schenley Place Lawrenceburg, IN 47025

www.gardensalive.com

 

Vegetable Starts

Wasatch Community Gardens Annual Plant Sale (801) 359-2658

May 8th 8 am – 1 pm

720 S Guardsman Way SLC, UT

www.wasatchgardens.org

Cactus and Tropicals (801) 485-2542

Perennials, native plants, water wise, and veggies

2735 S 2000 E SLC, UT 84109

www.cactusandtropicals.com

 

Western Gardens (801) 364-7871

Fruit trees, veggies, seeds, and bare root edible perennials

Garden supplies, tools, organic soil amendments

550 S 600 E SLC, UT 84102

www.westerngardens.com

 

Traces (801) 467-9544

Organically grown, heirloom tomatoes

1432 S 1100 E SLC, UT

 

Kenyon Organics (801) 699-7540

Rare and heirloom tomato starts

www.kenyonorganics.com

 

Compost

  1. Central Valley Water Reclamation Facility www.cvwrf.org

  2. Replenish Landscape Garden Products www.replenishcompost.com

  3. Salt Lake County Landfill www.slvlandfill.slco.org

  4. Ranui www.ranui.com
     

Worms and Castings

  1. Rott’n Apple Worm Farm www.rottenapplewormfarm.com

  2. Western Worm 435-336-9676

Gardening Books

 

General Gardening

  • How to Grow More Vegetables,

John Jeavons

  • Four-Season Harvest,

Eliot Coleman

  • Rodale’s All-New Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening,

Barbara W. Ellis

  • Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening,

J. I. Rodale

  • Step by Step Organic Vegetable Gardening,

Shepherd Ogden

  • The Organic Garden

Christine and Michael Lavelle

  • The Truth About Organic Gardening

Jeff Gillman

  • Botany For Gardeners

Brian Capon

  • Joy of Gardening

Dick Raymond

  • Lasagna Gardening

Patricia Lanza

Companion Planting

  • Carrots Love Tomatoes,

Louise Riotte

  • Great Garden Companions,

Sally Jean Cunningham

Pest Control

  • Natural Enemies Handbook

Mary Louise Flint and Steve H. Dreistadt

  • Rodale's Color Handbook of Garden Insects,

Anna Carr

  • Rodale's Successful Organic Gardening Controlling Pests and Diseases,

Michalak & Gilkeson

  • The Organic Gardener’s Handbook of Natural Pest and Disease Control,

Barbara Ellis

  • Bugs, Slugs, and Other Thugs,

Rhonda Massingham Hart, Storey Books, 1991

  • Good Bugs for Your Garden,

Allison Mia Starcher,

  • 1,001 Old-Time Garden Tips,

Roger B. Yepson,

 

Edible Landscaping

  • Designing and Maintaining Your Edible Landscape Naturally,

Robert Kourik (out of print)

Gardening and the Environment

  • Introduction to Permaculture,

Bill C. Mollison,

  • Gardening for the Future of the Earth,

Howard-Yana Shapiro/John Harrison

Composting

  • The Rodale Book of Composting:

Easy Methods for Every Gardener

Vermiculture

  • Worms Eat My Garbage,

Mary Appelhof,

 

Gardening Web Sites:

 

  1. Wasatch Community Gardens http://www.wasatchgardens.org

  2. Slow Food Utah www.slowfoodutah.org

  3. Garden Guides http://www.gardenguides.com

  4. Garden Gate garden-gate.prairienet.org

  5. Garden Web www.gardenweb.com

  6. Cooks’ Garden www.cooksgarden.com

  7. Organic Kitchen www.organickitchen.com

  8. World Leader www.worldleader.com/garden

  9. Backyard Gardener www.backyardgardener.com

  10. Seeds Blum www.seedsblum.com

  11. Garden Forever www.gardenforever.com

  12. Biodynamic Gardening www.biodynamic.net

  13. Gardening www.life.ca/subject/gardening.html

  14. Urban Harvest www.jumpnet.com/~arjun/UrbanHarvest

  15. CSA info www.csacenter.org

  16. CSA’s in Utah www.csautah.org

  17. Garden Net www.gardennet.com

  18. National Gardening Assoc. www.garden.org/

  19. Horticulture Magazine www.hortmag.com

  20. Organic Gardening Magazine www.organicgardening.com

  21. Salt Lake Master Gardeners www.slmg.org

  22. USU Soil Testing www.usual.usu.edu

  23. Utah State University Extension www.extension.usu.edu

 

 

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