Gardening in general
Backyard Gardener
A searchable plant encyclopaedia, part of a large site with a mass of information on gardening and garden plants that is also an online USA garden centre.
BBC Gardening
Lots of information on gardening topics, including Alan Titchmarsh's How To Be A Gardener training course.
Carry On Gardening
Another encylopaedia of gardening "how to do it" hosted by Monty Don.
Garden.ie
This is an Irish gardening site. It has a useful questions page & a lot of "how to" information. It also has three discussion groups. If you are registering from outside Ireland, just pick any county you fancy when registering - I would highly recommend Cork. :-)
Garden Guides
Lots of interesting information relating to gardening.
Garden Organic (Henry Doubleday Research Centre)
A site that could be descibed as a Garden Encyclopaedia.
Gardening for Vegetarians
Interesting and thought-provoking information from the vegetarian society with useful hints for environmentally & animal-friendly gardening. Has some useful hints for avoiding use of pesticides & protecting young plants from slug damage.
The-Organic-Gardener
Explains organic gardening methods, including weed control, compost-making & how to use gardening tools effectively. "Growing naturally, pure & beautiful."
Organic Gardening
A great site with lots of information on organic gardening.
Postcode Plant Database (Natural History Museum)
This site gives a comprehensive list of plants, both wild and cultivated, that can be found in your area. It will also tell you of their usefulness as a garden specimen. All you do is type in your post code and away you go!
Royal Horticultural Society
With the Plant Finder, Garden Finder and Event Finder, this is always a good site to visit.
UK Allotments.info
An information site for all UK allotment users (and potential users). Extensive glossary of gardening terms.
Particular plants
Claines Canna
A large collection of exotic, tropical Canna plants.
Clematis on the Web
Great site for information on Clematis.
Daisy Paradise - the Home of Daisies
A colourful site for everyone who loves daisies, with lots of information on propagation, botany and plant care, and many photographs of your favourite daisy plants.
Find that Fuchsia
A list of over 9000 different fuchsias, over 1000 photos and lots more - why not have a look?
Osteospermum.com
The African daisy: lots of colourful photographs and information on propagation, botany and plant care of this popular plant. There is also a free Osteospermum screensaver available.
The Polar Palms
A great site on the most hardy sub-tropicals. These people actually grow palms in sub zero temps !! They are more than willing to answer any question by email and are a "cant do without" when you are presented with a problem on what to grow, where and how.
If youre worried or wondering about growing sub-tropical plants in the UK check this site out !!
David Fenwick's Web sites
Four Web sites that contain hundreds and hundreds of beautiful photographs, by the holder of the national plant collections of Crocosmia with Chasmanthe, Tulbaghia, Eucomis and Galtonia, Freesia (Anomatheca Group) and Amaryllis (including x Amarygria, x Amarine and x Amarcrinum), who also happens to be a very nice man who let us use one of his photographs in the Auction Room.
The African Garden - "...dedicated to the culture, photography, identification, research, horticultural promotion and conservation of Southern African Bulbs and their hybrids."
A Photo Fauna of the Devon and Cornwall Peninsula - "...dedicated to the photography of wildflowers, weeds, trees and shrubs of the Devon and Cornwall Peninsula."
A Photo Fauna of the Devon and Cornwall Peninsula - "...dedicated to the photography of the wildlife of the Devon and Cornwall Peninsula."
Crocosmia Heritage - "...produced to aid the conservation of old Norfolk Hybrid Montbretia in partnership with Norwich in Bloom
There's also a Web site on the author's experience with B&Q, "The Unreal Deal" at www.wecantdoit.com, but of course that's off-topic here.
Gardening links directories
Debby's Garden Links
Links to UK gardening sites plus heaps of hints and tips.
Garden Links
A directory of links to loads of useful UK gardening sites.
Gardeners Directory
A directory of hundreds of gardening sites - wonderful when you want to have a surf. And, yes, Real Gardeners is mentioned in there (under Clubs/groups).
The Gardening Website
Billed as the UK's number one directory for all things gardening: from garden centres to designers, plants and nurseries, tools and furniture.
