Orange County Gardeners
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ARBORETUMS and
PUBLIC GARDENS
Butchart Gardens - Vancouver Island, Canada
4 gardens in an abandoned limestone quarry.

Callaway Gardens - Pine Mountain. Georgia
Retreat with numerous gardens and
accommodations

Centennial Heritage Museum - Old Kellogg
house in Orange County, California

Chicago Botanic Gardens  - Glencoe, Illinois
Plant collections, gardens and searchable
database

Conservatory of Flowers  San Francisco,
California from the Victorian era.

Dallas Arboretum  - Dallas , Texas
Plant collections, gardens & research

Descanso Gardens  - La Canada Flintridge,
California. Historic site with numerous
collections

Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden -
California State University Long Beach

The Exotic Rainforest  

The Fells - Lake Sunapee, New Hampshire.
Estate with gardens and wildlife refuge.

Fullerton Arboretum   - Fullerton, California.  
Botanical garden with collections of plants from
around the world.

Gardens to Visit - A collection of New Zealand
gardens

Getty Center Garden   - Los Angeles, California
Gardens designed by an artist.

The Getty Villa - Malibu, California
Gardens designed as a setting for a Roman
villa

Greenwood Gardens  - Short Hills, New Jersey
a center for the study of nature, historic
preservation, and conservation.

The Hortense Miller Garden  - Laguna Beach,
California. Range of plants that can be grown in
Southern California.

The Huntington Library, Art Collections and
Botanical Gardens   San Marino, California

Jurupa Mountains Cultural Center  
Riverside, California

Keukenhof Bulb Gardens  
Netherlands

Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic
Garden - Arcadia, California.  Historical site and
botanic garden

Lotusland   - Santa Barbara, California
Estate with many gardens created by Ganna
Walska an opera star.

Maloof Gardens   - Rancho Cucamonga,
California. Six acre, low-water use, home
garden with many native plants,

Mathias Botanical Garden  - UCLA campus,
Westwood, California.  Gardens with tropical
and subtropical plants.

Moorten Botanical Gardens - Palm Springs,
California.  Collections of cacti and desert
plants.

New York Botanical Garden   - Bronx, New York
City, New York. A museum of plants, 50
gardens. Mertz Library

Niguel Botanical Preserve
Laguna Niguel, California

Quail Botanical Gardens  - Encinitas, California
35 acres of various collections and gardens.

Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden -
1500 North College Avenue, Claremont,
California.  California native plants in a
naturalistic landscape setting.

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew   - London,
England.  Well known in the world. Multitude of
projects.

The Ruth Bancroft Garden - Walnut Creek,
California
demonstrates the beauty and excitement
possible in a water-conserving landscape

Sherman Library & Gardens  - Corona del Mar,
California. Museum of living plants and
research library

South Coast Botanic Garden - Palos Verdes
Peninsula

Theodore Payne Foundation    Sun Valley,
California
wild flowers and native plants, nursery, book
and seed store, education center

U. S. Botanic Garden  - Washington, D C
Plant collections and more.

U. S. National Arboretum  - Washington, D C
Research and plant collections from around the
world

Virginia Robinson Gardens -
Beverly Hills, California

Western Hills Rare Plants -
Occidental,California
an extensive selection of the rare and unusual

Workman and Temple Family Homestead
Museum    City of Industry, California
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Victoria
Gardensmith
Garden Designs
CCNP
Licensed Landscape Contractor
#907847

Rejuvenate established
gardens or design new ones

714-931-8253
www.victoriagardensmith.org

e-mail
victoriagardensmith@roadrunner.com
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BULBS, SEEDS ,
PLANTS & BAREROOTS
Abundant Life Seed Foundation - London,
Oregon. Heirloom vegetable plant seed.

Antonelli Brothers Begonias  - Santa Cruz,
California

Bay Laurel Nursery & Catalog  - Atascadero,
California. Bareroot fruit trees, shrubs etc.
Growing information.

Botanical Interests, Inc - seeds

Bountiful Gardens -  Willits, California.  
Extensive list of untreated open-pollinated
seeds of heirloom quality.  .

Burpee Seed Co  - Warminster, Pennsylvania.  
Seeds and other garden supplies.  Plant
information.

Easy to Grow Bulbs.com
Oceanside, California

Epies by Pat   - Placentia, California.
Epiphyllums and day lilies

Find Nurseries.com

Garden Crossings - Online Garden Center   -
Zeeland, Michigan.
Clematis and new & unusual perennials

Heirloom Tomato Seeds   
Carmel, California

Howard Dill Enterprises
Giant Pumpkin Seeds

Jim Hunter's Epi Universe  - Orange,
California.  Epiphyllums and much more.

J. W. Jung Seed Co   
Randolph, Wisconsin

McClure & Zimmerman Bulbs  - Friesland,
Wisconsin.  Flowerbulbs.

Old House Gardens    Ann Arbor, Michigan
Heirloom flower bulbs.

Native Seeds -  Tucson, Arizona.   Specializes
in seeds of crops of the Southwest and
northern Mexico from Indian tribes.

Pacific Giant Vegetable Growers      

Pacific Calla Lilies       

Rare Palm Seeds  

Renee's Garden Seeds  - Felton, California.  
Vegetable, herb & flower seeds from around
the world

Seed Savers Exchange -  Decorah, Iowa.
Excellent catalog of many hard-to-find varieties
derived from exchanges over the years.

Streptocarpus    
Dibley's, Wales England

Sunrise Seeds  - Union City, Indiana. Flower,
vegetable & etc seed.

Sweet Peas  - Sebastopol, California. Sweet
pea seeds

Thomas Jefferson Center for Historic Plants
-  Charlottesville, Virginia. Seed for heirloom
annuals, perennials and food plants.(seeds by
zone)

Telos Rare Bulbs  Ferndale, California Native
bulbs.

Top Tropicals.com      

Virtual Seeds- Astoria, Oregon.  Garden seeds
and decor.
COLLEGES
Fullerton College, Horticulture Dept
Fullerton, California

Mt. San Antonio College, Agricultural
Program.  Walnut, California

Orange Coast College,
Costa Mesa, California

Saddleback College, Horticulture Dept  
Mission Viejo, California

UCR Extension Center,
Riverside, California
NURSERIES, General
Annie's Annuals
Richmond, California

Armstrong Garden Centers     
Southern California

Australian Native Plants Nursery   
Ventura, California

Bustani Plant Farm rare & unusual
Stillwater, Oklahoma

Cistus Nursery
Sauvie Island, Oregon

Ecoloage   
Louisana

Encanto Farms Nursery  figs & bananas
San Diego, California

Exotica Rare Fruit Nursery   
Vista, California

Fern Nursery
Bellevue, Washington

Flowerdale Nurseries
Orange County

The Flower Fields
Carlsbad, California

Goto Nursery
Sun Valley, California

Granite Hill Gardens Nursery
Riverside, California

Green Thumb Nursery
Lake Forest, California

Greenwood Daylily Gardens   
Somis, California

Jackson and Perkins       
Medford, Oregon

Jurassic Garden at A & A Cycads  
North Hollywood, California

Las Pilitas Nursery   California natives
Escondido, California

Moss Acres  
Honesdale, Pennsylvania

Pacific Tropical Gardens    
Hawaii

Papa Geno's Farm
Martell, Nebraska

Rancho Soledad Nursery
Rancho Santa Fe, California

Sandy Bar Ranch Nursery    
Orleans, CA

Santa Rosa Gardens   
Gulf Breeze, Florida

Seed Sprout Nursery   Brugmansia, etc
Florida

Stokes Tropicals    
Louisana

Sunnyslope Trees      
Orange, California

Top Tropicals    
Florida

Tree of Life Nursery
San Juan Capistrano, California

Turffalo Grass
Texas

Weidners
Encinitas, California

Weston Gardens   
Fort Worth, Texas

Windowbox
Vernon, California

"English Style
Gardens"
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Designer & Consultant
714-943-9831

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949-640-8733 & 714-972-3020
GENERAL GARDEN
INFORMATION  
Art Knapp Information library  - British
Columbia, Canada. Plant information.

The Backyard Gardener

Botany dept - Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC  - collections, images,
research and more

Botanical.com

Calflora  California wildflowers.  
Plants Database

Checklist of selected plant families -
Kew Gardens, London

Dave's Garden

diy network  gardening

DIY Life Gardening and plants        

Electronic Plant Information -
Kew Gardens, London

emilycompost - Celebrating gardening         

Encyclopedia of Life      

Floral Architecture
extensive photo library of plants

Fran Sorin   

Garden Bookworm lists of gardening books

Garden California by Jim Clatfelter      

Garden flowers of Southern California      

Garden Guides

Garden History Links      

Gardening    

Gardenscape

The Garden Spot   a large selection of on-line
resources from Metropolitan Water District of
Southern California

Garden Watchdog   
directory of gardening sources

Garden Web

Google Images

Guide for Fruits and Seeds

Home and Garden Tips

Home and Garden Tv

Hort Corner

Horticulture Research and Information Center

Horticulture Purdue University

Horticulture!

Hortus Bulborum     
Treasury of historical bulbs

How Stuff Works "Lawn & Garden Channel"

The International Plant Names Index   
Database of the names and associated basic
bibliographical details of all seed plants, fern
and fern allies.

In the garden with Jim 'n Jen
Gardening in Southern California

Kids Gardening   

Killer Plants

Julie Bawden Davis

Lawn & Garden Search    

Learn 2 Grow   

Maureen Gilmer

Monrovia Growers        

National Gardening Association   

Novalis         

OnlinePlantGuide.com     plant database

Orange County Gardeners       

Planters Place     

Plant Files   plant database

Plant Image Collection

Plant Image Gallery        

Plant Information Online    

Plant Scout   vendors that sell what you are
looking for     

Plant of the week

PLANTS-national database

Plants to Grow Database

Pronouncing Botanical Latin

Proven Winners

Robert Smaus Garden         

Rose Hills Foundation Conservatory for
Botanical Science     

University of California Research &
Information Centers

The UpBeet Gardener

Victory Grower

Wildflowers of Southern California

Zone Finder
Can You Help ?
There is a group of young
adolescents ages 12 to 18 in
Santa Ana at a place called
Phoenix House, a drug and
alcohol rehab . They are usually
sent there by the courts.  The  
staff is doing a very good job of
rehabilitating these young
people. Most of them have not
had much of a family life.  During
the time they are there they are
taught the value of family and of
social responsibility. Martha
Wida has volunteered there for
several years with the U C
Master Gardeners teaching them
gardening.

At the moment they are in need
of wood to make more square
foot gardening boxes.  They hope
to have one raised bed for each
student. (45) The beds are four
feet square and about 6" high.  
They  will consider anything
anyone has.

Please contact Martha directly if
you have anything to offer.
mwida@surfside.net
Gardening Angels
Offer Wednesday
Tours of Mission
Gardens
Mission San Juan Capistrano's
Gardening Angels are offering
weekly tours of the Mission's
gardens on Wednesdays beginning
at 10 a.m., 10: 30 a.m. and 11 a.m.
The tours last a half hour. The
Wednesday tours are included in
the price of admission, and are
being offered to enhance visitors'
experience, in accordance with the
Mission's 5-Year Strategic Plan.
Garden tours for groups of 15 or
more are also available. To
arrange a group tour, contact
Regina Lozic at (949) 234-1318 or
rlozic@missionsjc.com.  or
www.missionsjc.com
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
ORGANICS
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FOOD
Local Harvest  real food, real farmers, real
community

GARDEN PRODUCTS
Clean Air Gardening     

Gardens Alive     

Green Light Products   

Organic Pest Control    

PUBLICATIONS
Beyond Pesticides  

Green Living on Line        

Organic Gardening    
Scott Lathrop
B.S.O.H -A.C.C.N.Pro - M.N.P.

Professional Horticulturalist -
Growing since 1972

Garden Consultant,
Lecturer & Writer

e-mail Iknowplants@aol.com
CALIFORNIA WILDFLOWERS
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park        
Call our wildflower hotline for more details
760-767-4684

California Native Plant Society     

California native plants   

California Poppies Wildflowers

California Wildflowers   

California Wild Flowers   

CalPhotos    

Coe State Park Wildflowers   

Death Valley National Park   

Feral Flowers   

50th Annual California Wildflower Show
Sat & Sun, Apr 19–20, 2008            

Joshua Tree National Park   

Kern River Preserve - Audubon of California  

Larner Seeds   

Mojave National Preserve   

Pacific Southwest Region - Celebrating
Wildflower Events   

Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden   

Regional Parks Botanic Garden (Berkeley)   

Santa Barbara Botanic Garden   

Seedhunt,unusual seeds for curious gardeners

S & S Seeds, Inc   

Theodore Payne Foundation   The Hotline
(available 24 hours a day) number is: 818-768-
3533 starting March 6th.

Top 10 Spectacular Wildflowers of Southern
California from Wayne's Word   

Wildflower Hotsheet by Carol Leigh     

Wildflowers Photos   

Wildflower Reports For Southern California
Parks 2008   

Wildflowers, Almaden   

Wildflowers, Bureau of Land Management   

Wildflowers, California Sierra Nevada
Foothills    

Wildflowers, Central California   

Wildflowers, Central Coast   

Wildflower Season Video Retrospectives  

The Wildflower Seed Company   

Wildflowers,Northern California Native  

Wildflowers, San Francisco Bay Area   

Wildflowers, Southern California   

Wildflowers of Southern California   

Wild Gardens a digital video series
FARMS and FARMER'S
MARKETS
Certified Farmers' Markets   

Certified Farmers' Markets - Orange County
   
Chino Valley Ranchers   eggs & chickens
5611 Peck Rd., Arcadia

Da-Le Ranch Worms, castings, rabbits, pigs
etc. 24895 Baxter Ranch Road, Lake
Elsinore 951-657-3056

EarthWorks Enterprises   produce stand
Saturday 10 a.m. - noon, 1210 Lerma Rd, El
Monte  

Farmer Net Cerified Farmers' Markets of S.
Calif       

Farmers Markets in Southern California
Winter Schedule   

Farmers Markets in Southern California
Summer Schedule   

Glen Ivy Farms    U-pick farm Mon - Sat 8 - 4
25005 Glen Ivy Road, Corona, CA 92883  
951-675-0774.  Farmers Market  Riverside
Saturdays 8 a.m. - 1p.m.

GroveStand Fallbrook, California  Fresh
sub-tropical fruits by mail and farm tours

Harbor Area Farmers Markets  

Heavenly Acre  Eggs, chickens & produce
714-420-0291 Call for appointment. 471 E.
Avocado Crest Rd, La Habra Heights.  Place
order before Friday noon and pickup
Saturday 9 a.m. - 11 a.m..

Herbfresh  Herbs & scented geraniums.  
1812 Davis Dr. Fallbrook 760-451-1189
Stand at Temecula Farmers Market,
Temecula  Saturdays 8 a.m. - 1p.m.

La Vigne  3320 Reche Rd Fallbrook
Stand @ Hillcrest Farmers Market, DMV
parking lot, 3960 Normal, Hillcrest,  every
Sunday 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Stand is located next
to the DMV wall. Look for the La Vigne banner

Local Harvest  real food, real farmers, real
community

Morning Song Farm, Rainbow, California
subscription baskets

O C Organics   Produce delivery service.

Rainbow Ranch Farms Phelan, California
game birds chicken & turkeys

South Coast Farms     32701 Alipaz St. in
San Juan Capistrano, corner of Alipaz Street
and Camino del Avion. Monday - Saturday  9
a.m. - 5 p.m.and Sunday 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Farm
stand.

Sustainable Economic Enterprises of Los
Angeles

Tanaka Farms   Pick your own & tours. 5380
3/4 University Dr. Irvine 949-653-2100.  Farm
stand open all year 7 days 9-5

Westwood Farmers Market  at the Vets
Garden at the VA, just off the 405. 11011
Constitution Ave, Los Angeles 310-861-8188
every Thursday 12 - 7 p.m.