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San Francisco
Bay Area:
Gardening Resources Online
 BAY AREA GARDENING: GENERAL
The
Bay Area Gardener. This extensive site started out ambitiously a
few years ago, aiming to be THE major online gardening resource
for the San Francisco Bay Area. It's not always up to date now,
but still has many articles and much information on Bay Area
nurseries and gardening events, plus a moderately active gardener-to-gardener
bulletin board.
The Dirt Gardener. Plenty of localized articles, plus a
nice weekend gardener's "to do" list, updated weekly.
California Garden Clubs. Links to local clubs and to other gardening
sites; some articles.
Master Gardeners of California. The website for this
University of California Extension program has links to the Master
Gardener program in most counties. Local tips, articles, recommendations
about best trees for fall color, tomato varieties, etc. for local
areas.
SFGATE Home & Garden. From the San Francisco Chronicle, with
articles, suggestions, current gardening events.
The Watershed Project A Richmond-based non-profit that offers gardening
and environmental education workshops to the public, teachers,
parents, children, homeschoolers, and anyone interested in bringing
gardens and nature alive for children.
Yahoo! Bay Area gardening websites.
BAY AREA GARDENING:
LOCAL COMMUNITIES
Berkeley
Horticultural Nursery.
Very useful site, with losts of gardening suggestions and recommendations
for the East Bay.
Master Gardeners of Santa Clara Co.:
Best Picks.
Flowers, fruits, nuts, and vegetables that thrive in the South
Bay. Site also has month-by-month gardening tips.
Digging
Down Deep and Dirty in San Jose While Keeping Your Sanity.
GARDENING WITH
CHILDREN
Kids'
Regeneration Resource Network. The Rodale Institute's site for children
- organic gardening and other activities are featured.
FRUITS, NUTS,
& VEGGIES
California Backyard Orchard. Information from UC Davis.
Master Gardeners of Santa Clara Co. Best vegetables for
the South Bay, based on results from a trial plot in Cupertino.
ROSES
Baldo's Buggy Roses. Excellent information on rose pests and their
control.
East Bay Rose Society. A list of "best roses for the East
Bay, along with local recommendations for fall color, apple tree
varieties, potatoes, tomatoes, bamboos, fuschias, rhododendrons,
raspberries.
Marin
Rose Society. Check "good
roses for Marin" for a list of recommended roses in all
categories.
Sacramento Rose Society. Best roses for the area.
San Francisco Rose Society. Best roses for the Bay Area, calendar
of year-round rose care, informaiton on rose pruning demonstrations,
useful articles on the rose diseases rust and blackspot.
San Joaquin Valley Rose Society.
Santa Clara County Rose Society. Has a nice list of disease-resistant
roses that do well in Silicon Valley and other parts of the Bay
Area. Also information about the society's demonstration garden.
Sierra Foothills Rose Society.
Shasta Rose Society. Includes "roses for Redding."
SUDDEN OAK DEATH
Monitoring Sudden Oak Death in California. From UC Berkeley.
Sudden Oak Death. Information from UC Cooperative Extension.
NATIVE PLANTS
California Wildflowers. From the California Academy
of Sciences, over 350 photos of native flowers with information
on each.
California Native Plant Society, Milo Baker Chapter. A
very welcoming site with a nice introduction to native plants
and great links. And here's a link to the statewide orgaization:
CNPS.
MISCELLANEOUS
Community gardening information from the Berkeley Ecology Center.
Northern
California Daffodil Society. Check out "Nor Cal Growing Tips"
for a useful beginner's guide to bulbs. Pretty pictures, too!
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