Garden Resources

Here are some links to helpful information for Canadian northern gardeners along with links and information on other interesting gardening resources.


CANADIAN GARDENING RESOURCE SITES & BLOGS

Canadian Internet Gardening Resource Sites
www.i can garden.com – provides a comprehensive directory of web links to horticultural societies, associations, groups, and clubs in Canada)
www.gardeningtours.com

Canada’s Garden Route website by Larry Hodgson serves as a resource for information on gardens in some of our provinces across Canada.

Canadian Garden Blogs
Discover our Cookie Buxton Canadian gardening blogs directory. Click here for Canadian gardening blog listings.


AMERICAN GARDENING BLOGS & RESOURCES

Fine Gardening magazine’s website offers an interesting read and attracts active bloggers to its articles. Blog entries are easy to locate from the top level menu, which rolls down to link you to nine blog categories, such as Games for Gardeners, Thoughts from a Foreign Field, and Cool Green Gardens.

Cold Climate Gardening Blog Directory compiled by Kathy Purdy in New York links to northern gardens, typically in zone 5 and colder but also referencing Canadian blogs that touch into Zone 3 and below. Check out Kathy’s personal garden blog entries and her particular focus on northern gardens combined with information related to east coast American gardens.

View a listing of American gardening magazines at www.allyoucanread.com 
Check out the site’s Top 10 Garden Magazines listing followed by an A-Z  directory with additional listings.

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CANADIAN GARDENING MAGAZINES & RESOURCES

Canadian Gardening Magazine
This excellent resource has been closed.

Gardener Living Magazines 
Email: info@pegasuspublications.net | Toll-free: 1-888-680-2008  |  www.localgardener.net
     Manitoba Gardener 
     Alberta Home & Gardener Living 
     Ontario Home & Gardener Living

GardenMaking
Email: publisher@gardenmaking.com | Toll-free: 1-866-637-4262 |  www.gardenmaking.com

Gardens West
Email: subscriptions@gardenswest.com | Toll-free: 1-800-263-1088  |  www.gardenswest.com  |  Facebook.com/gardenswest
Prairie & Northern BC
Ontario
West Coast & Southern BC
Maritimes, Newfoundland, & Labrador

The Gardener (quarterly)
Published out of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, The Gardener for the Prairies Inc. issues this quarterly magazine with oversight by the Saskatchewan, Calgary, and Saskatoon Horticultural Societies in conjunction with the Centre for Continuing and Distance Education, University of Saskatchewan.

The Prairie Garden (annually)
This excellent, soft-covered gardening resource book is an annual edition rather than a magazine, yet it has to be mentioned here. Editions of The Prairie Garden have been published annually in Manitoba since 1956 by volunteers to help advance horticulture in Canada’s prairie provinces. The 2015 edition is titled Grasses and Succulents.  Back issues, focusing on a variety of garden topics, may be available by special order.

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BRITISH GARDENING MAGAZINES & RESOURCES

BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine
Email: gardeners.world@servicehelpline.co.uk  | Tel. 020 7150 5700  |  www.gardenersworld.com  |  Facebook.com/GWmagazine

Country Living British Edition
Tel. 020 7439 5000 | www.countryliving.co.uk

The English Garden
The
English Garden offers both digital and international hard copy subscriptions. Details are available online.

United Kingdom Garden Tour Maps
The English Garden website offers a useful map highlighting featured gardens in the United Kingdom, ideal for adventuresome travellers who like to plan their own garden tours. The map can be accessed under the top level menu tab, Gardens to Visit.

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AUSTRALIAN GARDENING MAGAZINES & RESOURCES

The Austrialian Garden Directory features listings and links to garden blogs, and includes links to a variety of resources for home gardeners, including seed exchange clubs, lists of parks and public gardens, gardening tips, articles, and connections to garden supply and nursery stores.

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INTERNATIONAL RESOURCES

ARKive is an online resource for conservation, education, and public awareness. It is funded as a not-for-profit initiative
 of the registered UK and USA charity Wildscreen.

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