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Links to some cool gardening sites and other places!

updated 03/31/25



http://www.homeadvisor.com/r/gardening-at-home-with-kids/ - Nice clean site with lots of useful articles on how to get and keep kids intersted in gardening and growing their own food.

http://www.greenhousegrowing.co.uk/ - an informational site from britain with tons and tons of greenhouse structure info targeted at the home gardener. Want to amplify your productive capaicty year round? Check them out!

Homemeadow song farm - Located just up the street from Funke's, Homeadow Song Farm is a homestead that actively promotes experiential learning through integration of practical work, artistic experience and celebration of community. We are currently working with Rudolf Steiner’s indications for bringing cultural renewal in the areas of land stewardship, animal husbandry, education, and social responsibility. They offer accredited homeschool programs for kids.

Hosta society of greater Cinncinnati - a superb site with lots of info for the local Hosta collector/enthusiast. A quick surf of the site turned up a humourous and informative article from Hosta afficionado Jerry Robertson about fertilizing Hostas and an article with pictures about the HVX Hosta virus. FYI, Funke's does not allow HVX infected Hostas in our selection. Our resident Hosta expert Joy Griesenger routinely scans our crop for signs of infection. Should any ever be spotted they will be immediately destroyed.

Herbmed.org - An excellent site with tons of detailed information on medicinal herbs. Healthcare professionals will appreciate the attention given to scientific study and reseach findings. As a former student of organic chemistry I was impressed :) webmaster

Royal botanic garden Kew

England's famous Kew gardens now has pictures! These are the people who brought us scientific nomenclature dating back to the days of empire and colonies :)

God save the Queen! (and her gardens!)

American Hemerocallis society

Another daylilly site targeted at the collector of the genus. Also great place to network with other daylilly collectors.

HGTV

Extensive site with lots of information about topics and programs shown on their station.

Proven Winners

A well done site promoting this popular line of patented hybrid annuals.

Clean air gardening - a .com store site selling very useful and handy eco friendly gardening gadgets such as rain barrels, compost bins, non polluting reel type lawnmowers etc.

Ames Garden Tools planting guides

A very nice selection of online planting information guides from this maker of popular garden tools. Also not "pitchy" about their products :) Well worth the surf for the cyber gardener.

Chicago Botanic Gardens

A fun surf of this site will yield specific plant information on some of their material as well as events at their facility and a "what's in bloom now" updated monthly

Fermilab National Accelerator Laboratory

This is a really cool site for the scientist and ecological gardener alike! They smash atoms to bits probing the very edge of humankind's understanding of how the universe works and in their spare time work to restore the prairie and it's native species that have been nearly wiped from the earth due to non-native weeds and trees carried over by European settlers. Some of the native species are so exotic I'd have sworn they were alien only to find out that they are native to our continent. I have toured Fermilab personally on several occasions and for the botanicly oreiented it really is a must see :) Follow the "clickable tour" link from their main page to link deeper into the prairie restoration information. Or for a "smashing" good time tour the lab and find out why quarks have such a strange charm! hehe....

American Hosta Society

A site devoted to the genus for the collector. If you like Hostas this one's for you!

Landscaping on the playground gardening for kids - Nice article on a commercial playground equipment site with lots of kid's gardening ideas