Gardening Links

Our Favorite Websites

We have a annotated list of sites we visit often for research and for fun. Check back; we'll add more from time to time.

Horticulture Publications

This site, offered by the Cooperative Extension of the University of Nevada, helps gardeners, homeowners, students and park managers understand how to save water through proper irrigation techniques. 

Trees at arborday.org

This site offers information on the most common landscaping trees, including statistics on height and spread, soil and weather, natural history and a whole lot more.

National Garden Month

An online program of the National Gardening Association, National Garden Month is an interactive call to community action: make a difference through gardening. 

Washoe Evapotranspiration Project

The Washoe Et project is a network of weather stations located in the region surrounding Reno, Nevada that monitor evapotranspiration rates. These rates can then be used as a tool to estimate lawn and crop watering needs.

CalPhotos: Plants

From this web site you can access 53,857 photos of plants.  You can use a powerful search engine, or browse by both scientific and common names.

Wilbur D. May Arboretum

This is the companion web site for the Wilbur D. May Arboretum located in Rancho San Rafael Regional Park in Reno, NV. At an elevation of 4,600 feet, the arbortum offers 12 acres of trees and plants that live well in the high desert.

Water-Smart Gardening® Tips

The Denver Botanic Gardens horticulture experts bring you the top 12 Water-Smart Gardening® Tips.

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Botanical Research

Botany is to gardeners as recipes are to cooking? And everything is about plants and those who enjoy them.