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    Anyone who has a library and a garden wants for nothing.   Cicero

    Fine Gardening's Guide to Pronouncing Botanical Latin
    This is a handy pronunciation guide to the latin names of the plants covered in issues of the magazine. If your computer has a sound card, you can also hear it spoken.  

    GardenWise 
    British Columbia's online resource for landscaping and garden products, supplies and information.

     

    Gardening Launch Pad 
    Go to the bottom of the page for a list of garden interests from African Violets to Xeriscaping, taking in Deer Control, Poisonous Plants, Gardens of the World and other points of interest along the way.

     

    Gardening BC 
    Provides links to BC gardens, nurseries, arboreta and associations, and through its sister site,
    Get Set! To Garden, to a variety of gardening & horticultural sites, including plant specialty sites and suppliers.

     

    Urban Agriculture Notes by City Farmer 
    Searchable on-line version of the Vancouver-based magazine of urban agriculture. Annotated list of articles covers composting and water conservation; children's, victory, rooftop and community gardens; world hunger and global sustainable development.

     

    UBC Botanical Garden & Centre for Plant Research
    Follow the Education link for Online Forums and a Photo Gallery.

     

    WebGarden 
    Resources for beginning and professional gardeners include a Plant Dictionary, a Fact Sheet Database of information from US and Canadian horticultural institutes, and Master Gardener resource list of Internet gardening links.

     

    Wild About Gardening
    Focuses on wildlife and gardens and the use of native plants. Provides a plant encyclopedia (not illustrated), plus special projects and features such as an interactive plant hardiness zonal map that lets you zoom into Vancouver in considerable detail.

     

     

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